Health-related quality of life in children born preterm at school age: the mediating role of social support and maternal stress.

ABSTRACT: Research on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of school-aged children born preterm (< 37 weeks of gestational age) is scarce and there are few studies examining the relationship with medical and family factors. The aims were to analyze HRQoL in a sample of 8-year-old children born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW), to test a proposed theoretical model that examines the relationship with medical and socio-family factors, and to explore the mediation effects of maternal factors between perinatal variables, demographic characteristics and HRQoL. A total of 147 VLBW children and 116 mothers were assessed. The measures included for assessment were self-and parent-reported HRQoL, functional social support, maternal stress, socio-family risk index and neonatal medical risk index. Med

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Shaw ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646732 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature