Health-Related Quality of Life Is Low in Secondary School Children in Fiji

Table 5

Basic characteristics of community-based comparison groups.

	N	Sample/setting	Age (years)	Comment
Brazil [12]	180	Public school children in urban areas of the periphery of greater São Paulo.	5–18	Low income population. No chronic or acute illness 30 days prior to interview.
USA [17]	5972	All new enrollees in State Children’s Health Insurance Program in California.	5–16	Representative of low-income families. Chronic disease reported by parents in 574 children (asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, diabetes etc.).
Finland [14]	1033	All Finnish primary school children in a city of 175.000 inhabitants.	9-10
Norway [15]	425	Children in 5 junior high schools in 3 urban and 2 rural areas.	13–15
United Kingdom [16]	1034	Children in 23 schools in South Wales	8–18	Mean age 12.6 years. Children with chronic disease excluded.
The Netherlands [7]	148	Children in 4 elementary schools, 4 high schools, and 1 vocational school in Amsterdam and surrounding region.	13–18	Mean age 15.0 years. Sampling, stratified by geographic location and migrant and parental education in school. Chronic disease reported by parents in 25 children (asthma, congenital defect, skin disease, migraine, etc.).
Austria [8]	1412	Children from 22 schools in Vienna.	8–12
Greece [9]	645	Representative sample of Greek school children.	8–12
Spain [10]	511	Representative sample of school children in grades 4–11 in Tarragona.	9–17	Mean age 11.7 years.
Iran [6]	848	Children in 4 secondary and high schools in Tehran.	—	Mean age 15.7 (±1.2)
Korea [13]	1425	Children in 5 elementary, 5 middle, and 4 high schools within 2 small, 2 metropolitan and 1 capital city.	8–18	Chronic disease reported by parents in 50 children.
Japan [5]	922	Children from 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school in Tokyo.	6–18
Australia [11]	2890	Children from 13 secondary schools in the Barwon South West region of Victoria.	11–18	Mean age 14.6 years.