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Self-rated health of Chinese adolescents: distribution and its associated factors.
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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences . Dec2011, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p780-786. 7p. 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 780-786 Self-rated health of Chinese adolescents: distribution and its associated factors Aim: Self-rated health is a valid and relevant indicator of individuals' and populations' health status, and has been shown to be a critical predictor of some medical endpoints. The studies concentrating on Chinese adolescents' self-rated health were scarce. The present study aimed to understand the self-rated health and its associated factors of Chinese adolescents. Methods: Ten schools including junior schools, senior schools and universities of Hefei in Anhui Province of China were randomly selected. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to the selected 5226 students to investigate their demographic variables, sleep quality, self-rated health and degree of depression, anxiety and loneliness. In terms of the instruments, Self-rated Health Measurement Scale Version 1.0, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Self-rating Anxiety Scale and the demographic survey were used in the present study. Results: The sleep quality, self-rated health and degree of depression, anxiety and loneliness among different grade levels were different (p < 0.01 or <0.05). The multivariate analysis indicated that young age, poor sleep quality and high degree of depression, anxiety and loneliness were significantly associated with poor self-rated health of adolescents. Conclusion: The adolescents' poor self-rated health may be attributed to many causes especially the psychological reasons. Future interventions that focus more on the inner causes may be the better steps to make adolescents healthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANXIETY testing
*CHI-squared test
*HEALTH attitudes
*HEALTH status indicators
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*QUALITY of life
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SCALES (Weighing instruments)
*SELF-evaluation
*SELF-report inventories
*T-test (Statistics)
*CROSS-sectional method
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67057656
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00893.x