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NEUROLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 20, Pages 1812-1818Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182377dd2
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- NIH, Office of Rare Disease Research, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center [RR019478, HD061222, HD38985]
- International Rett Syndrome Foundation
- Civitan International Research Center
- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service [58-6250-1-003]
- NIH (NCRR, NICHD)
- NIH/NICHD
- Roche
- Macrogenics
- Novartis
- NIH (NICHD, NCI, NIDDK)
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Osteogenia Imperfecta Foundation
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Objective: The clinical features and genetics of Rett syndrome (RTT) have been well studied, but examination of quality of life (QOL) is limited. This study describes the impact of clinical severity on QOL among female children and adolescents with classic RTT. Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were conducted on data collected from an NIH-sponsored RTT natural history study. More than 200 participants from 5 to 18 years of age with classic RTT finished their 2-year follow-up at the time of analysis. Regression models after adjustment for their MECP2 mutation type and age at enrollment were used to examine the association between clinical status and QOL. Results: Severe clinical impairment was highly associated with poor physical QOL, but worse motor function and earlier age at onset of RTT stereotypies were associated with better psychosocial QOL; conversely, better motor function was associated with poorer psychosocial QOL. Conclusions: Standard psychosocial QOL assessment for children and adolescents with RTT differs significantly with regard to their motor function severity. As clinical trials in RTT emerge, the Child Health Questionnaire 50 may represent one of the important outcome measures. Neurology (R) 2011;77:1812-1818
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