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Title: | A physical health profile of youths living with a “hikikomori” lifestyle | Authors: | Yuen, JWM Yan, YKY Wong, VCW Tam, WWS So, KW Chien, WT |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | International journal of environmental research and public health, Feb. 2018, v. 15, no. 2, 315, p. 1-13 | Abstract: | A cross-sectional study was designed to understand the impacts of “hikikomori” lifestyle on physical health. A total of 104 eligible hikikomori cases were recruited from the social services network of Hong Kong with a mean age of 19.02 ± 3.62 (ranged 13-31) year-old, and had completed the set of questionnaires and a series of anthropometric and physical health measurements. Despite SF36 score of 84.0 indicated good physical functioning in general, participants were lived sedentarily with high incidence of hypertension at 15.4% and prehypertension at 31.7%. Occurrence of hypertension and prehypertension in cases living as hikikomori >6 months were 3 times and 1.5 times higher than those newly onset cases, respectively. The blood pressure levels were correlated with age and all obesity index parameters measured including waist circumference and body mass index. Results also observed a shift of body weight from underweight to overweight and obesity along the hikikomori duration. Half of the hypertensive cases involved the elevation of systolic blood pressure, which suggested higher odds of cardiovascular complications. In conclusion, the hikikomori lifestyle could be a risk behavior that may harm the younger generation physically by promoting obesity and hypertension and probably other chronic illnesses. | Keywords: | Adolescent Health Hidden youth Hikikomori Hypertension Obesity Physical health Social withdrawal |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | EISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph15020315 | Rights: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Yuen, J. W. M., Yan, Y. K. Y., Wong, V. C. W., Tam, W. W. S., So, K. W., & Chien, W. T. (2018). A physical health profile of youths living with a “hikikomori” lifestyle. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(2), (Suppl. ), 315, - is available athttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020315 |
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