Life after Pediatric Critical Illness: Risk Factors for Reduced Health-related Quality of Life and Functional Decline.
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Project description:Rationale: Poor outcomes of adults surviving critical illness are well documented, but data in children are limited.Objectives: To identify factors associated with worse postdischarge function and health-related quality of life (HRQL) after pediatric acute respiratory failure.Methods: We assessed functional status at baseline, discharge, and 6 months after pediatric ICU discharge and HRQL 6 months after discharge in 2-week- to 17-year-olds mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure in the RESTORE (Randomized Evaluation of Sedation Titration for Respiratory Failure) trial. We assessed HRQL via Infant and Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire-97 (<2 yr old) or Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (≥2 yr old). We categorized patients with normal baseline function as having impaired HRQL if scores were greater than 1 SD below mean norms for Infant and Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire-97 growth and development or Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory total score.Measurements and Main Results: One-fifth (n = 192) of 949 patients declined in function from baseline to postdischarge; 20% (55/271) had impaired growth and development; 19% (64/343) had impaired HRQL. In multivariable analyses, decline in function was associated with baseline impaired function, prematurity, cancer, respiratory failure etiology, ventilation duration, and clonidine (odds ratio [OR] = 2.14; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.22-3.76). Independent predictors of impaired growth and development included methadone (OR = 2.27; 95% CI = 1.18-4.36) and inadequate pain management (OR = 2.94; 95% CI = 1.39-6.19). Impaired HRQL was associated with older age, non-white or Hispanic race, cancer, and inadequate sedation management (OR = 3.15; 95% CI = 1.74-5.72).Conclusions: Postdischarge morbidity after respiratory failure is common and associated with admission factors, exposure to critical care therapies, and pain and sedation management.
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Project description:ObjectivesA companion article reports the trajectory of long-term mortality and significant health-related quality of life disability among children encountering septic shock. In this article, the investigators examine critical illness factors associated with these adverse outcomes.DesignProspective, cohort-outcome study, conducted 2013-2017.SettingTwelve United States academic PICUs.PatientsCritically ill children, 1 month to 18 years, with community-acquired septic shock requiring vasoactive-inotropic support.InterventionsIllness severity, organ dysfunction, and resource utilization data were collected during PICU admission. Change from baseline health-related quality of life at the month 3 follow-up was assessed by parent proxy-report employing the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory or the Stein-Jessop Functional Status Scale.Measurements and main resultsIn univariable modeling, critical illness variables associated with death and/or persistent, serious health-related quality of life deterioration were candidates for multivariable modeling using Bayesian information criterion. The most clinically relevant multivariable models were selected among models with near-optimal statistical fit. Three months following septic shock, 346 of 389 subjects (88.9%) were alive and 43 of 389 had died (11.1%); 203 of 389 (52.2%) had completed paired health-related quality of life surveys. Pediatric Risk of Mortality, cumulative Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction scores, PICU and hospital durations of stay, maximum and cumulative vasoactive-inotropic scores, duration of mechanical ventilation, need for renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal life support or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and appearance of pathologic neurologic signs were associated with adverse outcomes in univariable models. In multivariable regression analysis (odds ratio [95% CI]), summation of daily Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction scores, 1.01/per point (1.01-1.02), p < 0.001; highest vasoactive-inotropic score, 1.02/per point (1.00-1.04), p = 0.003; and any acute pathologic neurologic sign/event, 5.04 (2.15-12.01), p < 0.001 were independently associated with death or persistent, serious deterioration of health-related quality of life at month 3.Conclusions and relevanceBiologically plausible factors related to sepsis-associated critical illness organ dysfunction and its treatment were associated with poor outcomes at month 3 follow-up among children encountering septic shock.
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Project description:Data from 997 pediatric LT recipients were used to model demographic and medical variables as predictors of lower levels of HRQOL. Data were collected through SPLIT FOG project. Patients were between 2 and 18 yr of age and survived LT by at least 12 months. Parents and children (age ≥ 8 yr) completed PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core and CF Scales at one time point. Demographic and medical variables were obtained from SPLIT. HRQOL scores were categorized as "poor" based on lower 25% of scores for each measure. Logistic regression models were generated. Single-parent households (OR 1.94, CI 1.13-3.33, p = 0.017), anti-seizure medications (OR 3.99, CI 1.26-12.70, p = 0.019), and number of days hospitalized (OR 1.03, CI 1.01-1.06, p = 0.0067) were associated with lower self-reported HRQOL. Parent data identified increasing age at transplant, age 5-12 yr at survey, hospitalization >21 days at LT, re-operations, diabetes, and growth failure at LT as additional predictors of generic HRQOL. Male gender, single-parent households, higher bilirubin levels at LT, and use of anti-seizure medication predicted lower cognitive function scores. HRQOL following pediatric LT is related to medical and demographic variables.
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Project description:PURPOSE:This study aimed to examine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and their parents, 6 months after the child's admission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Associations between parents' reports regarding HRQoL of their child and of themselves were investigated, as well as associations between children's baseline variables and their parent-reported HRQoL outcomes. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected in a group of children who participated in the PEPaNIC trial. Six months after discharge from the PICU, parents of critically ill children completed the Infant-Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL, for age 0-3 years) or the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 (CHQ-PF50, for age 4-18 years), which are parallel questionnaires. Parents completed the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) regarding their own HRQoL. Results were compared with normative data. RESULTS:At 6 months' follow-up, 86 children of the 1343 (6%) had died which resulted in 1257 eligible children. Parents of 576 surviving children (46%) completed the questionnaires. Children of responding parents had less often an acute reason for admission and differed in diagnosis compared with children of non-responders. PICU children scored lower on most ITQOL (n = 390) scales and CHQ-PF50 (n = 186) scales compared with normative data. Parents reported (n = 570) higher scores on the physical (p < 0.001) and lower scores on the mental SF-12 scale (p < 0.001) compared with normative data. Parents̕ mental HRQoL correlated with HRQoL they reported for their child (Pearson Correlations range 0.25-0.57, p < 0.001-0.002). Shorter length of stay, lower risk of mortality, younger age, and cardiac diagnosis were associated with higher parent-reported HRQoL outcomes for the child. CONCLUSIONS:Six months after PICU discharge, critically ill children have lower HRQoL compared with normative data. The mental component of HRQoL is impaired in parents and is associated with lower overall parent-reported HRQoL of their child.
| S-EPMC6962289 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be reduced in parents with mental illness (mental illness) who face the dual demands of disabling symptoms and their impact on family, social, and occupational life. This study aimed at analyzing the influence of various factors on HRQoL in parents with mental illness. Method: Baseline data of the German randomized controlled multicenter project CHIMPS (children of parents with mental illness) was used for analyses. The final sample consisted of n = 208 parents with mental illness and n = 197 children and adolescents aged 8-18 years. HRQoL was assessed with the EQ-5D. Results: Parents with mental illness reported significantly lower global and specific HRQoL than the German reference population. They were least satisfied with aspects that relate to anxiety and depression followed by usual activities, pain and discomfort. Better global HRQoL was primarily associated with self-reported physical and mental health, as well as adaptive coping behavior. Associations with mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression were analyzed and discussed. Conclusions: HRQoL in parents with mental illness is reduced. Clinical interventions should focus on the alleviation of mental health symptoms and probably somatic symptoms and promote adaptive coping skills.
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Project description:PurposeDespite advances in cancer treatment, there is a prevalence of pediatric childhood cancer survivors still at risk of developing adverse disease and treatment outcomes, even after the end of treatment. The present study aimed to (1) explore how mothers and fathers assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of their surviving child and (2) evaluate risk factors for poor parent-reported HRQoL in childhood cancer survivors about 2.5 years after diagnosis.MethodsWe assessed parent-reported HRQoL of 305 child and adolescent survivors < 18 years diagnosed with leukemia or tumors of central nervous system (CNS) with the KINDL-R questionnaire in a prospective observational study with a longitudinal mixed-methods design.ResultsIn agreement with our hypotheses, our results show that fathers rate their children's HRQoL total score as well as the condition-specific domains family (p = .013, d = 0.3), friends (p = .027, d = 0.27), and disease (p = .035, d = 0.26) higher than mothers about 2.5 years after diagnosis. Taking variance of inter-individual differences due to family affiliation into account, the mixed model regression revealed significant associations between the diagnosis of CNS tumors (p = .018, 95% CI [- 7.78, - 0.75]), an older age at diagnosis, (p = .011, 95% CI [- 0.96, - 0.12]), and non-participation in rehabilitation (p = .013, 95% CI [- 10.85, - 1.28]) with poor HRQoL in children more than 2 years after being diagnosed with cancer.ConclusionBased on the results, it is necessary for health care professionals to consider the differences in parental perceptions regarding children's aftercare after surviving childhood cancer. High risk patients for poor HRQoL should be detected early, and families should be offered support post-cancer diagnosis to protect survivors' HRQoL during aftercare. Further research should focus on characteristics of pediatric childhood cancer survivors and families with low participation in rehabilitation programs.
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Project description:BackgroundCritical illness is often accompanied by hypercortisolemia, which has been attributed to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. However, low corticotropin levels have also been reported in critically ill patients, which may be due to reduced cortisol metabolism.MethodsIn a total of 158 patients in the intensive care unit and 64 matched controls, we tested five aspects of cortisol metabolism: daily levels of corticotropin and cortisol; plasma cortisol clearance, metabolism, and production during infusion of deuterium-labeled steroid hormones as tracers; plasma clearance of 100 mg of hydrocortisone; levels of urinary cortisol metabolites; and levels of messenger RNA and protein in liver and adipose tissue, to assess major cortisol-metabolizing enzymes.ResultsTotal and free circulating cortisol levels were consistently higher in the patients than in controls, whereas corticotropin levels were lower (P<0.001 for both comparisons). Cortisol production was 83% higher in the patients (P=0.02). There was a reduction of more than 50% in cortisol clearance during tracer infusion and after the administration of 100 mg of hydrocortisone in the patients (P≤0.03 for both comparisons). All these factors accounted for an increase by a factor of 3.5 in plasma cortisol levels in the patients, as compared with controls (P<0.001). Impaired cortisol clearance also correlated with a lower cortisol response to corticotropin stimulation. Reduced cortisol metabolism was associated with reduced inactivation of cortisol in the liver and kidney, as suggested by urinary steroid ratios, tracer kinetics, and assessment of liver-biopsy samples (P≤0.004 for all comparisons).ConclusionsDuring critical illness, reduced cortisol breakdown, related to suppressed expression and activity of cortisol-metabolizing enzymes, contributed to hypercortisolemia and hence corticotropin suppression. The diagnostic and therapeutic implications for critically ill patients are unknown. (Funded by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research and others; ClinicalTrials.gov numbers, NCT00512122 and NCT00115479; and Current Controlled Trials numbers, ISRCTN49433936, ISRCTN49306926, and ISRCTN08083905.).
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Project description:Critical illness hyperglycemia (CIH) is common in pediatric and adult intensive care units (ICUs). Children undergoing surgical repair or palliation of congenital cardiac defects are particularly at risk for CIH and its occurrence has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality in this population. Strict glycemic control through the use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) has been shown to improve outcomes in some adult and pediatric studies, yet these findings have sparked controversy. The practice of strict glycemic control has been slow in extending to pediatric ICUs because of the documented increase in the incidence of hypoglycemia in patients treated with IIT. Protocol driven approaches with more liberal glycemic targets have been successfully validated in general and cardiac critical care pediatric patients with low rates of hypoglycemia. It is unknown whether a therapeutic benefit is obtained by keeping patients in this more liberal glycemic control target. Definitive randomized controlled trials of IIT utilizing these targets in critically ill children are ongoing.
| S-EPMC3320819 | biostudies-other
Project description:ObjectiveTo provide an evidence-based review of measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and functional impairment, with a specific focus on their use in the field of pediatric psychology.MethodsAs part of a larger survey of pediatric psychologists from the Society of Pediatric Psychology e-mail listserv (American Psychological Association, APA, Division 54), 16 measures were selected for this psychometric review. Measures that qualified for the review fell into one of the following three categories: (a) generic HRQOL scales, (b) disease-specific quality of life scales, and (c) functional impairment rating scales.ResultsPsychometric characteristics (i.e., three types of reliability, two types of validity) were strong for the majority of measures reviewed, with 12 of the 16 measures meeting "well-established" evidence-based assessment criteria. Strengths and weaknesses of existing measures were noted.ConclusionsRecommendations for future work in this area of assessment are presented, including suggestions that further validation and exploration of measure properties such as factor analysis and changes in HRQOL over time be conducted.
| S-EPMC2543105 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment is important for patients with functional dyspepsia. However, no studies have assessed factors associated with HRQoL reduction in such patients in an Asian population. This study aimed to determine the contribution of clinical, psychosocial, and demographic factors to HRQoL in affected patients in Indonesia.In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 124 patients in a tertiary hospital with functional dyspepsia according to Rome III criteria. HRQoL was measured using the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (SF-36) physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) and compared with 2009 United States population norms. The factors investigated were age, gender, symptom severity, education level, employment status, anxiety, depression, and ethnicity. Factors associated with reduced HRQoL were identified using linear regression analysis.All domains of HRQoL except vitality were impaired in patients with functional dyspepsia. The mean PCS was 42.3 (SD?=?8.4); and the mean MCS was 47.8 (SD?=?10). Increasing age (p?=?0.002), female gender (p?=?0.006), low-to-mid education level (p?=?0.015) and greater symptom severity (p?<?0.001) were significantly associated with impaired PCS (R2?=?0.36). Female gender (p?=?0.047), greater symptom severity (p?=?0.002), anxiety (p?=?0.001), and depression (p?=?0.002 were all significantly associated with an impaired MCS (R2?=?0.41). There were no significant associations between HRQoL and with ethnic group (Javanese/non-Javanese) or employment status.There was significant HRQoL impairment in these patients with functional dyspepsia in Indonesia. Anxiety, depression, increasing age, female gender, greater symptom severity, and low-to-mid education level were significant factors associated with low HRQoL. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03321383 . Registered 18 October 2017 retrospectively registered.
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