Stress, pain, and work affiliation are strongly associated with health-related quality of life in parents of 14-15-year-old adolescents.
Gudrun Elin RohdeSølvi HelsethHilde Timenes MikkelsenSiv SkarsteinMilada Cvancarova SmåstuenKristin HaraldstadPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2022)
Mothers reported significantly lower scores on self-efficacy, self-esteem, and HRQOL, and experienced greater stress than the fathers. A high proportion of parents reported pain. Pain, stress, and low work affiliation were strongly associated with decreased HRQOL in parents. We recommend that parents of adolescents should be provided guidance about coping with pain and stress, and facilitation of a strong work affiliation because these seem to be important to parents' HRQOL.