Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) in Fragile X Syndrome.

We describe QoL data gathered using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) completed online by 364 parents of youth with FXS. Parents consistently reported across all gender and age groups that their children experienced the highest QoL in Physical functioning and the lowest QoL in Cognitive functioning. Overall, older children with FXS had increase QoL ratings in the domains of School and Cognitive function.
PMID: 31728808 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - November 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fitzpatrick SE, Schmitt LM, Adams R, Pedapati EV, Wink LK, Shaffer RC, Sage J, Weber JD, Dominick KC, Erickson CA Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research