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Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence. / Bisegger, Corinna; Cloetta, Bernhard; von Rueden, Ursula; Abel, Thomas; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike.

In: SOZ PRAVENTIV MED, Vol. 50, No. 5, 5, 2005, p. 281-291.

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Bisegger, C, Cloetta, B, von Rueden, U, Abel, T & Ravens-Sieberer, U 2005, 'Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence.', SOZ PRAVENTIV MED, vol. 50, no. 5, 5, pp. 281-291. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16300172?dopt=Citation>

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Bisegger, C., Cloetta, B., von Rueden, U., Abel, T., & Ravens-Sieberer, U. (2005). Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence. SOZ PRAVENTIV MED, 50(5), 281-291. [5]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16300172?dopt=Citation

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Bisegger C, Cloetta B, von Rueden U, Abel T, Ravens-Sieberer U. Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence. SOZ PRAVENTIV MED. 2005;50(5):281-291. 5.

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title = "Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence.",
abstract = "OBJECTIVES: To assess whether gender and age differences can be found in different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents, and to what extent these results correspond to theoretical and empirical findings from developmental psychology. METHODS: A newly developed HRQOL questionnaire was completed by 3,710 youths aged nine to 17 years in seven European countries. The {"}Kidscreen 52{"} questionnaire consists of 10 scales operationalising aspects of the physical, psychological and social dimensions of HRQOL. With the use of ANOVA and effect sizes, the influence of age and gender on aspects of HRQOL is reported. RESULTS: Children report a very good quality of life largely independent of gender. After 12 years, HRQOL decreases in the majority of aspects. In the physical and psychological dimensions, a stronger decrease is found for females than for males. CONCLUSIONS: Children have higher HRQOL than adolescents in many aspects. With increasing age, HRQOL is frequently worse for females than for males. Examination of the individual aspects leads to a differentiation of the results with relevance for public health.",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Health-related quality of life: gender differences in childhood and adolescence.

AU - Bisegger, Corinna

AU - Cloetta, Bernhard

AU - von Rueden, Ursula

AU - Abel, Thomas

AU - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - OBJECTIVES: To assess whether gender and age differences can be found in different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents, and to what extent these results correspond to theoretical and empirical findings from developmental psychology. METHODS: A newly developed HRQOL questionnaire was completed by 3,710 youths aged nine to 17 years in seven European countries. The "Kidscreen 52" questionnaire consists of 10 scales operationalising aspects of the physical, psychological and social dimensions of HRQOL. With the use of ANOVA and effect sizes, the influence of age and gender on aspects of HRQOL is reported. RESULTS: Children report a very good quality of life largely independent of gender. After 12 years, HRQOL decreases in the majority of aspects. In the physical and psychological dimensions, a stronger decrease is found for females than for males. CONCLUSIONS: Children have higher HRQOL than adolescents in many aspects. With increasing age, HRQOL is frequently worse for females than for males. Examination of the individual aspects leads to a differentiation of the results with relevance for public health.

AB - OBJECTIVES: To assess whether gender and age differences can be found in different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents, and to what extent these results correspond to theoretical and empirical findings from developmental psychology. METHODS: A newly developed HRQOL questionnaire was completed by 3,710 youths aged nine to 17 years in seven European countries. The "Kidscreen 52" questionnaire consists of 10 scales operationalising aspects of the physical, psychological and social dimensions of HRQOL. With the use of ANOVA and effect sizes, the influence of age and gender on aspects of HRQOL is reported. RESULTS: Children report a very good quality of life largely independent of gender. After 12 years, HRQOL decreases in the majority of aspects. In the physical and psychological dimensions, a stronger decrease is found for females than for males. CONCLUSIONS: Children have higher HRQOL than adolescents in many aspects. With increasing age, HRQOL is frequently worse for females than for males. Examination of the individual aspects leads to a differentiation of the results with relevance for public health.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 50

SP - 281

EP - 291

IS - 5

M1 - 5

ER -