[Association of sub-health symptoms with family environment factors in middle school students in Bengbu District].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the prevalence of psychosomatic sub-health symptoms in middle school students and to explore the related family factors affecting the sub-health symptoms.


METHODS
Based on stratified, random cluster sampling method, 2 910 students from 6 middle schools in Bengbu district were sampled. Questionnaire on demographic characteristics and family factors, and the multidimensional sub-health questionnaire of adolescents (MSQA) were used to investigate the risk factors of sub-health symptoms.


RESULTS
The prevalence of overall sub-health symptoms was reported in 64.0% of students, physical symptoms was reported in 13.6% of the students, and the rates of physical inactivity, physiological dysfunction and immunity decline were in 53.0%, 68.7% and 55.0% of students respectively. Mental sub-health symptoms were reported in 55.4% of students, emotional symptoms, behavioral symptoms and social adaptation problems were reported in 78.4%, 51.5% and 85.6% of students respectively. There was an increase in the prevalence of self-reported sub-health symptoms with the increase of the grade (P < 0.05), boys were more likely to report sub-health symptoms than girls (65.7% vs. 62.0%, P < 0.05). The main family factors affecting sub-health symptom of students were the health status of their parents and major accompanying persons.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence rate of sub-health symptoms in middle school students was very high and increased with the length of time and the grade at school. The risk factors for sub-health symptoms of students were the lower health level of their parents and not their parents accompanying them.
Yao
Rongying
R
Department of Preventive Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, China. yaorongying@126.com
Tao
Fangbiao
F
Zhuang
Ying
Y
Han
Hui
H
Zhou
Chunxian
C
D000293:Adolescent; D002681:China; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires