Quality-of-life Evaluation of Healthy Siblings of Children with Chronic Illness
| Autor: | Meltem Dinleyici, Kürşat Bora Çarman, Canan Özdemir, Koray Harmancı, Makbule Eren, Birgül Kirel, Enver Şimşek, Coşkun Yarar, Aysu Duyan Çamurdan, Figen Şahin Dağlı |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 34-42 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2146-3123 2146-3131 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2019.7.142 |
| Popis: | Background:Chronic disease of children can cause changes in the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) of the family members.Aims:To evaluate the HrQoL of healthy siblings of children with chronic disease.Study Design:Cross-sectional study.Methods:The study included healthy sibling of children with chronic disease (cerebral palsy, epilepsy, diabetes, celiac disease, hematologic/oncologic disease, or asthma) and healthy sibling of healthy children to evaluate the quality of life. We used the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory questionnaire; the physical health and psychosocial health scores were calculated using the responses of the sibling and parent. The primary endpoint was the comparison of HrQoL scores of healthy siblings of children with chronic disease and that of healthy siblings of healthy children.Results:This study included a respective healthy sibling of 191 children with chronic disease and healthy sibling of 100 healthy children. The physical health, psychosocial health, and total health scores of healthy siblings of children with chronic disease were significantly lower than that of healthy siblings of healthy children (p |
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