title: [Quality of life of caregivers of overweight or obese children and adolescents].
abstract: This study evaluated the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of caregivers of overweight and obese children and adolescents. Three-hundred and sixty caregives of children and adolescents (ages ranging from 9 to 12 years) diagnosed with overweight (n=96; average age 11.1 years), obesity (n=62; average age 10.9 years) and eutrophy (n=202; average age 10.7 years), regular students of public and private schools in Uberlândia (Minas Gerais), were invited to answer The 36 item Short Form Questionnaire (SF-36). The scores obtained were compared according to the body mass index (BMI) of the children and adolescents, and no significant differences were found between caregivers of overweight, obese and etrophic children and adolescents. Hence, there is no harm to the HRQL of caregivers of overweight and obese children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Rocha
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Ann Kristine
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Rogério de Melo Costa
authors.initials: Rde M
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Rogério Rizo
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: de Morales
authors.forename: Nívea Macedo
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Marília Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique Martins
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy; D050177:Overweight / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life