Health-related Quality of Life in Infants With Sickle Cell Disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2015 Nov;37(8):590-4
Date
10/20/2015Pubmed ID
26479994DOI
10.1097/MPH.0000000000000434Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84945971307 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 5 CitationsAbstract
Using historical cohorts of healthy, acutely ill, and chronically ill infants for comparison, we sought to determine whether infants with sickle cell disease (SCD) have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL). We conducted a cross-sectional study at 2 sites: the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's of Wisconsin and the University of Alabama School of Medicine/Children's of Alabama. Parents of 90 infants with SCD completed the PedsQL Infant Module corresponding to their infant's age (1 to 12 mo or 13 to 24 mo) during a regular clinic visit. At 1 to 12 months, infants with SCD displayed lower Physical HRQL than healthy infants, but better HRQL than chronically ill infants. By 13 to 24 months, infants with SCD had worse HRQL in all areas than healthy infants and worse Physical and Total HRQL than acutely ill infants. Compared with chronically ill infants in this age group, infants with SCD had similar Physical HRQL and better Psychosocial and Total HRQL. By 13 to 24 months, a greater proportion of infants with SCD had impaired Physical and Total HRQL compared with infants aged 1 to 12 months. All differences were significant at the (P<0.05) level. Impaired HRQL can be detected in infants with SCD.
Author List
Beverung LM, Bemrich-Stolz C, Torres S, Panepinto JAMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acute DiseaseAlabama
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Child, Preschool
Chronic Disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Parents
Psychology, Child
Quality of Life
Symptom Assessment
Wisconsin