dc.contributor.author | Rajmil, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Palacio-Vieira, JA | |
dc.contributor.author | Herdman, M | |
dc.contributor.author | López-Aguilà, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Villalonga-Olives, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Valderas, JM | |
dc.contributor.author | Espallargues, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Alonso, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-21T11:23:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-12-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to assess the effect of changes in mental health status on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents aged 8 - 18 years. METHODS: A representative sample of Spanish children and adolescents aged 8-18 years completed the self-administered KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire at baseline and after 3 years. Mental health status was measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Changes on SDQ scores over time were used to classify respondents in one of 3 categories (improved, stable, worsened). Data was also collected on gender, undesirable life events, and family socio-economic status. Changes in HRQOL were evaluated using effect sizes (ES). A multivariate analysis was performed to identify predictors of poor HRQOL at follow-up. RESULTS: Response rate at follow-up was 54% (n = 454). HRQOL deteriorated in all groups on most KIDSCREEN dimensions. Respondents who worsened on the SDQ showed the greatest deterioration, particularly on Psychological well-being (ES = -0.81). Factors most strongly associated with a decrease in HRQOL scores were undesirable life events and worsening SDQ score. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in mental health status affect children and adolescents' HRQOL. Improvements in mental health status protect against poorer HRQOL while a worsening in mental health status is a risk factor for poorer HRQOL. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III grants: PI042504, PI042315, and CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III expediente CB 06/02/0046) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 7, article 103 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1477-7525-7-103 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34057 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMC | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20030835 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © Rajmil et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject | Child | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Follow-Up Studies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Life Change Events | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mental Health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychology, Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychology, Child | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychometrics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Quality of Life | en_GB |
dc.subject | Regression Analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Risk Factors | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sex Factors | en_GB |
dc.subject | Social Class | en_GB |
dc.subject | Spain | en_GB |
dc.subject | Surveys and Questionnaires | en_GB |
dc.title | Effect on health-related quality of life of changes in mental health in children and adolescents | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-21T11:23:14Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from BMC via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | en_GB |