Hólmdís Freyja Methúsalemsdóttir 1 , Snaefríður Þóra Egilson , Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir , Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir , Ingibjörg Georgsdóttir Show Affiliations »
Abstract
AIM: To explore extremely low birth weight [ELBW] adolescents' self-reported quality of life [QoL] and compare it with control group of same age full-term peers. METHODS: This project is nested within a national follow-up study on the long-term outcome of ELBW infants born in Iceland in 1991-1995. Twenty-nine ELBW adolescents and 30 controls evaluated their QoL using KIDSCREEN-52. To evaluate group differences, Chi-square tests and Mann-Whitney U-tests were conducted. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the influence of birth weight on QoL in ten dimensions. RESULTS: No differences were observed between the groups on six of ten KIDSCREEN dimensions. ELBW adolescents reported significantly lower QoL on four dimensions: Physical well-being (OR 3.41; CI, 1.14-10.25), Psychological well-being (OR 7.65; CI, 2.04-28.78), Moods and emotion (OR 5.20; CI, 1.53-17.82), and Self-perception (OR 3.20; CI, 1.05-9.74). CONCLUSION: ELBW adolescents report similar social well-being and participation compared with same age full-term peers. Conversely, they report lower physical and emotional quality of life. ©2013 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
AIM: To explore extremely low birth weight [ELBW] adolescents' self-reported quality of life [QoL] and compare it with control group of same age full-term peers. METHODS: This project is nested within a national follow-up study on the long-term outcome of ELBW infants born in Iceland in 1991-1995. Twenty-nine ELBW adolescents and 30 controls evaluated their QoL using KIDSCREEN-52. To evaluate group differences, Chi-square tests and Mann-Whitney U-tests were conducted. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the influence of birth weight on QoL in ten dimensions. RESULTS: No differences were observed between the groups on six of ten KIDSCREEN dimensions. ELBW adolescents reported significantly lower QoL on four dimensions: Physical well-being (OR 3.41; CI, 1.14-10.25), Psychological well-being (OR 7.65; CI, 2.04-28.78), Moods and emotion (OR 5.20; CI, 1.53-17.82), and Self-perception (OR 3.20; CI, 1.05-9.74). CONCLUSION: ELBW adolescents report similar social well-being and participation compared with same age full-term peers. Conversely, they report lower physical and emotional quality of life. ©2013 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Year: 2013
PMID： 23398549 DOI： 10.1111/apa.12192
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Paediatr ISSN： 0803-5253 Impact factor: 2.299