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- Eriksson, Bo G., 1944, et al.
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Relationship between MNA and SF- 36 in a Free-Living Elderly Population Aged 70 to 75
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging. - 1279-7707. ; 9:4, s. 212-220
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Within a larger study of social network and nutrition, we investigated measurements of nutritional status and health related quality of life. Objective: To relate a well-established questionnaire of nutritional status (MNA) to a likewise well-established questionnaire of health related quality of life (SF-36) in community dwelling, free-living and, healthy 70-75 years old persons. Design: Before an interview, the MNA and SF-36 questionnaires were filled in by 128 participants from a sample of 262 subjects. Results: The MNA worked well as a measurement in this sample. Many MNA aspects correlated with the SF-36 scales. The correlations between MNA total score and the eight SF-36 scales varied from .27 to .62. Discussion: This correlation was partly due to the fact that MNA has questions of health but also to the fact that there is an empirical relation between nutrition and health. Conclusion: The MNA measurement is applicable to a healthy, free-living elderly population and parts of the MNA can be interpreted as measurements of health related quality of life. Low values of SF-36 could also be used as predictors of risk of malnutrition, although further studies are required to confirm this result.
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- Augustsson, Olga, et al.
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Social and medical risk indicators for 8-year mortality in a Swedish urban elderly population
- 2003
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Ingår i: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. ; 36:2, s. 155-171
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate social and medical risk indicators for mortality in an urban elderly population. Altogether 217 subjects (144 women and 73 men, mean age 78 years, range 69–96 years of age) participated in an examination 1990/91. Eighty-eight persons (55 women and 33 men) had died, and 129 subjects (89 women and 40 men) were alive January 1, 1999. Several risk indicators were found and those with the highest statistical explanatory power to predict mortality were: tremor, inability for heavy housework, a pathological second heart sound, low triceps skinfold, low diastolic blood pressure and decreased appetite. A multivariate model (MVM) utililizing both social and medical risk indicators, and a clinical model (CM) based on the judgement of a registered nurse identified 49 and 34%, respectively, of those who died during the 8-year period (n=88). A third risk group, the intervention group, comprising individuals selected by either the MVM or CM models, identified 56% of those who died. The latter procedure could be used to define risk groups for mortality in future intervention studies. The combination of social and medical risk indicators in MVM, and a CM might be used in studies with larger sample sizes in order to increase the knowledge in this field.
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- Augustsson, Olga, et al.
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The Johanneberg Study: a Social Survey in an Urban Elderly Population. I. General presentation of the study including an analysis of non-response and identification of risk groups
- 1993
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicin. ; 22:4, s. 283-92
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study is the Swedish part of a world-wide transcultural and interdisciplinary study in elderly populations which addresses food habits, health and life-style. The aim of this paper is to present the general design including an analysis of non-response, and to identify risk-groups for intervention programmes. The study comprised 217 noninstitutionalized males (n = 73) and females (n = 144), aged 70 and over (mean age 78 years) in a small urban area. Home visits and clinical examinations with standard methods were used. The participation rate was 76%. Significant differences between non-respondents and respondents could be seen, which may be important when planning health promotion. On the basis of experience during the examinations, a risk-group was identified for prospective and intervention study purpose, based on a multiple variable model and a clinical model.
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- Cabrera-Moksnes, Claudia, 1966, et al.
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Socio-economic gradient in food selection and diet quality among 70-year olds
- 2007
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Ingår i: The journal of nutrition, health & aging. - 1279-7707 .- 1760-4788. ; 11:6, s. 466-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess social disparities in food choices and diet quality in a population of 70-year old Swedes. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study among participants in the 2000 Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Goteborg. PARTICIPANTS: A representative population of men (n=233) and women (n=321) from Goteborg, a city on the south western coast of Sweden. METHODS: One hour diet history interviews were performed and 35 specific foods and food groups were identified; in addition a diet quality index (DQI) was calculated. Differences in food choices and diet quality scores were tested across educational and socio-economic index categories (SEI). RESULTS: Men with higher education and SEI had higher diet quality scores than those with lower socio-economic status, while no differences in DQI were noted in women. Further analysis of women based on their husband's occupational group also yielded no differences in diet quality. When studying individual foods, socio-economic differences were observed in women and men. CONCLUSIONS: Selection of food varies by education and occupational status in both sexes although socio-economic disparities in diet quality were observed in men only.
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- Eriksson, Bo G., 1944
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A Durkheim-inspired interpretation of social mechanisms relating to health, longevity and sense of coherence in ageing
- 2010
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Ingår i: Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg.
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- It has been known for a long time that social variables are related to morbidity and mortality. In sociology Emile Durkheim opened this field of investigation and it is still of central interest in sociological inquiries. Questions have also been raised about how these relations can be interpreted within sociological theory. This article argues that Durkheim’s ideas about social facts in conjunction with J. L. Austin’s analyses of performatives and Durkheim’s ideas about nomie and anomie can be used for such an interpretation. There is no claim that these theories exhaust the relevant possible sociological theoretical interpretations of how social variables are related to morbidity and mortality. As an example of this, it is pointed out that the results reported here are partly in line with Antonovsky’s theory of sense of coherence. The analyses are complemented by a presentation of a space of social actions inspired by the theory of social institutions derived from the work of T. Parsons. Three central mechanisms are developed: the production of social facts, the production of social fact information and, the production of nomie and anomie. The text is centred on how social facts and self-esteem are produced. Production of social facts, social fact information and self-esteem are related to salutogenic processes.
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- Eriksson, Bo G., 1944
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Artificial neural network analysis
- 2007
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Ingår i: Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio Texas.
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- Eriksson, Bo G., 1944, et al.
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Cross-cultural analysis of longevity among Swedish and American elders: the role of social networks in the Gothenburg and Missouri longitudinal studies compared
- 1999
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Ingår i: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. - 0167-4943. ; 28:2, s. 131-148
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reports the results of a cross-national comparison of the 'H70' longitudinal study of elders in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the 'Rural Missouri Elders' longitudinal study in Missouri, USA. Analysis of the combined data sets focused on the question of how longevity was affected by culturally divergent forms of social network participation. The H70 study was a representative, systematic 3/10 sample of 70-year-old (in 1971) men and women living in Gothenburg. Follow-up data was gathered when the respondents were 75, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 90 and 95 years of age. Face-to-face interviews and physical medical examinations were the major source of data. The Missouri study involved a representative cluster proportional- to-size sample of all rural Missourians 65 years of age and older. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 1966, 1974 and 1987. Logistic regression and cross-tabular analyses revealed that social networks were important predictors of longevity for both samples. However, marital status and participation in formal organizations predicted longevity for the Americans, whereas contact with children emerged as the predictor variable for the Swedes. Specific functions of the different network patterns in the two countries are discussed.
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