Journal article
The relationship between proxy reported health-related quality of life and parental distress: Gender differences
E Davis, B Davies, E Waters, N Priest
Child Care Health and Development | Published : 2008
Abstract
Objective: Although primary caregiver proxy reports of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are often used for healthcare decision making when child self-reports are unable to be collected (because of a variety of reasons such as child illness, disability or age), we have little understanding of the correlates of parent-proxy reports. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between parental depression and parent-proxy reported QOL for primary caregivers (mothers and fathers), using a multidimensional HRQOL instrument. It was hypothesized that maternal depression would be negatively correlated with maternal reported HRQOL, but that paternal depression would not be correlated w..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This paper uses confidential unit record files from the LSAC survey; data have been made confidential. The LSAC Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) and is managed by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The findings and views reported herein, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either FaCSIA or the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Dr Davis and Professor Waters are supported by Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Public Health Research Fellowships.