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Mortality and work-related disability as long-term consequences of anxiety and depression: historical cohort designs based on the HUNT-2 study
(The University of Bergen, 2006-10-12)
Objective: Over the last decades, quality epidemiological studies have repeatedly shown that the
prevalence of mental illness is substantial, but still largely under-recognised and undertreated.
Under-recognition in ...
Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
(BioMed Central, 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 ...
General practitioners' self-perceived ability to recognize severity of common mental disorders: an underestimated factor in case identification?
(BioMed Central, 2006-08-30)
Background: Several studies have shown that general practitioners (GPs) under-diagnose
common mental disorders, and that training courses hardly improve this practice. The influence of
GPs' self-perceived ability to ...
Age-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the international diabetes federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program: The Norwegian HUNT 2 study
(BioMed Central, 2007-08-29)
Background
The 2005 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition of the metabolic syndrome was designed to be useful worldwide, but to date few prevalence studies have used that definition in European populations. ...
Verifiability of diagnostic categories and work ability in the context of disability pension award: A survey on "gatekeeping" among general practitioners in Norway
(BioMed Central, 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 ...
Age-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program: the Norwegian HUNT 2 study
(BioMed Central, 2007-08-29)
Background:
The 2005 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition of the metabolic
syndrome was designed to be useful worldwide, but to date few prevalence studies have used that
definition in European populations. ...