Assessing health related quality of life of school aged Saudi children in western province using the validated Arabic version of child health questionaire-parent form-50

Albokhari, Shatha M.; Garout, Wallaa A.; Alghamdi, Maha; Garout, Alyaa A.; Noorsaeed, Sundus M.W.; Daali, Shahad M.

doi:10.15537/smj.2019.11.24660

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“…It may represent sociocultural factors in our region which lead to discrepancies between girls and boys in terms of the assistance and emotional support received from their parents, and subsequently influence their health-related QOL. [ 46 ]…”

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The impact of inflammatory bowel diseases on the quality of life of Saudi pediatric patients: A cross-sectional study

Hammo¹,

Alhadab²,

AlMahamed³

et al. 2022

Saudi J Gastroenterol

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Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal tract disorder characterized by periods of exacerbations and remissions that affect multiple aspects of a pediatric patient's quality of life. The purpose of this study is to describe the health-related quality of life of Saudi pediatric IBD patients and to determine the influencing factors which can affect it. Methods: This is a single center cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted between December 2019 and December 2021. Patients aged between 9 and 16 years diagnosed with IBD were included; IMPACT III quality of life questionnaire was used. Results: Thirty-eight patients participated in the study, 57.9 % being male, with a mean age of 12.48 ± 2.72 years, and 55.3 % of patients were diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD). The most frequent medications were aminosalicylic acids derivatives, followed by immune-modulators and biologics. The IMPACT III quality of life questionnaire has shown lower scores in IBD patients in comparison to healthy control groups. Patients with active disease have lower total and sub-domain scores than patients with inactive disease. We found no correlation between health-related quality of life (HrQOL) and the number of medications used, disease duration, or gender. Conclusions: Pediatric IBD patients have significantly lower HrQOL scores than healthy children. Disease activity was found to be a predictor for poor HrQOL outcome.

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