OBJECTIVES This report examines (1) the prevalence of psychological and minor physical violence victimization in a nationally representative sample of adolescents and (2) associations between sociodemographic factors and victimization. METHODS Analyses are based on 7500 adolescents who reported exclusively heterosexual romantic relationships in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent He...

PURPOSE To examine whether neighborhood deprivation increases the odds of hospital registration for childhood and adolescent epilepsy, after accounting for family- and individual-level sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS An open cohort of all children aged 2-17 years was followed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010. Children's residential addresses were geocoded and classified...

INTRODUCTION Mood disorders are one of the significant mental disorders that decrease the quality of human life and disrupt the psychosocial functionality and interpersonal relationships. Recently, studies have suggested that affective temperaments are factors that determine the emergence and characteristics of mood disorders. METHODS 150 patients total were enrolled in the study, which aimed...

BACKGROUND The perception of barriers to exercise is an important correlate of exercise participation. However, only a limited number of studies-mostly from Western countries-have attempted to describe the perceptions of barriers to exercise in specific population groups. This study examined the associations between sociodemographic attributes and perceived barriers to exercise in Japanese adul...

Background and objective Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours are important risk factors of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to explore the sociodemographic predictors of multiple non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors experienced by elderly South Africans. Methods We conducted a national population-based cross-sectional survey with a sample of 3,840 individuals aged 50 years or above i...

BACKGROUND To assess the prevalence of clustering of risk indicators for periodontal disease and association of clustering of the risk indicators with sociodemographic factors and the prevalence of moderate/severe periodontal disease in rural Indian 35-54 year-olds. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN A multi-stage cluster random sampling design was used for this population-based cross-sectional study. M...

OBJECTIVES This study describes the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of the Portuguese working age population and investigates sociodemographic differences. METHODS Subjects randomly selected from the working age population (n=2,459) were assessed using the SF-36v2 and converted into the preference-based SF-6D. RESULTS The mean SF-6D utility value was 0.70 (range 0.63-0.73). The mean ...

The aims of this study were to examine the association between circulating vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and depressive symptoms and to evaluate the associations between depressive symptoms and various sociodemographic factors. Data on serum 25(OH)D levels, sociodemographic factors, and information on depressive symptoms were obtained from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...

Background: Infertility about half of the men. Some factors affecting infertility is related to genetic and environmental factors. This study examined demographic characteristics of men with infertility were referred to the Shariati Hospital Infertility Clinic. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. 200 eligible patients were enrolled with written consent Face-to-face interview...

Objectives To investigate the sociodemographic patterning of non-communicable disease risk factors in