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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2012

Asthma-like symptoms in the first year of life and health-related quality of life at age 12 months: the Generation R study.

Ashna D Mohangoo, Harry J de Koning, Johan C de Jongste, Jeanne M Landgraf, Johannes C van der Wouden, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Henriette A Moll, Johan P Mackenbach, Hein Raat

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Ashna D MohangooThe Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. a.mohangoo@erasmusmc.nl
Harry J de Koning
Johan C de Jongste
Jeanne M Landgraf
Johannes C van der Wouden
Vincent W V Jaddoe
Albert Hofman
Henriette A Moll
Johan P Mackenbach
Hein Raat

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purposeThis study compares HRQOL among subgroups of infants with asthma-like symptoms to a subgroup without such symptoms and examines independent associations between asthma-like symptoms during the first year of life and HRQOL at age 12 months.

methodsOur study sample included 5,000 infants participating in the Generation R study. Their parents completed structured questionnaires to obtain information on asthma-like symptoms, HRQOL, infants', and maternal characteristics. Asthma-like symptoms were defined according to the number of positive answers to 12 items on lower respiratory symptoms. HRQOL was measured using the ITQOL. Higher scores indicated better HRQOL.

resultsInfants with asthma-like symptoms had significantly lower HRQOL scores for all ITQOL scales. Among the subgroup with severe symptoms (4% of the infants), relevant deficits in HRQOL were observed for most ITQOL scales, particularly for General Health, Bodily Pain, and Family Activities (effect sizes ≥ 0.8). In multivariate linear models, asthma-like symptoms were independently associated with 6 ITQOL scales. The population attributable risks were especially high for Family Activities, General Health, Parental Emotional, and Parental Time.

conclusionsAsthma-like symptoms during the first year of life are associated with impaired quality of life at age 12 months. At population level, asthma-like symptoms were associated with lower HRQOL, regardless of symptom severity.

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Quality of LifeAnalysis of VarianceAsthmaFemaleHumansInfantMaleNetherlandsProspective StudiesRegression AnalysisSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics, NonparametricSurveys and Questionnaires

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