Psykisk hälsa och livskvalitet hos barn och ungdomar som behandlas för obesitas
(2023) PSPR14 20222Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Children and adolescents with obesity are at risk of developing depression, anxiety, eating disorders and a low health-related quality of life. In addition, weight-related bullying is another risk factor that can influence mental health. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the frequency of and covariation between self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders as well as health-related quality of life among children and adolescents (11–18 years old) with obesity. Furthermore, this study did not only intend to investigate gender and age differences, but also to examine the existence of a potential distinction regarding symptoms of mental illness between those who reported exposure to bullying and those who did... (More)
- Children and adolescents with obesity are at risk of developing depression, anxiety, eating disorders and a low health-related quality of life. In addition, weight-related bullying is another risk factor that can influence mental health. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the frequency of and covariation between self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders as well as health-related quality of life among children and adolescents (11–18 years old) with obesity. Furthermore, this study did not only intend to investigate gender and age differences, but also to examine the existence of a potential distinction regarding symptoms of mental illness between those who reported exposure to bullying and those who did not. The results showed that more than half of the sample had mental illness or low health-related quality of life, regardless of gender and age. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were not only significantly associated with each other, but also with low health-related quality of life. Additionally, low health-related quality of life covaried with symptoms of eating disorders. A gender difference was identified for emotional functioning within health-related quality of life, which indicates that girls to a greater extent experience low emotional functioning. Moreover, participants who were teased by peers tended to screen positively for eating disorders to a higher degree than the other participants. This indicates that bullying is associated with symptoms of eating disorders in this population. Overall, the results imply that children and adolescents with obesity ought to be screened for depression, anxiety and eating disorders as well as low health-related quality of life in clinical settings. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Barn och ungdomar med obesitas riskerar att utveckla depression, ångest, ätstörningar och en låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet. Dessutom är viktrelaterad mobbning ytterligare en riskfaktor som påverkar den psykisk hälsan. Denna tvärsnittsstudie ämnade således att undersöka förekomst av och samvariation mellan självskattade symtom på depression, ångest och ätstörningar samt påverkad hälsorelaterad livskvalitet bland barn och ungdomar (11–18 år) med obesitas. Ytterligare ämnade denna studie att utröna om köns- och åldersskillnader förelåg, samt huruvida skillnader förelåg avseende symtom på psykisk ohälsa mellan de som rapporterade att de blev retade av jämnåriga och övriga deltagare. Resultaten visade att drygt hälften av alla barn och... (More)
- Barn och ungdomar med obesitas riskerar att utveckla depression, ångest, ätstörningar och en låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet. Dessutom är viktrelaterad mobbning ytterligare en riskfaktor som påverkar den psykisk hälsan. Denna tvärsnittsstudie ämnade således att undersöka förekomst av och samvariation mellan självskattade symtom på depression, ångest och ätstörningar samt påverkad hälsorelaterad livskvalitet bland barn och ungdomar (11–18 år) med obesitas. Ytterligare ämnade denna studie att utröna om köns- och åldersskillnader förelåg, samt huruvida skillnader förelåg avseende symtom på psykisk ohälsa mellan de som rapporterade att de blev retade av jämnåriga och övriga deltagare. Resultaten visade att drygt hälften av alla barn och ungdomar med obesitas hade psykisk ohälsa eller påverkad hälsorelaterad livskvalitet, oavsett kön och ålder. Symtom på depression och ångest samvarierade signifikant med varandra likväl som med låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet. Dessutom samvarierade låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet med symtom på ätstörningar. En könsskillnad identifierades avseende emotionell funktion vid hälsorelaterad livskvalitet, vilken indikerar att flickor i större utsträckning upplever låg emotionell funktion. Dessutom tenderade deltagare som blev retade av jämnåriga att i större utsträckning skatta symtom på ätstörningar jämfört med övriga deltagare. Detta indikerar att mobbning har ett samband med ätstörningssymtom i detta stickprov. Sammantaget tyder resultaten på att barn och ungdomar med obesitas bör screenas för såväl depression, ångest och ätstörningar som låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet när de går obesitasbehandling. (Less)
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- author
- Schelin, Annastazia LU and Svärd-Offerlind, Karin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, health-related quality of life, childhood obesity
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9106289
- date added to LUP
- 2023-01-12 09:16:24
- date last changed
- 2023-01-12 09:16:24
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Psykisk hälsa och livskvalitet hos barn och ungdomar som behandlas för obesitas}},
year = {{2023}},
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