Lee Albert, Wong Wing-suen, Fung Wing-yan, Leung Patrick Wing-leung, Lam Carmen
Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Mar;36(3):180-2, 191.
Adults who receive care from family physicians (FPs) are healthier than those who do not, but not much is known about the health behaviours and psychosocial health of children who have FPs.
This study aims to test the hypothesis that children who have a regular FP have better health behaviours and psychosocial health than children who do not have a regular FP.
The health behaviours and psychosocial wellbeing of 7057 children in Hong Kong were measured by the Youth Risk Behaviour Survey and the 'anxious/depressed', 'somatic complaints' and 'aggressive behaviours' domains of the Children Behaviour Checklist (CBCL).
Good health and hygiene behaviours were significantly more prevalent in children who had a regular FP. Children who did not have a regular FP had statistically significant higher scores in all three main domains of the CBCL. Children with a regular FP had higher odds ratios for various hygiene and health behaviours after adjusting for socioeconomic status.
The findings highlight the potential role of FPs in promoting health, hygiene, and wellbeing in children.
接受家庭医生（FP）诊疗的成年人比未接受诊疗的成年人更健康，但对于有家庭医生的儿童的健康行为和心理健康状况知之甚少。
本研究旨在检验以下假设：有固定家庭医生的儿童比没有固定家庭医生的儿童具有更好的健康行为和心理健康。
通过青少年风险行为调查以及儿童行为检查表（CBCL）的“焦虑/抑郁”、“躯体不适”和“攻击行为”领域，对香港7057名儿童的健康行为和心理健康状况进行了测量。
有固定家庭医生的儿童中，良好的健康和卫生行为更为普遍。没有固定家庭医生的儿童在CBCL的所有三个主要领域的得分在统计学上显著更高。在调整社会经济地位后，有固定家庭医生的儿童在各种卫生和健康行为方面的优势比更高。
研究结果凸显了家庭医生在促进儿童健康、卫生和福祉方面的潜在作用。
