scholarly journals Prevalence of body dissatisfaction and its effects on health-related quality of life among primary school students in Guangzhou, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Rong Lin ◽  
Chongshan Guo ◽  
Lihua Xiong ◽  
Siyu Chen ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahari Ishak ◽  
Suet Fin Low ◽  
Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Ibrahim ◽  
Abqariyah Yahya ◽  
Fuziah Md. Zain ◽  
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<p>Obesity has been shown to impact the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among children. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of MyBFF@school program on HRQOL among overweight and obese primary school children in Malaysia. KINDL<sup>R</sup> Questionnaire was used to collect data on their HRQOL before and after the program. ANCOVA was used to analyse the comparison between intervention and control group after 6 months. There are significant effect on family functioning, F(2,1103)=7.452, p<0.05 and school functioning, F(1,1117)=7.103, p<0.05 after the intervention. Effects can also be seen on physical well-being, emotional well-being and friends functioning. The program is effective in improving the HRQOL significantly in two dimensions namely the family and school functioning. In order to achieve greater overall success,social support should be an integral part of the program and stigma on obesity should be managed and reduced by including normal-weight children in the program.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashallah Khanemasjedi ◽  
Marzieh Araban ◽  
Mehdi Mohamadinia ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mina Maheri ◽  
Mansoureh Alipour ◽  
Alireza Rohban ◽  
Gholamreza Garmaroudi

Abstract Objectives Identifying the factors associated with HRQoL in adolescents is a prerequisite of interventions aimed at improving the overall quality of life and health status among them. Studies have identified many factors associated with HRQoL in different populations; however, very little is known about the role of resilience on HRQoL in adolescent students. Subjects This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1500 high school students (750 boys and 750 girls) in Tehran. The subjects were selected through the cluster and multistage sampling methods. Methods The data collection tool included three questionnaires; a demographic information questionnaire, the Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (KIDSCREEN-27), and the Children and Youth Resilience Measurement (CYRM-28). Data were analyzed with SPSS 23 software. Regression analysis was performed to determine the association of resilience with HRQoL. Results The mean score of overall health-related quality of life and overall resilience were 57.51 ± 15.03 and 98.35 ± 16.48, respectively. Individual sub-scale (β = 0.402, p < 0.001), caregiver sub-scale (β = 0.279, p < 0.001) and context sub-scale (β = 0.122, p < 0.001) of resilience were, respectively, the positive and significant predictors of HRQoL in students. The resilience sub-scales explained 49% of the total variance of HRQoL, and the individual sub-scale was the strongest predictive factor for HRQoL in students. Conclusion It is recommended to incorporate resilience training programs into the regular school education in order to improve the quality of life and health of students in all high schools and educational centers of the country.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jesús Alberto García-García ◽  
Larissa Osornia-Ramón ◽  
José Ricardo Ramírez-Cerecero ◽  
Gabriela Morán-Delgado

The objective of this article is to analyze the dimensions of school violence and its impact on the health-related quality of life of primary school children at social risk in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila. The methodology used is quantitative, observational, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive. The information was collected through two instruments, CUVE3-EP to measure School Violence and KIDSCREEN-27 for Health-Related Quality of Life, where 416 children aged 5 and 6 were taken as a sample. Primary education. The sampling method used is convenience sampling. The statistical techniques used were descriptive, correlational and comparative. The contribution of the study starts from the identification of the different types of school violence and its association with the quality of life of primary school children. Being verbal violence between students a factor that decreases psychological well-being, as well as their autonomy and relationship with parents.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahari Ishak ◽  
Suet Fin Low ◽  
Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Ibrahim ◽  
Abqariyah Yahya ◽  
Fuziah Md. Zain ◽  
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<p>This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between fast foods and snacks consumption with the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among 1138 overweight and obese primary school children with mean(SD) age of 9.9(0.9) years old. Data was collected at baseline in which the frequency of fast food consumption (FFC) and snacking in the past week were measured using a pre-tested nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire whereas the HRQOL was measured using the KINDL<sup>R </sup>questionnaire. Spearman’s rank order correlation found significant negative association between FFC and emotional well-being (rs=-0.066, p<.05). Significant negative associations were also observed between snacking frequency with physical well-being (rs=-0.071, p<.05) and emotional well being (rs=-0.073, p<.05). The findings from this study suggest that the physical well-being and emotional well-being of overweight and obese children could be attributed to the FFC and snacking. Therefore, these type of foods should not be encouraged to be included in children’s diet.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huifen Qiao ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Zhenzhen Qin ◽  
Na Wang ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
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Abstract Objectives To examine the association between health literacy (HL) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among primary and high school students in Nanjing, China. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected primary (graders 4–6), junior (graders 7–9) and senior (graders 10–12) high school students in 2018 in Nanjing Municipality of China. HRQoL, the outcome variable, was assessed with the validated Chinese version of Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) and used as continuous variable, while HL, our independent variable, was measured with the validated Chinese Students’ Health literacy Assessment Scale and treated as categorical variable (“adequate” or “inadequate”) in the analysis. Mixed-effects linear regression models were introduced to calculate mean difference and 95% confidence interval (CI) for examining the association between HL and HRQoL. Results Totally, 4388 of 4498 students completed the survey. Among these responders, the mean score of CHU9D was 0.78 ± 0.17, and the proportion of participants with adequate HL was 85.8% (95% CI = 84.7%, 86.8%). After adjustment for potential confounders and class-level clustering effects, participants who had adequate HL were observed having, on average, an elevated HRQoL score of 0.08 (95% CI = 0.06, 0.11) units compared to their counterparts with inadequate HL. Such a positive HL-HRQoL association was also identified among each stratum of participants’ age, gender and residence. Conclusions HL was positively associated with HRQoL score among primary and high school students in China. It has public health implications that HRQoL may be improved through school-based health literacy intervention among children and adolescents in China.


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