| Title |
Is there an association between early weight status and utility-based health-related quality of life in young children?
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| Published in |
Quality of Life Research, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11136-018-1932-2 |
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| Authors |
Eng Joo Tan, Victoria Brown, Stavros Petrou, Mario D’Souza, Marjory L. Moodie, Li Ming Wen, Louise A. Baur, Chris Rissel, Alison J. Hayes |
| Abstract |
Few studies focus on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of preschool children with overweight or obesity. This is relevant for evaluation of obesity prevention trials using a quality-adjusted life year (QALY) framework. This study examined the association between weight status in the preschool years and HRQoL at age 5 years, using a preference-based instrument. HRQoL [based on parent proxy version of the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3)] and weight status were measured in children born in Australia between 2007 and 2009. Children's health status was scored across eight attributes of the HUI3-vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emotion, cognition and pain, and these were used to calculate a multi-attribute utility score. Ordinary least squares (OLS), Tobit and two-part regressions were used to model the association between weight status and multi-attribute utility. Of the 368 children for whom weight status and HUI3 data were available, around 40% had overweight/obesity. After adjusting for child's sex, maternal education, marital status and household income, no significant association between weight status in the preschool years and multi-attribute utility scores at 5 years was found. Alternative approaches for capturing the effects of weight status in the preschool years on preference-based HRQoL outcomes should be tested. The application of the QALY framework to economic evaluations of obesity-related interventions in young children should also consider longitudinal effects over the life-course. Clinical Trial Registration The Healthy Beginnings Trial was registered with the Australian Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRNO12607000168459). |
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| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 16% |
| Unknown | 25 | 40% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 10% |
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| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
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