Health and demographic characteristics of respondents in an Australian national sexuality survey: comparison with population norms.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the public's knowledge and perception of SARS and the extent to which various precautionary measures have been adopted. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey. SETTING:General population of Hong Kong at the height of the SARS outbreak (29 March to 6 April 2003). PARTICIPANTS:1115 ethnic Chinese adults. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leung GM,Lam TH,Ho LM,Ho SY,Chan BH,Wong IO,Hedley AJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To raise compliance in a general practice based colorectal cancer screening programme by the use of a simple health educational leaflet. DESIGN:A randomised controlled trial of the leaflet's effect on completion of faecal occult blood tests. The leaflet explained the high frequency of colorectal cancer, the ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hart AR,Barone TL,Gay SP,Inglis A,Griffin L,Tallon CA,Mayberry JF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of self-reported health (SRH) with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, life stress, and sociobehavioural factors in adults aged 55 and over. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of data from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan in 2000, comprising 1023 individu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Zhang F,Lewis M,Yang G,Iriondo-Perez J,Zeng Y,Liu J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted at the paediatric emergency department of a tertiary care teaching and referral hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan to assess the morbidity and mortality pattern of illness in paediatric population. Afghanistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, and there is complete breakd...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Prasad AN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate age, period, and cohort effects on functional status. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study with measurements in 1981, 1990, and 1996. SETTING:Three municipalities in north east Finland. PARTICIPANTS:A regionally representative sample of 19 to 63 year old men and women was drawn from the c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Malmberg JJ,Miilunpalo SI,Vuori IM,Pasanen ME,Oja P,Haapanen-Niemi NA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent drinking in Western countries has been associated with older age and high socioeconomic status, but the association with family structure was inconsistent. METHODS:In a 2012-2013 school-based survey in Hong Kong, 23,096 students (mean age 14.7 years, SD 1.8 years) completed an anonymous questionn...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Huang R,Ho SY,Wang MP,Lo WS,Lam TH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative admission rates of Asian and non-Asian patients to intensive therapy units (ITUs) in Coventry and to explore the implications of these rates for the transplantation of organs to Asian people. DESIGN:Examination of 1991 census data and a retrospective review of ITU admissions books. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Exley C,Sim J,Reid NG,Booth L,Jackson S,West N

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The extent to which patients undergoing elective surgery for orthopaedic disorders were incapacitated for work while they were on the waiting list and whether they were able to return to work after surgery were studied. DESIGN:This was a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for ele...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rossvoll I,Benum P,Bredland TR,Solstad K,Arntzen E,Jørgensen S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It has been frequently noted that overweight and obesity have a stronger relationship to hypertension and diabetes mellitus than to the risk of stroke. The reason for this observation has not been clear. This study aimed to examine the lifelong relation between body fat and stroke to shed light on why t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shinton R,Sagar G,Beevers G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the risk of back symptoms in people admitted to hospital because of traffic accidents and falls. DESIGN:The study was a cross sectional survey with information collected by postal questionnaire. Main outcome measures were associations between hospital admission for a traffic accid...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Walsh K,Cruddas M,Coggon D

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have linked work-family issues with cigarette consumption. This study examined the 6-month effects on cigarette consumption of a work-family supportive organisational intervention among nursing home workers. METHODS:Group randomised controlled trial where 30 nursing homes across New En...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hurtado DA,Okechukwu CA,Buxton OM,Hammer L,Hanson GC,Moen P,Klein LC,Berkman LF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate methods for calculating life expectancy in small areas, for example, English electoral wards. DESIGN:The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the distribution of life expectancy (and its standard error) estimates for 10 alternative life table models. The models were combinations of Chian...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Eayres D,Williams ES

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective questionnaire and interview study of 10 year survivors of uncomplicated myocardial infarction examined smoking, diet, exercise, weight, medication, and treatment since discharge from hospital in 1973-4 and made comparisons with controls (using the same questionnaire) and with normal populations (as rep...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： West RR,Evans DA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the main trends in the history of publicly organised school meals in Norway, while casting comparative glances at Britain. First, it argues that the status of school meals today is strongly influenced by three intertwined strains of past tradition: poor relief, universal welfare and the ideal of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Andresen A,Elvbakken KT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age adjusted incidence rates (World standard) from invasive cervical cancer in the Swiss canton of Vaud decreased from 17.7/100,000 in 1968-70 to 9.9/100,000 in 1983-85. The decline was substantial in younger middle age, but no appreciable trend was observed in women over 70. This is consistent with available intervie...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Levi F,La Vecchia C,Te VC,Gutzwiller F

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries. The aetiology of the disease is not well understood, except that inherited mutations in the breast cancer genes BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 account for up to 10% of all cases, and child-bearing, oral contraceptive use and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Langseth H,Hankinson SE,Siemiatycki J,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate diagnosis-specific sick leave as a risk marker for subsequent disability pension. DESIGN:A prospective population based cohort study. Exposure to a new medically certified sick leave episode of more than seven days by diagnosis during 1985 was examined in relation to incident cause-specific di...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kivimäki M,Ferrie JE,Hagberg J,Head J,Westerlund H,Vahtera J,Alexanderson K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Glasgow Register of Congenital Malformations were used to investigate the extent of the recent decline in the prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida, and the contribution of antenatal screening to it. Over the period 1974-85 inclusive, 303 pregnancies with an anencephalic foetus were diagnosed, repre...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stone DH,Smalls MJ,Rosenberg K,Womersley J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies show contradictory findings on the relationship between health and intergenerational living arrangements (ILAs), which may be due to variation in who selects themselves into and out of ILA. Addressing the selectivity into ILA and the health of the older generation, we assess whether there is...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Permyakova NV,Billingsley S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policies to increase Australian Indigenous children's participation in preschool aim to reduce developmental inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. This study aims to understand the benefits of preschool participation by quantifying the association between preschool participation in the y...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Falster K,Hanly M,Edwards B,Banks E,Lynch JW,Eades S,Nickel N,Goldfeld S,Biddle N

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is generally acknowledged that conventional estimates of the potential number of life years to be gained by elimination of causes of death are too generous. This is because these estimates fail to take into account the fact that those who are saved from the cause are likely to have one or more other condi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Kunst AE,Lautenbach H,Oei YB,Bijlsma F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Smokefree Class Competition, the largest school-based smoking prevention programme in Europe, aims to create a class climate that denormalises smoking. An analysis was carried out to assess whether it increases bullying or perception of isolation. METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hanewinkel R,Isensee B,Maruska K,Sargent JD,Morgenstern M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last decades of the 20th century, a widening of the gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for many European countries. For most countries, it is unknown whether this widening has continued into the first decade of the 21st century. METHODS:We collected an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Kulhánová I,Menvielle G,Bopp M,Borrell C,Costa G,Deboosere P,Esnaola S,Kalediene R,Kovacs K,Leinsalu M,Martikainen P,Regidor E,Rodriguez-Sanz M,Strand BH,Hoffmann R,Eikemo TA,Östergren O,Lundberg O,Eur

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality from congenital malformations by mother's country of birth was examined in England and Wales between the years 1976 and 1980, based on stillbirths and infant deaths. There were 18 870 stillbirths and infant deaths attributed to congenital malformations in this period, of which 2 375 (13%) were to mothers bor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Balarajan R,McDowall M

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower blood folate levels have been associated with depression in cross-sectional surveys, but no studies have examined the relationship prospectively to determine whether the relationship is causal. A follow-up study was designed to examine whether lower blood folate levels predict incident depressive sympt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kendrick T,Dunn N,Robinson S,Oestmann A,Godfrey K,Cooper C,Inskip H,Southampton Women's Survey Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyse simultaneously the effect of several risk factors for peptic ulcer. DESIGN:Cohort study where all patients with new or incident peptic ulcers in a well defined population were registered for a seven year period. The follow up started with a comprehensive health survey including a questionnai...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Johnsen R,Førde OH,Straume B,Burhol PG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the differences in suicide data obtained from different database sources. DESIGN:Death certificate based data on suicidal deaths were compared with the information obtained from the non-natural death investigation files at the Public Prosecutor's Office. SETTING:The study was con...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： van de Voorde H,Hooft P,Mulkers U

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outlook for patients with lung cancer is poor, so an accurate estimation of prognosis will underpin treatment decisions and allow patients to make personal plans for the future. However, evidence suggests that there is a variation between doctors in their predictions of outcomes and also they tend to be over-optim...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kee F,Owen T,Leathem R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the short term relationship between air pollution and the daily number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disease. DESIGN:Data were analysed using autoregressive Poisson regression allowing for overdispersion and controlling for possible confounding factors such as seasonal and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Schouten JP,Vonk JM,de Graaf A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol misuse, especially binge drinking in young people, and alcoholic liver disease are major public health concerns. However, alcohol misuse in older people is underestimated and often goes undetected. OBJECTIVE:To document alcohol consumption and clinical presentation of alcohol misuse in hospital inpa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehta MM,Moriarty KJ,Proctor D,Bird M,Darling W

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00