ArticlePloS one2016
Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms among Korean Adolescents: JS High School Study.
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- Passive exposure to e-cigarette emissions is associated with worsened mental health.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Association between Secondhand Smoke and Stress, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association Between the Location of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms among South Korean Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure and related factors among schoolchildren in Northeast Thailand.F1000Research · 2020Article
- Setting-Specific and Symptom-Specific Association between Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Dose⁻Response Relationships between Second-Hand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents in Guangzhou, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Association between secondhand smoke exposure and quality of life in pregnant women and postpartum women and the consequences on the newborns.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionIncreasing evidence suggests that secondhand smoke exposure (SHSE) may affect not only physical health, but also mental health. Therefore, we evaluated the association between SHSE and depressive symptoms among Korean adolescents.
methodsThe JS High School Study enrolled 1071 high school freshmen from a rural community of South Korea. The current analysis was limited to 989 adolescents (495 male and 494 female adolescents), after excluding 48 ever-smokers, 3 students with physician-diagnosed depression, and 31 students who did not complete the depression questionnaire. SHSE was assessed using a self-reported questionnaire and was classified into three groups: none, occasional exposure, and regular exposure. Depressive symptoms were assessed according to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score, ranging from 0 to 63, and the presence of depressive symptoms was defined as a BDI score ≥10.
resultsOverall, adolescents with SHSE were more likely to have depressive symptoms than those without SHSE (p = 0.042).In a sex-specific analysis treating the BDI score as a continuous variable, regular SHSE was independently associated with higher BDI scores in male adolescents (β = 2.25, p = 0.026), but not in female adolescents (β = 1.11, p = 0.253). Compared to no SHSE, the odds ratio for having depressive symptoms among male adolescents with regular SHSE was 2.17 (95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 4.25) after adjusting for age, body mass index, and study year, and 3.65 (95% confidence interval, 1.52 to 8.73) after adjusting for age, body mass index, study year, exercise, and household income.
conclusionRegular exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with having depressive symptoms among Korean male adolescents.
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