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dc.contributor.advisorKoster Jacobsen, Bjarne
dc.contributor.authorOdden, Ranveig
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-30T14:12:37Z
dc.date.available2015-04-30T14:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-29
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between mental health (particularly anxiety and depression) and socioeconomic status. Material and methods: Data was collected from The Tromsø Study, Tromsø 6 (2007-2008). 5 829 women and 5 580 men aged 30-87 years (57 %) were included in the study. Mental health was assessed by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-10 (SCL-10). Two indicators of socioeconomic status were used, level of education and household income. A SCL-10 score ≥ 1.85 indicates significant mental health problems. We adjusted for age, lifestyle variables, social network variables and family history. Results: Significant mental health problems were reported by 5.9 % (95 % confidence interval: 5.3 - 6.5) of men and 10.4 % (95 % confidence interval: 9.6 - 11.2) of women. Mean SCL-10 score was for men 1.23 and 1.34 for women. Adjusted for a number of possible confounders, we found a significant inverse linear trend for household income and level of mental health problems (SCL-10 mean score) and the prevalence of significant mental health problems, in both men and women. Age-adjusted analysis showed a significant linear trend for education and level of mental problems (SCL-10 mean score) and the prevalence of significant mental health problems for both sexes. Conclusion: Mental health problems were strongly inversely associated with socioeconomic status for men and women. The strongest association was found for household income.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/7637
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_7226
dc.language.isonoben_US
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen_US
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDHEL-3950en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectsocioeconomic statusen_US
dc.subjecthopkins symptom checklist-10en_US
dc.titleThe association between socioeconomic status and mental health = Sammenhengen mellom sosioøkonomisk status og psykisk helseen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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