Assessing the quality of life in infants with deformational plagiocephaly.

Autor: Ryall JJ; McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Houston, TX, USA., Xue Y; McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Houston, TX, USA., Turner KD; McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Houston, TX, USA., Nguyen PD; McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Houston, TX, USA., Greives MR; McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: matthew.r.greives@uth.tmc.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery [J Craniomaxillofac Surg] 2021 Jan; Vol. 49 (1), pp. 29-33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2020.11.005
Abstrakt: This was a parent-reported outcome study on the impact of helmet therapy on the quality of life of infants with deformational plagiocephaly and their caregivers. Using survey-based analysis, we compared the quality of life in infants with deformational plagiocephaly with a cohort of their healthy peers. In addition, we compared infant quality of life before and after helmet therapy to evaluate the impact of this mainstay therapy for deformational plagiocephaly. Our results demonstrated that infants with plagiocephaly and their caregivers had a significantly decreased quality of life compared with healthy controls. This reframes our understanding of deformational plagiocephaly and emphasizes the need for therapeutic intervention in these individuals. A common therapeutic option - helmet remolding therapy - was shown to have no negative impact on quality of life, underscoring this as an appropriate therapeutic option. These data will allow us to counsel our future parents more effectively regarding the impact of deformational plagiocephaly and helmet therapy.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.
(Copyright © 2020 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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