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| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Adolescent Health |
| Vol/bind | 45 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 149-55 |
| Antal sider | 6 |
| ISSN | 1054-139X |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2009 |
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I: Journal of Adolescent Health, Bind 45, Nr. 2, 2009, s. 149-55.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sense of coherence and medicine use for headache among adolescents
AU - Koushede, Vibeke
AU - Holstein, Bjørn E
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between headache, sense of coherence (SOC), and medicine use for headaches in a community-based sample of adolescents. METHODS: Epidemiological cross-sectional study, encompassing 20 out of 23 schools in the network of health-promoting schools in the county of South Jutland, Denmark. The study population consisted of students from seventh and ninth grade, participation rate 93%, n=1393. The students answered questions on demographic variables, health behavior including medicine use, psychosocial health aspects, and sense of coherence, in an anonymous standardized questionnaire. The outcome measure was self-reported medicine use for headaches. The determinants were headache frequency and SOC measured by Wold and Torsheim's version for children of Antonovsky's 13-item SOC scale. RESULTS: Analyses adjusted for age group, family social class, exposure to bullying, and headache frequency showed increasing odds for medicine use for headaches (hereafter: medicine use) by decreasing SOC. There was no association between SOC and medicine use among students with a rare experience of headaches but a significant and graded association among students with at least weekly experience of headaches, that is, frequency of headaches modified the association between SOC and medicine use. CONCLUSIONS: We found that adolescents with low SOC used medicine to cope with headaches to a greater extent than adolescents with high SOC.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between headache, sense of coherence (SOC), and medicine use for headaches in a community-based sample of adolescents. METHODS: Epidemiological cross-sectional study, encompassing 20 out of 23 schools in the network of health-promoting schools in the county of South Jutland, Denmark. The study population consisted of students from seventh and ninth grade, participation rate 93%, n=1393. The students answered questions on demographic variables, health behavior including medicine use, psychosocial health aspects, and sense of coherence, in an anonymous standardized questionnaire. The outcome measure was self-reported medicine use for headaches. The determinants were headache frequency and SOC measured by Wold and Torsheim's version for children of Antonovsky's 13-item SOC scale. RESULTS: Analyses adjusted for age group, family social class, exposure to bullying, and headache frequency showed increasing odds for medicine use for headaches (hereafter: medicine use) by decreasing SOC. There was no association between SOC and medicine use among students with a rare experience of headaches but a significant and graded association among students with at least weekly experience of headaches, that is, frequency of headaches modified the association between SOC and medicine use. CONCLUSIONS: We found that adolescents with low SOC used medicine to cope with headaches to a greater extent than adolescents with high SOC.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.009
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19628141
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 45
SP - 149
EP - 155
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 2
ER -