Health-Related Quality of Life Is Low in Secondary School Children in Fiji
Table 3
Self-rated health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by sociodemography in 12–18-year-old school children in Fiji.
HRQoL
Physical
Psychosocial
Emotional
Social
School
Sex
Girls
Mean (SD)
70.79 (12.69)
75.00 (16.21)
68.64 (13.61)
59.63 (16.75)
76.93 (18.02)
69.56 (16.69)
Boys
Mean (SD)
75.98 (13.15)
82.05 (16.83)
72.80 (14.02)
68.36 (16.63)
79.68 (17.98)
70.49 (16.79)
Girls versus boys
P
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.016
Girls < boys (%)
6.83
8.59
5.71
12.77
3.45
1.32
Cohen’s d
0.40
0.43
0.30
0.52
0.15
0.06
Age
12–14 y
Mean (SD)
72.94 (14.22)
76.37 (18.20)
71.22 (14.96)
64.95 (17.93)
76.59 (19.06)
72.37 (17.95)
15–18 y
Mean (SD)
73.35 (12.67)
79.17 (16.18)
70.32 (13.49)
63.19 (16.92)
78.94 (17.54)
68.94 (16.07)
12–14 y versus 15–18 y
P
NS
0.000
0.003
0.000
0.000
0.000
Young < old (%)
0.56
3.54
−1.28
−2.79
2.98
−4.98
Cohen’s d
0.03
0.16
0.06
0.10
0.13
0.20
Ethnicity
Indigenous Fijian
Mean (SD)
70.52 (13.43)
76.70 (19.00)
67.24 (13.85)
63.16 (17.43)
73.17 (18.65)
65.41 (16.37)
Indo-Fijian
Mean (SD)
75.26 (12.67)
79.15 (15.20)
73.30 (13.53)
64.17 (17.01)
82.17 (16.70)
73.71 (16.23)
Other
Mean (SD)
74.83 (11.96)
82.33 (13.49)
70.83 (13.31)
63.77 (17.99)
78.61 (16.45)
70.13 (15.72)
Indig.F versus Indo-F
P
0.000
0.005
0.000
0.001
0.000
0.000
Indig.F < Indo-F (%)
6.30
3.10
8.27
1.57
10.95
11.26
Cohen’s d
0.36
0.14
0.44
0.06
0.51
0.51
Indig.F versus others
P
0.000
0.000
0.000
NS
0.000
0.000
Indig.F < others (%)
5.76
6.84
5.07
0.96
6.92
6.73
Cohen’s d
0.34
0.34
0.26
0.03
0.31
0.29
Household size
1–5 persons
Mean (SD)
74.40 (12.96)
78.89 (16.21)
72.10 (13.88)
64.58 (17.13)
80.15 (17.71)
71.68 (16.61)
6–16 persons
Mean (SD)
71.92 (13.23)
77.67 (17.52)
68.89 (13.84)
62.57 (17.25)
76.12 (18.22)
68.14 (16.64)
1–5 p versus 6–16 p
P
0.000
0.024
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
1–5 p < 6–16 p (%)
−3.33
−1.55
−4.43
−3.10
−5.03
−4.95
Cohen’s d
−0.19
−0.07
−0.23
−0.12
−0.22
−0.21
SD: standard deviation. NS: . Cohen’s specifies magnitude of difference between groups; values of 0.20 nominated as small, 0.5 as medium, and 0.8 as large.
