TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Preference-based health-related quality of life among victims of bullying
JO  - Quality of life research
A1  - Beckman, Linda
A1  - Svensson, Mikael
A1  - Frisén, Ann
SP  - 303
EP  - 309
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - PURPOSE: No previous study has estimated the association between bullying and preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQoL) ("utility"), knowledge of which may be used for cost-effectiveness studies of interventions designed to prevent bullying. Therefore, the aim of the study was to estimate preference-based HRQoL among victims of bullying compared to non-victims. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional survey data collection among Swedish adolescents aged 15-17 years in the first year of upper secondary school was conducted in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden (N = 758). Preference-based HRQoL was estimated with the SF-6D. Regression analyses were conducted to adjust for some individual-level background variable. <br><br>RESULTS: Mean preference-based health-related quality of life scores were 0.77 and 0.71 for non-victims and victims of bullying, respectively. The difference of 0.06 points was statistically significant (p < 0.05) and robust to inclusion of gender, age, and parental immigrant status. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The preference-based HRQoL estimates in this study may be used as an upper bound in economic evaluations of bullying prevention interventions, facilitating a comparison between costs and quality-adjusted life-years.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0962-9343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-1101-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -