scholarly journals A Unique Patient Population? Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent Athletes Versus General, Healthy Adolescent Individuals

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth C. Lam ◽  
Alison R. Snyder Valier ◽  
R. Curtis Bay ◽  
Tamara C. Valovich McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Adolescent Athletes ◽  
Healthy Adolescent ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Functioning Subscale

Context: Normative scores for patient-rated outcome (PRO) instruments are important for providing patient-centered, whole-person care and making informed clinical decisions. Although normative values for the Pediatric Quality of Life Generic Core Scale (PedsQL) have been established in the general, healthy adolescent population, whether adolescent athletes demonstrate similar values is unclear. Objective: To compare PedsQL scores between adolescent athletes and general, healthy adolescent individuals. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Secondary schools. Patients or Other Participants: A convenience sample of 2659 interscholastic athletes (males = 2059, females = 600, age = 15.7 ± 1.1 years) represented the athlete group (ATH), and a previously published normative dataset represented the general, healthy adolescent group (GEN). Intervention(s): All participants completed the PedsQL during 1 testing session. Main Outcome Measure(s): The PedsQL consists of 2 summary scores (total, psychosocial) and 4 subscale scores (physical, emotional, social, school), with higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Groups were stratified by age (14, 15, or 16 years old). Independent-samples t tests were conducted to compare between-groups and sex differences. Results: The ATH group scored higher than the GEN group across all ages for total and psychosocial summary scores and for emotional and social functioning subscale scores (P ≤ .005). For physical functioning, scores of the 15-year-old ATH were higher than for their GEN counterparts (P = .001). Both 14- and 15-year-old ATH scored higher than their GEN counterparts for the school functioning subscale (P ≤ .013), but differences between 16-year olds were not significant (P = .228). Male adolescent athletes reported higher scores than female adolescent athletes across all scores (P ≤ .001) except for social functioning (P = .229). Conclusions: Adolescent athletes reported better HRQOL than GEN, particularly in emotional functioning. These findings further support the notion that ATH constitutes a unique population that requires its own set of normative values for self-reported, patient-rated outcome instruments.

scholarly journals Recent Injury and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent Athletes

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 603-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara C. Valovich McLeod ◽  
R. Curtis Bay ◽  
John T. Parsons ◽  
Eric L. Sauers ◽  
Alison R. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Global Score ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Adolescent Athletes ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Context: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a global concept that takes into account the physical, psychological, and social domains of health. Determining the extent to which injury affects HRQOL is an important aspect of rehabilitation practice, enabling comparisons of clinical outcomes across different conditions in diverse patient groups. Objective: To examine the extent to which a self-reported recent injury affected HRQOL in adolescent athletes using 2 generic patient self-report scales. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: High school classrooms and athletic training facilities. Patients or Other Participants: A convenience sample of uninjured (n  =  160) and injured (n  =  45) adolescent athletes. Intervention(s): The independent variable was injury status: uninjured versus injured. All participants completed a self-administered brief health status questionnaire and the Short Form–36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) and Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) in a counterbalanced manner. Main Outcome Measure(s): Dependent variables included 8 subscale and 2 composite scores of the SF-36 and 5 subscale scores and 1 global score of the PODCI. Group differences were assessed with the Mann-Whitney U test (P ≤ .05) and reported as median and interquartile range. Results: On the SF-36, the injured group demonstrated lower scores (P < .008) for physical functioning, limitations due to physical health problems, bodily pain, social functioning, and the physical composite. On the PODCI, the injured group reported lower scores (P < .01) on the pain and comfort subscale and the global score. Conclusions: Adolescent athletes with self-reported injuries demonstrated lower HRQOL than their uninjured peers. As expected, recent injury affected physical functioning and pain. Social functioning (on the SF-36) and global HRQOL (on the PODCI) also decreased, suggesting that injuries affected areas beyond the expected physical component of health. Clinicians need to recognize the full spectrum of negative influences that injuries may have on HRQOL in adolescent athletes.

scholarly journals Family Burden and Health Related Quality of Life of HIV Infected Individuals in Madurai, South India

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Thiruvalluvan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
The Family ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Introduction: With the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in 1996, HIV-infected patients are living longer and are concerned not only with treatment’s ability to extend their life butalso with the quality of the life they are able to lead, because, efficacy of treatment is strongly relatedto meaningful outcome i.e., better Quality of Life. Especially Health related quality of life has not been studied well. Hence, this study was necessitated with the objectives to evaluate Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in HIV infected persons on ART. The secondary objectives were to assess the family burden experienced by the families of HIV infected, and measure influence of family burden on overall quality of life.Methodology: The HIV infected individuals who were started on treatment six months prior to date of interview were considered for the study The SF36 (Short Form with 36 questions) was used to evaluate function and mental Health while Pai and Kapur’s Family Burden Interview schedule was used to assess family burden. Interview schedule was pre-tested on 10 HIV infected individuals for consistency. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 11 (SPSS inc. Chicago, IL, USA). Pearson product moment Correlation were computed to explore the relationships of SF36 with SLI, Family Burden and BMI. Further, Independent student “t” – test was performed to see the association between HRQoL and gender.Results: Of 91 participants interviewed 51.6% were women. Median age (years) of the respondents was 33. The overall mean score for Physical health was 45.13 SD (12.40) and for Mental health 56.91 SD (15.52). Age of HIV infected persons had significant influence in scores in social functioning (p-value .015), emotional well being scores (.015), and Mental health (.010). Socio life Index was directly related to physical health, mental health, Vitality, social functioning and emotional scores on HRQoL. Physicalhealth score was negatively affected by the Family burden score. Similarly, BMI status of the respondents correlated with Mental health, Body Pain, Vitality and Role emotional scores of HRQoL scale SF 36.Conclusion: Socio Life Index and BMI appear to be the two important predictors of HRQoL. Therefore, special attention may be required to HIV infected persons with lower SLI and BMI. Nutritional supplements, in addition to ART drugs, may be provided to ensure some improvements in physical functioning.SAARC J TUBER LUNG DIS HIV/AIDS, 2016; XIII(1), Page: 1-8

scholarly journals Effects of Diabetic Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Impairment in Vietnamese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuyen Ba Pham ◽  
Trung Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Huyen Thi Truong ◽  
Chin Huu Trinh ◽  
Ha Ngoc Thi Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Diabetic Complications ◽  
Summary Score ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) adversely influence patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study is aimed at examining HRQOL of T2DM patients, as well as the effects of diabetic complications and comorbidities on HRQOL in this population. This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study on 214 T2DM patients in Hanoi, Vietnam. Short-form 12 version 2 (SF-12v2) and EuroQOL-5 Dimensions-5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) were employed to measure the HRQOL. The median physical component summary score (PCS), mental component summary score (MCS), and EQ-5D index were 45.6, 56.3, and 0.94, respectively. Having at least one diabetic complication was associated with the reduction of SF-12 scores in social functioning (Diff.=−5.69, 95%CI=−9.24; -2.13), role emotional (Diff.=−1.81, 95%CI=−3.12; -0.51), and MCS (Diff.=−2.55, 95%CI=−5.01; -0.1). Significant decrement of physical functioning, role physical, social functioning, role emotional, and MCS was found in patients having diabetic heart diseases compared to those without diabetic complications. The study revealed that HRQOL of Vietnamese patients with diabetic complications was moderately low, especially in social and mental health perspectives. Strategies to prevent the onset of diabetic complications should be developed as a priority in diabetes management.

HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER ORTHOTOPIC NEOBLADDER CONSTRUCTION AND ITS COMPARISON WITH NORMATIVE VALUES IN THE JAPANESE POPULATION

2005 ◽  
Vol 174 (5) ◽  
pp. 1944-1947 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATSUAKI YONEDA ◽  
HIROYUKI ADACHI ◽  
SHINJI URAKAMI ◽  
HIROFUMI KISHI ◽  
KAZUSHI SHIGENO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Japanese Population ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Orthotopic Neobladder ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Health-Related Quality of Life Norm Data of the Peruvian Adolescents: Results Using the EQ-5D-Y

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8735
Author(s):  
Roxana Paola Palacios-Cartagena ◽  
Jose Carmelo Adsuar ◽  
Miguel Ángel Hernández-Mocholí ◽  
Jorge Carlos-Vivas ◽  
Sabina Barrios-Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Adolescent Population ◽  
Utility Index ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

(1) Introduction: There is a growing interest in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescent population. The EQ-5D-Y is a generic HRQOL instrument that allows adolescents to understand the health status of different levels of physical, mental, and social health. This study was carried out with an adolescent population in Peru. The main objective of this article is to report the normative values of the EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in Peruvian adolescents. (2) Methods: The EQ-5D-Y questionnaire was administered to Peruvian adolescent students. A total of 1229 young people participated in the survey. The EQ-5D-Y score was reflected as a function of sex and age. (3) Results: The mean utility index of the EQ-5D-Y for the total sample was 0.890; this rating was significantly better for males at (0.899) and females at (0.881). The ceiling effect was higher for adolescent males with (47.3) females (40.7). (4) Conclusions: The results of the present study provide evidence that schooled adolescents show a positive perception of HRQOL.

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