Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

Quality Of Life in Children with Thalassemia Major

Dr Sanjay A Natu, Dr Shrunal Kamdar, Dr Sameer Mhatre

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thalassemia is one of the common single gene disorders in India. Although advances in diagnosis and treatment have reduced the morbidity and mortality in patients with Thalassemia, the quality of life of the patients is commonly affected severely. The present study attampts to determine the quality of life of children with thalassemia major and compare it with that of children without any chronic disease. A case control study to compare the quality of life was carried out in the Thalassemia day care centre and pediatric wards of a tertiary care hospital. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The PedsQL 4.0 generic core scale was used for assessing the quality of life of the children. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">28 children with thalassemia and on regular follow up were part of the study with similar number of controls. The groups were matched demographically. The quality of life in all parameters was lower in the study group as compared to the control group.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>