Subjective health complaints in older adolescents are related to perceived stress, anxiety and gender [Elektronisk resurs] a cross-sectional school study in Northern Sweden
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Wiklund, Maria 1962- (författare)
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Malmgren-Olsson, Eva-Britt (författare)
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Öhman, Ann 1954- (författare)
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Bergström, Erik (författare)
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Fjellman Wiklund, Anncristine (författare)
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- Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (utgivare)
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Alternativt namn: Umeå universitet. Medicinsk-odontologiska fakulteten
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Alternativt namn: Medicinska fakulteten vid Umeå universitet
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Umeå universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten (utgivare)
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- Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (utgivare)
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Alternativt namn: Umeå universitet. Medicinsk-odontologiska fakulteten
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Alternativt namn: Medicinska fakulteten vid Umeå universitet
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- Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (utgivare)
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Alternativt namn: Umeå universitet. Medicinsk-odontologiska fakulteten
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Alternativt namn: Medicinska fakulteten vid Umeå universitet
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Stress and Health in Youth (Umeå SHY) ; Arcum (medarbetare)
- 2012
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - 1471-2458. ; 12:993
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Sammanfattning
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- Purpose: Adolescent subjective health has become a public health concern in Sweden and worldwide. The purpose of this study is to investigate perceived stress and subjective health complaints among older adolescents. Methods: Data were derived from a school-based survey with a sample consisting of 16–18 year olds (n=1027), boys and girls, in high school grades 1 and 2, from different educational programs in three public high schools within a university municipality in northern Sweden. Perceived stress, self-rated health, subjective health complaints, anxiety, and depression, were measured with a questionnaire including a set of instruments. Results: A large proportion of both girls and boys reported health complaints and perceived stress. There was a clear gender difference; girls reported two to three-fold higher proportions of subjective health complaints such as headache, tiredness and sleeping difficulties, musculoskeletal pain, as well as sadness and anxiety. Pressure and demands correlated strongly with psychosomatic symptoms (r=0.71) and anxiety (r=0.71). Conclusions: The results indicate that subjective health complaints are prevalent during adolescence, especially in girls, and furthermore that perceived stress and demands may be important explanatory factors. Future studies should pay attention to the balance between gender-related demands, perceived control and social support, particularly in the school environment, in order to prevent negative strain and stress-related ill-health. The gender gap in adolescent health needs to be further explored.
Ämnesord
- Medical and Health Sciences (hsv)
- Health Sciences (hsv)
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv)
- Medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv)
- Hälsovetenskaper (hsv)
- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv)
- MEDICINE (svep)
- Social medicine (svep)
- Public health medicine research areas (svep)
- Public health science (svep)
- MEDICIN (svep)
- Socialmedicin (svep)
- Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden (svep)
- Folkhälsovetenskap (svep)
- folkhälsa (umu)
- Public health (umu)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- adolescent
- high school students
- mental health
- stress
- psychosomatic
- pain
- anxiety
- depression
- sleep
- Sweden/epidemiology
- tonår
- ungdomar
- gymnasieelever
- kön
- genus
- psykisk hälsa
- skolhälsovård
- elevhälsa
- stress
- psykosomatiska besvär
- huvudvärk
- värk
- smärta
- sömn
- sömnproblem
- ångest
- depression
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