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. 2021 Oct 10;63(1):29-40.
doi: 10.1002/jmd2.12253. eCollection 2022 Jan.

A retrospective study of eating and psychosocial problems in patients with hepatic glycogen storage diseases and idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia: Towards a standard set of patient-reported outcome measures

Annieke Venema  1 , Fabian Peeks  1 , Marlies de Bruijn-van der Veen  1 , Foekje de Boer  1 , Marieke J Fokkert-Wilts  1 , Charlotte M A Lubout  1 , Bibi Huskens  2 , Eric Dumont  2   3   4 , Sandra Mulkens  2   3   4 , Terry G J Derks  1
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A retrospective study of eating and psychosocial problems in patients with hepatic glycogen storage diseases and idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia: Towards a standard set of patient-reported outcome measures

Annieke Venema et al. JIMD Rep. .

Abstract

There is a paucity in literature on eating and psychosocial problems in patients with hepatic glycogen storage disease (GSD) and idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia (IKH), problems that can greatly affect quality of life. This is a monocentre, retrospective, observational mixed method study of patients with hepatic GSD or IKH treated at the Beatrix Children's Hospital Groningen, who had been referred to SeysCentra, a specialist centre for the treatment of eating problems. Additionally, a systematic literature review has been performed to identify instruments to quantify patient-reported outcome measures of psychosocial problems in hepatic GSD patients. Sixteen patients from 12 families were included with ages ranging between 3 and 24 years. Five out of sixteen patients were diagnosed with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and six patients showed characteristics of this disorder. Fourteen patients experienced sleeping problems, and 11 out of 12 parent couples experienced stress about the illness of their child. We subsequently identified 26 instruments to quantify patient-reported outcome measures for GSD patients. This study demonstrates that GSD patients can develop Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder influencing quality of life at multiple domains. The identification of instruments to assess psychosocial wellbeing is an important step towards a standard set of patient-reported outcome measures.

Keywords: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder; dietary treatment; eating problems; glycogen storage disease; patient‐reported outcome measures; quality of life.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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