OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of overweight status on pediatric quality of life (QOL). METHOD: This correlational study examined the relationship between weight, social support, race, informant, and QOL in a sample of 107 clinically overweight youth, ages 12 to 17 years. RESULTS: Regression analysis did not support the relation between QOL and weight. Social support was a significant predictor of youth reports of overall QOL. Males reported better physical QOL than females by both parent and youth report. Paired-samples t-tests supported a discrepancy between child and parent-proxy reports of QOL; parents reported significantly worse QOL than their children across many dimensions. Analysis of variance found no significant difference between Caucasian and African American youth's QOL. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlighted the importance of considering informant, gender, and the impact of social support when measuring QOL in clinically overweight pediatric populations.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of overweight status on pediatric quality of life (QOL). METHOD: This correlational study examined the relationship between weight, social support, race, informant, and QOL in a sample of 107 clinically overweight youth, ages 12 to 17 years. RESULTS: Regression analysis did not support the relation between QOL and weight. Social support was a significant predictor of youth reports of overall QOL. Males reported better physical QOL than females by both parent and youth report. Paired-samples t-tests supported a discrepancy between child and parent-proxy reports of QOL; parents reported significantly worse QOL than their children across many dimensions. Analysis of variance found no significant difference between Caucasian and African American youth's QOL. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlighted the importance of considering informant, gender, and the impact of social support when measuring QOL in clinically overweight pediatric populations.
Authors: Keeley J Pratt; Angela L Lamson; Melvin S Swanson; Suzanne Lazorick; David N Collier Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2011-10-19 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Brooke E Harcourt; Anke Pons; Kung-Ting Kao; Celia Twindyakirana; Erin Alexander; Sarah Haberle; Zoe McCallum; Matthew A Sabin Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2019-03-06 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Veronika Ottova; Michael Erhart; Luis Rajmil; Lucia Dettenborn-Betz; Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2011-05-10 Impact factor: 4.147