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- Title
Health-related quality of life in children with high-functioning autism.
- Authors
Potvin, Marie-Christine; Snider, Laurie; Prelock, Patricia A; Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon; Kehayia, Eva
- Abstract
The health-related quality of life of school-aged children with high-functioning autism is poorly understood. The objectives of this study were to compare the health-related quality of life of children with high-functioning autism to that of typically developing peers and to compare child-self and parent-proxy reports of health-related quality of life of children. A cross-sectional study of children with high-functioning autism (n = 30) and peers (n = 31) was conducted using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Children with high-functioning autism had significantly poorer health-related quality of life than peers whether reported by themselves (p < .001) or their parents (p < .001), although disagreement (intra-class coefficient = −.075) between children and parental scores suggested variance in points of view. This study specifically investigated health-related quality of life in children with high-functioning autism as compared to a sample of peers, from the child’s perspective. It strengthens earlier findings that children with high-functioning autism experience poorer health-related quality of life than those without this disorder and points to the importance of clinicians working with families to identify areas in a child’s life that promote or hinder their sense of well-being.
- Subjects
VERMONT; SCHOOL children; AUTISM; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; INTER-observer reliability; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 2015, Vol 19, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1362-3613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1362361313509730