Trends in multiple recurrent health complaints in 15-year-olds in 35 countries in Europe, North America and Israel from 1994 to 2010

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dc.contributor.authorthe Positive Health Focus Group
dc.contributor.authorGobina, Inese
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Public Health and Epidemiology
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-18T08:50:01Z
dc.date.available2021-05-18T08:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-01
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health complaints are a good indicator of an individual's psychosocial health and well-being. Studies have shown that children and adolescents report health complaints which can cause significant individual burden. Methods: Using data from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, this article describes trends in multiple recurrent health complaints (MHC) in 35 countries among N = 237 136 fifteen-year-olds from 1994 to 2010. MHC was defined as the presence of two or more health complaints at least once a week. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate trends across the five survey cycles for each country. Results: Lowest prevalence throughout the period 1994-2010 was 16.9% in 1998 in Austria and highest in 2006 in Israel (54.7%). Overall, six different trend patterns could be identified: No linear or quadratic trend (9 countries), linear decrease (7 countries), linear increase (5 countries), U-shape (4 countries), inverted U-shape (6 countries) and unstable (4 countries). Conclusion: Trend analyses are valuable in providing hints about developments in populations as well as for benchmarking and evaluation purposes. The high variation in health complaints between the countries requires further investigation, but may also reflect the subjective nature of health complaints.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.format.extent110317
dc.identifier.citationthe Positive Health Focus Group & Gobina, I 2015, 'Trends in multiple recurrent health complaints in 15-year-olds in 35 countries in Europe, North America and Israel from 1994 to 2010', European Journal of Public Health, vol. 25, no. S2, pp. 24-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv015
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/eurpub/ckv015
dc.identifier.issn1101-1262
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/4350
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84926613008&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Public Health
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject3.5 Other medical sciences
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleTrends in multiple recurrent health complaints in 15-year-olds in 35 countries in Europe, North America and Israel from 1994 to 2010en
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