Study Of Quality Of Life Of Different Birth Weight Children

Objective:To explore the birth weight specific quality of life and related influencing factors of children.Methods:The study subjects included 350 children aged from eight years to eleven years chosen from KeeLung City and the ratio of boy and girl is the same. Achendach's Child behavior checklist, ISLQ and self-made questionnaire were conducted to study their quality of life and related influencing factors. The subjects were divided into different groups according to their birth weight. Statistical method such as chi-square test, analysis of variance and multivariate analysis were conducted for data analysis.Results:74 of the 350 children studied had behavioral problems and the ratio was 21.14%(74/350), among which the ratio of boys was 20.00% (35/175) and that of girls was 22.29% (39/175). Children's behavioral problem wasn't statistically related to birth weight but was related to ages of parents, education level and socioeconomic status of parents and chief caregivers, the time of father spent with his child every week whether the child brought psychological and economic burdens to their family, gestational period and the subjective quality of life. Logistic regression analysis indicated that education level of the father (P=0.016), education level of chief caregivers (P=0.017), whether the child brought psychological and economic burdens to their family (P=0.000, P= 0.009) were risk factors for children having behavior problems. Ratio of children who were not satisfied with the perceptional content of life quality was 19.71% (69/350), average level was 39.71% (139/350) and that of children who were satisfied with the perceptional content of life quality was 40.57%(142/350). The satisfaction towards cognitive component of quality of life for boys was, related to their ages, and there were significant difference in physical and emotional dimension and affective components of quality of life between boys and girls. Analysis of subjective quality of life in children of different birth weight showed that the satisfaction towards affective components of quality of life in underweight children is lower (F=2.601; P=0.028) and the satisfaction towards cognitive component of quality of life in overweight children is lower (F= 3.189; P=0.012)By multiple correlation analysis it have been found that whether the child had behavior problem, chief caregivers of the child, education level and socioeconomic status of chief caregivers, the time of instruction of solid food, money spent on the child, whether the child brought psychological and economic burdens to their family, education level and socioeconomic status of their parents, the time spent with their parents every week could affect children's subjective satisfaction level towards quality of life.Conclusion:The satisfaction towards affective components of quality of life in underweight children is lower while for overweight children the satisfaction towards cognitive component of quality of life is lower. Birth weight is related to children's quality of life.