Journal article
Quality of life at age 18 years after extremely preterm birth in the post-surfactant era
G Roberts, AC Burnett, KJ Lee, J Cheong, SJ Wood, PJ Anderson, LW Doyle
Journal of Pediatrics | Published : 2013
Abstract
Objectives To assess the self-reported quality of life, health status, self-esteem, and functional outcomes at age 18 years of extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks gestation) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; birth weight 2499 g) controls, and, within the EP/ELBW cohort, to assess whether these outcomes are related to gestational age or birth weight. Study design Self-reported measures of quality of life, health status, self-esteem, and functional outcomes were obtained at age 18 years from a geographic cohort of all survivors born EP/ELBW in 1991-1992 in the state of Victoria, Australia, along with matched normal birth weight controls. Results Data were available from 194 EP/ELBW and 148 con..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Colin Robertson, MD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Sarah Hope, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, Southern Health, and Doug Hacking, MD, Department of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, who also were recipients of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (491246).