ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2014
The impact of influenza-like illness in young children on their parents: a quality of life survey.
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- Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus on Child, Caregiver, and Family Quality of Life in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Analysis.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Higher severity of infant RSV infections is associated with lower parental quality of life - a European observational study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Observational
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- Phytotherapeutic, Homeopathic Interventions and Bee Products for Pediatric Infections: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Caregiver Burden among Patients with Influenza or Influenza-like Illness (ILI): A Systematic Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Quality of life burden on United States infants and caregivers due to lower respiratory tract infection and adjusting for selective testing: Pilot prospective observational study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Impact of Pediatric COVID-19 on Family Health-Related Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study from Latvia.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- How do Parents Manage Symptomatic Children? Social-Distancing Insights for COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza.Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment · 2021Article
- Burden of disease in children with respiratory tract infections in primary care: diary-based cohort study.Family practice · 2019Observational
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- Longitudinal study of quality of life among children with acute respiratory infection and cough.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Trends of influenza B during the 2010-2016 seasons in 2 regions of north and south Italy: The impact of the vaccine mismatch on influenza immunisation strategy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Article
- Estimates of the Public Health Impact of a Pediatric Vaccination Program Using an Intranasal Tetravalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine in Belgium.Paediatric drugs · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfluenza-like illness can cause excess paediatric morbidity and burden on parents.
objectivesWe determined the quality of life (QoL) impact of children's influenza-like illness (ILI) on their parents.
methodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study in childcare centres and a general practice in Sydney, Australia. Using PAR-ENT-QoL, we measured QoL of parents of children aged 6 months-3 years before the 2010 influenza season, then again for parents of children with ILI (ILI group) using SF-12v2 Acute Form and PAR-ENT-QoL, and contemporaneously for parents of aged-matched children without ILI (non-ILI group).
resultsOf 381 children enrolled from 90 childcare centres, 105 developed ILI. PAR-ENT-QoL scores of the ILI group were significantly lower in the post-ILI follow-up interviews than at baseline (60.99 vs. 79.77, p < 0.001), and those of non-ILI group at follow-up interviews (60.99 vs. 84.05, p < 0.001). SF-12v2 scores of the ILI group were also significantly lower than those of non-ILI group: physical component summary (50.66 vs. 53.16, p = 0.011) and mental component summary (45.67 vs. 53.66, p < 0.001). Two factors were significantly associated with parental QoL: total time spent caring child during ILI and whether the child had severe ILI or not. Correlations between PAR-ENT-QoL and SF-12v2 scores were satisfactory.
conclusionsParents had significantly lower QoL while their child had ILI, compared with before ILI and with parents of children without ILI. The public health impact of ILI in children on the QoL in families is far from negligible. QoL measurement can complement economic evaluation of ILI disease burden and provide a more complete picture of impact.
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