Use of a children questionnaire of health-related quality of life (KIDSCREEN) as a measure of needs for health care services.
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Use of a children questionnaire of health-related quality of life (KIDSCREEN) as a measure of needs for health care services. / Rajmil, Luis; Alonso, Jordi; Berra, Silvina; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike; Gosch, Angela; Simeoni, Marie-Claude; Auquier, Pascal.
In: J ADOLESCENT HEALTH, Vol. 38, No. 5, 5, 2006, p. 511-518.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Use of a children questionnaire of health-related quality of life (KIDSCREEN) as a measure of needs for health care services.
AU - Rajmil, Luis
AU - Alonso, Jordi
AU - Berra, Silvina
AU - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
AU - Gosch, Angela
AU - Simeoni, Marie-Claude
AU - Auquier, Pascal
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - PURPOSE: To check if the expected association is observed between children and adolescents' self-perceived health-related quality of life (HRQL) and the use of health care services. METHODS: The data come from the pilot test of a European measure of HRQL for children and adolescents (KIDSCREEN). Children answered the KIDSCREEN 52-item pilot version. Visits to a health professional in the past four weeks and hospitalisation in the past 12 months were collected from parents. A logistic regression model was adjusted to analyse the relationship between the use of health services and HRQL. RESULTS: A total of 2526 children and their parents were included in the analysis. Factors associated to visits in the past four weeks were poor physical well-being (odds ratio [OR] 1.83; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.42-2.35), and poor school environment (OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.02-1.71). Low scores on moods and emotions was the associated factor to hospitalization in the past 12 months (OR 2.13; 95% CI 1.29-3.81). CONCLUSIONS: Children and adolescents are a feasible source for their self-assessment of HRQL. They should be taken into account in health care needs studies.
AB - PURPOSE: To check if the expected association is observed between children and adolescents' self-perceived health-related quality of life (HRQL) and the use of health care services. METHODS: The data come from the pilot test of a European measure of HRQL for children and adolescents (KIDSCREEN). Children answered the KIDSCREEN 52-item pilot version. Visits to a health professional in the past four weeks and hospitalisation in the past 12 months were collected from parents. A logistic regression model was adjusted to analyse the relationship between the use of health services and HRQL. RESULTS: A total of 2526 children and their parents were included in the analysis. Factors associated to visits in the past four weeks were poor physical well-being (odds ratio [OR] 1.83; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.42-2.35), and poor school environment (OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.02-1.71). Low scores on moods and emotions was the associated factor to hospitalization in the past 12 months (OR 2.13; 95% CI 1.29-3.81). CONCLUSIONS: Children and adolescents are a feasible source for their self-assessment of HRQL. They should be taken into account in health care needs studies.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 38
SP - 511
EP - 518
JO - J ADOLESCENT HEALTH
JF - J ADOLESCENT HEALTH
SN - 1054-139X
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -