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  • Title: Impaired quality of life in treatment-seeking obese children of Dutch, Moroccan, Turkish and Surinamese descent.
    Author: Radhakishun NN, de Wit M, van Vliet M, von Rosenstiel IA, Beijnen JH, Brandjes DP, Diamant M.
    Journal: Public Health Nutr; 2016 Apr; 19(5):796-803. PubMed ID: 26205554.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of overweight and obese multi-ethnic children compared with normal-weight children; and to investigate differences in HRQOL between self- and parent-proxy reports and ethnic groups. DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Out-patient clinic where children and their parents filled out a validated HRQOL questionnaire (KIDSCREEN-52) and height, weight, waist circumference and fat percentage were measured. SUBJECTS: Overweight and obese children, aged 8-18 years (mean BMI Z-score 3·2 (sd 0·6)), from the obesity out-patient clinic. RESULTS: Three hundred and eight self- and 213 parent-proxy reported questionnaires were completed. Global HRQOL and the Physical Wellbeing, Moods & Emotions and Self-Perception subscales were markedly reduced in our multi-ethnic obese cohort, relative to the Dutch reference values. Parent proxies reported significantly lower on the global HRQOL and the Physical Wellbeing, Moods & Emotions and Bullying subscales. In Caucasian children, multivariate analyses showed that BMI was associated with the quality-of-life subscales Moods & Emotions, Self-Perception and Bullying. CONCLUSIONS: HRQOL was markedly reduced in our multi-ethnic overweight and obese out-patient clinic cohort, with significantly lower parent-proxy scores compared with self-reported scores. We believe intervention programmes aiming to improve HRQOL should be directed to both parents and children, while ethnic-specific programmes to enhance HRQOL seem of less importance.
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