Observational studyIntensive care medicine2018
Factors associated with health-related quality of life 6 years after ICU discharge in a Finnish paediatric population: a cohort study.
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- Neurocognitive functioning and health-related quality of life of children after pediatric intensive care admission: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life and self-reported health status in adolescents with chronic health conditions before transfer of care to adult health care: an international cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Admission Criteria to Paediatric Intensive Care for Oncology Haematology Patients: Updates and Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations.Pediatric reports · 2026Review
- Microbiological and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Sepsis Patients with and without Septic Shock: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in China.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life outcome measures for children surviving critical care: a scoping review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Physical Functioning After Admission to the PICU: A Scoping Review.Critical care explorations · 2021Article
- Trajectories and Risk Factors for Altered Physical and Psychosocial Health-Related Quality of Life After Pediatric Community-Acquired Septic Shock.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Caregiver Distress and Family Functioning After Community-Acquired Pediatric Septic Shock.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2020Article
- Critical Illness Factors Associated With Long-Term Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Morbidity Following Community-Acquired Pediatric Septic Shock.Critical care medicine · 2020Article
- Focus on paediatrics.Intensive care medicine · 2019Article
- Inherent value of baseline measures when assessing the trajectory of health-related quality of life among children surviving critical illness.Intensive care medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeLong-term data are urgently needed in children after intensive care. The aim of this study was to measure health-related quality of life 6 years after intensive care in a paediatric intensive care population.
methodsThis national, multicentre study enrolled all children and young people admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Finland in 2009 and 2010. The data concerning ICU stay were collected retrospectively from the ICU data registries and combined with prospective data from Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0) questionnaires, the generic 15D, 16D or 17D instrument, and data regarding children's chronic diagnoses and need for healthcare support.
resultsThe questionnaires were answered by 1109 of 3682 living children and adolescents admitted to an ICU, response rate was 30.1%. Among the responders, 90 children (8.4%) had poor (under - 2 SD) PedsQL scores. Children with low scores had a higher rate of chronic diagnoses (94.4% vs. 47.6%), medication on a daily basis (78.7% vs. 29.4%) and a greater need for healthcare services (97.7% vs. 82.2%) than those with normal scores. Diagnoses associated with poor quality of life were asthma, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other neurological diseases, chromosomal alterations, cancer and long-term pain. These children were mostly admitted electively, and less frequently on an emergency basis, but no other significant differences were found during the intensive care stay.
conclusionsThe long-term quality of life after paediatric intensive care is good for the majority of children and young people, and it is dependent on the number of chronic diagnoses and the burden of the chronic disease, especially neurological diseases.
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