Prematuros de muito baixo peso e a relação com qualidade de vida avaliada na idade escolar : um estudo caso-controle

Abstract

Introduction: The prematureness presents itself as a factor of risk to children, particularly the ones who were born with their weight the same or inferior to 1500 grams. The life quality of the children who are born premature, it s an important indicator of how their health is, and this can be related with the social and economical conditions. The results were compared among born children with the same age and genre. Goals: To evaluate the life quality related with children s health in scholarship age, born premature with weight the same or less than 1500 grams in the Hospital Geral, inside the county of Caxias do Sul/RS. And, to relate the social and economical conditions among the quality of life. Comparing the results with a control group. Method: In this study, children between seven and twelve years old, with their weight the same or inferior to 1500 grams have participated. There are also children with the same age who have participated of the research mentioned.The life s quality evaluation was certified throughout the generic questionnaire Kindl-R, applied in all children individually and done by a trained researcher. Results: 100 children born premature with their weight the same or inferior to 1500 grams have participated of the study, 83 children (83%) were categorized as Caucasian, 37 (37%) boys. When the generic questionnaire Kindl-R was applied to evaluate the quality of life related to health, it was observed that the premature children showed a lower score in almost all aspects when compared with the born children at the term. Showing a difference in the final score of 63.48 versus 73.06. Unlike the gathered results when comparing the quality of life related to health with the social andeconomical conditions, in both groups, these didn t show any statistic difference, p = 0.23 Conclusion: In the evaluation of the quality of life related to health, the premature children show a lower score in almost all aspects when compared with children who were born at the term. The use of this questionnaire can present clinically relevant information to the evaluation and development of premature children. While the social and economical conditions do not interfere in the children s life quality.