Citation

Huertas Zarco I, Pereiró Berenguer I, Roig Sena J, Salazar Cifré A, Chover Lara JL, Guerrero Cerdá C, Cordero Garrido I, Gil Alcani JM, Pérez Martín M. Aten. Primaria 1999; 23(1): 8-14.

Vernacular Title

Evolucion de habitos de salud y de relacion de una cohorte de adolescentes de

Affiliation

Dirección de Atención Primaria Area 4, Unidad de Investigación Trinitat, Valencia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Publisher Elsevier España)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10079555

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To know the prevalence of tobacco consumption, alcohol and marihuana as well as the habits of relationship, in an adolescents cohort of 3rd of Obligatory Secondary Teaching (ESO), that accede for the first time to one of the four secondary school of Puerto de Sagunto and the evolution of these habits after a year of follow-up. DESIGN: Transverse observational study with data withdrawal in two moments. Site. In the four secondary school of Puerto de Sagunto (Valencia). PATIENT AND OTHERS PARTICIPANTS: Adolescent of 3rd of ESO that accede for the first time to the four secondary school of Puerto de Sagunto in the course 95-96. INTERVENTIONS: A self-fully validated habits poll of health and of relationship was given to the pupils of 3rd of ESO (n = 573), and a year after was given the same poll, to the pupils already in 4th of ESO (n = 395). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: On health habits, were found meaningful statistic differences in various variables: in tobacco consumption several times to the month passes of the 30% to the 40%, in alcohol consumption more than proven passes of the 35% to the 52%, in have you intoxicated the response never passes of the 67% to the 57%, in the paragraph of marihuana consumption, the response never passes of the 82% to the 72%. On the habits of relationship were found significant statistic differences with respect to number of nocturnal exists during the week that goes from 1.07 to 1.33, the return hour before 10 passes of the 23% to the 8%, as well as the type of associations to those which belong, sports club passes of the 38% to the 46%. In the paragraph of relationship to their teachers, the response good passes of the 89% to the 93%. CONCLUSIONS: The step of 14 to 15 years supposes in this population an increase in alcohol consumption, tobacco and marihuana, they go out more days at night and return later to house, are associated more in sports clubs and have better relationships to their teachers. The knowledge of these habits permits the intervention with preventive programs, that attempt to change attitudes toward these toxic habits and to promote the healthiest.

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