IT has become an accepted therapy for individuals permanently dependent on home parenteral nutrition HPN with life-threatening complications. [1][2][3] Time has come to assess not only the medical results, but also the health-related quality of life HRQOL of transplanted patients and their families. HRQOL is an important therapeutic index, especially for children with chronic illnesses. Until now, few studies have evaluated HRQOL after IT, using multidimensional questionnaires. [4][5][6] A pilot study in our unit, comparing the HRQOL between children after IT and on HPN, showed that transplanted patients obtained lower scores in general, especially in the dimensions of autonomy and relationships with others, 7 while these differences had not been found in adults. 5