Determinants of health related quality of life in school-going adolescents in Northern India
| Autor: | Uttam Singh, Savitri Thakur, Kasturi Agnihotri, Shally Awasthi, Hem Chandra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Gerontology
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study Health Status education MEDLINE India Young Adult Quality of life (healthcare) Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Social determinants of health Young adult Child Students Schools business.industry Public health Age Factors humanities Cross-Sectional Studies El Niño Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Tropical medicine Quality of Life Female business |
| Zdroj: | Indian journal of pediatrics. 78(5) |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 |
| Popis: | To identify determinants of good Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in school going adolescents.This Cross-sectional study was conducted in public and private schools in Lucknow, Northern India after obtaining institutional ethical clearance. Children aged 10 to 19 years were included after obtaining parental written informed consent. HRQoL was assessed using culturally appropriate WHOQOL-BREF version.From 1900 schools in Lucknow, 10 public and 10 private schools were selected. Within schools, random selection of the subjects was done. Dropout rate was 7.2% (525/566). Mean age of participants was 14.04 ± 2.09 years, of which 52.4% (275/525) were boys and 48.5% (255/525) were from private schools. Good HRQoL was a score ≥83, which corresponded to third quartile, and 33.7% and 16.6% of subjects, from private and public schools, respectively, fell in this category (p-value0.0001). Determinants of good HRQoL on multivariate analysis were age14 years (OR: 2.11, 95%CI 1.39-3.02, p 0.0001) and studying in private school (OR = 2.04, 95%CI 1.18-3.51, p 0.0001).Younger adolescent age and enrolment in private schools are determinants of good HRQoL in school-going adolescents. Further research is needed to identify measures to improve HRQoL among older adolescents and those studying in public schools. |
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