School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia.
The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 1;17(7):2402. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072402.
Health-related behaviors during adolescence have lifelong impacts. However, there are unclear areas regarding the associations between health-related quality of life and demographic characteristics, as well as physical and psychosocial indicators. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between quality of life and body weight, sleep outcome, social support by age, and cohabitants, given that income, self-esteem, lifestyle, emotional, social and behavioral problems were taken into account among adolescents in East and Southeast Asia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Zhengzhou of China, Hong Kong, Kansai region of Japan, Taipei of Taiwan, Bangkok of Thailand and Manila of the Philippines between 2016 and 2017 among 21,359 urban adolescents aged between 9 and 16. The results showed that adolescents who had better self-esteem and control of emotions and behaviors had much higher level of perceived quality of life. Those who were overweight or obese, sleepy in the daytime, and not living with parents had worse quality of life compared with those who were not. In conclusion, psychosocial well-being should have a higher priority in the promotion of quality of life among Asian adolescents. Nevertheless, further studies are required to explore the differences in perceived quality of life between genders and countries.
青少年时期的健康相关行为会产生终身影响。然而，对于健康相关生活质量与人口统计学特征以及身体和心理社会指标之间的关联，仍存在一些不清楚的地方。本研究旨在探讨生活质量与体重、睡眠结果、按年龄和同居者获得的社会支持之间的关系，因为在东亚和东南亚的青少年中，已经考虑了收入、自尊、生活方式、情绪、社会和行为问题。2016 年至 2017 年期间，在中国郑州、中国香港、日本关西地区、中国台湾台北、泰国曼谷和菲律宾马尼拉，对 9 至 16 岁的城市青少年进行了一项横断面调查。结果表明，自尊心强、情绪和行为控制能力强的青少年对生活质量的感知水平更高。与那些不超重或肥胖、白天困倦、不与父母同住的青少年相比，那些超重或肥胖、白天困倦、不与父母同住的青少年生活质量更差。总之，在促进亚洲青少年生活质量方面，社会心理幸福感应该具有更高的优先级。然而，仍需要进一步的研究来探讨不同性别和国家之间感知生活质量的差异。
