Zaborskis Apolinaras, Lenciauskiene Ilona
Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Croat Med J. 2006 Apr;47(2):335-43.
To compare health behavior patterns of adolescents in Lithuania with health behavior of adolescents in European Union (EU) in 2001/2002.
The study was carried out in conformity with the methodology of Health Behavior in School-aged Children: a World Health Organization cross-national study. Three country representative samples of schoolchildren, aged 11, 13, and 15, were surveyed in 25 EU countries and regions in 2001/2002 school year. The study instrument was a standardized questionnaire that included questions on alcohol consumption, smoking, illegal drugs use, physical activity, and other patterns of health behavior. The rate or mean values of the targeted health behavior of Lithuanian students were assessed and compared to those calculated as an average for the EU countries and regions.
We found an early onset of alcohol consumption among Lithuanian boys. Lithuanian boys and girls across all age groups reported being drunk two and more times more often than their peers from other EU member states. Lithuanian 15-year-old boys smoked more often that did their European peers, while girls smoke more rarely. The prevalence of drugs (marihuana group) use among Lithuanian students is relatively low: the prevalence of drug use among 15-year-olds in Lithuania is two times lower than the prevalence in other EU countries and regions (11.2% vs 24.5% for boys and 4.5% vs 18.3% for girls, respectively). Physical activity of Lithuanian adolescents is rather high in comparison with their EU peers, although many students watch television for > or =4 hours a day. Lithuanian students did not eat sweets often, or drank soft drinks (Coca Cola and other), and they ate fruits and had breakfast every school day. With respect to hygienic habits, approximately only one in 3 boys and every second girl brushed their teeth more than once a day.
There are health behavior differences between adolescents in Lithuania and those in other EU countries. The disparities among health behavior of young people in EU countries and regions require Lithuanian and EU health policy to develop initiatives aimed at decreasing health behavior inequalities.
比较2001/2002年立陶宛青少年与欧盟（EU）青少年的健康行为模式。
该研究按照《学龄儿童健康行为：世界卫生组织跨国研究》的方法进行。在2001/2002学年，对25个欧盟国家和地区的三个具有国家代表性的11岁、13岁和15岁学童样本进行了调查。研究工具是一份标准化问卷，其中包括关于饮酒、吸烟、非法药物使用、体育活动及其他健康行为模式的问题。评估了立陶宛学生目标健康行为的发生率或平均值，并与欧盟国家和地区的平均计算值进行比较。
我们发现立陶宛男孩饮酒开始得较早。所有年龄组的立陶宛男孩和女孩报告醉酒的次数比其他欧盟成员国的同龄人多两倍及以上。立陶宛15岁男孩吸烟比欧洲同龄人更频繁，而女孩吸烟较少。立陶宛学生中药物（大麻类）使用的流行率相对较低：立陶宛15岁青少年中药物使用的流行率比其他欧盟国家和地区低两倍（男孩分别为11.2%对24.5%，女孩为4.5%对18.3%）。与欧盟同龄人相比，立陶宛青少年的体育活动相当多，尽管许多学生每天看电视≥4小时。立陶宛学生不常吃甜食或喝软饮料（可口可乐及其他），他们每天上学都吃水果并吃早餐。关于卫生习惯，大约每3个男孩中只有1个、每2个女孩中有1个每天刷牙超过一次。
立陶宛青少年与其他欧盟国家青少年的健康行为存在差异。欧盟国家和地区年轻人健康行为的差异要求立陶宛和欧盟的卫生政策制定旨在减少健康行为不平等的举措。
