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[Health status and morbidity perceived by a group of school children]
L A Pérula de Torres1, R Ruiz Moral, G Tapia
1Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Centro de Salud Occidente. lperulad@meditex.es
Objectives:
To find what self-perception of their health (SPH) and of their morbidity by school-children; and to analyse possible differences, in function of their social and demographic characteristics and life-styles.
Design:
An observational crossover study, using a health questionnaire.
Setting:
Community.
Participants:
548 6th and 8th grade (EGB) children in the Occidente Health Area, Córdoba.
Interventions:
Self-filled health questionnaire.
Measurements And Main Results:
43.7% of students felt very healthy. Bad SPH was independently associated with being a girl, poor state of physical fitness and feeling unhappy. Tiredness and nervousness were the most frequent disorders suffered by school-children.
Conclusions:
Although the SPH of the school-children was acceptable, we found high perceived morbidity and prevalence of accidents, along with a striking consumption of medication.