RT Journal Article
T1 Functional outcome in pediatric hydrocephalus: results of applying the Spanish version of the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire.
A1 Iglesias, Sara
A1 Ros, Bienvenido
A1 Martin, Alvaro
A1 Carrasco, Antonio
A1 Rius, Francisca
A1 Arraez, Miguel Angel
K1 HOQ = Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire
K1 Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire
K1 Functional outcome
K1 Health
K1 Pediatric hydrocephalus
K1 Quality of life
AB OBJECTIVE The aims of the study were to assess whether the Spanish version of the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ) could be useful for the evaluation and comparison of outcomes in the patients in the authors' region with those in patients in other institutions and to analyze predictors of functional outcome in patients with a shunt. METHODS The authors performed this cross-sectional study between March 2015 and April 2016. All the parents of a pediatric patient with hydrocephalus who attended the Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga neurosurgery outpatient clinic were invited to enroll in the study and complete the HOQ-Spanish version. Age at diagnosis and at the time of the study, clinical data, shunt complications, and socioeconomic factors were also recorded. A descriptive analysis was performed, and independent variables related to the HOQ scores were studied. RESULTS A total of 132 patients participated in the study (100% participation rate). The mean ages were 16.74 months (range 0-142 months) at diagnosis and 10.45 years (range 5-16 years) at the time of the study. The mean overall HOQ score was 0.68 (on a scale from 0 [worse] to 1.0 [best]). Factors related to a worse quality of life were seizures, motor or visual impairment, shunt infection, need for shunt revision, need for more than 2 shunt revisions (range 0-8 revisions), symptomatic overdrainage, and older age at the time of the study. CONCLUSIONS The HOQ-Spanish version is useful in the authors' region; the dimension scores found in this study were comparable to those previously reported by referral centers. Future goals should be to prevent shunt complications, routinely get children to reach functional status, and refer patients for adjuvant therapy promptly.
PB American Association of Neurological Surgeons
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11970
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11970
LA en
NO Iglesias S, Ros B, Martín Á, Carrasco A, Rius F, Arráez MÁ. Functional outcome in pediatric hydrocephalus: results of applying the Spanish version of the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Mar;21(3):224-235
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RD Apr 6, 2025