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Disease (severity, age of diagnosis, duration) and steroid treatment (total duration, present methylprednisolone dose and duration of present dose) data were collected. In order to assess children\u2019s emotional\/behavioral problems, the Child Behavior Checklist was administered. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children \u2013 Third Edition was administered to assess Full-Scale, Verbal, and Performance intelligence quotient (IQ) scores.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The patients presented with more internalizing problems (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.015), including withdrawal (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012) and somatic complaints (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090 .011), but not more anxiety\/depression or externalizing problems. A significant association was found between severity of disease and somatic complaints (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.017) as well as externalizing problems (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.030). Years of illness were significantly more in those presenting with abnormal anxiety\/depression (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.011). Duration of steroid medication was significantly higher among those presenting with abnormal anxiety\/depression (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.011) and externalizing problems (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.039). IQ was not associated significantly with disease or steroid treatment variables.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Psychosocial factors and outcomes may be important correlates of children\u2019s nephrotic syndrome and potential targets of thorough assessment and treatment.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1751-0759-7-10","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,23]],"date-time":"2013-04-23T09:33:56Z","timestamp":1366709636000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Psychosocial and cognitive function in children with nephrotic syndrome: association with disease and treatment variables"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Panagiota","family":"Manti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"George","family":"Giannakopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Giouroukou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Helen","family":"Georgaki-Angelaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Constantinos J","family":"Stefanidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andromahi","family":"Mitsioni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Stergiou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Constantinos","family":"Mihas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"George P","family":"Chrousos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria Alexandra","family":"Magiakou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gerasimos","family":"Kolaitis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,23]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"130_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1547","DOI":"10.2215\/CJN.05950809","volume":"4","author":"P Niaudet","year":"2009","unstructured":"Niaudet P: Long-term outcome of children with steroid-sensitive idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. 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