Quality of life and physical/psychosocial factors in children and adolescents with orthostatic intolerance

Autor: Yoshie Shigeyasu, Ayumi Okada, Chikako Fujii, Chie Tanaka, Akiko Sugihara, Makiko Horiuchi, Takashi Yorifuji, Hirokazu Tsukahara
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BioPsychoSocial Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1751-0759
DOI: 10.1186/s13030-023-00278-1
Popis: Abstract Background Orthostatic intolerance (OI), which is common in children and adolescents, negatively impacts their quality of life (QOL) due to physical symptoms that limit work, school, and daily activities. The purpose of this study is to explore the association of physical and psychosocial factors with QOL scores in children and adolescents with OI. Methods A cross sectional observational study was conducted. The study participants included 95 Japanese pediatric patients of age 9–15 years who were diagnosed with OI from April 2010 to March 2020. The QOL scores and the QOL T-scores of children with OI assessed using the KINDL-R questionnaire at the initial visit were compared with conventional normative data. The associations of physical and psychosocial factors with the QOL T-scores were examined using multiple linear regression. Results Pediatric patients with OI had significantly lower QOL scores than healthy children in both elementary (50.7 ± 13.5 vs. 67.9 ± 13.4, p
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