- Title
- The association between demographic characteristics, lifestyle health behaviours and quality of life among adolescents in Asia Pacific region
- Creator
- Lee, Regina L. T.; Chien, Wai Tong; Tanida, Keiko; Takeuchi, Sachi; Rutja, Phuphaibul; Kwok, Stephen W. H.; Lee, Paul H.
- Relation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 16, Issue 13, no. 2324
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132324
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Background: Given the risk of physical and psychosocial health that emerge in adolescents continuing into adulthood, identifying and addressing early signs of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) decline provides an opportunity to ensure that young people have a healthier progression through adolescence. Aim: To investigate the association between demographic characteristics, lifestyle health behaviours and HRQoL of adolescents who live in Asia Pacific region including Hong Kong in China, Beijing in China, Akashi in Japan, Seoul in South Korea, and Bangkok in Thailand. Methods: A cross-sectional self-reported survey carried out in a sample of 2296 adolescents aged 9-16 years (mean= 12.0; standard deviation [SD] = 1.63) was conducted in the five cities of the Asia Pacific region between January and August 2017. Demographic characteristics, adolescent lifestyle behaviours and HRQoL were measured with a demographic questionnaire, Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire's (ALQ) seven domains and Paediatric Quality of Life's (PedsQL 4.0) global score, respectively. Mixed multilevel model (MMLM) was used to fit the data. Results: After adjusting the demographic variables, one score increase in ALQ physical participation, nutrition, social support, and identity awareness are associated with an increase in PedsQL global score. On the contrary, one score increase in ALQ health practices is associated with a decrease in PedsQL global score. The estimated mean of PedsQL global score of South Korea, Beijing and Japan were better, while the score of Thailand and Hong Kong were poorer. Conclusions: Differentiating the impacts of promoting health behaviours among different countries can help in better understanding about the health needs of adolescents in each country especially in the Asia Pacific region so that adequate and relevant resources can be allocated to reduce health-risk taking behaviours among this vulnerable group for health-promoting strategies.
- Subject
- adolescents; lifestyle health behaviours; quality of life; demographic characteristics; Asia Pacific region
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1422424
- Identifier
- uon:37829
- Identifier
- ISSN: 1660-4601
- Rights
- © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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