Subjective health, symptom load and quality of life of children and adolescents in Europe

Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Hetland, Jørn; Vollebergh, Wilma; Cavallo, Franco; Jericek, Helena; Alikaşifoğlu, Müjgan; Välimaa, Raili; Ottová, Veronika; Erhart, Michael

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“…Now the KIDSCREEN 10 provided not only clinicians and researchers but also general practitioners and researchers with a sound instrument to estimate HRQOL in children and adolescents. This new short version allows for policy monitoring and it is now nationally used within the HBSC /WHO national study, as a well being index (Currie et al, 2008;Ravens-Sieberer et al, 2009).…”

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“…Before the project KIDSCREEN there were no standardized cross-cultural relevant instruments for application with equivalence in paediatric populations in different European populations from different countries (Rajmil et al, 2004;RavensSieberer et al, 2001;Ravens-Sieberer et al, 2005). Apart from that, the subjective health has been considered of utmost importance to consider the state of health in national samples in international studies and regarding the measurement of perceptual indicators of health, namely the collaborative study of the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Behaviour in School Aged Children ([HBSC], Currie, Hurrelmann, Settertobulte, Smith, & Todd, 2000;Currie et al, 2004;Currie, Samdal, Boyce, & Smith, 2001;Matos et al, 2000Matos et al, , 2003Ravens-Sieberer et al, 2009). …”

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Health-related quality of life in portuguese children and adolescents

Matos¹,

Gaspar²,

Simões³

2012

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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The KIDSCREEN is a European cross-cultural and standardized instrument that assesses ten quality of life dimensions in children, adolescents and their parents. This instrument is used to validate evidences to support general inferences on quality-of-life measures obtained by the Portuguese version of KIDSCREEN-10 for children and adolescents, in the context of a survey research carried on in Portugal. The present study focuses only on the KIDSCREEN children and adolescents' versions. A sample of 8072 Portuguese children and adolescents attending the 5 th grade (19.3%), 6 th grade (19.2%), 7 th grade (20.3%), 8 th (21.6%) and 10 th grade (19.7%) in Portuguese schools were inquired, with a mean age of 13.2; SD 2.06, randomly distributed regarding gender. The Portuguese version of KIDSCREEN-10 instrument showed a good Internal Consistency of .78. Chosen fit indexes indicate good fit to the data. Specifically in the final solution the RMSEA was lower than .03 and the upper limit of 90% confidence interval was lower than .05, and CFI was higher than .95. Results indicated that the current 10-item structure is invariant across age groups, nationality and socio-economic level. The KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire is a reliable instrument to estimate the perception of quality of life in children and adolescents. Psychometric guidelines are presented for the Portuguese population aged 10 to 16 years old. Keywords: Assessment, health-related quality of life, children and adolescents. ResumoO KIDSCREEN é um instrumento europeu transcultural e padronizado que avalia dez dimensões da qualidade de vida de crianças, adolescentes e seus pais. Este instrumento é usado para validar evidências a fim de apoiar inferências gerais sobre medidas de qualidade de vida obtidas pela versão portuguesa do KIDSCREEN-10 para crianças e adolescentes, no contexto de uma pesquisa de investigação feita em Portugal. O presente estudo centra-se apenas na versão KIDSCREEN para adolescentes e crianças. Uma amostra de 8.072 crianças e adolescentes portugueses frequentando a 5ª série (19,3%), 6ª série (19,2%), 7ª série (20,3%), 8ª série (21,6%) e 10ª série (19,7%) em escolas do país foram intrevistadas, com uma idade média de 13,2; DP 2,06, distribuídos aleatoriamente em relação ao sexo. A versão portuguesa do instrumento KIDSCREEN-10 mostrou uma boa consistência interna de 0,78. Os índices de ajuste escolhidos indicam bom ajuste aos dados. Especificamente na solução final o RMSEA foi inferior a 0,03, o limite superior do intervalo de confiança de 90% foi inferior a 0,05 e CFI foi superior a 0,95. Resultados indicaram que a estrutura atual do item 10 é invariável entre grupos de idade, nacionalidade e nível socio-econômico. O questionário KIDSCREEN-10 é um instrumento confiável para estimar a percepção da qualidade de vida em crianças e adolescentes. Orientações psicométricas são apresentadas para a população portuguesa entre 10 e 16 anos de idade. Palavras-chave: Avaliação, qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde, crianças e adolescentes.Children and ...

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Health-related quality of life in portuguese children and adolescents

Matos¹,

Gaspar²,

Simões³

2012

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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“…Low familial affluence was associated with poor general health perception and multiple recurrent subjective health complaints [46]. In a longitudinal study, the childhood profile of those at greatest risk of suicidal behaviour included being raised in socio-economic adversity, marital disruption and poor parent-child attachment [9].…”

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Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Samm

Tooding

Sisask

et al. 2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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To cite this version:Algi Abstract Depressive feelings and suicidal ideation in a non-clinical sample of adolescents in Estonia were analysed in the context of family structure, mutual relationships amongst family members and schoolchildren's preferences regarding intimate personal contacts with particular family members. Data from the WHO collaborative study 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/ 2006' (HBSC) were used. A representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years completed the semi-structured questionnaire. The analyses included only adolescents living in households with at least one birth parent. The subjects were 4,389 schoolchildren (2,178 boys and 2,211 girls), who were divided into three groups based on: (1) suicidal thoughts, with or without depressive feelings; (2) depressive feelings; and (3) neither suicidal thoughts nor depressive feelings. Multinomial logistic regression was used. The proportion of depressive feelings increased with age for both boys and girls. Girls expressed depressive feelings more frequently than boys from ages 13 and 15 years, and suicidal thoughts from age 15 years. Self-reported satisfaction with relationships in the family reduced the likelihood of depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. Good communication with the parents reduced the likelihood of suicidal thoughts in all age groups. Adolescents who were satisfied with their family relationships suffered less frequently from depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. The best environment for an adolescent was a family with both birth parents. Of the adolescents in 'non-intact' families, those with a step-parent in the family showed suicidal thoughts more frequently than those in single-parent families. Associations between family-related variables and suicidal thoughts were significant even after adjusting for family economic deprivation score.

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“…Health can be measured on the basis of objective or subjective health indicators. Within the last few decades we can see a paradigm shift from assessing health and medical outcomes only by somatic indicators and there is an increasing interest being placed on measurements of perceived health status (18,19).…”

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Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

Hodačová

Hlaváčková

Sigmundová

et al. 2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYObjective: The aim of the study is to examine cross-sectional time trends of life satisfaction and self-rated health in a representative sample of Czech children aged 11, 13 and 15 years using the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study data from the Czech Republic.Methods: Data from survey years 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 was used. The sample consisted of 16,357 participants (48.5% of boys). Life satisfaction (LS) was measured by Cantril´s ladder; self-rated health was measured through the simple item "Would you say your health is: excellent, good, fair, poor".Results: Most of the children were satisfied with their lives in all surveyed years (mean LS scores range from 7.21 to 7.51; maximum 10). LS was consistently significantly associated (p < 0.001) with age and gender. Overall, children and adolescents in the Czech Republic also reported good health. In total, 87.6% of respondents from all samples reported their health as excellent or good. Gender was found to be significantly associated with self-rated health (p < 0.05) in all surveyed years.Conclusions: No permanent trends in both followed indicators have been seen in the examined period.

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Subjective health, symptom load and quality of life of children and adolescents in Europe

Abstract: Increasing social and gender role pressure with growing age, as well as restricted access to material resources and psychosocial strains are discussed as potential explanations for the observed health inequalities.

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Health-related quality of life in portuguese children and adolescents

Health-related quality of life in portuguese children and adolescents

Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

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