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N° 1 Volumen 10

Health-related quality of life in primary school children: a cross-sectional study

Section: Originals

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Urpí Fernández AM, Zabaleta de Olmo E, Vigo Oller O, Tomás Sábado J, Roldán Merino JF, Lluch Canut MT. Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en escolares de Educación Primaria: estudio transversal. RIdEC 2017; 10(1):23-9.

Authors

1 Ana María Urpí Fernández, 2 Edurne Zabaleta de Olmo, 3 Olga Vigo Oller, 4 Joaquín Tomás Sábado, 5 Juan Francisco Roldán Merino, 6 María Teresa Lluch Canut

Position

1 Enfermera de Atención Primaria. Centro de Atención Primaria Carles I, Barcelona (España).2 Enfermera. Técnico de Investigación. Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària (IDIAP) Jordi Gol, Barcelona (España).Investigadora. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (España).Profesora. Facultad de Enfermería. Universitat de Girona, Girona (España).3 Enfermera de Atención Primaria.  Centro de Atención Primaria-Línea Pediátrica Maragall, Barcelona (España).4 Profesor. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Gimbernat i Tomàs Cerdà, Sant Cugat del Vallès (España).5 Profesor. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat (España).6 Profesora. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería. Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (España).

Contact email: amurpics@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an essential construct in people's health. This has been extensively studied in children with chronic diseases; however, studies in healthy children are rather sparse.
Purpose: to analyze HRQoL as perceived by 3- to 6-year primary school children.
Methods: the study was carried out in four schools in Barcelona, Spain, in 2015. Children participated on a voluntary basis, after informed consent by theirs parents had been given. Those children diagnosed with any chronic disorder were excluded. Children with acute disorders (duration shorter than 3 months) were not excluded. KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire version for children and adolescents was self-administered.
Results: a total of 489 school children completed the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire. Scores were higher than those standardized for an European population, and showed an inverse association with age in some dimensions. The proportion of children with HRQoL being perceived as low in certain dimensions was particularly relevant, mostly regarding to "physical well-being”.
Conclusions: use of a multidimensional tool has allowed to identify the dimensions in HRQoL that can be improved in different age groups. HRQoL is a mayor health marker and can be used to plan, develop, and evaluate nursing interventions aimed at promoting health, and as a starting point for future investigations on their determinant factors.

Keywords:

adolescent; quality of life; health surveys; schools; child; cross-sectional studies

Versión en Español

Título:

Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en escolares de Educación Primaria: estudio transversal

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