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- Title
Qualidade de vida entre adolescentes: estudo seccional empregando o SF-12.
- Authors
Silveira, Marise Fagundes; Almeida, Júlio César; Silveira Freire, Rafael; Conceição Ferreira, Raquel; De Barros Lima Martins, Andrea Eleutério; Francisco Marcopito, Luiz
- Abstract
Adolescence is a stage of life when potentially harmful behaviors to health can be initiated. For this reason, the assessment of quality of life at this age is useful to identify higher risk groups that may prejudice general well-being. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and associated factors in a sample of 754 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19. For the measurement of quality of life a Portuguese language version of the 12-item short-form (SF-12) Health Survey questionnaire was used. The results revealed that satisfactory levels of quality of life are higher with the frequent practice of physical activities and the absence of conditions such as work activities and the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. The female sex was correlated with lower scores in mental aspects of quality of life.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH surveys; TEENAGER attitudes; ADOLESCENT health
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2013, Vol 18, Issue 7, p2007
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1413-81232013000700016