title: Self-reported adolescents' health and gender: an Egyptian study.
abstract: To identify self-reported health problems among adolescents, a multistage, stratified random sample of 1002 adolescents from preparatory and secondary schools in Cairo (67.6% of the total sample) and the rural district of Qaliubia (32.4%) was surveyed. Of 863 completed questionnaires analysed, 54% were from males and 46% from females (age range: 12-18 years). The study showed that more boys than girls perceived their health as very healthy whereas more girls considered their health to be average. Significantly, more adolescent females reported weekly occurrence of abdominal pain, headache, dizziness, backache, morning tiredness, sleep disturbance and nervousness. Awareness-raising of parents and adolescents is necessary to allow determination of the relationship between gender and health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, El-Azhar University for Women, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Galal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamad
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hassan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004244:Dizziness / Q000453:epidemiology; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data