Study on health-related quality of life and its influencing factors among children with recurrent respiratory tract infections.

SUN Li-jun; JIANG Xun; ZHANG Yu-hai; HAO Yuan-tao; YANG Xian-jun; WANG Chang-jun; SHANG Lei.

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2) : 137-140.

Study on health-related quality of life and its influencing factors among children with recurrent respiratory tract infections.

SUN Li-jun¹,JIANG Xun²,ZHANG Yu-hai¹,HAO Yuan-tao³,YANG Xian-jun¹,WANG Chang-jun¹,SHANG Lei¹.

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Objective To investigate Health-related Quality of Life(HRQOL) in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTI),and the impact of RRTI on their family,so as to provide scientific evidence for improving HRQOL of children with RRTI,and decreasing the impact of RRTI on their family. Methods Cross-sectional survey was carried out among 728 children aged 2 to 7.HRQOL was assessed by using the Chinese version of PedsQL^TM 4.0.The scores of HRQOL were compared between children with RRTI and healthy children,the consistency of scores for both caregivers proxy-report and children self-report was analyzed,and then the influencing factors on HRQOL of children with RRTI were explored. Results HRQOL scores of all the 4 dimensions and the total scale of PedsQL^TM 4.0 among RRTI children were significantly lower than those of healthy children (P<0.05).Family impact scores of all the dimensions and the total scale of family impact module among RRTI children were significantly lower than those of healthy children's family (P<0.05).Lower scores of family impact was significantly associated with lower PedsQL scores (P<0.05).The physical function,social function and total scores of children self-report were significantly higher than those of caregiver proxy-report (P<0.05).Multivariate analysis suggested that RRTI children's age,the relation between children and their parents,and the educational level of parents were primary influencing factors to children's HRQOL. Conclusions RRTI is harmful to RRTI children's HRQOL,and has negative impact on their family.Parents' sociological characteristics have a significant effect on HRQOL of children with RRTI.

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recurrent respiratory tract infections / parent / quality of life / children

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SUN Li-jun,JIANG Xun,ZHANG Yu-hai,HAO Yuan-tao,YANG Xian-jun,WANG Chang-jun,SHANG Lei.. Study on health-related quality of life and its influencing factors among children with recurrent respiratory tract infections.[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2013, 21(2): 137-140

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