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Differences in reporting somatic complaints in elderly by education level
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- Stankunas, M (författare)
- Lithuanian Univ Hlth Sci, Dept Hlth Management, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Soares, Joaquim (författare)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Stankunien, A (författare)
- Lithuanian Univ Hlth Sci, Dept Pharmaceut Technol & Social Pharm, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Melchiorre, MG (författare)
- Italian Natl Inst Hlth & Sci Aging INRCA, Socio Econ Res Ctr, Sci Technol Area, I-60124 Ancona, Italy
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- Torres-Gonzalez, F (författare)
- Univ Granada, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Ioannidi-Kapolou, E (författare)
- Natl Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Sociol, Athens 11521, Greece
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- Barros, H (författare)
- Univ Porto, Dept Clin Epidemiol Predict Med & Publ Hlth, P-4200319 Oporto, Portugal
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- Lindert, J (författare)
- Protestant Univ Appl Sci, Dept Publ Hlth, D-71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany
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- 2012-12-08
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Central European Journal of Medicine. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 1895-1058 .- 1644-3640. ; 8:1, s. 125-131
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Abstract
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- Aim: To evaluate the association between somatic complaints and education level among elders in selected European countries. Methods: Cross-sectional study among randomly selected community dwelling persons aged 60–84 years from seven cities in Europe: Ancona (Italy), Athens (Greece), Granada (Spain), Kaunas (Lithuania), Stuttgart (Germany), Porto (Portugal) and Stockholm (Sweden). Somatic complaints were measured with the 24-item version of the Giessen Complaint List (GBB-24). A regression analysis was done to investigate the association between education and somatic complaints. Results. The mean GBB-24 scale was 16.3±14.9. The most common complaints were pain in joints and limbs (29.6%), back-pain (24.1%), heaviness or tiredness in the legs (19.1%) and general tiredness (15.7%). Respondents with less than primary education reported higher levels of somatic symptoms compared to those with university degree. A regression analysis showed that higher education (OR=0.69) and being male (OR=0.48) were associated with a decreased risk for high levels of somatic complaints, and the opposite for older age (OR=1.03) and being single/divorced/window (OR=1.28). Conclusions: The results indicate that less educated elders are more likely to expressed somatic complaints.
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- Somatic complaints; Education; GBB-24; Elderly; Europe; ABUEL
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