The relationship between physical and mental health multimorbidity and children's health-related quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the relationships between physical health problems, and borderline or clinical levels of mental health symptoms and children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Methods

Data were from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (2004-2018). Parents reported on their child's HRQoL (PedsQL), physical health problems and mental health symptoms (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ). A pooled cross-sectional analysis using linear regressions examined the relationships between physical health and clinical/borderline mental health symptoms, individually and when multi-morbid, and children's HRQoL, and whether these relationships vary by a range of child, family and social factors.

Results

The sample comprised 47,567 observations of childr

SUBMITTER: O'Loughlin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188523 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature