Table 2 Health-related quality of life in participants born VLBW and controls at 32 years
VLBW (n = 45) | VLBW without disabilitiesa,b (n = 35) | Control (n = 68) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SD) | Mean difference versus control (95% CI) | Mean | (SD) | Mean difference versus control (95% CI) | Mean | (SD) | |||
Domains | ||||||||||
Physical functioning | 87.1 | (19.2) | 9.2 | (3.2 to 15.2) | 90.3 | (16.7) | 5.8 | (0.8 to 10.7) | 96.3 | (7.2) |
Role-physical | 71.7 | (40.5) | 21.0 | (8.0 to 34.0) | 78.6 | (37.4) | 13.6 | (− 0.2 to 27.5) | 92.6 | (19.8) |
Bodily pain | 68.2 | (30.6) | 10.0 | (− 0.4 to 20.4) | 73.1 | (28.7) | 4.4 | (1.0 to 15.5) | 78.2 | (20.5) |
General health | 64.3 | (25.5) | 14.0 | (5.2 to 22.8) | 65.4 | (27.0) | 11.4 | (1.0 to 21.7) | 78.3 | (18.5) |
Vitality | 48.6 | (21.6) | 6.5 | (− 1.0 to 14.1) | 50.4 | (22.6) | 5.2 | (− 3.1 to 13.5) | 55.1 | (18.4) |
Social functioning | 81.7 | (26.5) | 8.2 | (− 1.0 to 17.4) | 83.6 | (27.2) | 6.4 | (− 4.2 to 16.9) | 89.9 | (19.7) |
Role-emotional | 71.1 | (39.9) | 21.0 | (7.9 to 34.2) | 77.1 | (36.8) | 16.3 | (2.5 to 30.1) | 92.2 | (23.1) |
Mental health | 73.1 | (20.0) | 6.4 | (− 0.5 to 13.2) | 75.2 | (20.3) | 4.9 | (− 2.2 to 12.0) | 79.4 | (14.1) |
Component summaries | ||||||||||
Physical component | 50.0 | (10.8) | 5.1 | (1.6 to 8.6) | 51.5 | (10.8) | 3.2 | (− 0.7 to 7.2) | 55.2 | (5.5) |
Mental component | 46.6 | (12.4) | 4.1 | (− 0.3 to 8.4) | 47.6 | (13.0) | 3.5 | (− 1.6 to 8.5) | 50.6 | (9.6) |