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Does the socioeconomic positioned neighbourhood matter? Norwegian adolescents’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators for physical activity
Does the socioeconomic positioned neighbourhood matter? Norwegian adolescents’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators for physical activity
Background and aims:A higher proportion of adolescents from lower socioeconomic position families tend to be less physical...
A decade of socioeconomic inequality in type 2 diabetes area-level prevalence: an unshakeable status quo?
A decade of socioeconomic inequality in type 2 diabetes area-level prevalence: an unshakeable status quo?
Aims:It is well known that there is a socioeconomic gradient in the prevalence of many chronic diseases, including type 2 ...
Psychosocial job conditions and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional study in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)
Psychosocial job conditions and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional study in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)
Aims:The aim of this study was to investigate associations between psychosocial work exposure and the presence of biologic...
Nationwide data on home care and care home residence: presentation of the Swedish Social Service Register, its content and coverage
Nationwide data on home care and care home residence: presentation of the Swedish Social Service Register, its content and coverage
Aims:All Swedish municipalities are legally obliged to provide publicly funded elder care to individuals in need. The Swed...
Increasing inequalities in disability-free life expectancy among older adults in Sweden 2002–2014
Increasing inequalities in disability-free life expectancy among older adults in Sweden 2002–2014
Background:In an aging society with increasing old age life expectancy, it has become increasingly important to monitor th...
Factors associated with initiation and use of snus among adolescents
Factors associated with initiation and use of snus among adolescents
Aim:We investigated factors associated with the initiation and continuation of snus use in adolescents in Norway. The asso...
Life-course socioeconomic circumstances in acute, chronic and disabling pain among young employees: a double suffering
Life-course socioeconomic circumstances in acute, chronic and disabling pain among young employees: a double suffering
Background:Pain is known to be socioeconomically patterned and associated with disability. However, knowledge is scarce co...
Hazardous alcohol consumption and problem drinking in Norwegian and Russian women and men: The Tromsø Study 2015–2016 and the Know Your Heart study 2015–2018
Hazardous alcohol consumption and problem drinking in Norwegian and Russian women and men: The Tromsø Study 2015–2016 and the Know Your Heart study 2015–2018
Aim:Harmful use of alcohol is a worldwide public health concern. Cultural differences may affect responses to questions on...
Changes in mortality trends amongst common diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Changes in mortality trends amongst common diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Objective:It has been found that COVID-19 increases deaths within common diseases in countries that have implemented stric...
Influenza risk groups in Norway by education and employment status
Influenza risk groups in Norway by education and employment status
Aims:This study aimed to estimate the size of the risk group for severe influenza and to describe the social patterning of...
Return to work: does cardiac rehabilitation make a difference? Danish nationwide register-based study
Return to work: does cardiac rehabilitation make a difference? Danish nationwide register-based study
Aim:to assess whether participation in cardiac rehabilitation affects the probability of returning to work after ischaemic...
The age structure of cases as the key of COVID-19 severity: Longitudinal population-based analysis of European countries during 150 days
The age structure of cases as the key of COVID-19 severity: Longitudinal population-based analysis of European countries during 150 days
Aims:Over a million confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across 16 European countries were observed durin...
The impact of stress and lifestyle factors on short-term sickness absence in a large Danish industrial company
The impact of stress and lifestyle factors on short-term sickness absence in a large Danish industrial company
Objectives: Work-related stress and certain lifestyles have been associated with sickness absence among employees. We anal...
Projections for obesity, smoking and hypertension based on multiple imputation
Projections for obesity, smoking and hypertension based on multiple imputation
Aims:Information on the future development of prevalences of risk factors and health indicators is needed to prepare for t...
Comparison of two different frailty scales in the longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)
Comparison of two different frailty scales in the longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)
Aims:Although up to 25% of older adults are frail, assessing frailty can be difficult, especially in registry data. This s...
Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
Aims:Childhood nutrition patterns have an important role in later health. We studied the role of family type, other family...
An in-depth analysis of 10 epidemiological terminologies used in the context of COVID-19
An in-depth analysis of 10 epidemiological terminologies used in the context of COVID-19
Aim:In this paper, we explore the contextual use of 10 epidemiological terminologies, their significance, and interpretati...
Promoting health equity in the health-care system: How can we identify potentially vulnerable patients?
Promoting health equity in the health-care system: How can we identify potentially vulnerable patients?
Background:There is documented social inequality in cancer. The health-care system may contribute to health equity by targ...
Total patient load, regional disparities and in-hospital mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Greece, from September 2020 to May 2021
Total patient load, regional disparities and in-hospital mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Greece, from September 2020 to May 2021
Aims:While healthcare services have been expanding capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, quality of care under increasing...
Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study
Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study
Aim:The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen rapidly worldwide, and the ongoing obesity pandemic is one of the m...
Validity of chronic disease diagnoses in Icelandic healthcare registries
Validity of chronic disease diagnoses in Icelandic healthcare registries
Aims:To evaluate the validity of recorded chronic disease diagnoses in Icelandic healthcare registries.Methods:Eight diffe...
Socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and asthma prevalence: results from a population-based study in Sweden
Socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and asthma prevalence: results from a population-based study in Sweden
Aim:To examine differences in the prevalence of self-reported diagnosed asthma by socioeconomic status and the contributio...
Danish population health measured by the EQ-5D-5L
Danish population health measured by the EQ-5D-5L
Aims:The aims of this study were to provide Danish population norms for the EQ-5D-5L and to assess the measurement propert...
Mental health symptoms during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Norway: A cross-sectional survey study
Mental health symptoms during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Norway: A cross-sectional survey study
Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major social and economic changes that could impact public mental health. The ...
Public health, surveillance policies and actions to prevent community spread of COVID-19 in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden
Public health, surveillance policies and actions to prevent community spread of COVID-19 in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden
Aim: This study investigates the non-medical public health and surveillance policies and actions for tackling the communit...
Health inequalities between Roma and non-Roma populations in Europe: A study of 118,834 individuals combining the UNDP Roma and the EU-SILC surveys
Health inequalities between Roma and non-Roma populations in Europe: A study of 118,834 individuals combining the UNDP Roma and the EU-SILC surveys
Aims:This study aimed to compare the self-rated health status of the Roma and of the general population by gender and educ...
Social position and functional somatic disorders: The DanFunD study
Social position and functional somatic disorders: The DanFunD study
Background and aim:It is generally accepted that functional somatic disorders (FSDs) are a product of biological, psycholo...
How children in Sweden accessed and perceived information during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
How children in Sweden accessed and perceived information during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
Aim:To describe how children in Sweden accessed and perceived information about SARS-CoV2 and Covid-19 during the first ph...
Broadening the reach of dementia risk-reduction initiatives: strategies from dissemination models
Broadening the reach of dementia risk-reduction initiatives: strategies from dissemination models
Background:Modifiable risk factors for dementia account for 40% of cases worldwide and exert impacts on risk across the li...
The Faroese Septuagenarians cohort: A comparison of well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among older home-dwelling Faroese
The Faroese Septuagenarians cohort: A comparison of well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among older home-dwelling Faroese
Aims:Despite success in avoiding morbidity and mortality in the oldest members of the population during the COVID-19 pande...
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