Demographic and Life Styles Determinants of Somatic Complaints ’ Structures: A Cross‑sectional Study on a Large Sample of Iranian Adults Using Factor Mixture Model

Conclusions: This study suggested that somatic complaints had a dimensional ‑categorical structure within studied population so that it could be useful for dealing with diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The results did not show any association between somatic complaints dimensions and demographic, lifestyle factors, except in educational level.Keywords: Demographic factors, factor mixture modeling, lifestyles, somatic complaints
Source: International Journal of Preventive Medicine - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research