Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle and Sociodemographic Factors in Adolescents in Catalonia: Application of VISA-TEEN Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is a clear relationship between the way of life and the health of individuals, and therefore, we can speak of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles. There are different surveys and questionnaires that evaluate the lifestyles of adolescents, but none of them offers a final score that can quantify the healthfulness of an adolescent's lifestyle. It was with this goal that the VISA-TEEN questionnaire is developed and validated. The objective of this study is to apply the questionnaire to a sample of adolescents who attend school in Catalonia to evaluate the healthfulness of their lifestyles and to relate the scores obtained to different sociodemographic variables.

Methods

Cross-sectional study. A total of 2,832 students from 25 schools in Catalonia responded to the

SUBMITTER: Costa-Tutusaus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042508 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature