ArticleBMC pediatrics2012
The impact of childhood acute rotavirus gastroenteritis on the parents' quality of life: prospective observational study in European primary care medical practices.
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- Lack of impact of rotavirus vaccines on seizure-related hospitalizations in children under 5 years old in Spain.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Article
- Health-related quality of life of the parents of children hospitalized due to acute rotavirus infection: a cross-sectional study in Latvia.BMC pediatrics · 2018Article
- Rotavirus infection.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2017Review
- Parents' insights after pediatric hospitalization due to rotavirus gastroenteritis in Italy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2017Article
- Long-term impact of self-financed rotavirus vaccines on rotavirus-associated hospitalizations and costs in the Valencia Region, Spain.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Article
- The impact on quality of life on families of children on an elimination diet for Non-immunoglobulin E mediated gastrointestinal food allergies.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2017Article
- Multicenter prospective study on the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than 3 years of age in Spain.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Observational
- The Impact of Childhood Acute Otitis Media on Parental Quality of Life in a Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Clinical drug investigation · 2015Observational
- Family impact of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Taiwan and Vietnam: an Ethnographic Study.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Article
- Acute Gastroenteritis: A Qualitative Study of Parental Motivations, Expectations, and Experiences During Out-of-Hours Primary Care.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRotavirus (RV) is the commonest cause of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. A Quality of Life study was conducted in primary care in three European countries as part of a larger epidemiological study (SPRIK) to investigate the impact of paediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) on affected children and their parents.
methodsA self-administered questionnaire was linguistically validated in Spanish, Italian and Polish. The questionnaire was included in an observational multicentre prospective study of 302 children aged <5 years presenting to a general practitioner or paediatrician for RVGE at centres in Spain, Italy or Poland. RV infection was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing (n = 264). The questionnaire was validated and used to assess the emotional impact of paediatric RVGE on the parents.
resultsQuestionnaire responses showed that acute RVGE in a child adversely affects the parents' daily life as well as the child. Parents of children with RVGE experience worry, distress and impact on their daily activities. RVGE of greater clinical severity (assessed by the Vesikari scale) was associated with higher parental worries due to symptoms and greater changes in the child's behaviour, and a trend to higher impact on parents' daily activities and higher parental distress, together with a higher score on the symptom severity scale of the questionnaire.
conclusionsParents of a child with acute RVGE presenting to primary care experience worry, distress and disruptions to daily life as a result of the child's illness. Prevention of this disease through prophylactic vaccination will improve the daily lives of parents and children.
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