@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of health-related quality of life in a sample of children and adolescents: a school survey",
journal="Journal of clinical nursing",
year="2011",
author="Haraldstad, Kristin and Christophersen, Knut-Andreas and Eide, Hilde and Nativg, Gerd K. and Helseth, Sølvi",
volume="20",
number="21-22",
pages="3048-3056",
abstract="Aim.  The aim is to study the health-related quality of life in a school sample of children and adolescents aged 8-18 years and to examine the relationship between health-related quality of life and the following variables; age, gender, perceived pain, body image, body mass index and bullying. Background.  The study of health-related quality of life in children and adolescents have received little attention compared with adults in health care research and still little is known about the associations between health-related quality of life and other variables. Design.  A cross-sectional design was chosen. Method.  We measured the health-related quality of life using the generic questionnaire KIDSCREEN-10. We administered the KIDSCREEN 52-item, and the 10 items were selected from this according to the KIDSCREEN manual. Multilevel regression models were used to evaluate the associations between health-related quality of life and the independent variables. Results.  The sample included 1066 children and adolescents, 576 girls and 490 boys, with a response rate of 74%. The results show that body mass index was not significant associated with health-related quality of life in full model. However, in addition to age, being bullied, pain and body image were significant associated with health-related quality of life. Of these predictors, body image has the strongest impact in terms of explained variance in health-related quality of life. Conclusion.  The subjective sense of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with one's body, perceived body image, is a powerful predictor of health-related quality of life. Relevance to clinical practice.  Knowledge about predictors of health-related quality of life is especially important for public health nurses. Health promotion and intervention programmes that aim to strengthen psychosocial well-being, especially those that strengthen body image, should be developed for both genders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0962-1067",
doi="10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03693.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03693.x"
}