Modern health worries and subjective health complaints
Small number of studies has provided an overview of prevalence and relevant variable related with modern health worries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between modern health worries and subjective health problems. A total of 345 patients from Siroki Brijeg Medical Centre, between age of 18 and 50, participated in the study. The group was composed of 225 females (65, 2%) and 118 males (34, 2%). Participants completed survey questionnaires containing measures of modern health worries and subjective health complaints. Result analysis showed that issues related to tainted food were the most frequent on examined population. The lowest prevalence of modern worries was obtained for concern of eventual radiation. Analysis of health related factors and modern worries has showed significant role of modern worries on health complaints. Group of participant’s highly scored on worries about tainted food had more diarrahea problems, while does with low scores had more sleeplessness problems. High scores of worries about radiation were related with allergic skin changes. However, participants with the lowest score on subscale of toxic intervention had more prevalent gastrointestinal problems. Present results could have significant contribution to the health programs, but they are still explanatory in the nature and further studies are necessary for overall generalization.