Cargando…
Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow
AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body weight and the quality of life among adolescents in Krakow, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study comprised 1291 pupils - 632 girls and 659 boys from 17 Krakow middle schools. Their quality of life (QoL) was assessed by means o...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Sciendo
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056403 http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/devperiodmed.20182202.160170 |
_version_ | 1784585179312947200 |
---|---|
author | Magiera, Agnieszka Sochacka-Tatara, Elżbieta Sowa, Agata Jacek, Ryszard Pac, Agnieszka |
author_facet | Magiera, Agnieszka Sochacka-Tatara, Elżbieta Sowa, Agata Jacek, Ryszard Pac, Agnieszka |
author_sort | Magiera, Agnieszka |
collection | PubMed |
description | AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body weight and the quality of life among adolescents in Krakow, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study comprised 1291 pupils - 632 girls and 659 boys from 17 Krakow middle schools. Their quality of life (QoL) was assessed by means of the Polish version of the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire. Five dimensions of QoL were analyzed as low, average and high QoL according to Polish cut-off points. The body mass index (BMI) of the adolescents was classified as underweight, normal weight, or excessive weight according to Polish growth charts. RESULTS: Low QoL was observed significantly more often in girls than in boys. Excessive weight among both girls and boys was found to be a risk factor for low QoL in the “Physical Well-being” dimension as compared to normal weight adolescents. Additionally, boys with excessive weight had a two-fold higher risk of low QoL in the “Social Support & Peers” dimension (OR=2.00; 95 %CI:1.14-3.50). Underweight was associated with higher risk of low QoL in the “Physical Well-being”, “Autonomy & Parents”, and “Social Support & Peers” dimensions, but only among boys. CONCLUSIONS: Both, underweight and excessive weight were associated with low QoL. Excessive weight in youth was linked mainly with lower physical well-being. Underweight was a predictor of low QoL only among boys in the dimensions related to physical health, as well as relations with family and peers. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8522893 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2018 |
publisher | Sciendo |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-85228932021-11-19 Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow Magiera, Agnieszka Sochacka-Tatara, Elżbieta Sowa, Agata Jacek, Ryszard Pac, Agnieszka Dev Period Med Original Articles/Prace Oryginalne AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body weight and the quality of life among adolescents in Krakow, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study comprised 1291 pupils - 632 girls and 659 boys from 17 Krakow middle schools. Their quality of life (QoL) was assessed by means of the Polish version of the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire. Five dimensions of QoL were analyzed as low, average and high QoL according to Polish cut-off points. The body mass index (BMI) of the adolescents was classified as underweight, normal weight, or excessive weight according to Polish growth charts. RESULTS: Low QoL was observed significantly more often in girls than in boys. Excessive weight among both girls and boys was found to be a risk factor for low QoL in the “Physical Well-being” dimension as compared to normal weight adolescents. Additionally, boys with excessive weight had a two-fold higher risk of low QoL in the “Social Support & Peers” dimension (OR=2.00; 95 %CI:1.14-3.50). Underweight was associated with higher risk of low QoL in the “Physical Well-being”, “Autonomy & Parents”, and “Social Support & Peers” dimensions, but only among boys. CONCLUSIONS: Both, underweight and excessive weight were associated with low QoL. Excessive weight in youth was linked mainly with lower physical well-being. Underweight was a predictor of low QoL only among boys in the dimensions related to physical health, as well as relations with family and peers. Sciendo 2018-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8522893/ /pubmed/30056403 http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/devperiodmed.20182202.160170 Text en © 2018 Agnieszka Magiera, Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara, Agata Sowa, Ryszard Jacek, Agnieszka Pac, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles/Prace Oryginalne Magiera, Agnieszka Sochacka-Tatara, Elżbieta Sowa, Agata Jacek, Ryszard Pac, Agnieszka Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title | Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title_full | Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title_fullStr | Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title_full_unstemmed | Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title_short | Body Weight and Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Krakow |
title_sort | body weight and quality of life among adolescents in krakow |
topic | Original Articles/Prace Oryginalne |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056403 http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/devperiodmed.20182202.160170 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT magieraagnieszka bodyweightandqualityoflifeamongadolescentsinkrakow AT sochackatataraelzbieta bodyweightandqualityoflifeamongadolescentsinkrakow AT sowaagata bodyweightandqualityoflifeamongadolescentsinkrakow AT jacekryszard bodyweightandqualityoflifeamongadolescentsinkrakow AT pacagnieszka bodyweightandqualityoflifeamongadolescentsinkrakow |