Self-perceived health and psychological well-being among Serbian schoolchildren and dolescents: data from National Health Survey
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Aleksandra Jovic-Vranes1*, Janko Jankovic1, Vladimir Vasic2, Slavenka Jankovic3
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The purpose was to determinate possible factors associated with psychosocial health through self-perceived health and psychological well-being among Serbian schoolchildren and adolescents. A cross-sectional study. The study is based on the 2006 National Health Survey of the population of Serbia. A total of 2,721 schoolchildren and adolescents were included. Face-to-face questionnaire and self-administered questionnaire were used for collection of data. For the assessment of psychosocial health we created two indicators (varibles): Self perceived health (using the categorical principal components), and Psychological well-being (using reliability analisys). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coeficient and categorical regression. Self-perceived health was found to have a positive association with gender, age, objective and subjective socioeconomic status. Psychological well-being was associated with gender, age, social support, objective and subjective socioeconomic status. Age group was strongly associated with self-perceived health and psychological well-being. Older respondents and female perceived their health to be better than others. Male and respondents in age group 7-11 had higher levels of psychological well-being. Results show that both demographic and socioeconomic variables have an important influence on schoolchildren and adolescent self-perceived health and psychological well-being.
Cent. Eur. J. Med. , 6(4) , 2011 , 400-406 Received 30 July 2010; Accepted 13 April 2011
