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The Quality of Life in Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Case–Control Study Publisher Pubmed



Zamani G1 ; Ashrafi MR1 ; Ghabeli H1 ; Akbari MG2 ; Mohammadi M1 ; Badv RS1 ; Hosseinpour S3 ; Haghighi R1 ; Pourbakhtyaran E1 ; Khosroshahi N4 ; Heidari M1
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  1. 1. Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Vali-E-Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: BMC Pediatrics Published:2022


Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) based on the type of SMA, demographic and clinical features and compare HRQoL of these patients with a matched healthy control group. Methods: This was a case–control study of Patients with SMA in Iran. Sixty-six patients with SMA type II and III aged 8–18 years and also 264 healthy age, sex, and socio-economic matched individuals were enrolled. To assess the quality of life, we used the Persian version of the KIDSCREEN-27. Results: The health-related quality of life between children with type II and type III SMA was not significant in all 5 subscales. However, HRQoL in healthy children was significantly higher than in SMA children in all 5 subscales. Conclusion: The quality of life in children with SMA was lower than the healthy control group in all subscales, and physical well-being and psychosocial aspects are the main domains of life impaired by SMA disease. However, no significant difference between the quality of life in children with SMA type II and type III was observed. © 2022, The Author(s).
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