Year: 2005
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The objective of the study described in this thesis was to examine several aspects of quality of \nlife (QoL) of children with psychiatric disorders. In Chapter 1, the background and the main \naims were presented. Because treatment effects for severe and chronic diseases have been \nimproved in the last decades, QoL emerged as an important outcome measure. For the present \nthesis, a longitudinal study with two assessments across a one-year follow-up period was \nconducted among 310 children and adolescents (aged 6-18 years) who had been referred to \noutpatient mental health agencies. Besides, a community sample of 74 children without \npsychiatric problems was included. The aims of this study were: (1) to assess the usefulness \nof the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) as an instrument measuring QoL in \nchildren with psychiatric problems, (2) to compare QoL of children with psychiatric problems \nto QoL of children from the general population without psychiatric problems, (3) to compare \nQoL of children with different psychiatric disorders, (4) to identify factors that are associated \nwith QoL, (5) to determine the course of QoL, and (6) to identify predictors of change in QoL \nacross time.
Author: Dennis Bastiaansen
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: ZonMw
OpenAlex ID: W1540742901