TY - JOUR
T1 - Low Impact of Congenital Hand Differences on Health-Related Quality of Life
AU - Ardon, Monique
AU - Janssen, Wim
AU - Hovius, Steven
AU - Stam, Henk
AU - Selles, Ruud
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Ardon MS, Janssen WG, Hovius SE, Stam HJ, Selles RW. Low impact of congenital hand differences on health-related quality of life. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2012;93: 351-7. Objective: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its determinants in children with congenital hand differences (CHDs). Design: Survey. Setting: Outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Participants: Children (N=116; age range, 10-14y) with CHDs. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: HRQoL evaluated by child self-reports of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and compared with reference values of healthy peers. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to investigate determinants of HRQoL. Results: All children with CHDs had scores similar to those of healthy peers, except for a lower score on social functioning in children aged 13 to 14 years. Higher ease of activity performance was related to higher HRQoL scores, and presence of comorbidity was related to lower scores on all HRQoL subdomains except for school functioning. Additionally, physical health was influenced by ethnicity, bilateral involvement, and previous surgery; emotional functioning by the number of affected digits; Conclusions: Children with CHDs report similar HRQoL as healthy peers. HRQoL decreased in the presence of comorbidity but increased with higher ease of activity performance. Scores on some subdomains were improved by the number of affected digits, but were reduced by age, ethnicity, bilateral involvement, and surgery. Although HRQoL is an important health outcome, it may not be sensitive to detect changes over time or changes after treatment in children with CHDs.
AB - Ardon MS, Janssen WG, Hovius SE, Stam HJ, Selles RW. Low impact of congenital hand differences on health-related quality of life. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2012;93: 351-7. Objective: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its determinants in children with congenital hand differences (CHDs). Design: Survey. Setting: Outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Participants: Children (N=116; age range, 10-14y) with CHDs. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: HRQoL evaluated by child self-reports of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and compared with reference values of healthy peers. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to investigate determinants of HRQoL. Results: All children with CHDs had scores similar to those of healthy peers, except for a lower score on social functioning in children aged 13 to 14 years. Higher ease of activity performance was related to higher HRQoL scores, and presence of comorbidity was related to lower scores on all HRQoL subdomains except for school functioning. Additionally, physical health was influenced by ethnicity, bilateral involvement, and previous surgery; emotional functioning by the number of affected digits; Conclusions: Children with CHDs report similar HRQoL as healthy peers. HRQoL decreased in the presence of comorbidity but increased with higher ease of activity performance. Scores on some subdomains were improved by the number of affected digits, but were reduced by age, ethnicity, bilateral involvement, and surgery. Although HRQoL is an important health outcome, it may not be sensitive to detect changes over time or changes after treatment in children with CHDs.
U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.09.004
M3 - Article
VL - 93
SP - 351
EP - 357
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
SN - 0003-9993
IS - 2
ER -