Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome in Iraq-A Comparative Study Qaisy Uday Khalid Abdul Jabbar Al1, Ali Shatha Hussain1,*, Ali Iyad Hussein2 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Iraq 2Imamain Kadhimain Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Shatha Hussain Ali, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Iraq, Email: shatha6ali@yahoo.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Nephrotic syndrome is a relapsing and remitting disease. Comprehensive care of affected children may benefit from assessments of the impact of disease on physical and psychosocial aspects of health-related quality of life. The aim is to assess the quality of life (QOL) in a sample of Iraqi children with NS in relation to children with other chronic disease. And To evaluate the relation of functioning at the physical, emotional, social and educational domains of quality of life with phenotype of NS and medication This case control study was conducted in pediatric consultation clinics at two hospitals in Baghdad. Fifty children with nephrotic syndrome aged 2–12 years, and 50 patients as controls with chronic diseases were evaluated by using a structured questionnaire of Pediatrics Quality Of Live ™ 4.0 Generic Core Scale Scores in all domains of quality of live were significantly higher in nephrotic syndrome patients compared to those with chronic disease. Frequent relapsing and new diagnosis types showed significantly higher score in physical and emotional domains. Patients treated by prednisolone alone showed significantly higher score in physical and social domains Quality of live in children with nephrotic syndrome is better than children with other chronic illnesses. Infrequent relapse type, newly diagnosed and steroid treated groups showed better quality of life in certain domains Top Keywords Nephrotic syndrome, Children, Life quality. Top |