INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF LIFE HEALTHY CHILDREN LIVING IN VILLAGES AND CITIES OF THE CHELYABINSK REGION
Quality of life is one of the most important indicators characterizing the level of development of countries and nations. In recent years, the Scientific center of children health Russian Academy of medical Sciences conducted research of the quality of life of children and teenagers to justify the need and possibility of introduction of quality of life as a criterion of complex evaluation of their health status. Great importance is given to the population, regional "norms" of the quality of life of the child population which further can be used for the development of new age standards for children and teenagers. The aim of our research was to explore the indicators of quality of life of healthy children living in cities and villages of Chelyabinsk region. In the period from September 2014 to December 2016, was conducted a survey of 660 healthy children aged 8-18 years living in the villages and cities of the Chelyabinsk region with the analysis of socio-demographic indicators and comparative analysis of indicators of quality of life. Tool for assessment of quality of life was used the children's questionnaire PedsQLÔ Generic Core Scales (J. Varney, USA) for 8-12 and 13-18 years old. The total indicator of quality of life healthy children aged 8-18 years old living in cities of Chelyabinsk region - of 80.53±10.91 points, which corresponds to the average for Russia, in the villages of Chelyabinsk region was reliably lower - 78,65± 11.04 points (p<0.05). In the age group of 8-12 years, the indicators of the quality of life of children living in the villages are reliably lower in comparison to the children living in the cities, according to the scales of Emotional functioning, Social functioning, Psychosocial functioning, Total scale. Gender peculiarities were revealed: the quality of life on the scales Physical functioning, Emotional functioning, Psychosocial functioning and by the Total score were reliably higher in boys 13-18 years old than in girls 13-18 years old living in cities.