The quality of life in preeschool age children

Kvaliteta života je sveprisutan, vrlo rasprostranjen pojam koji se često koristi u različitim situacijama i kontekstima. Ona je predmet istraživanja brojnih znanstvenih disciplina poput medicine, psihologije, sociologije, filozofije. Kvaliteta života djeteta predškolske dobi ovisi ponajprije o fizičkim i psihičkim čimbenicima te odnosima u obitelji i odnosima sa širom okolinom (rodbinom, vršnjacima ili vrtićkim kolektivom ukoliko dijete pohađa vrtić). Dijete predškolske dobi, naravno, nije opterećeno onim životnim izazovima s kojima se suočavaju desetogodišnjaci ili adolescenti, no kvaliteta njegova života može biti narušena ukoliko postoje određene teškoće, bilo u zdravstvenom, emocionalnom ili socijalnom smislu. Cilj ovoga istraživanja bila je procjena kvalitete života djece na osnovu proteklih mjesec dana života. Istraživanje je provedeno u jednom vrtiću i to s djecom u dobi pet i šest godina, a provedeno je pomoću hrvatske verzije PedsQL™ 4.0 upitnika za istraživanje kvalitete života pedijatrijskih ispitanika i to u obliku dva izvješća, izvješću roditelja o djeci te izvješću same djece kojeg je popunjavala studentica na osnovu usmenih odgovora djece.Quality of life is an omnipresent, widespread term that is often used in different situations and contexts. It is the subject of research in numerous scientific disciplines such as medicine, psychology, sociology, philosophy. The quality of life of a child of pre-school age depends primarily on physical and psychological factors, as well as on family relationships and relationships with the surrounding environment (relatives, peers or kindergarten collectives if a child is attending kindergarten). The child of preschool age, of course, is not burdened with the life challenges faced by ten-year-olds or teenagers, but the quality of his life can be disturbed if there are some difficulties, whether in a health, emotional or social sense. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of children based on the past month's life. The research was conducted in one kindergarten with children aged five and six years and was conducted using the Croatian version of the PedsQL ™ 4.0 Questionnaire for Quality of Life Examinations of Pediatric Interpreters, in the form of two reports, a parent's report on children and a report of children filled by the student on the basis of oral answers of the children