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We independently screened studies and included them only if a quality-of-life outcome measure was used and findings compared preterm, very low birth weight, or extremely low birth weight infants with term or normal birth weight peers. We independently assessed the methodologic quality of each study by using criteria adapted from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>RESULTS. Fifteen cohort or cross-sectional studies met the review criteria. In 6 studies of preschool-aged children, differences were found between study and control groups, suggesting that many preschool children born preterm or at very low birth weight perform more poorly than their peers in physical, emotional, and\/or social functioning. Extremely low birth weight school-aged children had lower health utility scores compared with their peers, and similar results were found for adolescents. Parents of preterm and very low birth weight teens noted significantly poorer performance in their child's global health, behavior, and physical functioning, whereas the teenagers themselves did not. In young adulthood, differences in physical functioning remained, but subjective quality of life was similar to normal birth weight peers.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS. The effects of preterm birth\/very low birth weight on health-related quality of life seem to diminish over time, which possibly reflects issues related to a child's report versus a parent-proxy report, differing definitions of health-related quality of life, and adaptation of individuals over time, versus true change in health-related quality of life.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2007-0169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,2,1]],"date-time":"2008-02-01T18:40:00Z","timestamp":1201891200000},"page":"e366-e376","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":179,"title":["Quality of Life of Formerly Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants From Preschool Age to Adulthood: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"121","author":[{"given":"Jill Glennis","family":"Zwicker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Rehabilitation Sciences"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan Richardson","family":"Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021120820165977000_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Tyson JE, Saigal S. 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