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Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y determinantes sociodemográficos en adolescentes de Barranquilla (Colombia).

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Title: Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y determinantes sociodemográficos en adolescentes de Barranquilla (Colombia).
Alternate Title: Health - related quality of life and socio-demographics determinants from adolescents in Barranquilla (Colombia).
Authors: Tuesca-Molina, Rafael1, Romero, Hermín Centeno, Salgado, Maria de Ia Ossa, Delgado, Nayda Garcia, Lopez, Jenny Lobo
Source: Salud Uninorte. jul2008, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p53-63. 11p. 5 Charts.
Subjects: QUALITY of life, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors, MENTAL health, TEENAGERS, CROSS-sectional method, SOCIAL skills, PRIVATE schools, SEX differences (Biology)
Geographic Terms: BARRANQUILLA (Colombia), COLOMBIA
Abstract (English): Objetive: To evaluate the dimension about health - related quality of life and its relation with some sociodemographic determinants in school adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional survey realized in the second semester of the 2007 to a sample of 845 students in public and private institutions of Barranquilla, Colombia, they answerd the Short Form Health Survey (SF12) adapted Spanish, and used a structured questionnaire that identified sociodemographic determinants. The tabulation of results was done in SPSS version 15 in Spanish. Results: The level of participation of the surveyed students with the questionnaire SF 12 was 98,8%, 57% of the subjects are from 14 to 15 years old. The quality of life related to the health shows differs in girls and boys. The women show better punctuation that the males in: general health 33,8 ±23,8; emotional role 64,9 ±42,9 and vitality 76,6 ±23,2. The males recount better punctuation in: physical function, 86,16 ± 25,9; physical role, 83,50 ±29,8; social function 78,09 ±29,4 and summing mental index 6 9,32 ±15,7. Discusion: The physical function is better in males, as the social function and the emotional role; nevertheless the women showed better vitality. As per social determinants, the physical function and social function show a higher score in private schools, yet the students of public schools show a higher score in general health; as the measure increases in the socioeconomic scale, the general health score increases. The findings above estimate a gender difference in the quality of life the indirect way to reflect the situation of the region and country regarding to perception of general and mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Objetivo: Evaluar las dimensiones de in calidad de vida relacionada con in salud y su relación con algunos determinantes sociodemograficos en adolescentes escolarizados. Métodos: Encuesta transversal realizada a 845 escolares de instituciones públicas y privadas de Barranquilla en el segundo semestre de 2007. Se empieó un interrogatorio estructurado que identificó determinantes sociodemograficos yin calidad de vida relacionada con la salud medido con el Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) en español adaptado a nuestra región. La tabulación se realizó en SPSS, version 15 en español. Resultados: El nivel de participación de los encuestados fue del 98,81%. El 57,8% de los sujetos tienen de 14 a 15 años. La calidad de vida relacionada con Ia salud muestra diferencia principal mente de género. Las mujeres presentaron mejor punt uación en: salud general 33,8 ±23,8, rol emocional 64,9 ±42,9 y vitalidad 76,6 ±23,2. Los varones presentaron mejor puntuación en:función fisica, 86,16 ± 25,9; rolfisico, 83,50 ±29,8;función social 78,09 ±29,4, e Indice sumarial mental 6 9,32 ±15,7. Discusión: La funcion fisica es mejor en varones, al igual que la función social y el rol emocional; sin embargo, las mujeres most raron mejor vitaiidad. Segün determinantes sociales, la funcion fisica y social presentan mayor pun tuación en colegios privados y los estudiantes de colegios páblicos, mayor puntuación en Ia salud general. A medida que aumenta in escala socioeconómica aumenta ia pun tuación de salud general. Los anteriores hallazgos estiman una diferencia de género en in calidad de vida y de manera indirecta reflejan la situación de in region o del pals en cuanto a in percepción de la salud general y la salud mental. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Objetive: To evaluate the dimension about health - related quality of life and its relation with some sociodemographic determinants in school adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional survey realized in the second semester of the 2007 to a sample of 845 students in public and private institutions of Barranquilla, Colombia, they answerd the Short Form Health Survey (SF12) adapted Spanish, and used a structured questionnaire that identified sociodemographic determinants. The tabulation of results was done in SPSS version 15 in Spanish. Results: The level of participation of the surveyed students with the questionnaire SF 12 was 98,8%, 57% of the subjects are from 14 to 15 years old. The quality of life related to the health shows differs in girls and boys. The women show better punctuation that the males in: general health 33,8 ±23,8; emotional role 64,9 ±42,9 and vitality 76,6 ±23,2. The males recount better punctuation in: physical function, 86,16 ± 25,9; physical role, 83,50 ±29,8; social function 78,09 ±29,4 and summing mental index 6 9,32 ±15,7. Discusion: The physical function is better in males, as the social function and the emotional role; nevertheless the women showed better vitality. As per social determinants, the physical function and social function show a higher score in private schools, yet the students of public schools show a higher score in general health; as the measure increases in the socioeconomic scale, the general health score increases. The findings above estimate a gender difference in the quality of life the indirect way to reflect the situation of the region and country regarding to perception of general and mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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