Quality of Life and Self-Efficacy of Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions

Year 2017, Volume: 44 Issue: 3, 257 - 265, 20.09.2017

Demet Taş , Ebru Öztürk Çopur Hande Ünlü Zeynep Tüzün Lütfiye Hilal Özcebe

https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.339004

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Objective: Chronic Health Conditions (CHC) and problems among adolescents have recently become more frequent.
CHC may have an influence on their perception of quality of life and self-efficacy.
This research aimed to compare
quality of life and self-efficacy among adolescents with CHC and without CHC.

Methods: The research was conducted with 778 adolescents from a high school. Students were asked as follows: “Have
 you
 had  any  health
 condition
 which
 requires  a  doctor  supervision  and/or  which  requires
 continuous medication (pills, injection, oral or nasal usage) at least for 6 months or more?” All students completed the Self - Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL).

Results: All diseases declared by the students are accepted as chronic health conditions. The frequency of having
chronical health condition is 19.5% among the high school students. PedsQL for adolescents
with CHC were
significantly
lower compared to those without CHC (p<0.001). When sub-groups of PedsQL were examined, it was
found that adolescents with CHC had significantly lower school functioning scores compared to other subscale scores
(p=0.005). There was no statistically
significant difference
between the participants with CHC and others in terms of
(SEQ-C) (p>0.05).

Conclusion: It
has
been observed that the PedQL of students with chronic health problems was negatively affected as a
result of
 our
 work. Lower QoL  associated with school functioning of  adolescents with chronic health problems suggests the importance of school-related factors (friends, teachers and physical structure) in the intervention of
improving quality of life.

Keywords

Chronic health conditions, adolescent, self-efficacy

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