Abstract
Background: Quality of life (QoL) studies may provide information of change in health status in the population. Few studies have followed up previous cross-sectional studies to investigate any change in the QoL status of healthy children. The aim of the current study is to compare QoL in children 6–12 years old in two large cross-sectional studies of healthy children completed a decade apart. Methods: In the current study children and parents from nine elementary schools (n = 2816) were included in a cross-sectional study investigating children’s QoL. Using the Life Quality in Children and Adolescents (ILC), completed by both children and parents, the global QoL-score was estimated for 2297 children and 1639 parental reports. These results were compared to a similar study performed in 2004. The scores from both studies were divided into categories of below average, average and above average QoL. The percentage change of QoL between the two studies is presented. Results: Our results show that parents report that more children have below and above average QoL in 2015 compared to 2004. In contrast, more children scored in the average and above average QoL category in 2015 than in 2004. Conclusion: Parents reported lower QoL and children higher QoL in 2015 compared to 2004.
Highlights
Children is a vulnerable group dependent on adults for their opportunities to a good quality of life (QoL) [1]
Despite that in recent years numerous instruments have been developed for estimating Quality of life (QoL) in children [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], few instruments designed for children manage to incorporate these domains [16,17]
As part of the Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP), parents and children in nine elementary schools received an invitation to participate in the project [18]
Summary
Children is a vulnerable group dependent on adults for their opportunities to a good quality of life (QoL) [1]. To reveal changes in a child population over time, epidemiological studies on a healthy children population’s QoL are necessary [1] Such knowledge is important for parents, school counsellors, child- and family therapists, as well as for the health authorities and politicians [2]. The aim of the current study is to compare QoL in children 6–12 years old in two large cross-sectional studies of healthy children completed a decade apart. Using the Life Quality in Children and Adolescents (ILC), completed by both children and parents, the global QoL-score was estimated for 2297 children and 1639 parental reports. These results were compared to a similar study performed in 2004. The percentage change of QoL between the two studies is presented
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