OBJECTIVE: This study presents the prevalence of different somatic and psychological complains in a sample of Italians early-adolescents and adolescents. Aim of the study is to verify sex and age (11, 13 and 15) differences in a variety of symptoms. DESIGN: The survey is part of the larger Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) trans-national study co-ordinated by the European Office of the World Health Organization. The data were gathered through self-completion questionnaire. The main areas covered in the questionnaire were health and health behaviour. SETTING: 151 middle school and 92 high school randomly retrieved from the list of the Italian public and private school. PARTICIPANTS: The questionnaire was filled out by a representative sample of 4,386 (48.4% males) Italian early adolescents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Psychological and somatic complains. RESULTS: Results revealed an increase of health problem with age, and these increases being greater for females than males. CONCLUSION: Increasing morbidity for female occurs during transitions phase of early-adolescence.
Lo stato di salute dei preadolescenti italiani
CAVALLO, Franco
2005-01-01
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study presents the prevalence of different somatic and psychological complains in a sample of Italians early-adolescents and adolescents. Aim of the study is to verify sex and age (11, 13 and 15) differences in a variety of symptoms. DESIGN: The survey is part of the larger Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) trans-national study co-ordinated by the European Office of the World Health Organization. The data were gathered through self-completion questionnaire. The main areas covered in the questionnaire were health and health behaviour. SETTING: 151 middle school and 92 high school randomly retrieved from the list of the Italian public and private school. PARTICIPANTS: The questionnaire was filled out by a representative sample of 4,386 (48.4% males) Italian early adolescents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Psychological and somatic complains. RESULTS: Results revealed an increase of health problem with age, and these increases being greater for females than males. CONCLUSION: Increasing morbidity for female occurs during transitions phase of early-adolescence.
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