Quality of life of caregivers of overweight or obese children and adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Tatiana Rocha [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Jansen, Ann Kristine, Pinto, Rogerio de Melo Costa, Morales, Rogerio Rizo de, Morales, Nivea Macedo, Prado, Marilia Martins, Silva, Carlos Henrique Martins da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/11600/45427; http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342011000200003
• topic: Quality of life; Caregivers; Child; Adolescent; Overweight; Obesity

This study evaluated the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of caregivers of overweight and obese children and adolescents. Three-hundred and sixty caregives of children and adolescents (ages ranging from 9 to 12 years) diagnosed with overweight (n = 96; average age 11.1 years), obesity (n = 62; average age 10.9 years) and eutrophy (n = 202; average age 10.7 years), regular students of public and private schools in Uberlandia (Minas Gerais), were invited to answer The 36 item Short Form Questionnaire (SF-36). The scores obtained were compared according to the body mass index (BMI) of the children and adolescents, and no significant differences were found between caregivers of overweight, obese and etrophic children and adolescents. Hence, there is no harm to the HRQL of caregivers of overweight and obese children and adolescents.