Research Article

Quality of Life Is Influenced by Body Weight, Education, and Family Income in Adolescents with Chronic Diseases

Table 3

Influence of the time since diagnosis on the HRQoL dimensions by group of chronic diseases.

GroupsHRQoL Dimensions
Total ScorePhysical healthPsychosocial healthEmotional functioningSocial functioningSchool functioning

Cancer0.50 ± 0.421.90 ± 0.650.52 ± 0.43-0.16 ± 0.580.41 ± 0.61-0.12 ± 0.62
Type 1 diabetes mellitus-0.12 ± 0.58-0.19 ± 0.71-0.40 ± 0.600.10 ± 0.910.72 ± 0.81-1.09 ± 0.84
Overweight-1.26 ± 0.58-0.76 ± 0.69-1.12 ± 0.55-1.10 ± 0.84-1.67 ± 0.88-1.52 ± 0.60
Asthma0.75 ± 0.640.32 ± 0.670.71 ± 0.650.38 ± 0.820.88 ± 0.791.50 ± 0.77

Data were expressed in mean and standard deviation.
p < .05; p < .01 based on simple linear regression.