Cross-sectional analysis of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the distribution of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients compared with a normative population.

Study design

This cross-sectional, multicenter study was conducted at select centers. Patients between 2 and 18 years of age, surviving liver transplantation by at least 12 months, were eligible. Parent/guardian fluency in English or Spanish was required. Children > or =8 years and parents of all children completed the age-appropriate versions of the PedsQL 4.0 (Mapi Research Institute, Lyon, France). Scores were compared with a sample of healthy children (n = 3911) matched by age group, sex, and race/ethnicity and with a sample of pediatric patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Alonso EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3736556 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature