Child-Report And Parent-Report Of Health-Related Quality Of Life Among 9-11 Years Old Obese School Children In Terengganu, Malaysia
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
;
: 20-31, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-751138
ABSTRACT
@#Obese children had impaired psychosocial status as they generally tend to be socially isolated, have poor self-esteem, anxiety, mood disorder (depression and bipolar disorder) and eating disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the child-report and parent-report of HRQoL among 9-11 years old obese school children in Malaysia and to determine the associated factors of HRQoL among obese children in Malaysia. This study was a cross-sectional study involving 101 obese Malay primary school children aged 9-11 years old from eleven primary schools in Kuala Terengganu which were selected via convenience sampling. Height and weight of the respondents were measured and their BMI was calculated. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was measured using PedsQL version 4.0. The mean age of the respondents was 10.02 ± 0.82 years old with mean BMI z-score was 3.01 ± 0.60. There were significance differences between boys and girls in; 1) emotional domain score for child-report QoL (p=0.019) using paired t-test and 2) psychosocial domain score for parent-report QoL (p=0.025). Regression analysis found that age and gender were the associated factors for Psychological Health for obese children (p<0.005). Being obese had negative effects on children’s quality of life. Various strategies interventions should be done to improve the HRQoL of these obese children. A multidisciplinary approach in schools must be organized to encourage a healthy lifestyle as part of routine among the school children.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Child
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
Year:
2017
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Article
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