PMID- 37038145
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230412
LR  - 20230415
IS  - 1471-2431 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2431 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Apr 11
TI  - Health-related quality of life in children under treatment for overweight, 
      obesity or severe obesity: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands.
PG  - 167
LID - 10.1186/s12887-023-03973-8 [doi]
LID - 167
AB  - 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 report. 
      Average total, subscale and item scores were reported and the influence of the 
      IOTF BMI class analyzed by multiple linear regression, corrected for age and sex. 
      RESULTS: Children with severe obesity had lower generic and weight-specific HRQOL 
      scores than those with obesity or overweight. IOTF BMI class was negatively 
      associated with item scores from all subscales, especially physical, social and 
      emotional functioning. Children with overweight reported similar HRQOL total, 
      subscale and item scores to children with obesity. CONCLUSIONS: In the 
      Netherlands, children treated for overweight, obesity or severe obesity 
      experience problems on the majority of items within all subscales of generic and 
      weight-specific HRQOL. Children with severe obesity especially report 
      significantly more challenges due to their weight than children with obesity or 
      overweight.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s).
FAU - van der Voorn, Bibian
AU  - van der Voorn B
AD  - Faculty of Science, Department of Health Sciences, Section Youth and Lifestyle, 
      Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The 
      Netherlands. b.van.der.voorn@vu.nl.
FAU - Camfferman, R
AU  - Camfferman R
AD  - Faculty of Science, Department of Health Sciences, Section Youth and Lifestyle, 
      Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Seidell, J C
AU  - Seidell JC
AD  - Faculty of Science, Department of Health Sciences, Section Youth and Lifestyle, 
      Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Halberstadt, J
AU  - Halberstadt J
AD  - Faculty of Science, Department of Health Sciences, Section Youth and Lifestyle, 
      Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The 
      Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20230411
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Pediatr
JT  - BMC pediatrics
JID - 100967804
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Overweight/therapy/psychology
MH  - Quality of Life/psychology
MH  - *Obesity, Morbid/therapy
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Obesity/psychology
PMC - PMC10088296
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Europe
OT  - Overweight
OT  - Patient-reported outcome measures
OT  - Pediatric obesity
OT  - Quality of life
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/04/11 06:00
MHDA- 2023/04/12 06:42
PMCR- 2023/04/11
CRDT- 2023/04/10 23:45
PHST- 2022/08/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/03/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/04/12 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/04/10 23:45 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/04/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/04/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12887-023-03973-8 [pii]
AID - 3973 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12887-023-03973-8 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Pediatr. 2023 Apr 11;23(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-03973-8.