Associations of Eczema Severity and Parent Knowledge With Child Quality of Life in a Pediatric Primary Care Population
| Autor: | Sara L. Toomey, Katherine D. Tran, Corinna J. Rea, Elena B. Hawryluk, Maria Jorina, Larissa M. Wenren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Parents Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Multivariate analysis Parent knowledge Adolescent Population Eczema Primary care Severity of Illness Index 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Child education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry Infant Atopic dermatitis Dermatology Life Quality Index medicine.disease humanities Confidence interval Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Quality of Life Female business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical pediatrics. 57(13) |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 |
| Popis: | We investigated factors associated with quality of life (QOL) in children with eczema. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of survey data from 224 parents of children with eczema attending a large, hospital-based pediatric clinic. Parents completed a validated eczema severity scale (Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure), a QOL scale (Infants’ Dermatitis QOL Index or Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index), and a knowledge and understanding questionnaire. In adjusted multivariate analyses, worse eczema severity was associated with worse overall QOL (β = 0.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.5, 0.6]), while a higher knowledge score was associated with better QOL (β = −3.4; 95% CI = [−6.6, −0.2]). Similarly, even after adjustment for eczema severity, greater understanding of a child’s individual treatment plan was associated with better QOL (β = −0.7; 95% CI = [−1.4, −0.08]), while increased frequency of worrying about a child’s eczema was associated with worse QOL (β = 0.7; 95% CI = [0.03, 1.1]). These results suggest primary care providers may be able to influence QOL through optimal eczema management and family education. |
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