Changes in health-related quality of life in adolescents and the impact of gender and selected variables: a two-year longitudinal study

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics for health-related quality of life at time 1 and time 2 (N = 211)

	Time 1 (14–15 years)	Time 2 (16–17 years)	p values
HRQOL
Physical well-being, mean (SD)^a	47.0 (9.7)	43.9 (9.5)	< .001
Psychological well-being, mean (SD)^a	46.1 (8.6)	42.7 (8.1)	< .001
Autonomy and parent relations, mean (SD)^a	53.4 (8.4)	52.2 (8.6)	.052
Social support and peers, mean (SD)^a	48.2 (8.0)	46.9 (9.2)	.086
School environment, mean (SD)^a	49.4 (8.9)	46.4 (9.7)	< .001

Paired-sample t-tests were used to compare differences in HRQOL between time 1 and time 2
HRQOL Health-related quality of life, SD Standard deviation
p values marked in bold indicate p ≤ .05
^aKIDSCREEN subscales. Higher values indicate higher levels of HRQOL

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