Abstract
Methods
We included 4,506 infants participating in the Generation R Study, a longitudinal birth cohort. When the child was 12 months,
parents completed the Infant Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL); ITQOL scale scores in each ethnic subgroup were
compared with scores in the Dutch reference population. Influence of infant health and family characteristics on ITQOL scale
scores were evaluated using multivariate regression models.
parents completed the Infant Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL); ITQOL scale scores in each ethnic subgroup were
compared with scores in the Dutch reference population. Influence of infant health and family characteristics on ITQOL scale
scores were evaluated using multivariate regression models.
Results
Infants from ethnic minority groups presented significantly lower ITQOL scale scores compared to the Dutch subgroup (e.g.,
Temperament and Moods scale: median score of Turkish subgroup, 70.8 (IQR, 15.3); median score of Dutch subgroup, 80.6 (IQR,
13.9; P < 0.001)). Infant health and family characteristics mediated an important part of the association between the ethnic minority
status and infant health-related quality of life. However, these factors could not fully explain all the differences in the
ITQOL scale scores.
Temperament and Moods scale: median score of Turkish subgroup, 70.8 (IQR, 15.3); median score of Dutch subgroup, 80.6 (IQR,
13.9; P < 0.001)). Infant health and family characteristics mediated an important part of the association between the ethnic minority
status and infant health-related quality of life. However, these factors could not fully explain all the differences in the
ITQOL scale scores.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s11136-012-0184-9
- Authors
- Ilse J. E. Flink, The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Tinneke M. J. Beirens, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Caspar Looman, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Jeanne M. Landgraf, HealthActCHQ, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Henning Tiemeier, Department of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Henriette A. Mol, Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Albert Hofman, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Johan P. Mackenbach, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Hein Raat, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Journal Quality of Life Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2649
- Print ISSN 0962-9343