Quality of life in children with mitral valve prolapse
Objective: The goal of the study was to assess the health related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Methods: The prospective study involved 67 patients of Department of Pediatric Cardiology with MVP, 47 girls and 20 boys, aged 8-18 years (average 13,9 ±2,61 years). Control group consisted of 31 healthy children, matched according to age and sex. We used Polish version of Kidscreen-27 to access health related quality of life. Kidsceen-27 is an international self-reported questionnaire for children and consists of 27 items which are used to assess HRQoL across 5 dimensions: physical well-being (maximal number of points to achieve 25), psychological well-being (max 35 points), autonomy and parent relation (max 35 points), peers and social support (max 20 points), school environment (max 20 points). Results: The results are presented in the table. The statistically significant difference was found only for one dimension of HRQoL – physical well-being (explores the level of child’s physical activity, energy and fitness). Conclusion: Children with mitral valve prolapse demonstrate similar quality of life compared to healthy children, except of physical well being which is significantly lower.
| Children with MVP | Control group | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| range | average | range | average | ||
| physical well-being | 7-25 | 16,84 ±0,52 | 12-24 | 19,84 ±0,52 | 0,001 |
| psychological well-being | 9-34 | 27,09 ±0,57 | 14-35 | 28,97 ±0,77 | 0,061 |
| autonomy and parent relation | 15-35 | 26,66 ±0,55 | 14-34 | 25,84 ±0,85 | 0,414 |
| peers and social support | 4-20 | 14,22 ±0,50 | 8-20 | 14,81 ±0,66 | 0,503 |
| school environment | 5-20 | 14,64 ±0,39 | 11-20 | 15,35 ±0,45 | |