Elina Kyösti MD , Era Mikkonen MD , Rahul Raj MD , Pasi Ohtonen MSci , Outi Peltoniemi MD , Markus B. Skrifvars MD , Tero Ala-Kokko MD
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Abstract
Background
To examine the long-term health-related quality of life (HRQL) after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) treated in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Methods
This retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from four university hospital ICUs in Finland. Children aged < 18 years with TBI treated in the ICU during 2003 to 2013 were included. Patients alive at the end of 2020 were sent two different HRQL questionnaires 15/16-dimensional (15D/16D) and RAND-36 and questions regarding chronic diseases, socioeconomical status, and the need for health care support. HRQL was defined as poor when the 15D/16D score total score was below the age- and sex-matched mean population score in Finland minus the minimal clinically important difference.
Results
A total of 150 of 337 (44%) patients responded (n = 144 15D/16D responses). Median follow-up time was 11 years. Seventy patients (49%) had a poor HRQL according to 15D/16D score. Patients with TBI had significantly poorer 15D scores in every dimension when compared with the matched population mean values. A higher Helsinki CT score, mechanical ventilation, and female sex were associated with poor long-term HRQL according to the 15D/16D. Patients with poor 15D/16D scores also needed significantly more health care services and medications and had more comorbidities than patients with normal scores. A poor 15D/16D score was associated with lower socioeconomic status.
Conclusions
Half of long-term pediatric ICU-treated TBI survivors had poor HRQL 11 years after injury. More severe head computed tomographic findings at admission and female sex associated with poor HRQL.
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Pediatric Neurology publishes timely peer-reviewed clinical and research articles covering all aspects of the developing nervous system.
Pediatric Neurology features up-to-the-minute publication of the latest advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of pediatric neurologic disorders. The journal''s editor, E. Steve Roach, in conjunction with the team of Associate Editors, heads an internationally recognized editorial board, ensuring the most authoritative and extensive coverage of the field. Among the topics covered are: epilepsy, mitochondrial diseases, congenital malformations, chromosomopathies, peripheral neuropathies, perinatal and childhood stroke, cerebral palsy, as well as other diseases affecting the developing nervous system.