Introduction:

Congenital hypothyroidism can affect the emotional state, social relationships and the level of independence of adolescents. These aspects can influence the perception of their health-related quality of life.

Objective:

To evaluate the health-related quality of life of adolescents with permanent congenital hypothyroidism and to identify possible relationship with some sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods:

A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in 40 adolescents, male and female, between 10 and 19 years old, who were registered by the Cuban Program for Early Diagnosis, using the generic PedsQL TM ® questionnaire, version 4.0 for pediatric use, as an instrument.

Results:

The highest scores corresponded to adolescents between 10-14 years old, male, primary educational level, without harmful substance use and who showed satisfaction with family life and good control of the disease.

Conclusions:

Most adolescents have good perception of their health-related quality of life. The dimension and function that contributed the most were physical and social, respectively.

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