Effect on Health-related Quality of Life of changes in mental health in children and adolescents

Table 3 Multiple regression analysis of KIDSCREEN-52 dimensions and the KIDSCREEN-10 Index at follow-up

	PH	PW	ME	SP	AU	PA	PE	SC	BU	FI	Index
(Constant)	30.2*	31.3*	29.5*	32.5*	39.9*	30.7*	39.0*	33.6*	38.0*	40.1*	36.2*
Age	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.5*	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2
Gender	2.4	-0.1	0.9	3.0*	0.5	-0.5	-3.1*	-1.1	-0.8	-0.9	0.3
FAS
Low	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.6	2.0	-1.0	1.7	-0.9	-0.5	-3.0	0.8
Medium	0.4	-0.2	0.3	0.8	0.0	-1.0	1.0	0.0	-0.1	-1.8	0.6
Parental education
Primary school	-0.6	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	-2.1	0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.6
Secondary school	-1.0	0.9	0.8	0.3	-0.1	0.1	-2.6	-0.8	0.3	-0.8	-0.3
Kidscreen Baseline score	0.4*	0.4*	0.4*	0.2*	0.3*	0.4*	0.4*	0.4*	0.3*	0.4*	0.3*
SDQ
Improvement	1.4	1.9	2.2	-0.5	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.3	1.3	0.3	3.0
Worsened	-3.2	-4.6*	-5.2*	-1.1	-3.9*	-1.9	-3.0	-2.9	-0.6	-2.4	-4.0*
Undesirable life events	-1.2*	-1.2*	-1.0*	-0.3	-0.1	-1.4*	0.9*	-1.7*	-0.7	-0.6	-1.3*
R ²	0.31	0.25	0.21	0.20	0.14	0.19	0.20	0.26	0.15	0.25	0.31

PH: Physical Well-being, PW: Psychological Well-being, ME: Moods & Emotions, SP: Self-Perception, AU: Autonomy, PA: Parent Relation & Home Life, PE: Social Support &Peers, SC: School Environment, BU: Social Acceptance FI: Financial resources.
FAS: Family Affluence Scale
SDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire;
Reference category: Gender: female; FAS: low family affluence; Parental level of education: university degree; SDQ: stable.
*Statistically significant beta coefficients after correction for multiple comparisons (p < 0.005).

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