Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of quality-of-life outcome in children and young people with primary brain tumour in Karachi, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study
This study found a decline in mean global QoL scores among those with hydrocephalous at diagnosis who were managed with a shunt and/or EVD but an improvement in those who underwent total or maximum safe surgical tumour resection. Larger-scale studies are needed to comprehensively evaluate and validate these outcomes.
Authors
- Iqbal Azam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0766-4064)
- Thomas Mårtensson
- Sadaf Altaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-1224)
- Nouman Mughal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-3959)
- Saqib Kamran Bakhshi
- Salman Kirmani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2039-5233)
- Naureen Mushtaq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5461-3350)
- Farrukh Javeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7433-4834)
- Nida Zahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-9463)
- Aneesa Hassan
- Nick Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-0436)
- Lal Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0624-3420)
- Mariya Moochhala
- Syed Ather Enam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2194-0723)
- Faiza Kausar
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (PK)
- Aga Khan University Hospital (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Paediatrics Open
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002505
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.44