Abstract

HIGUITA-GUTIERREZ, Luis Felipe  and  CARDONA-ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio. Health related quality of life in adolescent: systematic review 1970-2013. Medicas UIS [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.1, pp.23-30. ISSN 0121-0319.

Background: at present have not been systematized the researches on quality of life of adolescents, despite their scientific, health, socio-economic and political relevance. Objective: to characterize the studies in Health-related quality of life of adolescents, 1970- 2013. Methods: a systematic review in six multidisciplinary databases, following the phases of identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion. The research protocol was applied by two researchers independently to ensure the reproducibility of the study. Results: The study included 909 researches with 323 239 healthy adolescents; in the studies with patients the most high frequency was in circulatory diseases (n= 12 325), nervous system (n= 6 590), musculoskeletal (n= 6 236, blood system (n= 4 807), cancer (n= 4 491) and infectious (n= 3,677). 43.1 % made in America and 39.9 % in Europe. 170 scales of Health-related quality of life were identified, they more frequently was Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory with 22.2%, Medical Outcome Study Short Form in 7.6 % , Child Health Questionnaire 5.8%, German generic quality of life instrument for children 5.3% and KIDSCREEN 5.1%. Conclusion: scientific production in Health-related quality of life of adolescents has been focused on chronic diseases; the relevance of this issue for all medical specialties and public health was evident, and the availability of a large number of validated instruments for healthy and sick population. Nevertheless, research predominate in high-income countries which exposes the need for further research to adapt and validate scales and to generate evidence on middle and low incomes. MÉD.UIS. 2015;28(1):23-30

Keywords : Quality of life; Insurance benefits; Adolescent; Review.

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