Table 3 Estimated changes in health-related quality of life from 20 to 32 years
VLBW (n = 68) | Control (n = 100) | p-value time x group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20–23 years | 23–28 years | 28–32 years | 20–23 years | 23–28 years | 28 to 32 years | ||
B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | ||
Domains | |||||||
Physical functioning | − 1.8 (− 5.6 to 1.5) | 2.8 (− 1.8 to 6.9) | − 4.9 (− 9.6 to 0.5) | 0.5 (− 2.0 to 3.1) | 0.5 (− 2.2 to 3.0) | − 0.7 (− 2.0 to 0.2) | 0.308 |
Role physical | − 8.5 (− 17.5 to − 1.4) | − 0.4 (− 11.4 to 12.2) | − 6.5 (− 17.4 to 4.1) | 4.5 (− 1.0 to 10.3) | − 6.0 (− 11.1 to − 1.1) | 2.4 (− 2.8 to 7.5) | 0.061 |
Bodily pain | − 11.5 (− 19.7 to − 3.0) | 5.4 (− 2.7 to 13.6) | − 2.6 (− 10.3 to 5.9) | 0.9 (− 4.1 to 6.0) | − 0.3 (− 5.6 to 5.1) | − 2.2 (− 5.7 to 1.0) | 0.102 |
General health | − 10.1 (− 14.5 to − 6.3) | 4.5 (− 2.0 to 11.2) | − 9.5 (− 15.2 to − 4.1) | − 4.7 (− 10.1 to 0.2) | 8.9 (3.7 to 15.0) | − 4.8 (− 7.4 to − 3.3) | < 0.001 |
Vitality | − 4.1 (− 8.8 to 0.4) | 0.6 (− 4.0 to 4.9) | 0.3 (− 4.9 to 6.0) | − 1.7 (− 6.6 to 3.1) | 2.4 (− 2.6 to 8.2) | − 2.1 (− 5.3 to 0.6) | 0.640 |
Social functioning | − 4.8 (− 10.6 to 0.9) | − 1.8 (− 7.9 to 3.8) | − 1.7 (− 8.4 to 5.7) | 1.1 (− 2.2 to 4.0) | 0.5 (− 3.5 to 5.5) | − 3.7 (− 6.8 to − 0.5) | 0.118 |
Role emotional | − 12.6 (− 21.6 to − 4.0) | 0.6 (− 10.6 to 11.2) | − 6.5 (− 15.2 to 2.8) | 6.0 (− 1.3 to 12.2) | − 2.7 (− 9.1 to 4.2) | − 1.7 (− 5.7 to 2.5) | 0.001 |
Mental health | − 5.2 (− 9.5 to − 1.3) | 1.9 (− 2.8 to 6.7) | 2.3 (− 2.6 to 7.9) | − 1.1 (− 4.9 to 2.0) | 3.6 (− 0.8 to 8.7) | − 1.8 (− 4.2 to 0.4) | 0.226 |
Component summaries | |||||||
Physical component | − 2.6 (− 4.6 to − 0.8) | 1.6 (− 0.7 to 3.7) | − 2.9 (− 5.3 to − 0.3) | 0.1 (− 1.6 to 1.7) | − 0.1 (− 1.5 to 1.6) | − 0.1 (− 1.1 to 0.6) | 0.024 |
Mental component | − 3.2 (− 5.7 to − 0.9) | − 0.1 (− 3.0 to 2.7) | 0.5 (− 2.6 to 3.6) | 0.1 (− 2.3 to 2.1) | 1.2 (− 1.3 to 4.0) | − 1.4 (− 2.9 to 0.2) | 0.056 |