RESUMO
To assess youth health behaviours and related quality of life in urban Tunisia, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 699 secondary-school students. The overweight rate was 20.7%. Most of the sample had an insufficient level of physical activity and were unfamiliar with the recommended frequency of moderate physical activity. Norm-based scores of psychological state were about average, slightly better for boys than girls. Girls perceived themselves to be more stressed than boys. Of all students, 35% declared having smoked a cigarette and 14% having drunk alcohol at least once in their lives. The main sources of health education were mass media (59%) and medical staff (36%).
Assuntos
Comportamento do Adolescente , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Nível de Saúde , Transição Epidemiológica , Estudantes , Adolescente , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/epidemiologia , Análise de Variância , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Estudos Transversais , Exercício Físico , Feminino , Educação em Saúde , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Sobrepeso/epidemiologia , Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Fumar/epidemiologia , Estresse Psicológico/epidemiologia , Estudantes/psicologia , Estudantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Tunísia/epidemiologia , Saúde da População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
To assess youth health behaviours and related quality of life in urban Tunisia, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 699 secondary-school students. The overweight rate was 20.7%. Most of the sample had an insufficient level of physical activity and were unfamiliar with the recommended frequency of moderate physical activity. Norm-based scores of psychological state were about average, slightly better for boys than girls. Girls perceived themselves to be more stressed than boys. Of all students, 35% declared having smoked a cigarette and 14% having drunk alcohol at least once in their lives. The main sources of health education were mass media [59%] and medical staff [36%]
