Start Date
18-6-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
18-6-2025 10:30 AM
Abstract
Introduction Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a cogent and multifactorial construct. When considering individuals with multiple disabilities and/or cross-cultural differences, very little understanding of HRQL (and its putative factors) exists. Such investigations could inform future sustainable development-based interventions and policies (e.g., creating new opportunities to thrive, theme 1, SDG3, Article 25). Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the HRQL and other putative factors of youth with disabilities and explore differences based upon country and sex.
Methodology This study featured a cross-sectional descriptive/analytic design. Participants included youth with disabilities (N = 24, Boys = 9, Girls = 15) aged 11–27 years from Iceland (n = 11) and the USA (n = 13). Participants completed the Test of Perceived Physical Competence (TPPC), VISIONSQL, Supine-to-Stand (STS), Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA), and anthropometrics. Data collection occurred across a 2-5 day period. Data analyses including descriptives as well as several (M)ANOVAs.
Results Icelandic youth were ‘under-estimators’ as they had superior physical scores (i.e., STS, BMI) and inferior self-report scores (i.e., RAPA, TPPC, VISIONS QL). USA girls were ‘over-estimators’ as they were most confident (i.e., TPPC, RAPA) yet had poorer physical outcome scores (i.e., STS, BMI).
Conclusions The disconnect between perception and actual data for US girls and Icelanders in this study warrants attention and targeting in future intervention efforts which aligns with theme 1, SDG3 and Article 25.
Recommended Citation
Brian, Ali S.; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Beach, Pamela S.; Lytle, Ben; Pennell, Adam; Lieberman, Lauren J.; and Einarsson, Ingi Thor, "The Health-Related Quality of Life and Putative Factors of Icelandic and American Youth with Multiple Disabilities including Visual Impairments" (2025). International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness. 5.
https://sword.cit.ie/isapa/2025/day3/5
The Health-Related Quality of Life and Putative Factors of Icelandic and American Youth with Multiple Disabilities including Visual Impairments
Introduction Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a cogent and multifactorial construct. When considering individuals with multiple disabilities and/or cross-cultural differences, very little understanding of HRQL (and its putative factors) exists. Such investigations could inform future sustainable development-based interventions and policies (e.g., creating new opportunities to thrive, theme 1, SDG3, Article 25). Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the HRQL and other putative factors of youth with disabilities and explore differences based upon country and sex.
Methodology This study featured a cross-sectional descriptive/analytic design. Participants included youth with disabilities (N = 24, Boys = 9, Girls = 15) aged 11–27 years from Iceland (n = 11) and the USA (n = 13). Participants completed the Test of Perceived Physical Competence (TPPC), VISIONSQL, Supine-to-Stand (STS), Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA), and anthropometrics. Data collection occurred across a 2-5 day period. Data analyses including descriptives as well as several (M)ANOVAs.
Results Icelandic youth were ‘under-estimators’ as they had superior physical scores (i.e., STS, BMI) and inferior self-report scores (i.e., RAPA, TPPC, VISIONS QL). USA girls were ‘over-estimators’ as they were most confident (i.e., TPPC, RAPA) yet had poorer physical outcome scores (i.e., STS, BMI).
Conclusions The disconnect between perception and actual data for US girls and Icelanders in this study warrants attention and targeting in future intervention efforts which aligns with theme 1, SDG3 and Article 25.
