肥胖青少年及其照顾者的疲劳感知
Anna Guerrini Usubini1, Michela Bottacchi1, Adele Bondesan2
1Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 20145 Milan, Italy.
Journal of clinical medicine
|July 14, 2023
概括
患有严重肥胖症的年轻患者会感到疲劳,他们和他们的父母都清楚地感觉到这一点. 这种对疲劳的感知会影响他们的生活质量,突出了儿童肥胖症的一个重要症状.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 生活质量研究 研究 生命质量研究
背景情况:
- 疲劳是儿童肥胖症中常见但尚未研究的症状.
- 关于肥胖儿童和青少年如何感知疲劳及其对他们的生活质量影响的研究有限.
- 了解这种感知对于全面的患者护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估意大利严重肥胖儿童和青少年对疲劳的感知.
- 为了比较肥胖年轻人和他们的父母之间的疲劳感知.
- 调查疲劳对这一群体生活质量的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用儿科生活质量库存多维疲劳量表 (PedsQL-MFS) 进行评估.
- 招募了100名意大利儿童/青少年 (年龄11-17岁) 患有严重肥胖及其照顾者.
- 根据性别,肥胖严重程度 (BMI SDS) 和儿童与父母之间的疲劳报告进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在青少年中,疲劳感知并没有因性别或肥胖率而有所不同.
- 患有较低重度肥胖症 (BMI SDS 2-2.99) 的孩子的父母报告说,比患有较高重度肥胖症 (BMI SDS > 3) 的孩子更高的认知疲劳.
- 父母报告的一般性疲劳明显高于他们的肥胖孩子 (p < 0.001),儿童和父母报告之间的中等相关性 (r = 0.5290.571).
结论:
- 严重肥胖儿童和青少年对疲劳的感知在青年和他们的父母之间是可比的.
- 疲劳是肥胖青少年和他们的护理人员清楚地感知到的症状.
- 研究结果强调了解决儿童肥胖管理中的疲劳的重要性及其对生活质量的影响.
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