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SESSAMO, follow-up of secondary students to assess mental health and obesity: a cohort study

Apr 12, 2024 | Magazine: Gaceta Sanitaria

Adriana Goñi-Sarriés  1 , Guillermo Pírez  2 , Nora Yárnoz-Goñi  3 , Francisca Lahortiga-Ramos  4 , Álvaro Iruin  5 , Azucena Díez-Suárez  6 , Iñaki Zorrilla  7 , Leticia Morata-Sampaio  8 , M Jesús Oliver  9 , Ana González-Pinto  7 , Almudena Sánchez-Villegas  10


Abstract

During last decades, a departure from health-related lifestyles has been observed among adolescents. Evidence reports that healthy lifestyles could be predictors of better mental health status.

The aims of the SESSAMO Project are:

1) to assess the association between lifestyles and physical and mental health

2) to assess how self-concept and stressful life events can modulate these associations

3) to establish the role of social determinants in the lifestyle and in adolescents' health.

The SESSAMO Project is a prospective cohort carried out in Spain. Students aged 14-16 years (2nd-4th ESO) and their parents are invited to participate. Baseline data are collected through on-line, validated, self-administered questionnaires through a digital platform. Information on lifestyles, stressful life events and self-concept are collected.

Screening of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide risk, psychotic experiences and COVID impact is assessed. Every three years, up to age of 25, participants will be contacted again to update relevant information.

CITATION  Gac Sanit. 2024 Apr 12:38:102385. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2024.102385