title: Caregiver concern in adolescents with persistent obesity:  the importance of quality of life assessment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine female caregiver and adolescent dyad characteristics that predict the female caregiver's concern about their adolescent's weight and the degree to which caregiver concern predicts desire for physician intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three caregivers of adolescents with persistent obesity were asked to report on their adolescent's quality of life (QOL), weight status, concern about their adolescent's weight, and desire for physician intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that only caregiver-reported QOL was a meaningful predictor of caregiver concern for African-American adolescents with persistent obesity accounting for 51% of the variance and that caregiver concern predicted desire for physician intervention accounting for 46% of the variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on these findings, it is recommended that practitioners assess caregiver perception of obesity-specific QOL in their adolescent patients with persistent obesity, particularly those who are African-American.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cushing
authors.forename: Chanelle T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bishop-Gilyard
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Boles
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reiter-Purtill
authors.forename: Meg H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires