caa a22 4500 606178937 CHVBK 20210128100759.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-1033-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-1033-4 Health-related quality of life in a sample of Australian adolescents: gender and age comparison [Elektronische Daten] [Tanya Meade, Elizabeth Dowswell] Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to profile the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of secondary school-aged children in Australia. The secondary purpose was to contribute to the international literature on the HRQoL of adolescents using the KIDSCREEN instrument. Methods: The KIDSCREEN-27 Questionnaire was completed by 1111 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 from six Australian secondary schools. MANCOVA analysis was employed to examine age and gender differences. Results: Over 70% of participants reported high levels of HRQoL across all five dimensions. Age patterns were identified with younger adolescents reporting greater HRQoL than older adolescents. Similarly, gender differences were noted with male adolescents reporting higher scores than female adolescents on three out of five dimensions of HRQoL. Conclusions: This is the first study to measure HRQoL in Australian adolescents using the KIDSCREEN instrument. Consistent with previous research, gender and age differences were found across most dimensions of HRQoL. These results highlight the importance of comprehensively measuring the HRQoL in adolescents to capture developmental shifts and to inform preventative and supportive programs as needed. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) nationallicence Adolescents nationallicence KIDSCREEN nationallicence Age nationallicence Gender nationallicence Physical and mental health nationallicence Meade Tanya School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, PO Box 1797, 2751, Penrith, NSW, Australia aut Dowswell Elizabeth School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, PO Box 1797, 2751, Penrith, NSW, Australia aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/12(2015-12-01), 2933-2938 0962-9343 24:12<2933 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-1033-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-1033-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meade Tanya School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, PO Box 1797, 2751, Penrith, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dowswell Elizabeth School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, PO Box 1797, 2751, Penrith, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/12(2015-12-01), 2933-2938 0962-9343 24:12<2933 2015 24 11136