矮小症儿童的心理社会功能研究进展

矮小儿童是指身高处于同种族、同年龄、同性别正常健康儿童生长曲线第3百分位数以下,或低于2个标准差的儿童。其病因多样,治疗花费昂贵,激素替代治疗周期长,造成矮小症的儿童及家长对孩子的社会稳定性缺乏信心。国内外学者对于矮小症儿童尤其是接受激素替代治疗的矮小症儿童的心理社会状况做了一定的研究,现对这些研究进行简要综述。

Research Progress of Psychosocial Functioning of Children with Short Stature

Children with short stature are defined as the children whose height is more than the 2 standard deviations(SDs)below the mean or lower than the 3rd percentile of normal healthy child growth curve of the same age,gender and race.The complicated pathology,high treatment cost and long treatment circle make the parents lack of confidence about the social stability of the children.Researches on the psychological and social state of short stature children especially those who received hormone replacement therapy,were done in recent years and here is to make a brief review on the studies.