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Quality of life and functional outcome in Swedish children with low anorectal malformations: a follow-up study
Karolinska Institutet / Karolinska University Hospital.
The Swedish Red Cross University College, Department of Health Sciences. Karolinska Institutet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0221-8631
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2019 (English)In: Pediatric surgery international (Print), ISSN 0179-0358, E-ISSN 1437-9813, Vol. 35, no 5, p. 583-590Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

PURPOSE: The aim was to investigate the quality of life and bowel function in children with low anorectal malformations (ARM).

ADDITIONAL AIM: To evaluate the Swedish version the Hirschsprung's Disease/Anorectal Malformation Quality of life Questionnaire (HAQL).

METHODS: Forty-four children and their parents were invited to complete the HAQL and the Bowel Function Score (BFS). Healthy children participated as controls and completed the HAQL.

RESULTS: Seventeen children and 18 mothers completed the HAQL. The children reported impaired function in the physical symptom (PH) fecal continence (FC) and laxative diet (LD) domains compared to controls. Compared with their mothers, they reported impaired physical function and more symptoms in the emotional functioning (EMF) and PH domains. 27 families completed the BFS; 63% reported normal bowel function, 33% moderate outcome and one patient, comprising 4%, poor outcome. Evaluation of the HAQL, FC, EMF and PH domains showed no obvious conflicts.

CONCLUSIONS: The children did not differ much regarding their QoL, even though they appeared to have impaired bowel function and worse emotional functioning compared to controls. The mothers underestimated their children's physical symptoms and overestimated their emotional functioning. Evaluated domains in the HAQL appear to work as intended, but the questionnaire needs further development.

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Springer, 2019. Vol. 35, no 5, p. 583-590
Keywords [en]
ARM, BFS, HAQL, Low anorectal malformations, QoL, Quality of life
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Pediatrics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-2749DOI: 10.1007/s00383-018-04431-8PubMedID: 30729983OAI: oai:DiVA.org:rkh-2749DiVA, id: diva2:1291547
Available from: 2019-02-25 Created: 2019-02-25 Last updated: 2021-09-09Bibliographically approved

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