Self-Reported Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life of Teenagers Who Were Born Before 29 Weeks' Gestational Age

Abstract

Despite objective evidence that children and teenagers who were born preterm have poorer health on average than term-born control subjects, this is not reflected in their own ratings of their health status and health-related quality of life at 15 to 16 years of age. The reasons for these differences need to be further explored.