title: Health-related quality of life lost to rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in children and their parents: a Canadian prospective study.
abstract: We estimated the impact of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis (RGE) on health-related quality of life of children and parents as background for economic evaluation of rotavirus vaccines. A total of 186 new cases of RGE in children <36 months old were recruited from physician and pediatric clinics and followed up for 2 weeks. Our results show that RGE impacts the health-related quality of life of children and parents adversely.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada. marc.brisson@uresp.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brisson
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sénécal
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drolet
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mansi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult