Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Profile of subjective quality of life and its correlates in a nation-wide sample of high school students in an Arab setting using the WHOQOL-Bref | Al-Fayez and Ohaeri BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 71 http 1471-244X 11 71 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Profile of subjective quality of life and its correlates in a nation-wide sample of high school students in an Arab setting using the WHOQOL-Bref Ghenaim A Al-Fayez1 and Jude U Ohaeri2 Abstract Background The upsurge of interest in the quality of life QOL of children is in line with the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child which stressed the child s right to adequate circumstances for physical mental and social development. The study s objectives were to i highlight how satisfied Kuwaiti high school students were with life circumstances as in the WHOQOL-Bref ii assess the prevalence of at risk status for impaired QOL and establish the QOL domain normative values and iii examine the relationship of QOL with personal parental and socio-environmental factors. Method A nation-wide sample of students in senior classes in government high schools N 4467 boys aged 14-23 years completed questionnaires that included the WHOQOL-Bref. Results Using Cummins norm of 70 - 80 we found that as a group they barely achieved the well-being threshold score for physical health 70 social relations environment and general facet but not for psychological health . These scores were lower than those reported from other countries. Using the recommended cut-off of 1SD of population mean the prevalence of at risk status for impaired QOL was - population age-adjusted - . In all domains boys had significantly higher QOL than girls mediated by anxiety depression while the younger ones had significantly higher QOL p mediated by difficulty with studies and social relations. Although poorer QOL was significantly associated with parental divorce and father s low socio-economic status the most important predictors of poorer QOL were perception of poor emotional relationship between the parents poor self-esteem and .
