Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors in Bangladeshi adolescents during COVID-19.
Health Sci Rep
; 7(2): e1927, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Background and Aims:
The COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying countermeasures significantly disrupt the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adolescents. We aimed to estimate the status and associated factors related to HRQoL of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic from the community population of Bangladesh.Methods:
This cross-sectional study followed two-stage sampling. From eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh, 2030 adolescents were enrolled. The KIDSCREEN-10 index was used to measure the HRQoL of adolescents. In addition to this, adolescents' data on sociodemographics, mental well-being, parenting style, insomnia, food insecurity, depression, anxiety and stress, resilient coping, screen-based activity, and anthropometry were taken for finding out the factors associated with HRQoL of adolescents. The hierarchical multilinear regression was performed to assess the association.Results:
More than 47% of adolescents were found to have moderate and high HRQoL, while 4.7% of adolescents experienced low HRQoL during data collection. Higher age (B -0.671), having more siblings (B -0.316), food insecurity (B â2.010), depression (B â0.321), anxiety (B â0.362), and stress (B â0.150) were found to have significantly negative associations with adolescents' HRQoL during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas, positive parenting (B 0.409), inconsistent parenting discipline (B 0.266), good mental health (B 5.662), resilient coping (B 0.306) were found to have significant positive relationships.Conclusions:
The findings from this study indicate that over 52% of the adolescents reported a moderate and lower level of HRQoL. In light of these results, it may be beneficial to prioritize interventions targeting psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and stress.
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Health Sci Rep
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2024
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