Ingerski Lisa M, Janicke David M, Silverstein Janet H
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Aug;32(7):869-74. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm026. Epub 2007 May 8.
To examine the impact of overweight status on pediatric quality of life (QOL).
This correlational study examined the relationship between weight, social support, race, informant, and QOL in a sample of 107 clinically overweight youth, ages 12 to 17 years.
Regression analysis did not support the relation between QOL and weight. Social support was a significant predictor of youth reports of overall QOL. Males reported better physical QOL than females by both parent and youth report. Paired-samples t-tests supported a discrepancy between child and parent-proxy reports of QOL; parents reported significantly worse QOL than their children across many dimensions. Analysis of variance found no significant difference between Caucasian and African American youth's QOL.
These results highlighted the importance of considering informant, gender, and the impact of social support when measuring QOL in clinically overweight pediatric populations.
探讨超重状态对儿童生活质量（QOL）的影响。
这项相关性研究在107名年龄在12至17岁的临床超重青少年样本中，考察了体重、社会支持、种族、信息提供者与生活质量之间的关系。
回归分析不支持生活质量与体重之间的关系。社会支持是青少年总体生活质量报告的一个重要预测因素。无论是家长报告还是青少年自我报告，男性的身体生活质量均高于女性。配对样本t检验支持了儿童与家长代理报告的生活质量之间存在差异；在许多维度上，家长报告的生活质量明显比他们的孩子差。方差分析发现，白种人和非裔美国青少年的生活质量没有显著差异。
这些结果凸显了在测量临床超重儿童群体的生活质量时，考虑信息提供者、性别以及社会支持影响的重要性。
