Quality of Life Determination among Hemophiliac Children Shaker Wameedh Hamid1, Hassan Mohmmed Baqer1, Al-Ashour Ibrahim ALwan Kadhim1 1University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Objective To identify the quality of life determination among hemophilic children at al-hakeem general hospital. To find out the relationship between hemophiliac children quality of life and their socio-demographic characteristic of age, gender, parents educational levels, family type and socio-economic status Methodology A descriptive study designed to find the quality of life among hemophilic children. The study was carried out the period from March 6th to April 4th 2016. Conclusion The result of this study indicated that the quality of live sample of male children with hemophilia was impaired, and that impairment according to the total Hemophilia-Quality of live score was greater among adolescents than children aged 8–12 years. Moreover, number of bleeding event, number of school absences, mother s’ education level, severity of hemophilia, insight to health status and insight to suffering from hemophilia were associated with hemophilia-Quality of live. In addition, family income and parent-administration of the product were the factors which predict the quality of live in children with hemophilia. Therefore, in order to improve Hemophilia-Quality of live adolescents, patients who were given drug infusion by third party care givers excluding parents and also patients with lower familial income are suggested to receive more effective interventions by authorities, managers and health care providers. For evidence based practice, further studies on Hemophilia-Quality of live in children are recommended. Top Keywords Quality of life, Determination, among, Hemophiliac, Children. Top |