title: The severity of acute bronchiolitis in infants was associated with quality of life nine months later.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Acute bronchiolitis in infancy increases the risk of later asthma and reduced health-related quality of life (QoL). We aimed to see whether the severity of acute bronchiolitis in the first year of life was associated with QoL nine months later.
  
  
  METHODS
  The parents of 209 of 404 of children hospitalised for acute bronchiolitis in eight paediatric departments in south-east Norway at a mean four months of age (range 0-12 months) completed the Infant/Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire sent by mail nine months after the acute illness. Disease severity was measured by length of stay and the need for supportive treatment. Interactions with gender, inclusion age, prematurity, maternal ethnicity and maternal education were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reduced QoL in four domains was associated with increased length of stay and need for ventilatory support. Physical abilities and general health were associated with both severity markers, whereas bodily pain and discomfort and change in health were associated with length of stay. Ventilatory support was more negatively associated with QoL than atopic eczema and also associated with reduced parental emotions and parental time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The severity of acute bronchiolitis in infants was associated with reduced QoL nine months later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Elverum, Norway.|Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Leif Bjarte
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Rolfsjord
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Håvard Ove
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Skjerven
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kai-Håkon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Carlsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Petter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mowinckel
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Karen Eline Stensby
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bains
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Egil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bakkeheim
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Karin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lødrup Carlsen
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Acute bronchiolitis; Asthma; Infants; Quality of life; Severity