Anette Andersen1, Bjørn E Holstein, Ebba Holme Hansen. 1. Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. anette.andersen@socmed.ku.dk
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the association between smoking, drunkenness, and medicine use for headache, stomachache, difficulties in getting to sleep, and nervousness in a representative sample of 11- to 15-year-old school-aged children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional school-based survey. SETTING: A random sample of schools in Denmark in 2002. PARTICIPANTS: All students in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades in these schools, n = 4824. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported medicine use for headache, stomachache, difficulties in getting to sleep, and nervousness within the last month; self-reported experience of drunkenness; self-reported smoking. RESULTS: There was a strong and graded association between drunkenness and medicine use, even in models adjusted for the symptom for which the medicine was taken. There was a similar association between medicine use and smoking. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that medicine use can be regarded as part of a cluster of risk behaviors among young people.
PURPOSE: To examine the association between smoking, drunkenness, and medicine use for headache, stomachache, difficulties in getting to sleep, and nervousness in a representative sample of 11- to 15-year-old school-aged children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional school-based survey. SETTING: A random sample of schools in Denmark in 2002. PARTICIPANTS: All students in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades in these schools, n = 4824. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported medicine use for headache, stomachache, difficulties in getting to sleep, and nervousness within the last month; self-reported experience of drunkenness; self-reported smoking. RESULTS: There was a strong and graded association between drunkenness and medicine use, even in models adjusted for the symptom for which the medicine was taken. There was a similar association between medicine use and smoking. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that medicine use can be regarded as part of a cluster of risk behaviors among young people.
Authors: Vibeke Koushede; Ola Ekholm; Bjørn E Holstein; Anette Andersen; Ebba Holme Hansen Journal: Int J Public Health Date: 2010-09-01 Impact factor: 3.380
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