Quality of life in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMJ open 2022-01, Vol.12 (1), p.e052278-e052278
• Main Authors: Zou, Li, Zhu, Kaiheng, Jiang, Qi, Xiao, Pei, Wu, Xiaoqian, Zhu, Bing, Song, Ranran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anxiety; Asians; Child; Children & youth; Chinese languages; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disability; Dyslexia; Dyslexia - psychology; epidemiology; Families & family life; Gender; Humans; Learning; Learning disabilities; Literacy; Mental disorders; Mental health; Parents & parenting; Physiology; Public Health; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Questionnaires; Reading; Schools; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 2044-6055; 2044-6055
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052278

ObjectivesOur study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) between Chinese developmental dyslexia (DD) and healthy children.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingThe participants were recruited from grades 3–6 in six primary schools in Tianmen, a city of Hubei Province, China.ParticipantsA total of 5679 students were recruited. After excluding children with visual and auditory dysfunction or psychiatric diseases or with a response rate on the scales or questionnaires of less than 90%, 5352 children were finally included in the analysis. DD children were diagnosed according to their clinical symptoms, which were mainly assessed by the Dyslexia Checklist for Chinese Children and the Pupil Rating Scale Revised Screening for Learning Disabilities.Outcome measuresThe QoL for DD and healthy children was appraised by the Quality of Life Scale for Children and Adolescents (QLSCA). Outcome measures included its four domain scores (psychosocial function, physiological and mental health, living environment and satisfaction with QoL) and total score.ResultsA total of 186 children were diagnosed with DD. The distribution of DD children in five levels of QoL was statistically different from that of healthy children (χ2=57.63, p