International articleThe health and well-being of adolescents: a school-based population study of the self-report Child Health Questionnaire
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Methodology
The data were collected within the Health of Young Victorians Study (HOYVS), a school-based epidemiologic study of children and adolescents conducted between July and November 1997 in Victoria, Australia. Questionnaires were provided to adolescents and their parents; this study reports the adolescent self-reported data.
Results
A total of 2361 adolescents completed the CHQ self-report form (CHQ CF80), representing a response rate of 70% (53% male). Mean age of the sample was 15.13 years (SD 1.75). Eighty-eight percent of adolescents were born in Australia, with higher proportions of the remaining adolescents being born in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and China; 0.01% of the sample was of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
Discussion
This study evaluated a new generic self-report measure of adolescent health status (CHQ CF80) and provides comprehensive evidence from a large population-based cross-sectional sample of its reliability and validity. In doing so, the CHQ enabled us to describe the impact common illnesses and frequently reported health concerns have on the health and well-being of adolescents. Population-based normative data of the CHQ mean scale scores, attained from this large representative sample of
Acknowledgements
This project was funded by the Public Health Branch, Victorian Government Department of Human Services.
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