Health Related Quality of Life of Under Five Children with Down Syndrome and Sociodemographic Correlates | ||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||
| Article 1, Volume 53, Issue 1, April 2023, Pages 1-9 PDF (520.04 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2023.314774 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mariam F. Eskander* 1; Ibrahim F. Kharboush2; Iman M. Marzouk3; Hala I. Elgrawany1 | ||
| 1Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Education for Early Childhood, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Family Health, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Many researchers have revealed that health related quality of life (HRQOL) is significantly related to multiple socio-demographic factors in the general population. Only one previous research examined HRQOL in under five children with Down Syndrome (DS). So far, there are no DS-specific or gold standard tools present for this purpose. Objective(s): This study aimed to measure HRQOL in under five children with DS and to investigate its relation to some socio-demographic characteristics of under 5 children with DS and their caregivers. Methods: In a cross-sectional study of 267 under five children with DS, HRQOL was measured with the TNO-AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) questionnaire. TAPQOL was translated into Arabic and validated. Sociodemographic data were collected through a validated pre-designed structured interview questionnaire filled by the caregivers (mostly mothers). Results: The study revealed that 59.6%, 37.1% and 3.4% of the studied children had good, fair and poor HRQOL, respectively. Good HRQOL were significantly associated with children age group (1-<1.5 years) (0.000), mothers’ age group (<20 years) (0.039), professional work of the father (00.000) and married parents (0.042). These results were statistically significant. Nearly two thirds (62.5%) of the studied children with average socioeconomic status, had good HRQOL. This result was not statistically significant. Conclusion: More than half of the studied sample had good HRQOL. Good HRQOL were significantly associated with children age group (1-<1.5 years), mothers’ age group (<20 years), professional work of the father and married parents. The relation between the HRQOL and the socioeconomic class was not significant. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Down syndrome; HRQOL; TAPQOL questionnaire | ||
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