TY - JOUR
T1 - Is medicine use in adolescence risk behavior? Cross-sectional survey of school-aged children from 11 to 15.
AU - Andersen, Anette
AU - Holstein, Bjørn E
AU - Hansen, Ebba Holme
N1 - Keywords: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Alcoholic Intoxication; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Denmark; Female; Humans; Male; Risk-Taking; Self Medication; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Smoking
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - 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. METHODS: 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.
AB - 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. METHODS: 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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.023
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16919797
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 39
SP - 362
EP - 366
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 3
ER -