The relationship between children's overweight and quality of life: A comparison of Sizing Me Up, PedsQL and Kid-KINDL

Abstract

Background/Objective: Overweight and obese children are likely to encounter negative impact on psychological well-being and quality of life (QoL). Hence, for overweight and obese children, measuring QoL could go beyond simply assessing objective medical parameters and cover their physical health, psychological well-being, and social interaction. Generic (Kid-KINDL and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory [PedsQL]) and weight-related (Sizing Me Up) measures are two major types of QoL measurement instruments; however, little is known about the differences between them. Method: We recruited 569 3rd to 6th graders from eleven schools in Southern Taiwan. In addition to the three QoL questionnaires, the Child Depression Inventory and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were applied. Results: Depression had significantly negative associations with all three QoL questionnaires. Self-esteem was only associated with Kid-KINDL. Body mass index had a significantly stronger relationship with Sizing Me Up than its relationships with PedsQL and Kid-KINDL. In other words, the items related to body size concerns in Size Me Up significantly contributed to impaired overweight/obese children’s QoL. Conclusions: The study further identified the characters and strength of these QoL measures for better suggestions on evaluating physical and psychological issues for overweight/obese children.

WITHDRAWN: Pilot Evaluation of Obesity-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Following a 12-Week Non-Randomized Lifestyle Intervention in Youth

“…12 The Kid-KINDL includes six domains, compared to PedsQL's four domains. 18 In their 2019 comparison study, Pakpour et al 18 also found that the SMU tool was signi cantly related to BMI, and the other two generic instruments (PedsQL and Kid-KINDL) did not.…”

Time invariance of three ultra-brief internet-related instruments: Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), and the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- Short Form (IGDS-SF9) (Study Part B)

“…In order to quickly assess the risk of addiction related to activities and applications on the internet and smartphone, three ultra-brief psychometric instruments have been developed that have robust psychometric properties. These are the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS; Csibi, Demetrovics, & Szabo, 2016), the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS; Andreassen et al, 2016;Lin et al, 2018), and the nine-item…”

“…More specifically, all three scales have high internal consistency (e.g., α=0.81 for SABAS [Csibi et al, 2016]; 0.97 for BSMAS [Monacis et al, 2017]; 0.90 for IGDS-SF9 [Wu et al, 2017]). However, to the best of the present authors' knowledge, there is only a little information concerning test-retest reliability of the three scales (test-retest reliability=0.83 for SABAS [Lin et al, 2018] and 0.87 for IGDS-SF9 [Wu et al, 2017]). Furthermore, no previous studies have ever examined whether any of them are time invariant across several months.…”

“…In terms of the nested models, Model 1 is a configural model; Model 2 is a model with factor loadings constrained as equal across time; and Model 3 is a model with factor loadings and item intercepts constrained as equal across time. Before the three nested models were tested, it was ensured that the configural model had acceptable data-model fit in the following indices: comparative fit index (CFI) > 0.9, root mean square of approximation (RMSEA) < 0.1, and SRMR (standardized root mean square residual) < 0.08 (Browne & Cudeck, 1993;Lin, 2018;Pakpour et al, 2018). The modification index was used when the configural model did not have acceptable fit.…”

The Mediating Effects of Eating Disorder, Food Addiction, and Insomnia in the Association between Psychological Distress and Being Overweight among Iranian Adolescents

“…Finally, the adverse effects in social health include such consequences as being bullied (e.g., being isolated or teased) [10]. Numerous studies also demonstrate the negative impacts of being overweight on children's overall health or quality of life (QoL) [10][11][12][13][14][15]. The negative health consequences together with the relatively high prevalence rates of being overweight make the issue of childhood obesity one of the world's major health concerns.…”