Perception of Quality of Life by Primary Caregivers of Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome: a Cross-Sectional Study

The study aimed to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of caregivers of children diagnosed with CZS and to assess the association of findings with socioeconomic and CZS-associated variables. This was a cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out over three days of multidisciplinary care for patients with CZS. Sixty-four participants underwent a quality of life assessment using the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) in Portuguese. Both groups of caregivers attributed regular scores for Global QoL, and all WHOQOL-BREF domains. Among caregivers of children with CZS, QoL correlated with three of the four WHOQOL-BREF domains (psychological health: rho = 0.49, p