Table 3.
Adjusted odds ratios of being a victim for several subjective health complaints and psychiatric morbidity in adolescents 16–18 years old attending senior high schools in Greece (N = 2427)
| Victims (Bullied by others at least weekly) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | |||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| Adjusted for gender and age | Adjusted for all sociodemographic factors 1 | Adjusted for sociodemographic factors and psychiatric morbidity | |
| Subjective health complaints | |||
| Backache | 3.94 (1.32–1.72) | 3.62 (1.63-8.03) | 1.92 (1.01-3.67) |
| Headache | 1.89 (0.91-3.91) | 1.87 (0.86-4.10) | 0.68 (0.27-1.71) |
| Abdominal pain | 4.66 (1.15-18.95) | 3.91 (1.62-9.40) | 1.42 (0.62-3.24) |
| Dizziness | 8.59 (2.23-33.13) | 7.01 (2.90-16.92) | 2.83 (1.11 -7.22) |
| Fatigue | 1.42 (0.71-2.84) | 1.35 (0.70-2.62) | 0.41 (0.19-0.86) |
| Sleep problems | 3.12 (1.30-7.52) | 3.02 (1.43-6.38) | 1..69 (0.75-3.80) |
| Psychiatric symptoms as assessed by the CIS-R | - | - | 1.06 (1.01 -1.10) |
1Sociodemographic factors included own age, parent’s age, gender, parent’s marital status, number of brothers and sisters, mother’s educational status, father’s educational status, mother’s employment status, and father’s employment status.
OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval, CIS-R score on the revised Interview Schedule.
Figures in bold statistically significant at p<0.05.