Table 1 Inclusion criteria for children and parents entering the study
Group | Inclusion criteria |
|---|---|
Asthma | Children aged 8–18 years with moderate/severe asthma according to definitions given by the British Thoracic Society and their parents |
Diabetes | Children aged 8–18 with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and their parents |
IBD | Children aged 8–18 fulfilling diagnostic criteria for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and their parents |
BMT | Children aged 8–18 years at least six months post treatment for ALL and their parents |
Public care | Children aged 8–18 years in public care and their carers |
Controls | Healthy children aged 8–18 years from local schools |