PMID- 26459969
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161020
LR  - 20161230
IS  - 1525-1470 (Electronic)
IS  - 0736-8046 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Jan-Feb
TI  - Quality of Life in Families with Children with Atopic Dermatitis.
PG  - 28-32
LID - 10.1111/pde.12698 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common childhood disease of increasing 
      prevalence that not only changes the life of the affected children, but also 
      affects the social and emotional functioning of their families. OBJECTIVES: The 
      aim of our study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) of parents with children 
      with AD and its predictors. METHODS: One hundred seventy-one parents of children 
      with AD attending the outpatient Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Children's Hospital 
      Zagreb, participated in the study. The severity of AD was estimated using the 
      Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index. Parents were asked to complete the 
      Croatian version of the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI), the 
      Patient-Oriented (PO) SCORAD, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and a general 
      questionnaire during a regular follow-up visit. RESULTS: Family QOL is 
      significantly correlated with the SCORAD score (correlation coefficient [r] = 
      0.578), PO SCORAD (r = 0.447), itching (r = 0.528), sleeplessness (r = 0.583), 
      and PSS (r = 0.464). When these factors were entered into a regression analysis, 
      they predicted as much as 67% of the variance of QOL (FDLQI), with significant 
      predictors being PO SCORAD, PO sleeplessness, and PSS, and they remained 
      significant even after controlling for a number of general and medical factors. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The severity of illness as perceived by dermatologists and parents 
      is similar, and itching, sleeplessness, and perceived stress are strong QOL 
      predictors of parents caring for children with AD.
CI  - (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Pustisek, Nives
AU  - Pustisek N
AD  - Children's Hospital Zagreb, Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Vurnek Zivkovic, Maja
AU  - Vurnek Zivkovic M
AD  - Centre for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Situm, Mirna
AU  - Situm M
AD  - University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151013
PL  - United States
TA  - Pediatr Dermatol
JT  - Pediatric dermatology
JID - 8406799
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Croatia
MH  - Dermatitis, Atopic/*psychology
MH  - Family
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Parents/*psychology
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2015/10/16 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/21 06:00
CRDT- 2015/10/14 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/10/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/pde.12698 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Dermatol. 2016 Jan-Feb;33(1):28-32. doi: 10.1111/pde.12698. Epub 2015 Oct 
      13.