title: Quality of life of adolescents born with extremely low birth weight.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore extremely low birth weight [ELBW] adolescents' self-reported quality of life [QoL] and compare it with control group of same age full-term peers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This project is nested within a national follow-up study on the long-term outcome of ELBW infants born in Iceland in 1991-1995. Twenty-nine ELBW adolescents and 30 controls evaluated their QoL using KIDSCREEN-52. To evaluate group differences, Chi-square tests and Mann-Whitney U-tests were conducted. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the influence of birth weight on QoL in ten dimensions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No differences were observed between the groups on six of ten KIDSCREEN dimensions. ELBW adolescents reported significantly lower QoL on four dimensions: Physical well-being (OR 3.41; CI, 1.14-10.25), Psychological well-being (OR 7.65; CI, 2.04-28.78), Moods and emotion (OR 5.20; CI, 1.53-17.82), and Self-perception (OR 3.20; CI, 1.05-9.74).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ELBW adolescents report similar social well-being and participation compared with same age full-term peers. Conversely, they report lower physical and emotional quality of life.
authors: The SLF's Rehabilitation Center, Reykjavik, Iceland.
authors: Hólmdís Freyja
authors: HF
authors: Methúsalemsdóttir
authors: Snaefríður Þóra
authors: SÞ
authors: Egilson
authors: Ragnhildur
authors: R
authors: Guðmundsdóttir
authors: Unnur Anna
authors: UA
authors: Valdimarsdóttir
authors: Ingibjörg
authors: I
authors: Georgsdóttir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D010379:Peer Group; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life