Open AccessHEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN WITH THALA SSEMIAAT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN BELAGAVI.- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
Author(s) -
Arer Ar,
MahalingMallikarjun Hulagbali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/ijsr/9534273
Subject(s) - medicine , thalassemia , quality of life (healthcare) , nonprobability sampling , cross sectional study , pediatrics , health related quality of life , gerontology , demography , environmental health , disease , nursing , pathology , population , sociology
A study was conducted on 90 children suffering with thalassemia who are attending thalassemia unit of KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Charitable Hospital Belagavi. To assess the health related quality of life of children with thalassemia and to find out the association between health related quality of life of children with Thalassemia and selected demographic variables. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. Data was collected using standardized paediatric inventory quality of life (PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales) tool. Data obtained was tabulated and analysed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that Majority 70 (77.78%) of thalassemia children had average level of quality of life where as minimum 10 (11.11%) of thalassemia children had low and high level of quality of life. The association between age groups and levels of QOL is found to be not statistically significant (Chi-square= 6.3530, p=0.1740) and the association between religions and levels of QOL is found to be not statistically significant.