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A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease.
- Source :
- Chronic Illness; Jun2024, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p369-379, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objectives: To assess characteristics of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic diseases, correlating the perceptions of their illness, quality of life and the prevalence of risk behaviors, considering gender and the diseases' durations. Methods: The sample consisted of 61 adolescents, aged between 10 and 19 years, with chronic diseases, hospitalized at the University Hospital of the State University of Londrina. They answered a questionnaire and the scales World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) and Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ). They were divided in groups, according to the durations of the disease: group 1 (up to 4 years) and group 2 (5 years or more). Results: Group 2 demonstrated higher leisure activity (p = 0.02) and more painful symptoms (p = 0.02). In WHOQOL-BREF, group 2 had a higher quality of life in the domain on environment (p = 0.02) and a higher total score (p = 0.04). Lower scores on the IPQ were associated with higher scores on the WHOQOL-BREF. Positive correlation was found between WHOQOL-BREF total score and years of disease, in which male presented higher scores. Conclusions: These findings may alert to the need for more knowledge about the diseases and the importance of encouraging ways to improve quality of life and care to reduce risky behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
DISEASE duration
ATTITUDES toward illness
RISK-taking behavior
T-test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
QUESTIONNAIRES
FISHER exact test
CHI-squared test
CHRONIC diseases
LEISURE
QUALITY of life
STATISTICS
DATA analysis software
HOSPITAL care of teenagers
REGRESSION analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17423953
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Chronic Illness
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177391578
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/17423953231181409