Trajectories and Risk Factors for Altered Physical and Psychosocial Health-Related Quality of Life After Pediatric Community-Acquired Septic Shock.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the physical and psychosocial domains of health-related quality of life among children during the first year following community-acquired septic shock, and explore factors associated with poor physical and psychosocial health-related quality of life outcomes.

Design

Secondary analysis of the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation.

Setting

Twelve academic PICUs in the United States.

Patients

Children greater than or equal to 1 month and less than 18 years old who were perceived to be without severe developmental disability by their family caregiver at baseline and who survived hospitalization for community-acquired septic shock.

Interventions

Family caregivers completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory for children 2-18 years

SUBMITTER: Meert KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature