Cegolon Luca, Mastrangelo Giuseppe, Mazzoleni Francesco, Majori Silvia, Baldovin Tatjana, Xodo Carla
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua, Italy.
Fam Med. 2010 Apr;42(4):273-9.
This study's purpose was to investigate, in a large cohort of adolescents, the prevalence and association of personal and family characteristics with having or considering body piercing or tattoo.
We surveyed students from the Veneto Region of northeast Italy with a self-administered questionnaire that asked about body piercing and tattoo and about personal and family characteristics. Multinomial weighted regression analysis was used to generate adjusted relative risk ratios with 95% confidence interval (CI) for piercing and tattooing separately.
A total of 4,277 of 4,524 surveyed students completed and returned a usable questionnaire. For piercing, the prevalence was 20%. Girls, students with a less educated father, and those dissatisfied with their physical appearance were more likely to be interested in and to have undergone this procedure. For tattooing, the prevalence was 6%. Boys and students whose father was younger than 48 were more likely to have experienced tattooing. A strong association was found between having a piercing and having a tattoo. Fify-six percent of pierced students and 48% of tattooed students were underage (<18 years).
We found that male gender (for tattoo), female gender (for piercing), dissatisfaction with physical appearance, positive attitudes toward either piercing or tattoo, and having a younger and less educated father were associated with having or desiring body modification. These factors could be considered for targeted patient education.
本研究旨在调查一大群青少年中个人及家庭特征与进行或考虑进行身体穿刺或纹身之间的患病率及关联。
我们用一份自填式问卷对意大利东北部威尼托地区的学生进行了调查，问卷询问了身体穿刺和纹身情况以及个人和家庭特征。采用多项加权回归分析分别得出穿刺和纹身的调整相对风险比及95%置信区间（CI）。
4524名接受调查的学生中，共有4277名完成并返回了可用问卷。穿刺的患病率为20%。女孩、父亲受教育程度较低的学生以及对自己外貌不满意的学生更有可能对穿刺感兴趣并进行过穿刺。纹身的患病率为6%。男孩以及父亲年龄小于48岁的学生更有可能有过纹身经历。发现穿刺和纹身之间存在很强的关联。56%的穿刺学生和48%的纹身学生未达法定年龄（<18岁）。
我们发现男性（纹身方面）、女性（穿刺方面）、对外貌不满意、对穿刺或纹身持积极态度以及父亲年龄较小且受教育程度较低与进行或渴望进行身体修饰有关。在针对性的患者教育中可考虑这些因素。
