Abstract
The number of tracheostomy-dependent children has been continuously growing. The analysis of life quality makes it possible to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the health of such children with respect to their psychological and social disadaptation. The objective of the study is to assess the life quality of tracheostomy-dependent children, to identify the most important factors affecting the life quality, to conduct the correlation analysis of these factors with life quality of tracheostomy-dependent children. Method: a prospective study of life quality of tracheostomy-dependent children and decannulated children examined and treated at Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University in 2018. The life quality was assessed using the PedsQL4.0 questionnaire. Besides, the parents filled out a socio-demographic card, including the data of patients’ life history and diseases as well as the environmental factors. In 2018, 48 tracheostomy-dependent children were observed in Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. The study reveals that comorbidity has the most negative effect on the children’s life quality, therefore, the treatment of such patients calls for multidisciplinary approach. Besides, older children with tracheostomy tolerate the necessity to use the tracheostomy worse. Therefore, the therapeutic approach should be aimed at earlier decannulation of such children.
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