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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168 Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32nd EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Difficulties experienced by school-age adolescents and determination of their quality of life
Ayla Hendekci and Sonay Bilgin
Giresun University, Turkey
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the quality of life and difficulties of adolescents in school age.
Materials &Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 344 students studying at Erzurum Central Secondary School
between January 2016 and January 2017 in Atatürk University Institute of Health Sciences. Questionnaire developed by the
researcher, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) were used
for data collection. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.00 package program. Research was completed in line with the ethical
principles.
Results: According to the evaluations, it was observed that 50.6% of the students was 13 years old, 52% was male and 53.5%
was in 7th grade. The total score average for PedsQL was 81.58±13.65 and the mean total score for SDQ was 25.02±4.813. There
was no significant relationship between the "attention deficit and hyperactivity" sub-scale of the SDQ and the "physical health,
social functioning, school functioning" sub-scales of the PedsQL. In addition, a positive and significant correlation was found
between "behavioral problems" sub-scale score of the SDQ and all sub-scales of PedsQL except the "physical health" sub-scale
as well as the positive and significant correlation between the mean total scores of PedsQL and SDQ.
Conclusion: It was observed that the quality of life of the students is affected negatively as the difficulties experienced during
adolescence increase. Based on this result, some recommendations were made to reveal the problems experienced by school-
age adolescents and to increase their quality of life.
Biography
Ayla Hendekci has her expertise in public health and holds a Master's Degree in the Department of Public Health Nursing. She has participated in national scientific
meetings and a member of professional organizations. She is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Giresun.
Ayla Hendekci et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061