Assesssment of health-related quality of life among pediatric patients with spinal tuberculosis at a national referral center in Jakarta, Indonesia
Keywords:
spinal tuberculosis, children, quality of life, PedsQLAbstract
Introduction:
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) affects individuals of all ages, but most commonly in children and young adults. This disease often results in numerous morbidities, which may lead to decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL). To investigate the HRQoL of pediatric patients with spinal TB.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate the medical records of patients aged 0-18 years who visited the orthopedic outpatient clinic of Cipto Mangunkusumo, Jakarta, Indonesia, during the period of January 2012 to December 2016. Quality of life was measured using PedsQL questionnaire.
Results:
A total of 46 subjects were recruited in this study. There were 39 (84.8%) subjects withbone deformity, 20 (43.5%) subjects had suboptimal quality of life, with physical and educational aspects being mostly affected.
Conclusion:
The majority of children with spinal TB have optimal global quality of life. Further studies are required to investigate factors affecting the HRQoL of those with spinal TB.
Downloads
References
Shi T, Zhang Z, Dai F, et al. Retrospective Study of 967 Patients With Spinal Tuberculosis. Orthopedics. 2016;39(5):e838-e843. doi:10.3928/01477447- 20160509-03
Jayabal L, Frederick A, Mehendale S, Banurekha V. Indicators to Ensure Treatment Initiation of All Diagnosed Sputum Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients under Tuberculosis Control Programme in India. Indian J Community Med. 2017;42(4):238-241. doi:10.4103/ijcm. IJCM_361_16
WHO. WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2017.; 2017. doi:ISBN 978 92 4 156539 4
Teo HE, Peh WC. Skeletal tuberculosis in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2004;34(11):853-860. doi:10.1007/s00247-004- 1223-7
Campos P, Chaparro E, Valenca F, Fuentes-Davila A. Pott’s disease in children. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1989;47(3):303-307. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.75459
Garg RK, Somvanshi DS. Spinal tuberculosis: A review. J Spinal Cord Med. 2011;34(5):440-454. doi:10.1179/2045 772311Y.0000000023
Ekinci S, Tatar O, Akpancar S, Bilgic S, Ersen O. Spinal tuberculosis. J Exp Neurosci. 2015. doi:10.4137/JEN. S32842
Piccini P, Chiappini E, Tortoli E, de Martino M, Galli L. Clinical peculiarities of tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis. 2014;14(Suppl 1):S4. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S1-S4
Triasih R, Rutherford M, Lestari T, Utarini A, Robertson CF, Graham SM. Contact investigation of children exposed to tuberculosis in South East Asia: A systematic review. J Trop Med. 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/301808
Barreto ML, Pereira SM, Ferreira AA. BCG vaccine: efficacy and indications for vaccination and revaccination. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2006;82(7):45-54. doi:10.2223/ JPED.1499
Jiang T, Zhao J, He M, Wang K, Fowdur M, Wu Y. Outcomes and treatment of lumbosacral spinal tuberculosis: A retrospective study of 53 patients. PLoS One. 2015;10(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130185
Pertuiset E, Beaudreuil J, Lioté F, et al. Spinal tuberculosis in adults. A study of 103 cases in a developed country, 1980-1994. Medicine (Baltimore). 1999;78(5):309-320. doi:10.1097/00005792-199909000-00003
Wang H, Li C, Wang J, Zhang Z, Zhou Y. Characteristics of patients with spinal tuberculosis: Seven-year experience of a teaching hospital in Southwest China. Int Orthop. 2012;36(7):1429-1434. doi:10.1007/s00264-012-1511-z
Jain AK, Sreenivasan R, Mukunth R, Dhammi IK. Tubercular spondylitis in children. Indian J Orthop. 2014;48(2):136-144. doi:10.4103/0019-5413.128747
Macedo RB, Coelho-E-Silva MJ, Sousa NF, et al. Quality of life, school backpack weight, and nonspecific low back pain in children and adolescents. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2015;91(3):263-269. doi:10.1016/j.jped.2014.08.011
