CHU9D Normative Data in Peruvian Adolescents.

Roxana Paola Palacios-Cartagena,Raquel Pastor-Cisneros,Miguel Ángel García-Gordillo,Jorge Pérez-Gómez,Jose Carmelo Adsuar,María Mendoza-Muñoz

doi:10.3390/jpm11121272

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Abstract

Background: Due to the vulnerability to protective and risk factors during adolescence, there is a growing interest in the study of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at this stage. The CHU9D is a generic and practical HRQoL instrument that provides values on all dimensions of self-perceived health, in addition to providing utilities and a cost-utility assessment fee, unlike other instruments. This study was conducted with an adolescent population in Peru. The main objective of this article is to report the normative values of the CHU9D questionnaire in Peruvian adolescents. Methods: The CHU9D questionnaire was administered to Peruvian adolescent students. A total of 1229 young people participated in the survey. The CHU9D score was reflected as a function of gender, age, weight, height, and educational level. Results: The mean CHU9D utility index for the total sample was 0.890; this rating was significantly better for boys with 0.887 and girls with 0.867. The ceiling effect was higher for male adolescents with 32.6 than for female adolescents. Conclusions: The results of the present study show that adolescents in school show a positive perception of HRQoL. It is also concluded that the CHU9D instrument can be effectively applied to economic evaluations for interventions to improve the quality of life of adolescents.

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Adolescence is a critical period, when biological, psychological, and social changes occur [1]
The same is the case in another comparative study [31] of the utility of the Child Health Utility-9 D (CHU9D) and the HUI2, where the results indicated a moderate level of agreement between the two instruments, indicating that this study supports the validity of the CHU9D instrument in adolescents
The findings of this study have shown that adolescents in school have a healthy sense of health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

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Adolescence is a critical period, when biological, psychological, and social changes occur [1]. They renounce their dependence on their parents, they distance themselves from their family, and their interest in friendships grows [2] These changes may affect the adolescent’s HRQoL. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be defined as the intrinsic feeling, conditioned by the current state of one’s health This concept referred to the physical, psychological, and social aspects, but over time, it has shifted toward aspects of well-being, happiness, and activity in other areas that are fundamental to the person [3]. Due to the vulnerability to protective and risk factors during adolescence, there is a growing interest in the study of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at this stage. It is concluded that the CHU9D instrument can be effectively applied to economic evaluations for interventions to improve the quality of life of adolescents

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