Fig 1.
Hypothesized Path diagram of health-related quality of WHOHRQOL-Breff developed from the literatures [29].
Where: HRQOL: Health-related quality of life; PHD: Physical health domain; ENVHD: Environmental health domain, SRHD: Social relations domain, PSHD: Psychological health domain; q701:overall QOL, q702:overall health; q703:Pain and discomfort; q704:Medical treatment dependence; q705: Energy and fatigue; q706: Mobility; q707: Sleep and rest; q708: Daily activity; q709: Working capacity; q710: Positive feeling; q711: Spirituality/personal beliefs; q712: Memory and concentration; q713: Bodily image and appearance; q714: Self-esteem; q715: Negative feelings; q716: Personal relationships; q717: Sex; q718: Social support; q719: Physical safety and security; q720: Physical environment; q721, financial resources; q722: Information and skills; q723: Recreation and leisure; q724: Home environment; q725: Health accessibility and quality; q726: Transport.
Table 1.
Socio-demographic and family-related characteristics of the respondents.
Table 2.
HRQOL of substance youths in central Gondar zone, 2021.
Fig 2.
Perceived self-rated QOL of substance youths in central Gondar zone, 2021.
Fig 3.
Perceived self-rated health satisfaction of substances used by youths in central Gondar zone, 2021.
Fig 4.
SEM for factors associated with HRQOL for substance youths in central Gondar zone, 2021.
Where, PHD: Physical health domain, ENVHD: Environmental health domain, SRHD: Social relations domain, PSHD: Psychological health domain, parcil_1: Average of Q7 and Q13, parcil_2: Average of Q14 and Q24, parcil_3: Average of Q8 and Q23, parcil_4: Average of Q12 and Q25, parcil_5: Average of Q5 and Q11, parcil_6: Average of Q19 and Q7, parcil_7 = average of Q6 and Q26, parcil_8 = average of Q3, Q10 and Q17, parcil_9 = average of Q4 and Q16 parcil_10 = the average of Q18 and Q15, Resi: Residents of patients, education: Educational level of the youths, loss: Loss of beloved family, Social_S: Social support, psychotic: Psychotic symptoms of the youths, job: Job status of the youth.
Table 3.
The direct, indirect, and total effect of socio-demographical and clinical factors on HRQOL domains among youth who use substances.