Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Factors associated with internalizing or somatic symptoms in a cross-sectional study of school children in grades 1-10. | L0hre et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4 33 http content 4 1 33 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Factors associated with internalizing or somatic symptoms in a cross-sectional study of school children in grades 1-10 Audhild L0hre1 2 Stian Lydersen3 Lars J Vatten1 Abstract Background School related factors that may contribute to children s subjective health have not been extensively studied. We assessed whether factors assumed to promote health and factors assumed to have adverse effects were associated with self-reported internalizing or somatic symptoms. Methods In a cross-sectional study 230 boys and 189 girls in grades 1-10 from five schools responded to the same set of questions. Proportional odds logistic regression was used to assess associations of school related factors with the prevalence of sadness anxiety stomach ache and headache. Results In multivariable analyses perceived loneliness showed strong and positive associations with sadness odds ratio 95 CI to anxiety odds ratio 95 CI to and headache odds ratio 95 CI to with consistently stronger associations for girls than boys. Among assumed health promoting factors receiving necessary help from teachers was associated with lower prevalence of stomach ache in girls odds ratio 95 CI to . Conclusions These findings suggest that perceived loneliness may be strongly related to both internalizing and somatic symptoms among school children and for girls the associations of loneliness appear to be particularly strong. Background Children s perceived health status influences their daily life 1 2 and childhood health is also a powerful predictor for health in adulthood 3 4 . Health complaints are typically classified as either emotional or somatic and a combination of these types of symptoms is not uncommon 5-10 . Anxiety and depression are the most common emotional problems and .
