AUG 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Factors influencing health-related quality of life in children with leukemia in Saudi Arabia: a cross- sectional study
BMC Pediatrics
A single-centre cross-sectional study identifying modifiable and non-modifiable factors associated with HRQoL in paediatric leukaemia using validated instruments and multivariable regression, with moderate sample size and substantial explained variance, but lacking a comparator or control group.
Reported
Mean overall HRQoL score62.7 ± 16.5
Female gender coefficientβ = 0.270, 95% CI: 4.457–13.241, p < 0.001
Older age coefficientβ = 0.229, 95% CI: 1.951–7.986, p = 0.002