Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents born very preterm and its correlates: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a cohort of very preterm born children and adolescents (aged 5-16), and to compare it with their fullterm born siblings and the general population. We also explored correlates of HRQOL among the very preterm born.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Patients

Children born <32 weeks gestation (N=442) as well as their fullterm born siblings (N=145).

Main outcome measures

Primary outcome was KINDL total score (0 worst to 100 best), a validated multidimensional measure of HRQOL in children and adolescents.

Methods

Linear mixed models accounted for family unit. Secondary analysis compared very preterm born children to another cohort of healthy children from the same time period. A classificatio

SUBMITTER: Haile SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474709 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature