Health Studies—Presumably Normal High School Students

Rogers, Kenneth D.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.1964.02090010574002

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“…Not listed are defects of vision, hearing, dentition, nutrition, and skin that were picked up by simple screening procedures not requiring a physician. The most detailed evaluations were found in the study by Rogers and Reese, 3 done at a high school in Dormont, Penna. Referable abnormalities were detected in 3.8% to 4% of examinations, but most of these abnormalities were known already.…”

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Are Yearly Physical Examinations in Adolescents Necessary?

Stickler

2000

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: Recommendations regarding the frequency of routine physical examinations for adolescents have varied from one examination every 2 to 3 years to yearly evaluations. Because none of these recommendations was based on studies regarding the usefulness of such examinations, it was pertinent to review the results of published studies.Methods: All series of routine school and preathletic examinations of adolescents published in the English literature from 1943 to 1995 were reviewed. Only reviews of examinations by physicians with or without supervised health profeSSionals were included.Results: Findings included weight, blood pressure, visual acuity, innocent heart murmurs, scoliosis, referral for further testing, and serious abnormalities unknown before examination. A total of 20,047 examinations by 12 different groups of investigators was abstracted. Only 2 adolescents had major, previously unknown findings: 1 boy was blind in one eye and the other had mitral insufficiency. Elevated blood pressures were found in 0.1% to 1.6% of adolescents. Minor findings included acne, caries, myopia, and minor orthopedic problems, but they did not prevent participation in school or sports.Conclusions: Yearly physical examinations in adolescents are not cost-effective and have practically no value in finding important pathologic conditions. This conclusion would not apply to sexually active teenagers. The value of an examination for health education or detection of mental problems has never been tested in this population. For entrance to school and camps or for sports participation, the review of a questionnaire and screening examinations by allied health providers should be the method of choice unless future studies justify repeated yearly examination of adolescents. (J Am Board Fam Pract

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Are Yearly Physical Examinations in Adolescents Necessary?

Stickler

2000

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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“…Under these circumstances, we have found patterns of utilization among children 6-12 years of age quite similar to those of adults.6 Others have described the same phenomena under more traditional circumstances. 7 Rogers has shown that high utilizers have a higher probability of unsatisfactory performance in school,8 more often adopt risk-taking behavior such as cigarette smoking 9 and use of drugs, and have a higher tendency to drop out of secondary school.…”

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Feeling bad: exploring sources of distress among pre-adolescent children.

Lewis¹,

Siegel²,

Lewis³

1984

Am J Public Health

182

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Previous studies of stress in childhood have used instruments containing items describing events/conditions thought by adults to be stressful for children. In interviews with 5th-and 6th-grade children, we asked them to describe circumstances that would make or had made them feel bad, nervous, or worried. After pretesting this children's list of items, we administered it to 2,480 5th graders. Subjects ranked how bad they would/did feel if each item happened and, also, how often each had occurred. Children also self-rated their mental health status. There were significant associations between children's ratings of mental health and "Feel Bad" scores. Girls rated most items significantly higher (more bad) than

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“…The students had initially been examined by Dr. Kenneth Rogers and school nurse, G. Reese, between 1957 and 1963. 28 Results of the detailed examinations in high school served as the baseline data for the follow-up studies. Some students had more than one examination.…”

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confidence: 99%