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      Health related quality of life in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study.

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          To study health related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to investigate in which domains their HRQOL and depressive symptoms differ from those of healthy adolescents.

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          Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome.

          Jan H.M.M. Vercoulen, Caroline Swanink, Jan F.M. Fennis … (1994)
          The absence of laboratory tests and clear criteria to identify homogeneous (sub)groups in patients presenting with unexplained fatigue, and to assess clinical status and disability in these patients, calls for further assessment methods. In the present study, a multi-dimensional approach to the assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is evaluated. Two-hundred and ninety-eight patients with CFS completed a set of postal questionnaires that assessed the behavioural, emotional, social, and cognitive aspects of CFS. By means of statistical analyses nine relatively independent dimensions of CFS were identified along which CFS-assessment and CFS-research can be directed. These dimensions were named: psychological well-being, functional impairment in daily life, sleep disturbances, avoidance of physical activity, neuropsychological impairment, causal attributions related to the complaints, social functioning, self-efficacy expectations, and subjective experience of the personal situation. A description of the study sample on these dimensions is presented.
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            Overweight, obesity, and health-related quality of life among adolescents: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

            Karen Swallen, Eric N Reither, Steven Haas … (2005)
            Childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity have increased substantially in the past 2 decades, raising concerns about the physical and psychosocial consequences of childhood obesity. We investigated the association between obesity and health-related quality of life in a nationally representative sample of adolescents. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using the 1996 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7 to 12 during the 1994-1995 school year, and 4743 adolescents with direct measures of height and weight. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts to determine percentiles, we used 5 body mass categories. Underweight was at or below the 5th percentile, normal BMI was between the 5th and 85th percentiles, at risk for overweight was between the 85th and 95th percentiles, overweight was between the 95th and 97th percentiles + 2 BMI units, and obese was at or above the 97th percentile + 2 BMI units. Four dimensions of health-related quality of life were measured: general health (self-reported general health), physical health (absence or presence of functional limitations and illness symptoms), emotional health (the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale), and a school and social functioning scale. We found a statistically significant relationship between BMI and general and physical health but not psychosocial outcomes. Adolescents who were overweight had significantly worse self-reported health (odds ratio [OR]: 2.17; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.34-3.51), as did obese adolescents (OR: 4.49; 95% CI: 2.87-7.03). Overweight (OR: 1.81; 95% CI: 1.22-2.68) and obese (OR: 1.91; 95% CI: 1.24-1.95) adolescents were also more likely to have a functional limitation. Only among the youngest adolescents (ages 12-14) did we find a significant deleterious impact of overweight and obesity on depression, self-esteem, and school/social functioning. Using a nationally representative sample, we found that obesity in adolescence is linked with poor physical quality of life. However, in the general population, adolescents with above normal body mass did not report poorer emotional, school, or social functioning.
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              The measurement of quality of life in children: past and future perspectives.

              C Eiser, Leslie R. Morse (2001)
              Quality of life (QoL) is central to pediatric practice. Where it is possible to manage but not cure a disease, it is important to determine how far treatment and disease compromise the child's QoL. In this way, informed judgments can be made about whether or not treatment is appropriate, and, where there is a choice, which choice might be the best option for the child. In this review, we consider different approaches to measuring child QoL, report a methodological review of measures currently available, evaluate the quality of these measures, and finally consider the implications for the future development and use of QoL measures. Computer searches identified 269 potentially relevant articles, of which 137 were included in the review. Of these, 43 were primarily concerned with the development of a new measure of QoL, 79 reported subsequent development of these same measures, and 15 used a battery approach to measure QoL. All currently available measures have limitations (e.g., limited psychometric data, lack of parallel forms for children and proxy raters, and insufficient attention to children's ability to complete paper-and-pencil measures). However, recommendations are made on the basis of those considered to be most satisfactory. It is essential that attempts be made to use QoL measures in research (e.g., evaluation of clinical trials and alternative treatments) to gain experience that will guide development of a second generation of more sophisticated measures. Despite the practical difficulties identified, measurement of QoL remains of central interest to all those concerned with the well-being of children.
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                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Health Qual Life Outcomes
                Title: Health and quality of life outcomes
                Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
                ISSN (Electronic): 1477-7525
                ISSN (Print): 1477-7525
                Publication date (Electronic): Jul 03 2015
                Volume: 13
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                [1 ] Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway. anette.winger@hioa.no.
                [2 ] Department of Clinical Medicine, UIT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway. gunnvald.kvarstein@uit.no.
                [3 ] Institute of Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. brwylle@online.no.
                [4 ] Department of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. brwylle@online.no.
                [5 ] Department of Pediatrics, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway. brwylle@online.no.
                [6 ] KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, School for Technology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden. mirj@kth.se.
                [7 ] Center for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. mirj@kth.se.
                [8 ] Department of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. dag.sulheim@medisin.uio.no.
                [9 ] Department of Pediatrics, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway. dag.sulheim@medisin.uio.no.
                [10 ] Institute of Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. feef@online.no.
                [11 ] Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway. Milada-Cvancarova.Smastuen@hioa.no.
                [12 ] Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway. solvi.helseth@hioa.no.
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                Publisher Item ID: 10.1186/s12955-015-0288-3
                DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0288-3
                PMC ID: 4490669
                PubMed ID: 26138694
                SO-VID: 09995c86-816e-437f-9de1-5cf69f35e375
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