The prevalence and factors associated with medicine use among secondary school students. Mokotów Study 2020
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction:The conducted study's two aims were to: 1) assess in three waves in 2012, 2016 and 2020 the changes in the prevalence of adolescents' medicine use for headaches, stomach aches, difficulties in falling asleep, nervousness, bad or depressive mood and lack of energy as well as corresponding health complaints and 2) explore factors associated with medicine use, including respondents' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.Material and methods: All three waves include 15-year-old students from randomly selected classes of Warsaw schools, with about 800 participants in each wave.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 wave was carried out online. StreszczenieWprowadzenie: Przedstawione badania miały dwa cele: 1) ocenę zmian w latach 2012, 2016 i 2020 w rozpowszechnieniu stosowania przez młodzież leków przyjmowanych z powodu bólu głowy, bólu brzucha, trudności w zasypianiu, zdenerwowania, przygnębienia i złego nastroju oraz braku energii, a także specyficznych dolegliwości; 2) analizę czynników związanych ze stosowaniem ww.leków, w tym z samopoczuciem badanych, w czasie pandemii COVID-19.
Source: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Authors: Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Jakub Greń, Krzysztof Bobrowski
Institution: Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4312571237