HEALTH STATE OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC CONSTIPATION EVALUATED WITH ACCOUNT OF LIFE QUALITY
The article is dedicated to studying of the quality of life in children with chronic constipation. The estimate of the quality of life was carried out in 58 children at the age of 2-17 years with a help of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory inquirer. The results have showed that the quality of life in children with chronic constipation is worse than the quality of life in healthy children. The index of quality of life helps us to evaluate the degree of adaptation to the illness, the effectiveness of medical care and may be used as a forecasting factor for the recovery