RUDN Journal of Medicine (Dec 2015)
Medico-social characteristics of families and quality of life of teenagers
Abstract
Studied the social portrait of families and the quality of life of 2240 adolescents aged 10 to 17 years. More than 20% of families of surveyed adolescents can be attributed to the families of medico-demographic risk. Quality of life of adolescents is characterized by high levels of social and physical functioning at a relatively low level of school functioning. Total index of the quality of life of adolescents aged 10-14 years is higher than among adolescents aged 15-17 years.