Untreated Allergy Among Middle School Students: Associations with Socioeconomic Adversities and Academic, Behavior, and Health Difficulties

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of School Health Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI:10.1111/josh.13447

Kénora Chau MD, PhD, Nearkasen Chau PhD

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

Many adolescents with allergy do not receive physician treatment (allergy_untreated). We explored its association with socioeconomic adversities and academic-behavior-health difficulties, which remain unaddressed.

METHODS

This cross-sectional school-based-population study compared the above factors of middle-school adolescents with allergy_untreated and those with treated allergy (allergy_treated) (mean age = 13.5 ± 1.2) from north-eastern France. Participants completed a questionnaire collecting socioeconomic adversities (nonintact family, low parents' education, insufficient family income, poor social support, suffered verbal/physical violence, and sexual abuse), low academic performance, excessive screen time, substance use, sleep difficulty, poor physical health, depressive symptoms, suicide attempt, poor quality of life, and allergy_treated/allergy_untreated.

RESULTS

Logistic regression models showed that allergy_untreated was associated with all the factors considered (sex-age-class-level-adjusted odds ratio (saclOR) reaching 3.94, p < .001) and the risk score (number of main criteria: suffered sexual abuse, excessive screen time, poor quality of life, cannabis use, low parents' education, and poor social support): saclOR 4.75, 9.23, 15.64, and 31.73 (p < .001) for risk scores 1, 2, 3, and ≥4, versus risk score = 0 (pseudo-R² = 11.1%).

CONCLUSIONS

Socioeconomic adversities and academic-behavior-health difficulties may be used to detect adolescents with allergy_untreated for care.

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未经治疗的中学生过敏症：与社会经济不利条件及学业、行为和健康困难的关系。

背景：许多患有过敏症的青少年没有接受医生治疗（allergyuntreated）。我们探讨了过敏与社会经济逆境和学业-行为-健康困难之间的关系，这些问题仍未得到解决：这项以学校为基础的横断面人群研究比较了法国东北部未接受过敏治疗和接受过敏治疗（allergytreated）的中学生（平均年龄 = 13.5 ± 1.2）的上述因素。受试者填写了一份调查问卷，收集社会经济逆境（非完整家庭、父母受教育程度低、家庭收入不足、社会支持差、遭受语言/身体暴力和性虐待）、学习成绩差、使用屏幕时间过长、使用药物、睡眠困难、身体健康状况不佳、抑郁症状、自杀未遂、生活质量差以及过敏治疗/过敏未治疗等方面的信息：逻辑回归模型显示，过敏未治疗与所有考虑因素相关（性别-年龄-等级调整后的几率比（saclOR）达到 3.94，P 2 = 11.1%）：结论：社会经济逆境和学业-行为-健康困难可用于发现未接受治疗的过敏青少年，并对其进行护理。

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来源期刊

Journal of School Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

9.10%

发文量

134

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of School Health is published 12 times a year on behalf of the American School Health Association. It addresses practice, theory, and research related to the health and well-being of school-aged youth. The journal is a top-tiered resource for professionals who work toward providing students with the programs, services, and environment they need for good health and academic success.