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Review
. 2015 Sep-Oct;29(5):453-62.
doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.04.001. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

Examining General Versus Condition-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Across Weight Categories in an Adolescent Sample

Autumn G Dalton, Courtney Smith, William T Dalton III, Deborah L Slawson
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Examining General Versus Condition-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Across Weight Categories in an Adolescent Sample

Autumn G Dalton et al. J Pediatr Health Care. 2015 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across weight categories in adolescents using both a general and a condition-specific measure sensitive to fatigue symptoms. Participants (N = 918) completed the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Inventory and PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale measures. Actual height and weight were used to calculate body mass index for age and sex percentiles and assign weight categories. No interaction effects between total HRQoL and weight category and gender were found; however, main effects were found for both weight category and gender. Future research should examine the impact of using different measures to assess HRQoL outcomes across weight categories.

Keywords: Adolescents; health-related quality of life; obese; overweight.

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