Family health conditions and parental occupational status modify the relationship between pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis and parental health-related quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with multiple sclerosis (MS) is mediated by the HRQoL of their parents. Understanding factors that modify the relationship between the child's MS diagnosis and parental HRQoL would inform interventions to improve the HRQoL of both parents and children living with MS.

Objective

We evaluated whether the association between an MS diagnosis during childhood and parental HRQoL is modified by the presence of a family health condition or low socioeconomic position (SEP).

Methods

Parents of children with MS or the transient illness, monophasic-acquired demyelinating syndromes (monoADS), were enrolled in a prospective Canadian study. Multivariable models evaluated whether the association between a child's MS dia

SUBMITTER: O'Mahony J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature