Figure 3From: Comparative cost of illness analysis and assessment of health care burden of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies in GermanyHealth- related quality of life of dystrophinopathy patients (self - or parent- reported). In general, HRQOL of BMD patients was estimated better than that of DMD patients whereas HRQOL declined with disease progression, both in DMD and BMD. HRQOL assessment was performed using PedsQL™ Measurement Model, module for neuromuscular disorders, German version 3.0. Higher scores indicate better HRQOL.Back to article page