Papers by Sandra Conceição
Revista CEFAC, 2014
the use of subjective instruments that include selfperception and self-assessment of all the fact... more the use of subjective instruments that include selfperception and self-assessment of all the factors involved is considered a quick and efficient option for the investigation of well-being 3. Among these research instruments, the Short Form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref) 4 has been used to know the quality of life in various world populations, including adolescents. Awasthi et al., in two studies 5,6 , checked the QOL of Indian adolescent students and tested the validity of the instrument PedsQL compared with the WHOQOL-Bref. Thus, it was found that the older adolescents and students from public schools had a lower perception of QOL and observed that, although the PedsQL is a valid and reliable instrument, the WHOQOL-Bref proved to be better to know the QOL of the Indian adolescents. Cheuk et al. 7 , in Hong Kong, analyzed the QOL in adolescents with thalassemia and found different perceptions of QOL between adolescents submitted to transplantations and those who used the conventional treatment, highlighting lower scores of QOL for the physical and environmental domains. Teixeira et al. 8 , upon studying Portuguese adolescents with The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life (QOL) as "the perception of the individual towards its position in life in the context of culture and system of values in which it is inserted and in relation to its objectives, expectations, standards and concerns" 2. Within this wider concept,
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Papers by Sandra Conceição