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Change in prevalence of self-harm from 2002 to 2018 among Norwegian adolescents.
Tørmoen, Anita J; Myhre, Martin; Walby, Fredrik A; Grøholt, Berit; Rossow, Ingeborg.
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  • Tørmoen AJ; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • Myhre M; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • Walby FA; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • Grøholt B; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • Rossow I; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Eur J Public Health ; 30(4): 688-692, 2020 08 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32134469
BACKGROUND: Self-harm is prevalent among adolescents and associated with mental health problems and negative life-events. Few studies have examined changes in its prevalence related to these factors. This study explored whether changes in prevalence of self-harm among adolescents had occurred, and to what extent changes in associated factors may have contributed. METHODS: Two cross-sectional school-based surveys among adolescents (grades 8-10) in Norway were conducted in 2002 (N = 5842) and in 2017/18 (N = 29 063). Past year prevalence of self-harm and identical variables on risk factors was analyzed in hierarchical logistic regression to examine whether and to what extent changes in self-harm correlates could explain periodical change in prevalence of self-harm. RESULTS: An increase from 4.1% to 16.2% in self-harm prevalence was observed from 2002 to 2017/18. The increase was relatively larger among girls compared to boys and among 8th graders compared to 10th graders. Among the assessed risk factors for self-harm, depressive symptoms increased, while anti-social behavior, exposure to violent acts and drinking to intoxication decreased. The increase in depressive symptoms contributed to explain increase in self-harm. This contribution was outweighed by the decrease in other risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: Self-harm prevalence increased 4-fold among Norwegian adolescents over a 15-year period. While exposure to several risk factors for self-harm changed substantially in this period, these risk factors could in sum not explain any of the increase in self-harm.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Conducta Autodestructiva Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Public Health Asunto de la revista: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Noruega Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Conducta Autodestructiva Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Public Health Asunto de la revista: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Noruega Pais de publicación: Reino Unido