Table 1 Quality of life (HRQoL) in a community sample of adolescents
HRQoL and high anxiety level | HRQoL and medium anxiety level | HRQoL and low anxiety level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | |
Overall anxiety | |||||||||
Total (N = 1719) | 115 | 7.1 | 56.4 (10.5) | 161 | 9.9 | 62.8 (9.2) | 1355 | 83.1 | 75.4 (9.0) |
Gender | |||||||||
Girls | 91 | 10.4 | 55.8 (11.5) | 120 | 13.8 | 62.1 (9.1) | 655 | 75.6 | 73.3 (9.4) |
Boys | 24 | 3.4 | 58.8 (9.6) | 41 | 5.5 | 64.7 (9.3) | 705 | 91.2 | 77.3 (8.2) |
Age | |||||||||
12–13 | 40 | 6.2 | 59.7 (11.3) | 55 | 8.6 | 64.1 (9.4) | 547 | 85.2 | 78.7 (9.4) |
14 | 39 | 7.1 | 55.4 (10.5) | 62 | 11.3 | 62.4 (10.1) | 447 | 81.6 | 76.9 (10.7) |
15–17 | 40 | 8.4 | 50.8 (10.8) | 47 | 9.8 | 61.2 (8.7) | 393 | 81.8 | 74.8 (10.4) |
Perceived family economy | |||||||||
Normal | 76 | 6.2 | 57.5 (10.5) | 113 | 8.9 | 62.3 (8.9) | 1063 | 84.8 | 75.4 (8.9) |
Higher | 20 | 6.7 | 58.8 (9.5) | 33 | 11.4 | 66.6 (9.5) | 242 | 81.9 | 76.7 (8.6) |
Lower | 17 | 21.0 | 47.8 (8.7) | 15 | 18.5 | 57.8 (7.4) | 48 | 60.5 | 67.6 (10.0) |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
Norwegian | 109 | 7.1 | 56.2 (10.3) | 149 | 9.5 | 62.9 (9.1) | 1295 | 80.4 | 75.4 (9.0) |
Western immi | 3 | 6.8 | 59.2 (7.2) | 3 | 9.1 | 62.8 (11.8) | 33 | 84.1 | 73.6 (9.7) |
Non-western immi | 2 | 9.3 | 72.1 (10.0) | 7 | 21.9 | 62.3 (4.5) | 21 | 68.8 | 76.2 (8.7) |
Negative life events | |||||||||
No | 30 | 3.1 | 61.9 (7.9) | 60 | 6.2 | 67.1 (9.4) | 883 | 90.7 | 76.6 (8.2) |
Reported | 81 | 12.9 | 54.4 (10.7) | 98 | 15.7 | 60.1 (8.0) | 445 | 71.3 | 72.8 (9.8) |
Anxiety domains | |||||||||
OCD | 78 | 4.8 | 58.5 (10.7) | 113 | 6.9 | 64.2 (10.8) | 1440 | 88.2 | 74.3 (9.9) |
Social | 142 | 8.7 | 59.5 (11.4) | 149 | 9.1 | 65.9 (9.6) | 1340 | 82.2 | 74.9 (9.5) |
Panic/agora | 150 | 9.2 | 58.1 (10.4) | 214 | 13.1 | 66.2 (9.5) | 1267 | 77.7 | 75.7 (9.1) |
Separation | 72 | 4.4 | 60.1 (11.6) | 125 | 7.7 | 65.8 (10.7) | 1434 | 87.9 | 74.0 (10.2) |
Physical/inj | 154 | 9.4 | 65.6 (12.6) | 276 | 16.9 | 68.4 (10.5) | 1201 | 73.6 | 74.8 (9.9) |
GAD | 267 | 16.3 | 61.1 (10.7) | 225 | 13.8 | 69.4 (8.9) | 1139 | 69.8 | 76.2 (8.9) |