Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal-recessive, progressive neuromuscular disease associated with extensive morbidity. Children with spinal muscular atrophy have potentially increased life spans due to improved nutrition, respiratory support, and novel pharmaceuticals. OBJECTIVES:To report on the quality of life and family experience for children with spinal muscular atrophy with attentiveness to patient- and proxy-concordance and to stratify quality of life reports by spinal muscular atrophy type and medical interventions. METHODS:A prospective, crossover survey study inclusive of 58 children (26 spinal muscular atrophy type I, 23 type II, 9 type III) and their family caregivers at a free-standing Midwestern children's hospital. Twenty-eight families completed the 25-item PedsQL 3.0 Neuromuscular Module. Forty-four participants completed the 36-item PedsQL Family Impact Module and 47 completed the Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD) questionnaire. RESULTS:The PedsQL Family Impact Module demonstrated significant differences between spinal muscular atrophy types I and II in functioning domains including physical, emotional, social, and family relations (P < .03). Child self-report and proxy report surveys demonstrated significant differences between spinal muscular atrophy types in the communication domains (P < .003). Children self-reported their quality of life higher than proxy report of child quality of life. Gastrostomy tube (P = .001) and ventilation support (P = .029) impacted proxy-reported quality of life perspectives, whereas nusinersen use did not. Spinal surgery was associated with improved parental quality of life and family impact (P < .03). CONCLUSIONS:The measurement and monitoring of quality of life for children with spinal muscular atrophy and their families represents an implementable priority for care teams.
journal_name
J Child Neuroljournal_title
Journal of child neurologyauthors
Weaver MS,Hanna R,Hetzel S,Patterson K,Yuroff A,Sund S,Schultz M,Schroth M,Halanski MAdoi
10.1177/0883073819900463subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-04-01 00:00:00pages
322-330issue
5eissn
0883-0738issn
1708-8283journal_volume
35pub_type
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