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dc.contributor.authorLandsem, Inger Pauline
dc.contributor.authorHandegård, Bjørn Helge
dc.contributor.authorUlvund, Stein Erik
dc.contributor.authorKaaresen, Per Ivar
dc.contributor.authorRønning, John Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-09T09:36:46Z
dc.date.available2016-03-09T09:36:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-22
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Tromsø Intervention Study on Preterms evaluates an early, sensitizing intervention given to parents of prematurely born children (birth-weight < 2000 g). The current study investigated the potential influence of the intervention on children’s self-reported and parental proxy-reported quality of life (QoL) at children’s age of nine. <p>Methods: Participants were randomized to either intervention (PI, n = 72) or preterm control (PC, n = 74) in the neonatal care unit, while healthy term-born infants were recruited to a term reference group (TR, n = 75). The intervention was a modified version of the Mother-Infant Transaction Program, and comprised eight one-hour sessions during the last week before discharge and four home visits at 1, 2, 4 and 12 weeks post-discharge. The two control groups received care in accordance with written guidelines drawn up at the hospital. Participants and parents reported QoL independently on the Kinder Lebensqualität Fragebogen (KINDL) questionnaire. Differences between groups were analyzed by SPSS; Linear Mixed Models and parent–child agreement were analyzed and compared by intra-class correlations within each group. <p>Results: On average, children in all groups reported high levels of well-being. The PI children reported better physical well-being than the PC children (p = 0.002). In all other aspects of QoL both the PI and the PC children reported at similar levels as the term reference group. PI parents reported better emotional wellbeing (p = 0.05) and a higher level of contentment in school (p = 0.003) compared with PC parents. Parent–child agreement was significantly weaker in the PI group than in the PC group on dimensions such as emotional well-being and relationships with friends (p < 0.05). PI parents reported QoL similar to parents of terms on all aspects except the subscale self-esteem, while PC parents generally reported moderately lower QoL than TR parents. <p>Conclusions: This early intervention appears to have generated long-lasting positive effects, improving perceived physical well-being among prematurely born children and parent’s perception of these children’s QoL in middle childhood.en_US
dc.descriptionLicense: Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).en_US
dc.identifier.citationHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015, 13:25en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1251924
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12955-015-0221-9
dc.identifier.issn1477-7525
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8794
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8376
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectPreterm childrenen_US
dc.subjectEarly interventionen_US
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectLong-term follow-upen_US
dc.titleEarly intervention influences positively quality of life as reported by prematurely born children at age nine and their parents; a randomized clinical trialen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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