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S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick
Researcher at Leiden University
Publications - 78
Citations - 6404
S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick is an academic researcher from Leiden University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gestational age & Low birth weight. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 78 publications receiving 6156 citations. Previous affiliations of S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick include Norwegian University of Science and Technology & Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.
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Continuing positive secular growth change in the Netherlands 1955-1997
A.M. Fredriks,S. van Buuren,R.J.F. Burgmeijer,J.F. Meulmeester,R.J. Beuker,E. Brugman,M.J. Roede,S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick,Jan M. Wit +8 more
TL;DR: A positive secular growth change has been present in the past 42 y for children, adolescents, and young adults of Dutch origin, although at a slower rate in the last 17 y.
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The proxy problem: Child report versus parent report in health-related quality of life research
N.C.M. Theunissen,Ton Vogels,Hendrik M. Koopman,Gijsbert H. W. Verrips,Koos H. Zwinderman,S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick,J.M. Wit +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the agreement between child and parent reports on children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a representative sample of 1,105 Dutch children (age 8-11 years old).
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Bullying: who does what, when and where? Involvement of children, teachers and parents in bullying behavior
TL;DR: The results of this study show that bullying is still prevalent in Dutch schools and schools need to adopt a whole-school approach with their anti-bullying interventions.
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Body index measurements in 1996–7 compared with 1980
TL;DR: BMI age references have increased in the past 17 years and should be a priority in child public health, according to the World Health Organisation/European childhood obesity group.
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Measuring health-related quality of life in children: the development of the TACQOL parent form.
Ton Vogels,Gijsbert H. W. Verrips,S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick,Minne Fekkes,R.P. Kamphuis,Hendrik M. Koopman,N.C.M. Theunissen,J.M. Wit +7 more
TL;DR: The conceptualization and results of a study aiming to develop an instrument to assess the HRQoL of children aged 6–15 years using their parents as a proxy look promising, and the psychometric performance of the TACQOL parent form looks promising, which suggests that this instrument– with some modifications–can indeed be used to assess group differences in HRQos in children.