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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2020

Health-related quality of life in young people: the importance of education.

Marta Gil-Lacruz, Ana Isabel Gil-Lacruz, María Luisa Gracia-Pérez

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The social determinants of health-related quality of life among people with chronic disease: a systematic literature review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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3 authors.

Marta Gil-LacruzDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, Health Science Faculty, Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain. mglacruz@unizar.es.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8261-058X
Ana Isabel Gil-LacruzDepartment of Management, School of Engineering and Architecture, C. María de Luna, 3, Edificio Betancourt, Campus Río Ebro, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-923X
María Luisa Gracia-PérezDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, Social and Work Science Faculty, Violante de Hungria 23, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-8550

Funding

Gobierno de Aragón-Universidad de Zaragoza Grupo de Referencia en Investigación BYCSMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (CSO2017-82110-R)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe concept of health-related quality of life and education integrates the bio-psychosocial perspective of health and the multidimensional potentialities of education for wellbeing. This present work is especially relevant to young people because understanding the interaction between health and education can facilitate the design of preventive policies. The research examines the way in which the educational level of young people from an urban district in the city of Zaragoza (Casablanca) has an influence on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

methodsA cross sectional survey was undertaken in the Casablanca district of Zaragoza (Spain). Participants were not randomly selected; their numbers reflected the areas where they lived with respect to age and sex distribution. It comprised 122 boys and 122 girls, aged between16 and 29, living in the neighbourhood are: Viñedo Viejo, Las Nieves and Fuentes Claras. These three residence zones are markedly different in terms of socioeconomic composition. The questionnaire included the following information: socioeconomic characteristics (sex, age, educational level, employment status, residence zone), an assessment of health (health problems, diagnosis and medication in the last 2 weeks) and HRQOL (WHOQOL-BREF dimensions: mental health; physical health; social relations; and environment). ANOVA and four regression models were used to assess the role, direction and intensity of educational level on HRQOL.

resultsThe results show that the higher the level of education, the better the level of HRQOL. The biggest impact of education was on the mental health dimension, but this influence was modulated by sex and residence zone. The value of the interaction of education and residence zone was more significant than educational level alone. HRQOL of girls is more sensitive to education, being a student and residence zone than the HRQOL of boys.

conclusionsThe dimensions of HRQOL are influenced by educational level. The influence is greatest among girls and the youngest members of the poorest area of the district. Public authorities should contemplate the development of an equitable education system from the beginning of the life cycle as a public health strategy.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeQuality of LifeAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEconomic StatusFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleSex DistributionSpainSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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