Health-related quality of life in Polish children and adolescents with perinatal HIV infection - short report

The aims of the study were to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents with perinatal HIV infection and to establish possible relationships with clinical and socio-demographic variables. About 56 children with perinatal HIV infection, aged 6-18 years (PHIV+ group), 24 healthy perinatally HIV-exposed but uninfected (PHEU) children, and 43 children HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU) were assessed using the PedsQL 4.0. Generic Core. The perceptions of school functioning according to children and social functioning, according to parents, were worse in the PHIV+ group compared to those in the PHEU group. In comparison to the HUU group, PHIV+ children received lower total HRQoL scores in the caregivers' perception. Most of the life-quality indices increased systematically with age in PHIV+ group, whereas opposite trends were present in both control groups. Caregivers of children with a final CDC category C and caregivers of children diagnosed with encephalopathy perceived most domains of their children functioning as more problematic. A more serious course and more severe HIV infection before treatment were associated with worse multidimensional functioning and a worse total HRQoL score. Results highlight the importance of early diagnosis and treatment initiation as having significant implications for the quality of life.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

AIDS care - 32(2020), 11 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 1393-1399

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zielinska-Wieniawska, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Bielecki, Maksymilian [VerfasserIn]
Wolanczyk, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Kruk, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Marczynska, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Srebnicki, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Brynska, Anita [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Adolescent
Child
HIV infection/psychology
HRQoL
Infectious disease transmission/vertical
Journal Article
PedsQL
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/09540121.2019.1699641

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304196088