Gastrointestinal quality of life in children born with gastroschisis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim was to determine gastrointestinal (GI)-related QoL in children born with gastroschisis (GS).

Methods

Totally, 58/83 families of children (aged 2-18 years) operated for GS at a tertiary pediatric surgical center accepted participation. Children aged 5-18 and one parent (child aged 2-18) completed the Swedish version of the PedsQL™ gastrointestinal symptoms module, evaluating GI-related QoL with 14 different GI-specific scales, norm values for Hirschsprung's disease (HD), esophageal atresia (EA), and functional constipation (FC) that were used for comparison.

Results

Children with GS had significantly lower parent-reported scores on "Gas and bloating" compared with children with EA (77.0 vs 85.5, p = 0.039). In the child report and in the parent report,

SUBMITTER: Brautigam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632061 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature