Health-related quality of life in children under treatment for overweight, obesity or severe obesity: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown whether weight class is associated with impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for children in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to explore generic and weight-specific HRQOL in a clinical cohort of children with overweight, obesity or severe obesity aged 5-19 years in the Netherlands.

Methods

803 children from three clinical cohorts participated: mean age 11.5 (SD 2.9) years, 61.1% girls. The influence of weight class was explored in a subgroup of 425 children (25.2% with overweight, 32.5% obesity and 42.3% severe obesity), of whom the exact International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI class was known. Generic HRQOL was measured by the PedsQL child report. Weight-specific HRQOL was measured by the IWQOL-Kids child or parent repo

SUBMITTER: van der Voorn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10088296 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature