Naslov
Psychosomatic disorders in secondary school students in Osijek

Autori
Koić, Oliver ; Filaković, Pavo ; Đorđević, Veljko ; Koić, Elvira ; Požgain, Ivan ; Laufer, Davor

Izvornik
Acta clinica Croatica (0353-9466) 43 (2004); 257-267

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
psychophysiologic disorders; diagnosis; epidemiology; incidence; adolescence; risk assessment

Sažetak
Psychosomatic disoders occur quite commonly in adolescence. The aim of the study was to define the prevalence of psychosomatic disoders in the population of secondary school students in Osijek, and to compare the groups of students with psychosomatic disorders and psychosomatic reactions with the group of healthy students according to their socioeconomic, family, relational and hereditary contextual factors. A total of 508 secondary school students from Osijek (170 male and 338 female) aged 15 - 19 years were included in the study. Study subjects were divided into three groups: a) healthy students (n=272 ; 53, 54%) ; b) students with psychosomatic reactions (n=190 ; 37, 40%) ; and c) students with psychosomatic disorders (n=46 ; 9, 06%). Accordingly, 37, 40% and 9, 06% of student sample suffered from psychosomatic reactions and psychosomatic disoders, respectively. The most common psychosomatic reactions were allergies (22, 04%), dysmenorrhea (21, 01%) and acne (16%). The most common psychosomatic disoders were asthma (4, 33%) and hypertension (1, 96%). Psychosomatic reactions occured more often in female than in male students. The number of divorced parents was significantly higher in the group of students with psychosomatic disorders (52.20%) as compared with the group of healthy students (15, 10%). The rate of psychosomatic disoders was significantly lower among parents of healthy students (28, 70%) as compared with parents of students with psychosomatic reactions (47, 90%) and those with psychosomatic disorders (67, 40%). Study results pointed to a conclusion that hereditary factors (predisposition) and factors representing the source of intense fear chilhood and adolescence (e.g., parents' divorce) played a significant role in the onset of psychosomatic disoders.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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