Quality of life in duchenne muscular dystrophy: The subjective impact on children and parents

Ilaria Baiardini; Carlo Minetti; Simona Bonifacino; Anna Porcu; Catherine Klersy; Paolo Petralia; Sara Balestracci; Filippo Tarchino; Stefania Parodi; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Fulvio Braido

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Quality of life in duchenne muscular dystrophy: The subjective impact on children and parents

Ilaria Baiardini, Carlo Minetti, Simona Bonifacino, Anna Porcu, Catherine Klersy, Paolo Petralia, Sara Balestracci, Filippo Tarchino, Stefania Parodi, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Fulvio Braido

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy results in a broad spectrum of physical and psychosocial consequences, both to patient and caregivers. This study was aimed to explore health-related quality of life and its possible determinants in Duchenne muscular dystrophy children and in their parents. Caregivers (21 mothers and 6 fathers; mean age, 40.04 years) of 27 Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients (mean age, 11.26 years) completed the validated Children Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 and the Family Strain Questionnaire. Children reported significantly lower scores than normative group in 10 of 15 Children Health Questionnaire dimensions. Only the use of wheelchairs (P =.02) and ventilators (P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	707-713
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Child Neurology
Volume	26
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073810389043
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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caregivers
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
quality of life

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Clinical Neurology
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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Baiardini, I., Minetti, C., Bonifacino, S., Porcu, A., Klersy, C., Petralia, P., Balestracci, S., Tarchino, F., Parodi, S., Canonica, G. W., & Braido, F. (2011). Quality of life in duchenne muscular dystrophy: The subjective impact on children and parents. Journal of Child Neurology, 26(6), 707-713. https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073810389043

Quality of life in duchenne muscular dystrophy : The subjective impact on children and parents. / Baiardini, Ilaria; Minetti, Carlo; Bonifacino, Simona; Porcu, Anna; Klersy, Catherine; Petralia, Paolo; Balestracci, Sara; Tarchino, Filippo; Parodi, Stefania; Canonica, Giorgio Walter; Braido, Fulvio.

In: Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 06.2011, p. 707-713.

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Baiardini, Ilaria ; Minetti, Carlo ; Bonifacino, Simona ; Porcu, Anna ; Klersy, Catherine ; Petralia, Paolo ; Balestracci, Sara ; Tarchino, Filippo ; Parodi, Stefania ; Canonica, Giorgio Walter ; Braido, Fulvio. / Quality of life in duchenne muscular dystrophy : The subjective impact on children and parents. In: Journal of Child Neurology. 2011 ; Vol. 26, No. 6. pp. 707-713.

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