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| Title |
Quality of life improves in children and adolescents during a community-based overweight and obesity treatment
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| Published in |
Quality of Life Research, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11136-017-1504-x |
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| Authors |
Pernille M. Mollerup, Tenna R. H. Nielsen, Christine Bøjsøe, Julie T. Kloppenborg, Jennifer L. Baker, Jens-Christian Holm |
| Abstract |
The quality of life is compromised in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the quality of life improves during a community-based overweight and obesity treatment, and whether improvements depend on reductions in the degree of obesity. Quality of life was assessed using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 in children and adolescents aged 3-18 years with overweight or obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile] upon entry into a community-based chronic care overweight and obesity treatment based upon The Children's Obesity Clinic's Treatment protocol, and upon follow-up after 10-30 months of treatment. Height and weight were measured at each consultation and converted into a BMI standard deviation score (SDS). Upon entry, 477 children (212 boys) completed a PedsQL, and 317 (143 boys) completed another PedsQL after a median of 13 months of treatment. Quality of life improved (p < 0.001), regardless of sex, age, and pubertal development stage upon entry (p ≥ 0.108). Greater reductions in BMI SDS and high socioeconomic status were associated with greater improvements in the quality of life (p ≤ 0.047). However, improvements also occurred in children and adolescents with low socioeconomic status or who increased their BMI SDS (p < 0.001). Improvements in quality of life occurred in children and adolescents during a community-based overweight and obesity treatment, even in children and adolescents who increased their BMI SDS. Thus, improvements may be due to the treatment itself and not exclusively to reductions in BMI SDS. Clinicaltrials.gov, ID-no.: NCT02013843. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 29% |
| Unknown | 5 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 100 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Unknown | 33 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 12% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 37 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2018.
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#3,892,580
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Outputs from Quality of Life Research
#342
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#68,242
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Outputs of similar age from Quality of Life Research
#8
of 71 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,952 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
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