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Mental Health of Both Child and Parents Plays a Larger Role in the Health-related Quality of Life of Obese and Overweight Children by Deniz Özalp Kızılay; Şermin Yalın Sapmaz; Semra Şen; Yekta Özkan; Beyhan Cengiz Özyurt; Betül Ersoy is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Aims: A decrease in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures among obese (OB) and overweight (OW) children has been shown in several studies, but knowledge about the variables affecting HRQOL impairments is missing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between HRQOL and sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, metabolic parameters, mental symptoms and parental attitudes in a sample of OB/OW children. Methods: Eighty-six OB/OW children, aged between 9 and 17 years, participated in the study. We performed sociodemographic questioning, anthropometric examinations and laboratory evaluations of the participants. HRQOL was assessed using the Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory (PedsQL), and levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms were measured using the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Disorders (SCARED) questionnaire and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), respectively. Parental attitudes were assessed with the Parental Attitude Research Instrument (PARI) questionnaire. Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between total scores of CDI and SCARED answered by children and the total and subscale scores of PedsQL.

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Author

Deniz Özalp Kızılay; Şermin Yalın Sapmaz; Semra Şen; Yekta Özkan; Beyhan Cengiz Özyurt; Betül Ersoy

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)