Blar i Department of Health Promotion and Development på forfatter "Øverland, Simon Nygaard"
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Early life factors in relation to cardiovacular disease in old age in Bergen: a Norwegian retrospective cohort study based on the Hordaland Study (HUSK)
Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Stewart, Robert; Knapstad, Marit; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 into ... -
Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Glozier, Nicholas; Mæland, John Gunnar; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-08-29)Background: Most western countries have disability benefit schemes ostensibly based upon requiring (1) a work inhibiting functional limitation that (2) can be attributed to a diagnosable condition, injury or disease. The ... -
The impact of early life factors on cognitive function in old age: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Smith, A. D.; Mykletun, Arnstein; Stewart, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
An investigation of factors identified at birth in relation to anxiety and depression in old age: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Stewart, Robert; Mykletun, Arnstein; Knapstad, Marit; Øverland, Simon Nygaard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-10)Background: Although life course influences have long been recognised in affective disorder, little is known about the influence of early life factors on late life anxiety and depression. The aim was to investigate the ... -
Job strain, health and sickness absence: results from the Hordaland Health Study
Wang, Min-Jung; Mykletun, Arnstein; Møyner, Ellen Ihlen; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Henderson, Max; Stansfeld, Stephen; Hotopf, Matthew; Harvey, Samuel B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Lived experiences: A focus group pilot study within the MentALLY project of mental healthcare among European users
Axelsson, Malin; Schønning, Viktor; Bockting, Claudi; Buysse, Ann; Desmet, Mattias; Dewaele, Alexis; Giovazolias, Theodoros; Hannon, Dewi; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Meganck, Reitske; Ntani, Spyridoula; Rutten, Kris; Triliva, Sofia; Van Beveren, Laura; Vandamme, Joke; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Hensing, Gunnel (Journal article, 2020)Background Mental healthcare is an important component in societies’ response to mental health problems. Although the World Health Organization highlights availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of healthcare ... -
Lost Working Years Due to Mental Disorders: An Analysis of the Norwegian Disability Pension Registry
Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Hotopf, Matthew; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Mental health and impairment in disability benefits. Studies applying linkages between health surveys and administrative registries
Øverland, Simon Nygaard (Doctoral thesis, 2007-09-19)Objective: An increasing number of people in Norway and most other western countries leave the workforce earlier than retirement age and depend on disability benefits for income security. There is no consensus concerning ... -
Previous sickness absence and current low perceived social support at work among employees in the general population: a historical cohort study
Knapstad, Marit; Holmgren, Kristina; Hensing, Gunnel; Øverland, Simon Nygaard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-28)Objective Although sickness absence often is a process over time, most studies have treated the phenomenon as a discrete event and focused more on its causes than its consequences. We aimed to examine whether various ... -
Verifiability of diagnostic categories and work ability in the context of disability pension award: A survey on "gatekeeping" among general practitioners in Norway
Øverland, Rein; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Johansen, Kristian Nyborg; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-04-25)Background Disability benefits exist to redeem social and financial consequences of reduced work ability from medical conditions. Physicians are responsible for identifying the medical grounds for benefit claims. The aim ...