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Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 2/2010

01-03-2010

The effect of body mass on health-related quality of life among Singaporean adolescents: results from the SCORM study

Auteurs: Truls Østbye, Rahul Malhotra, Hwee-Bee Wong, Say-Beng Tan, Seang-Mei Saw

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 2/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the relationship between body mass and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Singaporean adolescents. Variation in this relationship by age, gender and ethnicity, and association of HRQOL with change in body mass over time and with demographic, socioeconomic and health variables were also assessed.

Methods

HRQOL was assessed for Singaporean adolescents aged 11–18 from their own (N = 1,249) and their parent’s (N = 948) perspective using PedsQL™ 4.0 generic core scales. Body mass, measured as body mass index z-score based on the WHO Reference 2007, was categorized as thin, healthy weight, overweight and obese. Multiple linear regression models assessed the relationship between current body mass and HRQOL, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic and health variables. Differences between adolescent and parent-proxy reported HRQOL were also investigated.

Results

Obese adolescents (and their parents) reported significantly lower HRQOL, overall and in most domains, compared to healthy weight adolescents. Parents tended to report lower HRQOL for their adolescents than the adolescents did themselves; however, this difference was much larger and statistically significant for obese adolescents.

Conclusions

Obesity is associated with reduced HRQOL among adolescents. The effect in these Singaporean adolescents is similar to that in populations with higher rates of obesity. Awareness of this relationship can make it easier for health professionals, teachers, parents and peers to be supportive of obese adolescents.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The effect of body mass on health-related quality of life among Singaporean adolescents: results from the SCORM study
Auteurs
Truls Østbye
Rahul Malhotra
Hwee-Bee Wong
Say-Beng Tan
Seang-Mei Saw
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9578-8

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