110) Results were compared to those of a matched group of siblings of healthy children. |
PMID:24154844 DOI:10.1177/1367493513503582 |
2015 Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community |
* Belgian siblings of children with a chronic illness: Is their quality of life different from their peers? |
- To assess Belgian siblings' self-reported quality of life (QoL) and the impact of illness on four different paediatric illnesses. Healthy siblings (n = 131) of children with type 1 diabetes, cancer, congenital heart disease (CHD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) completed the Child Health Questionnaire and the Sibling Perception Questionnaire. Results were compared to those of a matched group of siblings of healthy children. Siblings reported a good QoL, similar to controls, with the exception that siblings reported better on the QoL domain pain (p < .01). QoL was not related to time since diagnosis but the impact of illness was higher nearer to the time of diagnosis (r = -.39, p < .001). QoL of siblings of children with CHD or cancer was lower than QoL in the CF or type 1 diabetes group whilst impact of illness was highest for the CHD group. QoL of siblings of a child with a chronic illness is similar to the QoL of peers. Studies investigating siblings' QoL or the impact of illness on siblings should include the day-to-day demands of the illness as well as less obvious illness-related issues like 'hidden stress' and 'sense of control'. |
(1)105 the | (10)6 conventional | (19)3 group | (28)2 groups |
(2)23 those | (11)5 controls, | (20)3 pure | (29)2 its |
(3)19 control | (12)5 placebo | (21)2 TCDD | (30)2 long |
(4)14 a | (13)5 untreated | (22)2 age-matched | (31)2 non-Hispanic |
(5)12 that | (14)4 Exo(Normoxic) | (23)2 baseline | (32)2 non-transgenic |
(6)10 controls | (15)4 all | (24)2 bur-prepared | (33)2 people |
(7)10 other | (16)4 patients | (25)2 children | (34)2 plain |
(8)9 healthy | (17)3 an | (26)2 controls), | (35)2 previous |
(9)9 their | (18)3 drug | (27)2 experimental | (36)2 vehicle |
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