Citation

Kivistö JE, Rimpelä AH, Mattila VM. Acta Paediatr. 2011; 100(12): 1596-1602.

Affiliation

School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland Pediatric Research Center, University of Tampere, Finland Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Tampere, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02387.x

PMID

21689151

Abstract

Aim:  This study assessed whether adolescents' socioeconomic background, health and health behaviours are associated with later risk of poisoning hospitalisation. Methods:  A prospective cohort of 54,169 Finns aged 14 to 18 years was followed for an average of 10.6 years. The end-point of the study was poisoning hospitalisation, death or termination of follow-up in 2001. The relationships of socioeconomic background, health and health behaviour characteristics with poisoning hospitalisation were studied with adjusted Cox's proportional hazard model. Results:  We identified 443 persons (0.8%) with a diagnosed poisoning leading to hospital admission. The mean age at the time of the poisoning hospitalisation was 22.7 years. The strongest risk factors for poisoning hospitalisation in males were more than three stress symptoms weekly (HR 1.9), poor school success (HR 1.9) and not living with both of the parents in adolescence (HR 1.8). In females, the strongest risk factors were more than three stress symptoms weekly (HR 2.1), poor school success (HR 2.2), and recurring drunkenness as drinking style (HR 1.7). Conclusion:  Poor school performance, health and health compromising behaviour adopted in adolescence are associated with a poisoning hospitalisation risk in adulthood. Daily smoking and recurring drunkenness were strongly associated with a later poisoning hospitalisation.

Language: en