Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2010 Volume 138, Issue 11-12, Pages: 746-751
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1012746M
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Health state of the citizens of Nothern Kosovska Mitrovica
Mirković Momčilo (Institut za socijalnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Kosovska Mitrovica)
Simić Snežana (Institut za socijalnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd)
Marinković Jelena (Institut za medicinsku statistiku i informatiku, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd)
Đurić Slađana (Institut za socijalnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Kosovska Mitrovica)
Introduction. For health assessment, beside the data of routine health
statistics, it is necessary to include and data obtained by a health survey
of the citizens. Objective. The aim of this study was to establish how
northern Kosovska Mitrovica adults assess their health and which diseases
are most common among the population, as well as to investigate differences
in relation to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, the
characteristics of social interaction and health behavior and habits.
Methods. The research was conducted as a cross-sectional study conducted on
the representative sample of adult citizens in northern Kosovska Mitrovica
in 2006. Two hundred-eighteen respondents were included in the survey. In
the research we used a questionnaire identical to the Health Survey
conducted in Serbia in 2006. The significance of differences in responses
about self-rated health and chronic diseases in relation to the
characteristics of respondents´ responses were determined by X2-test with
the significance level of 0.05. Results. Over half of the respondents
(54.7%) assessed their health condition as good or very good. There was a
significant difference in self-rated health in relation to the respondents´
age (χ2=202.036; p=0.000), education (χ2=72.412; p=0.000), social support
(χ2=12.416; p=0.015), smoking (χ2=11.675; p=0.020) and physical activity
(χ2=61.842; p=0.000). The leading health problems among the respondents were
high blood pressure, rheumatologic diseases of joints, ulcer of the duodenal
or gastric ulcer, gall bladder disease and high blood fat. Conclusion. Adult
residents of northern Kosovska Mitrovica assessed their health as better
than the residents of Serbia without Kosovo and Metohia. The diseases in
which stress plays the major role among etiological factors are in the
leading position. The obtained data on the population level of specific
areas represent the basis in the planning of health education and health
promotion activities.
Keywords: self-rated health, chronic diseases, health survey
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