Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds.
<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about longitudinal changes in the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among children with migrant backgrounds.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample comprised 350 children with predominantly migrant backgrounds enrolled in 7 kindergartens in Frankfur...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Little is known about longitudinal changes in the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among children with migrant backgrounds.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample comprised 350 children with predominantly migrant backgrounds enrolled in 7 kindergartens in Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Germany. At baseline, the participants' mean age was 4.4 years (SD 0.9). Data collection started in May 2009. Two waves of data were collected one year apart (94% response rate). HRQoL was evaluated with the Kiddy-KINDL. The other variables under study were sex, age, socioeconomic status, country of origin, developmental status (WET) and individual behavior (VBV). Data were collected from the children, parents and teachers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the Wilson and Cleary theoretical framework on changes in HRQoL and Generalized Estimated Equations (GEE) to model the longitudinal trend in HRQoL.<h4>Results</h4>Overall HRQoL remained stable between baseline and follow-up. SEM model fit was χ2 = 8.51; df = 5; p = 0.13; SRMR = 0.02 RMSEA = 0.06 and indicated that there were differences in kindergarten activities (p<0.05). The GEE model elucidated that the differences in HRQoL between the baseline and follow-up varied according to kindergarten activities that the children were assigned to (music, art, or no activities) (p<0.05), but that there were no differences in terms of country of origin. On average, girls reported better HRQoL.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Overall HRQoL scores remained stable over follow-up in a sample of migrant children and there were no differences in terms of origin. However, there was heterogeneity in the results depending on the kindergarten activities that the children were assigned to. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6511e8f07344912a344eede0e9e2f7b2025-08-20T02:46:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01122e017089110.1371/journal.pone.0170891Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds.Ester Villalonga-OlivesIchiro KawachiJosue AlmansaNicole von Steinbüchel<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about longitudinal changes in the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among children with migrant backgrounds.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample comprised 350 children with predominantly migrant backgrounds enrolled in 7 kindergartens in Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Germany. At baseline, the participants' mean age was 4.4 years (SD 0.9). Data collection started in May 2009. Two waves of data were collected one year apart (94% response rate). HRQoL was evaluated with the Kiddy-KINDL. The other variables under study were sex, age, socioeconomic status, country of origin, developmental status (WET) and individual behavior (VBV). Data were collected from the children, parents and teachers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the Wilson and Cleary theoretical framework on changes in HRQoL and Generalized Estimated Equations (GEE) to model the longitudinal trend in HRQoL.<h4>Results</h4>Overall HRQoL remained stable between baseline and follow-up. SEM model fit was χ2 = 8.51; df = 5; p = 0.13; SRMR = 0.02 RMSEA = 0.06 and indicated that there were differences in kindergarten activities (p<0.05). The GEE model elucidated that the differences in HRQoL between the baseline and follow-up varied according to kindergarten activities that the children were assigned to (music, art, or no activities) (p<0.05), but that there were no differences in terms of country of origin. On average, girls reported better HRQoL.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Overall HRQoL scores remained stable over follow-up in a sample of migrant children and there were no differences in terms of origin. However, there was heterogeneity in the results depending on the kindergarten activities that the children were assigned to.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170891&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Ester Villalonga-Olives Ichiro Kawachi Josue Almansa Nicole von Steinbüchel Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. PLoS ONE |
| title | Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. |
| title_full | Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. |
| title_fullStr | Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. |
| title_short | Longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds. |
| title_sort | longitudinal changes in health related quality of life in children with migrant backgrounds |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170891&type=printable |
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