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Self-perceived health status in a Swedish cohort of adults diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension as children or adolescents
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In this thesis the self-perceived health status of 16 adults that had been diagnosed with IIH as children or adolescents in the health care region mid Sweden and that were followed-up as adults are presented. The self-perceived health status was measured by the SF-36 and HIT-6. Possible prognostic markers of health were collected from patient files and possible correlates of adult health were measured or obtained by interviews at follow-up. While visual acuity had returned to near-normal levels for all participants, half of the participants still had headaches with a substantial or severe impact on their health. Furthermore, their mental health was significantly worse than that of an US-American population norm and it could be predicted by both iso BMI and intracranial pressure at diagnosis. Most other variables did not have a significant impact on the participants health.   

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2023.
Keywords [en]
IIH, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, headache, health, long-term, pediatric
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-548825OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-548825DiVA, id: diva2:1932426
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Psychology
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Psykologprogrammet
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Available from: 2025-01-29 Created: 2025-01-29 Last updated: 2025-01-29Bibliographically approved

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