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dc.contributor.authorSheikh, Mashhood Ahmed
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T10:35:53Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T10:35:53Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-13
dc.description.abstractSeveral researchers have raised the concern that the cross-sectional association of retrospectively reported childhood adversity with self-reported onset of asthma and chronic bronchitis in adulthood may be confounded, as well as mediated by an individual's mental health. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of retrospectively reported childhood adversity on self-reported onset of asthma and chronic bronchitis in adulthood, independent of potential confounding and mediating variables (including respondent's mental health). We used data collected in 2007–2008 within the framework of the Tromsø Study (N = 12,981), a representative study of adult men and women in Norway. The associations of childhood adversity with asthma and chronic bronchitis were assessed with Poisson regression models. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated with bias-corrected bootstrapping. Childhood adversity was associated with a 9% increased risk of asthma (RR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.16) and a 14% increased risk chronic bronchitis (RR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.26) in adulthood, independent of age, sex, parental history of psychiatric problems/asthma/dementia, education, smoking, social support, and respondent's mental health. Controlling for indicators of respondent's mental health reduced the strength of associations of childhood adversity with asthma and chronic bronchitis; however, the associations were still present in the same direction (p < .05). These findings suggest that the association of retrospectively reported childhood adversity with asthma and chronic bronchitis is independent of respondent's mental health. We recommend controlling for indicators of the respondent's mental health to assess an unbiased association of retrospectively measured childhood adversity with self-reported asthma and chronic bronchitis.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version, licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a> Published version available at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.09.007> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.09.007</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSheikh MA. Retrospectively reported childhood adversity is associated with asthma and chronic bronchitis, independent of mental health. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2018;114:50-57en_US
dc.identifier.citationSheikh, M.A. (2018). Retrospectively reported childhood adversity is associated with asthma and chronic bronchitis, independent of mental health. <i>Journal of Psychosomatic Research</i>, 114, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.09.007en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1629621
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.09.007
dc.identifier.issn0022-3999
dc.identifier.issn1879-1360
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14584
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Psychosomatic Research
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectConfounderen_US
dc.subjectDirect effecten_US
dc.subjectRecall biasen_US
dc.subjectDifferential measurement erroren_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectPsychological stateen_US
dc.subjectMood congruencyen_US
dc.subjectAsthmaen_US
dc.subjectChronic bronchitisen_US
dc.titleRetrospectively reported childhood adversity is associated with asthma and chronic bronchitis, independent of mental healthen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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