Factors predicting health‐related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients in the functional outcomes group

• DOI: 10.1111/petr.12126
• Publication Date: 2013-08-01T06:49:37Z
• Authors: Estella M. Alonso; Karen Martz; Deli Wang; Michael S. Yi; Katie Neighbors; James W. Varni; John C. Bucuvalas
• Keywords: Male; Parents; Adolescent; Length of Stay; Liver Transplantation; 3. Good health; Cohort Studies; Hospitalization; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Postoperative Complications; 0302 clinical medicine; Child, Preschool; Ethnicity; Odds Ratio; Quality of Life; Humans; Anticonvulsants; Female; Child; Cognition Disorders; Liver Failure; Follow-Up Studies

Data from 997 pediatric LT recipients were used to model demographic and medical variables as predictors of lower levels HRQOL. collected through SPLIT FOG project. Patients between 2 18 yr age survived by at least 12 months. Parents children (age ≥ 8 yr) completed PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core CF Scales one time point. Demographic obtained SPLIT. HRQOL scores categorized "poor" based on 25% for each measure. Logistic regression models generated. Single-parent households (OR 1.94, CI 1.13-3.33, p = 0.017), anti-seizure medications 3.99, 1.26-12.70, 0.019), number days hospitalized 1.03, 1.01-1.06, 0.0067) associated with self-reported Parent data identified increasing transplant, 5-12 survey, hospitalization >21 LT, re-operations, diabetes, growth failure additional generic Male gender, single-parent households, higher bilirubin use medication predicted cognitive function scores. following is related variables.