Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with mental disorders
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Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with mental disorders. / Weitkamp, Katharina; Daniels, Judith K; Romer, Georg; Wiegand-Grefe, Silke.
In: HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT, Vol. 11, 31.07.2013, p. 129.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with mental disorders
AU - Weitkamp, Katharina
AU - Daniels, Judith K
AU - Romer, Georg
AU - Wiegand-Grefe, Silke
PY - 2013/7/31
Y1 - 2013/7/31
N2 - BACKGROUND: The aim was to assess the association of internalising and externalising pathology with the child's health-related quality of life (QoL), and to determine which child and environmental characteristics beyond pathology were related to poor QoL.METHODS: Data was obtained for 120 children and adolescents (aged 6 to 18) commencing outpatient psychotherapy treatment. Parents and children (aged 11 years and older) filled out questionnaires. QoL was measured with the KIDSCREEN-27.RESULTS: QoL was more strongly associated with internalising than externalising pathology according to both self- and parent report. Multiple regression analyses showed that beyond internalising and externalising pathology, gender, age, family functioning, functional impairment, and prior mental health treatment were associated with individual QoL scales.CONCLUSIONS: The data underscored the relationship between mental pathology and impaired QoL even if potential item overlap was controlled for. This stresses the importance of extending therapy goals and outcome measures from mere pathology to measures of QoL in psychotherapy research particularly for patients with internalising pathology.
AB - BACKGROUND: The aim was to assess the association of internalising and externalising pathology with the child's health-related quality of life (QoL), and to determine which child and environmental characteristics beyond pathology were related to poor QoL.METHODS: Data was obtained for 120 children and adolescents (aged 6 to 18) commencing outpatient psychotherapy treatment. Parents and children (aged 11 years and older) filled out questionnaires. QoL was measured with the KIDSCREEN-27.RESULTS: QoL was more strongly associated with internalising than externalising pathology according to both self- and parent report. Multiple regression analyses showed that beyond internalising and externalising pathology, gender, age, family functioning, functional impairment, and prior mental health treatment were associated with individual QoL scales.CONCLUSIONS: The data underscored the relationship between mental pathology and impaired QoL even if potential item overlap was controlled for. This stresses the importance of extending therapy goals and outcome measures from mere pathology to measures of QoL in psychotherapy research particularly for patients with internalising pathology.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adolescent Behavior
KW - Child
KW - Child Behavior
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Comparative Effectiveness Research
KW - Female
KW - Germany
KW - Health Status Indicators
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Parent-Child Relations
KW - Parents
KW - Psychotherapy
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Regression Analysis
KW - Self Report
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1186/1477-7525-11-129
DO - 10.1186/1477-7525-11-129
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23902824
VL - 11
SP - 129
JO - HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT
JF - HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT
SN - 1477-7525
ER -
