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2021
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: EVIDENCE FROM HBSC
HUANG, Yi and Petr MACEKBasic information
Original name
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: EVIDENCE FROM HBSC
Authors
HUANG, Yi and Petr MACEK
Edition
The 8th International Scientific and Practical Online-conference ACTUAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH PROMOTION, 2021
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English
demographic factors; psychosomatic complaints; school-aged children; health outcomes
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Změněno: 20/4/2021 17:22, Yi Huang, PhD
Abstract
V originále
Objects Many demographic factors are associated with children's psychosomatic complaints, including age, gender, family affluence background, and so on. However, the strength of the associations varies crossing countries. As there was no national perspective based evidence regarding children's psychosomatic complaints in the Czech Republic, this study was aimed to investigate the relationships of several demographic factors and children's psychosomatic complaints. Methods We adopted the national survey data of Health Behaviours of School-Aged Children in the Czech Republic, which was conducted from the year of 2017 to 2018. 12166 children were included in the analysis. Results Compared to boys, girls were more likely to demonstrate psychosomatic complaints. The complaints increased as age. In addition, family socioeconomic status (SES) was found to be significantly correlated to psychosomatic complaints. Moreover, children's communications with parents might possibly mediate the relationships of all the above demographic factors and children's psychosomatic complaints. Conclusion The gender of female, aging in puberty period and poor SES background are risk factors for school-aged children's self-reported psychosomatic health conditions in the Czech Republic. The results suggest the importance of parent-child relationship related intervention programs, especially aiming for poorer families, to decrease the risk of psychosomatic symptoms among children in disadvantaged economical positions.