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Job strain, health and sickness absence: results from the Hordaland Health Study
(PLoS, 2014-04-22)
Objectives: While it is generally accepted that high job strain is associated with adverse occupational outcomes, the nature of this relationship and the causal pathways involved are not well elucidated. We aimed to assess ...
Er verknaden av angst og depresjon på uføretrygding undervurdert?
(The University of Bergen, 2003)
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate anxiety and depression as risk factors for receiving disability pension. The empirical data originates from the Nord-Trøndelag health survey conducted in 1995-1997, and ...
General practitioners' opinions on how to improve treatment of mental disorders in primary health care. Interviews with one hundred Norwegian general practitioners
(BioMed Central, 2010-02-09)
Background
Improvements in treatment of mental disorders are repeatedly called for. General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for the majority of treatment of mental disorders. Consequently, we interviewed GPs about ...
Lost Working Years Due to Mental Disorders: An Analysis of the Norwegian Disability Pension Registry
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-08-15)
Objectives: Mental disorders are prevalent diagnoses in disability benefit statistics, with awards often granted at younger
age than for other diagnoses. We aimed to compare the number of lost working years following ...
Road traffic noise and children's inattention
(BioMed Central, 2017-11-21)
Background: An increasing number of children are exposed to road traffic noise levels that may lead to adverse effects on health and daily functioning. Childhood is a period of intense growth and brain maturation, and ...
Exploring work-related causal attributions of common mental disorders
(Springer US, 2014-12-03)
Purpose Common mental disorders (CMDs) are major causes of sickness absence and disability. Prevention requires knowledge of how individuals perceive causal mechanisms, and in this study we sought to examine work-related ...
Early life factors in relation to cardiovacular disease in old age in Bergen: a Norwegian retrospective cohort study based on the Hordaland Study (HUSK)
(Royal Society of Medicine, 2014-07)
Objectives:
The fetal origins of adult disease hypothesis
describes associations found for fetal or early-life expos-
ures with cardiovascular risk and disease in adulthood. The
extension or not of these associations ...
The impact of early life factors on cognitive function in old age: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2013-09-16)
Background Previous studies have shown that adverse conditions during fetal and early life are associated with lower performance on neurocognitive tests in childhood, adolescence and adult life. There is, however, a paucity ...
Trial participant representativeness compared to ordinary service users in a work rehabilitation setting
(Elsevier, 2016-04)
Background: Study representativeness is a major concern for generalizations from trials. The extent of the problem varies with study design and context. There is a strong emphasis on developing interventions to help people ...
Work-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and individual job support to increase work participation in common mental disorders: a randomised controlled multicentre trial
(BMJ (British Medical Journal), 2015-08-06)
Objectives: Common mental disorders (CMDs) are a major cause of rising disability benefit expenditures. We urgently need evidence on programmes that can increase work participation in CMDs. The aim of this study was to ...