Lifestyle changes in long term survivors of acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large proportion of the population of England live in substandard housing. Previous research has suggested that poor-quality housing, particularly in terms of cold temperatures, mould, and damp, poses a health risk, particularly for older people. The present study aimed to examine the association between h...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Webb E,Blane D,de Vries R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess evidence for residential mobility in childhood having an adverse association with health outcomes through the life course. METHODS:A systematic search of medical and social sciences literature was undertaken to identify research defining residential mobility as an independent variable and in which ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Jelleyman T,Spencer N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Road traffic deaths (RTDs) remain the 9th most common cause of mortality in South Korea despite their decreasing trends in high-income countries. In 2010 and 2011, the Korean government deregulated the process for obtaining a driving licence, and there has been significant concern that such deregulation of t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oh J,Eun SJ,Kim HS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is a new programme designed to reduce disease burden to the individual and economic burden to the society of common mental health problems (CMHP). This is the first study to look at the impact of IAPT on health service utilisation and sickness absence using ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： de Lusignan S,Chan T,Parry G,Dent-Brown K,Kendrick T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse time trends in overweight and obesity from 1991 to 2000 in samples of German children and to test the hypothesis of a trend difference between the samples from East and West Germany during this time period. DESIGN:Repeated cross-sectional studies using data of 35,434 five to seven-year-old childre...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Apfelbacher CJ,Cairns J,Bruckner T,Möhrenschlager M,Behrendt H,Ring J,Krämer U

更新日期：2008-02-01 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:Little is known about how diet-related and activity-related amenities relate to residential location behaviour. Understanding these relationships is essential for addressing residential self-selection bias. METHODS:Using 25 years (6 examinations) of data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Ad...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rummo PE,Guilkey DK,Shikany JM,Reis JP,Gordon-Larsen P

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Controversy remains on the relation between serum lipids levels and stroke risk. This paper investigated the association of total and HDL cholesterol level to fatal and non-fatal, and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in four European cohorts participating in EUROSTROKE. METHODS:EUROSTROKE is a collaborativ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bots ML,Elwood PC,Nikitin Y,Salonen JT,Freire de Concalves A,Inzitari D,Sivenius J,Benetou V,Tuomilehto J,Koudstaal PJ,Grobbee DE

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of a telephone reminder in increasing responses to postal surveys and to calculate the differential costs per completed questionnaire. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Australian university and rehabilitation medicine practice. PARTICIPANTS:The trial was conduct...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Salim Silva M,Smith WT,Bammer G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the interrelationship between alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, body weight, and blood lipid concentrations. DESIGN:This was the cross sectional (screening) phase of a prospective study. The main outcome measure was the blood lipids (serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wannamethee G,Shaper AG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of non-fatal war related injuries on physical disability in a group of war wounded civilians and to assess their needs. DESIGN:Cross sectional study. Home interviews were conducted using a structured interview schedule around one month after the injury, to assess impairments, disa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehio Sibai A,Sameer Shaar N,el Yassir S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the eventual extra loss of life incurred to cancer patients in Estonia compared with those in Sweden that was possibly attributable to differences in society. DESIGN:Population based survival of cancer patients in Estonia was compared with that of Estonian immigrants to Sweden and that of all can...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nilsson B,Gustavson-Kadaka E,Hakulinen T,Aareleid T,Rahu M,Dyba T,Rotstein S

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Investigate the impact of social, economic, and family circumstances on participation in weekly leisure time exercise. DESIGN:Longitudinal regression analysis of the British household panel survey. PARTICIPANTS:9473 people (4521 men and 4952 women) giving 27,881 person years of responses across eight years...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Popham F,Mitchell R

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and to determine the role of sexual transmission of HBV infection in Singapore. DESIGN:A cross sectional study of all consecutive men p...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Heng BH,Goh KT,Chan R,Chew SK,Doraisingham S,Quek GH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study examined the prevalence of body dissatisfaction as a function of individual level and neighbourhood level indicators of affluence. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:A subset of data from a larger random digit dialling telephone survey was used to obtain individual level data on body dissatisfaction, ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： McLaren L,Gauvin L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop a cross disciplinary literature search methodology for conducting systematic reviews of all types of research investigating aspects of the built environment and the health of the public. DESIGN:The method was developed following a comprehensive search of literature in the area of housing and...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weaver N,Williams JL,Weightman AL,Kitcher HN,Temple JM,Jones P,Palmer S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:There is little information on the potential benefit of immunising all patients with chronic lung disease in the community against influenza. The clinical effectiveness and economic benefit was established of the influenza vaccination programme in a general practice based cohort of adult patients with c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hak E,van Essen GA,Buskens E,Stalman W,de Melker RA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Socioeconomic differentials in the uptake of medical care in men were investigated using data from the General Household Survey (1974-76 and 1979-80). Hospitalisation, attendance at out patient clinics, and consultation with doctors were higher in local authority tenants than in owner occupiers. Men belonging to the m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Balarajan R,Yuen P,Machin D

更新日期：1987-09-01 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:To examine the associations between frequency of leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey carried out over a 3 month period in 1984. SETTING:All 24 schools in North Karelia province and 16 randomly selected schools in Kuopio province. PARTICI...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marti B,Vartiainen E

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population based programme to educate women in breast self-examination (BSE) was organised as part of the UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Women who responded to an invitation to a meeting were educated in groups and were not routinely screened. Open access clinics offered x ray and clinical examination...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Flaherty C,Philip J,Harris WG,Joslin CA

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper is to systematically review and analyse the validity and reliability of Antonovsky's life orientation questionnaire/sense of coherence scale (SOC). DESIGN:The study is descriptive and analytical with a systematic integration of the contemporary knowledge base on the salutogenic re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Eriksson M,Lindström B

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity implies costs not only for the individual but also for society. The authors explore the opinions of stakeholders on the potential of taxes or subsidies, as measures for tackling obesity in Europe. METHODS:Structured interviews were conducted using Multicriteria Mapping, a computer-based, decision-su...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： González-Zapata LI,Alvarez-Dardet C,Millstone E,Clemente-Gómez V,Holdsworth M,Ortiz-Moncada R,Lobstein T,Sarri K,De Marchi B,Horvath KZ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine a cohort of cases of childhood cancer occurring in a defined geographical area to try to identify clustering and possible causative factors. DESIGN:Data were analysed using the close pair method developed by Knox for signs of clustering in relation to date and place ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris V

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:A study was carried out to assess the feasibility of using record linkage for drug monitoring. For two years, three types of records were collected for a total of 43 117 people: (1) details of basic attributes, such as sex and age; (2) details of prescriptions dispensed; and (3) records of hospital admissions, obstetr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Skegg DC,Doll R

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dimensions of the individual socioeconomic position-education, social class, social status and income-are associated with mortality. Inequalities in death also related to the social position of the household. It is, however, less clear how the socioeconomic position of one marital/cohabiting partner influenc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Torssander J,Erikson R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00