Long term follow-up of health-related quality of life in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birth weight.

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Gijsbert H W VerripsPauline Verloove-Vanhorick

Abstract

The purpose was, first, to evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a cohort of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g.) or very preterm (< 32 weeks of gestation) children between ages 14 and 19, and second, to identify correlates of HRQL at age 19. HRQL was assessed using the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3). In order to explore correlates of HRQL, we performed a hierarchical regression analysis. Surviving VLBW children (n = 959) from a 1983 Dutch nation-wide cohort were eligible; 630 participated both at age 14 and 19; 54 at age 19 only. The mean HRQL score decreased from 0.87 to 0.86. The HRQL of 45% was stable, 25% were better and 30% were worse. A regression model showed internalizing problems were related most strongly to HRQL. In the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, HRQL in Dutch VLBW children was stable at the group level but varied at the individual level. HRQL was negatively associated with internalizing problems and also with physical handicaps. Long-term follow-up studies on the impact of VLBW on HRQL are all the more called for, given the growing number of vulnerable infants surviving the neonatal period.

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Sep 21, 2000·Early Human Development·F J WaltherS P Verloove-Vanhorick
Dec 12, 2012·Health and Quality of Life Outcomes·Line K LundMarit S Indredavik
Mar 28, 2013·Health and Quality of Life Outcomes·Afra van LunenburgGijsbert H W Verrips
Dec 3, 2013·Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine·Saroj Saigal
Dec 8, 2015·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health·Zhengmin QianBin Zhang
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Mar 7, 2013·Early Human Development·Saroj Saigal
Mar 21, 2016·Quality of Life Research : an International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation·Martina Estevam Brom Vieira, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares
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May 18, 2021·Frontiers in Pediatrics·Linlin LiLin Wang
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