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. 2019 May 6;16(9):1577.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091577.

The Role of School-Related Well-Being for Adolescent Subjective Health Complaints

Tomas Vaičiūnas  1 , Kastytis Šmigelskas  2
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The Role of School-Related Well-Being for Adolescent Subjective Health Complaints

Tomas Vaičiūnas et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to explore the prevalence of chronic specific-site and multisite pain in adolescents and to investigate how it can possibly be determined by school-related factors.

Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 in Lithuania as a Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. The sample consisted of 5730 school children, aged 11, 13, and 15 years. The analyzed data focused on the school-related context (relations with family, peers, and teachers; school demand, satisfaction, and bullying) of adolescents and subjective health complaints. The relationships between social support and health complaint variables were estimated using multivariate analyses.

Results: The most common subjective health complaint among respondents was a headache. Backache, headache, and stomachache were more common among girls than boys. All somatic complaints were expressed more in younger ages. Multisite complaints were more common among girls and were associated with age-older ones reported more complaints. School-related bullying, school demand, satisfaction, and social support were the most relevant and independent factors for multisite somatic complaints among adolescents.

Keywords: adolescent; health; school; somatic complaints; well-being.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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