Trend analyses in the health behaviour in school-aged children study: methodological considerations and recommendations
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Standard
Trend analyses in the health behaviour in school-aged children study : methodological considerations and recommendations. / Schnohr, Christina W; Molcho, Michal; Rasmussen, Mette; Samdal, Oddrun; de Looze, Margreet; Levin, Kate; Roberts, Chris J; Ehlinger, Virginie; Krølner, Rikke; Dalmasso, Paola; Torsheim, Torbjørn.
I: European Journal of Public Health, Bind 25, Nr. Supplement 2, 01.04.2015, s. 7-12.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Trend analyses in the health behaviour in school-aged children study
T2 - methodological considerations and recommendations
AU - Schnohr, Christina W
AU - Molcho, Michal
AU - Rasmussen, Mette
AU - Samdal, Oddrun
AU - de Looze, Margreet
AU - Levin, Kate
AU - Roberts, Chris J
AU - Ehlinger, Virginie
AU - Krølner, Rikke
AU - Dalmasso, Paola
AU - Torsheim, Torbjørn
N1 - © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: This article presents the scope and development of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, reviews trend papers published on international HBSC data up to 2012 and discusses the efforts made to produce reliable trend analyses.METHODS: The major goal of this article is to present the statistical procedures and analytical strategies for upholding high data quality, as well as reflections from the authors of this article on how to produce reliable trends based on an international study of the magnitude of the HBSC study. HBSC is an international cross-sectional study collecting data from adolescents aged 11-15 years, on a broad variety of health determinants and health behaviours.RESULTS: A number of methodological challenges have stemmed from the growth of the HBSC-study, in particular given that the study has a focus on monitoring trends. Some of those challenges are considered. When analysing trends, researchers must be able to assess whether a change in prevalence is an expression of an actual change in the observed outcome, whether it is a result of methodological artefacts, or whether it is due to changes in the conceptualization of the outcome by the respondents.CONCLUSION: The article present recommendations to take a number of the considerations into account. The considerations imply methodological challenges, which are core issues in undertaking trend analyses.
AB - BACKGROUND: This article presents the scope and development of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, reviews trend papers published on international HBSC data up to 2012 and discusses the efforts made to produce reliable trend analyses.METHODS: The major goal of this article is to present the statistical procedures and analytical strategies for upholding high data quality, as well as reflections from the authors of this article on how to produce reliable trends based on an international study of the magnitude of the HBSC study. HBSC is an international cross-sectional study collecting data from adolescents aged 11-15 years, on a broad variety of health determinants and health behaviours.RESULTS: A number of methodological challenges have stemmed from the growth of the HBSC-study, in particular given that the study has a focus on monitoring trends. Some of those challenges are considered. When analysing trends, researchers must be able to assess whether a change in prevalence is an expression of an actual change in the observed outcome, whether it is a result of methodological artefacts, or whether it is due to changes in the conceptualization of the outcome by the respondents.CONCLUSION: The article present recommendations to take a number of the considerations into account. The considerations imply methodological challenges, which are core issues in undertaking trend analyses.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adolescent Behavior
KW - Adolescent Health
KW - Child
KW - Europe
KW - Female
KW - Health Status
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - North America
KW - Research Design
U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv010
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv010
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25805778
VL - 25
SP - 7
EP - 12
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
SN - 1101-1262
IS - Supplement 2
ER -
ID: 161060729