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Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2025

Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with paediatric acquired brain injury: Secondary data analysis from a randomised controlled trial.

Hanna Lovise Sargénius, Torstein Baade Rø, Ruth Elizabeth Hypher, Anne Elisabeth Brandt, Stein Andersson, Torun Gangaune Finnanger, Kari Risnes, Jan Stubberud

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Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Hanna Lovise SargéniusDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. h.l.sargenius@psykologi.uio.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-9443
Torstein Baade RøDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Ruth Elizabeth HypherDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences for Children, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Anne Elisabeth BrandtDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Stein AnderssonDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Torun Gangaune FinnangerChildren's Clinic, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Kari RisnesDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Jan StubberudDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Funding

The Research Council of Norway 260680/H10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore the characteristic quality of health profiles of children with paediatric acquired brain injury (pABI), and to investigate whether improvement in executive function (EF) following cognitive rehabilitation is associated with improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

methodA study of secondary endpoints in a blinded, parallel-randomised controlled trial with children (ages 10-17 years) with pABI and executive dysfunction. Data was obtained from 73 children-parent dyads. Explorative analyses were conducted comparing baseline with 8-week post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up data. Outcome measures included the EQ-5D-Y-3L health dimensions and the visual analogue scale (VAS).

resultsAt baseline and 6-month follow-up, mean (SD) VAS were 76.22 (17.98) and 79.49 (19.82) on the parent-report, and 77.19 (16.63) and 79.09 (17.91) on the self-report, respectively. Comparing children who improved EF to those who did not improve/worsened, no significant improvement was found for the VAS (parent-report) over time (BRIEF-BRI: F = 2.19, p = 0.12, BRIEF-MI: F = 2.23, p = 0.12) for either group. A significant main effect by group was found for BRIEF-MI (F = 4.02, p = 0.049), but no time*group interaction (F = 0.414, p = 0.662).

conclusionThe children and their parents reported only minor problems across EQ-5D-Y-3L dimensions and evaluated overall health as relatively good. Participants with a clinically significant change in the metacognitive aspect of EF had higher HRQOL. Cognitive interventions aiming to ameliorate deficits in EF in pABI may be beneficial to improve HRQOL.

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Brain InjuriesQuality of LifeAdolescentChildExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMaleSecondary Data AnalysisSurveys and QuestionnairesAcquired brain injuryEQ-5D-Y-3LExecutive functionHRQOLPaediatric

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