Review of psychology, Vol. 16 No. 1, 2009.
Original scientific paper
Coping strategies and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Marta Jović
; Department of psychology, University of Zadar
Anita Vulić-Prtorić
; Department of psychology, University of Zadar
Dunja Baraban
; Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital Osijek
Marina Grubić
; Department of Pediatrics, Universitiy Hospital Zagreb
Irena Brnović
; Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital Split
Patricija Padelin
; Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital Zadar
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify relationships between coping strategies and different aspects of health-related quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes measured with the Croatian translation of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and PedsQL Diabetes Module. The sample consisted of 199 schoolchildren: 47 patients with type 1 diabetes and 152 healthy children. Children health problems were rated with PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scale and with PedsQL Diabetes Module. Coping strategies were measured with The Coping Strategies Inventory for Children and Adolescents. The results showed that all subscales of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQL Diabetes Module have satisfactory reliability with the majority of scales exceeding a Cronbach α of 0,70. Significant correlations were found between coping strategies and different aspects of health-related quality of life and those correlations were higher in girls than in boys. The findings of the present study suggest that child psychologists and clinicians treating children and adolescents suffering diabetes should address coping strategies related to specific health-related problems and assist them in developing more effective ways of coping.
Keywords
children; adolescents; diabetes mellitus type 1; health-related quality of life; coping; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™)
Hrčak ID:
70632
URI
Publication date:
18.7.2009.
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