Age and follow-up time affect the prognostic value of the ECG and conventional cardiovascular risk factors for stroke in adult men.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of cancer among homeless men in Glasgow. DESIGN:Descriptive study of cancer incidence in a defined, though individually unidentifiable, population cohort. SETTING:Glasgow and the West of Scotland Region. PARTICIPANTS:Male residents of 10 hostels for the single homeless in G...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamont DW,Toal FM,Crawford M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop a self administered Chinese (mainland) version of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) for use in health related quality of life measurements in China. DESIGN:A three stage protocol was followed including translation, tests of scaling construction and scoring assumptions, validation, and nor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Li L,Wang HM,Shen Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In epidemiological studies the diagnosis of a past history of myocardial infarction is made from the answer to a single question: "Have you ever had a severe pain across the front of your chest lasting for half an hour or more?" Two additional questions, which form an optional part of the London School of Hygiene and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yarnell JW,Sweetnam PM,Baker IA,Bainton D

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare in-hospital mortality for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals after adjustment for patients' severity; to examine the role of the use of effective cardiac medications in the possible mortality difference between these types of hospital. DESI...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vu HD,Heller RF,Lim LL,D'Este C,O'Connell RL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neighbourhood social fragmentation and socioeconomic deprivation seem to be associated with suicide mortality. However, results are inconclusive, which might be because dynamics in the social context are not well-represented by administratively bounded neighbourhoods at baseline. We used individualised neigh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hagedoorn P,Groenewegen PP,Roberts H,Helbich M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that racial discrimination impacts health via biological dysregulation due to continual adaptation to chronic psychosocial stress. Therefore, quantifying chronicity is critical for operationalising the relevant aetiological exposure and hence maximising internal validity. Using one of the mos...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Michaels E,Thomas M,Reeves A,Price M,Hasson R,Chae D,Allen A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore attitudes to quitting smoking and experience of smoking cessation among Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority communities. DESIGN:Qualitative study using community participatory methods, purposeful sampling, interviews and focus groups, and a grounded approach to data generation and analysis. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： White M,Bush J,Kai J,Bhopal R,Rankin J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Although national variation in short-term prognosis (that is, 30 day mortality) after a patient's first hospitalisation for heart failure may depend on individual differences between patients, dissimilarities in hospital practices may also influence prognosis. This study, therefore, sought to disentangl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Merlo J,Ostergren PO,Broms K,Bjorck-Linné A,Liedholm H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic factors may influence changes in hip fracture (HF) incidence over time. We analysed HF temporal trends during the Bone and Joint Decade in Portugal (BJD-Portugal), 2000-2010, by regional socioeconomic status (SES), sex and age. METHODS:We selected registers of patients aged 50+ years with HF (...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oliveira CM,Alves SM,Pina MF

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-specific death from cardiovascular disease among Australian Aboriginals is estimated to be four to seven times that of general population, and the major cause of premature death. There is little reliable information on the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study compares CHD event rates in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bradshaw PJ,Alfonso HS,Finn J,Owen J,Thompson PL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have emphasised the multidimensional nature of the social capital concept, but it is not known whether the health effects of social capital vary by dimension. The objective of this study was to examine the vertical component (ie, respectful and trusting relationships across power differentials...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oksanen T,Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting the attendance at primary health care clinics in Lagos were studied at Oguntolu Clinic and Randle Road Health Centre among 120 Nigerian children. The level of immunisation was a measure of the frequency (regularity) of attendance at the clinics. Certain socioeconomic, psychological, and demographic f...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Akesode FA

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. METHODS:We analysed 'Routes to Diagnosis' data on patients aged ≥25 years diagnosed ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Herbert A,Abel GA,Winters S,McPhail S,Elliss-Brookes L,Lyratzopoulos G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to quantify mortality after elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in England, and to compare English case fatality rates (CFRs) with those reported in the literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS:English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for the financial years 1998/9 to 200...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Filipovic M,Goldacre MJ,Gill L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine whether induced abortions could increase the risk of secondary infertility. DESIGN:This was a case-control study; cases were women with secondary infertility, individually matched to two controls who were currently pregnant. Each participant was interviewed by one of two medica...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tzonou A,Hsieh CC,Trichopoulos D,Aravandinos D,Kalandidi A,Margaris D,Goldman M,Toupadaki N

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent review of the literature identified several common methodological weaknesses in studies of the effects of occupational exposures on male and female reproductive processes. This paper suggests a strategy which addresses these problems, by the use of a standard method. The potential benefits include increased m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joffe M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompted by my participation in the People's Climate March held in New York City on 21 September 2014, as part of the 'Harvard Divest' contingent, in this brief essay I reflect on the late 20th century development of--and debates over--the necessity of ecological thinking in epidemiology, and also the still limited en...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Krieger N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental depression is an important health problem in many countries. It reduces productivity at work and is the fastest increasing reason for early retirement. METHODS:This study followed up a Finnish cohort of 1726 men from 1984 to 2000. Depression was assessed at baseline by HPL depression score. Pension r...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Karpansalo M,Kauhanen J,Lakka TA,Manninen P,Kaplan GA,Salonen JT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Longitudinal data were used to explore relations between teenage pregnancy, sexual behaviour, and family type. The study examined whether students from lone parent and/or teenage mother initiated families more commonly report sex, lack of contraception at first sex, and/or conceptions by age 15/16, and wheth...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bonell C,Allen E,Strange V,Oakley A,Copas A,Johnson A,Stephenson J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Wales National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) is a 16-week programme including motivational interviewing, goal setting and relapse prevention. METHOD:A pragmatic randomised controlled trial with nested economic evaluation of 2160 inactive participants with coronary heart disease risk (CHD, 1559, 72%), ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Murphy SM,Edwards RT,Williams N,Raisanen L,Moore G,Linck P,Hounsome N,Din NU,Moore L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic screening of death certificates referable to residents of two health districts covered by a psychiatric case register allows the study of excess mortality in unselected psychiatric patients from a defined area of known population. Deaths among the case register patients exceeded those expected by 80%; the r...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hassall C,Prior P,Cross KW

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries worldwide experience annual heat-related and cold-related deaths associated with current weather patterns. Future changes in cl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hajat S,Vardoulakis S,Heaviside C,Eggen B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from primary care records could potentially provide more comprehensive population-level information on smoking prevalence at lower cost and in a more timely fashion than commissioned national surveys. Therefore, we compared smoking prevalence calculated from a database of primary care electronic medical...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Szatkowski L,Lewis S,McNeill A,Huang Y,Coleman T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Principal component analysis (PCA) is frequently adopted for creating socioeconomic proxies in order to investigate the independent effects of wealth on disease status. The guidelines and methods for the creation of these proxies are well described and validated. The Demographic and Health Survey, World Health Survey ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Homenauth E,Kajeguka D,Kulkarni MA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Underserved women (rural, minority or poor) are disproportionally diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, indicative of inadequate access to, and use of, preventative healthcare. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed that nurse practitioners (NP) can address provider shortages among underserved pop...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Smith-Gagen J,White LL,Santos A,Hasty SM,Tung WC,Lu M

更新日期：2019-03-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a known risk factor for several respiratory diseases, the relationship between cooking smoke and tuberculosis has not been conclusively established. Hence, a case-control study was conducted among adult women of Chandigarh Union Territory in India. METHODS:Physician-diagnosed cases of sputum positi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lakshmi PV,Virdi NK,Thakur JS,Smith KR,Bates MN,Kumar R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined whether higher effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and lower job control are associated with exit from the labour market. METHODS:There were 1263 participants aged 50-74 years from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing with data on working status and work-related psychosocial factors at baseline (w...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hintsa T,Kouvonen A,McCann M,Jokela M,Elovainio M,Demakakos P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among different ethnic groups and the influence of deprivation on the prevalence of diabetes among Māori and New Zealand Europeans was investigated. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional survey on all patients registered with 10 practices in the Rotorua General Practice Gro...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joshy G,Porter T,Le Lievre C,Lane J,Williams M,Lawrenson R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The main cause of breast cancer remains unknown. Numerous causal factors or predisposing conditions have been proposed, but account for only a small percentage of the total disease. The current search for multiple causes is unavailing. This report explores whether any single aetiological agent may be re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wiseman RA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00