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Identifying factors influencing attention in adolescents with a co‐created questionnaire
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 8221, p 8221 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 15, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(15):8221. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021.
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Abstract
- Studies on factors that can influence attention in healthy adolescents are recent and focus on recurrent topics. Students’ contribution to public health research often revolves around collecting data but rarely around creating data collection instruments. The ATENC!Ó project reunited secondary students and scientists to create a questionnaire including factors that students thought could affect their attention. We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess whether the factors included in this questionnaire had an effect on attention in adolescents. A total of 1667 students (13–16 years old) from 28 schools in Barcelona performed a validated attention test and answered the questionnaire. The response speed consistency (attentiveness), expressed as hit reaction time standard error (HRT-SE, in ms), was used as the primary outcome. Analyses were conducted using conditional linear regression with school as strata, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and further stratified by gender and maternal social class. Some factors showed a negative influence on attention, including taking medication and not reading regularly. We found a significant 14.3% (95% confidence interval: 3.4%, 25.3%) higher median of HRT-SE (increase inattentiveness) among students who reported not having a good relationship with classmates. Students’ input into research is relevant for advancing the knowledge production in public health.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
education
Secondary education
Citizen science
Adolescents
Social class
Affect (psychology)
Article
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Consistency (negotiation)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Surveys and Questionnaires
citizen science
secondary education
medicine
questionnaire design
Humans
Attention
030212 general & internal medicine
adolescents
Students
Public health
Data collection
Schools
public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Confidence interval
Test (assessment)
attention
Cross-Sectional Studies
Spain
Medicine
Questionnaire design
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1a0dab6dc52bf078f6da9a926e7d9b97