Social Determinants of Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Pediatric Septic Shock: Secondary Analysis of the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation Dataset, 2014-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with disparities in disease severity and in-hospital outcomes among critically ill children. It is unknown whether SDOH are associated with later outcomes. We evaluated associations between SDOH measures and mortality, new functional morbidity, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) decline among children surviving septic shock.

Design

Secondary analysis of the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation (LAPSE) prospective cohort study was conducted between 2014 and 2017.

Setting

Twelve academic U.S. PICUs were involved in the study.

Patients

Children younger than 18 years with community-acquired septic shock were involved in the study.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

SUBMITTER: Lenz KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379540 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature