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- Costa, Diogo, et al.
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Intimate partner violence in Europe: design and methods of a multinational study. : La violencia de pareja en Europa: diseño y métodos de un estudio multinacional
- 2013
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Ingår i: Gaceta Sanitaria. - : Elsevier BV. - 0213-9111 .- 1578-1283. ; 27:6, s. 558-561
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective To describe the design, methods, procedures and characteristics of the population involved in a study designed to compare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in eight European countries.Methods Women and men aged 18–65, living in Ghent-Belgium (n = 245), Stuttgart-Germany (n = 546), Athens-Greece (n = 548), Budapest-Hungary (n = 604), Porto-Portugal (n = 635), Granada-Spain (n = 138), Östersund-Sweden (n = 592), London-United Kingdom (n = 571), were sampled and administered a common questionnaire. Chi-square goodness of fit and five-age strata population fractions ratios for sex and education were computed to evaluate samples' representativeness.Results Differences in the age distributions were found among women from Sweden and Portugal and among men from Belgium, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden. Over-recruitment of more educated respondents was noted in all sites.Conclusion The use of a common research protocol with the same structured questionnaire is likely to provide accurate estimates of the general population IPV frequency, despite limitations in probabilistic sampling and restrictions in methods of administration.
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- Soares, Joaquim, 1947-
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ABUEL – Elder abuse: A multinational prevalence survey
- 2011
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Ingår i: Ageing in Dignity: Designing effective strategies for tackling elder abuse organised by the The European Commission.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Soares, Joaquim J. F., 1947-, et al.
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Quality of life among persons aged 60-84 years in Europe: The role of psychological abuse and socio-demographic, social and health factors
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Ingår i: Journal of Biosafety and Health Education. - : OMICS Publishing Group. - 2332-0893. ; 1:1, s. 1-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Elder abuse and its effects are a serious public health issue. However, little is known about therelation between psychological abuse, other factors (e.g. social support) and quality of life (QoL) by domain. This studyaddressed differences in QoL by domain between psychologically abused and non-abused. While considering otherfactors such as social support.Methods: The respondents were 4,467 (2,559 women) randomly selected persons aged 60-84 years living in7 European cities. The mean response across countries was 45.2%. The cross-sectional data were analyzed withbivariate/multivariate methods.Results: Abused respondents contrasted to non-abused scored lower in QoL (autonomy, 67.42 ± 21.26 vs. 72.39± 19.58; intimacy, 55.31 ± 31.15 vs. 67.21 ± 28.55; past/present/future activities, 62.79 ± 19.62 vs. 68.05 ± 18.09;social participation, 65.03 ± 19.84 vs. 68.21 ± 19.77). Regressions showed that abuse was negatively associated withautonomy, intimacy and past/present/future activities, and positively with the social participation. All QoL dimensionswere negatively associated with country and depressive/anxiety symptoms, and positively with social support. Further,variables such as age, sex and somatic symptoms were negatively associated with some of the QoL dimensions andothers such as family structure, education, health care use and drinking positively. The regression model “explained”32.8% of the variation in autonomy, 45.6% in intimacy, 44.8% in past/present/future activities and 41.5% in socialparticipation.Conclusions: Abuse was linked to lower QoL in most domains, but other factors such as depressive symptomsalso carried a negative impact. Social support and to some extent family structure had a “protective” effect on QoL.Abuse, health indicators (e.g. depressive symptoms) and social support should be considered in addressing the QoL ofolder persons. However, QoL was influenced by many factors, which could not be firmly disentangled due to the crosssectionalapproach, calling for longitudinal research to address causality.
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- Thomtén, Johanna, et al.
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The role of psychosocial factors in the course of pain - A 1-year follow-up study among women living in Sweden
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Ingår i: Archives of Women's Mental Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-1816 .- 1435-1102. ; 14:6, s. 493-503
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The understanding of the associations between psychosocial factors and persistent pain and their impact on the course of pain among women is crucial to identify risk populations and prevent long-term pain from developing. The aim of the study was to investigate the course of pain among women and the psychosocial factors associated with it. The study was a 1-year follow-up (FU) among 2,300 women in the general population of Sweden. Sociodemographic and psychosocial factors were analyzed in relation to the course of pain, assessed as the presence of pain during the last 3 months at baseline (BL) and at FU. Thirty-three percent of the women with no pain at BL and 77% of those with pain at BL reported pain at FU. Compared to the pain-free women, those who developed pain at FU reported lower social support and physical quality of life (QoL) and worse mental health. Women with sustained pain were older and reported worse mental health, lack of social support, and lower levels of QoL compared to those who recovered from pain. In the multiple logistic regression analyses, only post-traumatic stress symptoms were associated with the development of pain at FU. Number of pain locations and pain duration at BL and physical QoL were associated with sustained pain. Moreover, social support was identified as a protective factor against sustained pain. Pain is persistent or recurrent in a general female population. The results indicate that psychosocial factors do not work as primary predictors in the course of pain and might be better understood through indirect processes by limiting the individual's resources for handling pain in a functional manner.
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- Winnersjö, Rocio, et al.
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Violence and self-reported health : does individual socioeconomic position matter?
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Ingår i: Journal of Injury and Violence Research. - : Journal of Injury and Violence Research. - 2008-2053 .- 2008-4072. ; 4:2, s. 87-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Violence is a major public health problem. Both clinical and population based studies shows that violence against men and women has physical and psychological health consequences. However, elsewhere and in Sweden little is known of the effect of individual socioeconomic position (SEP) on the relation between violence and health outcomes. Objective: This study aimed to assess the effect of individual SEP on the relation between violence and three health outcomes (general health, pain and anxiety) among women in Stockholm County.METHODS: The study used data from the Stockholm Public Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey carried out in 2006 for the Stockholm County Council by Statistic Sweden. 34 704 respondents answered the survey, the response rate was sixty one percent. Analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis in SPSS v.17.0.RESULTS: Individual SEP increased the odds of reporting poor health outcomes among victimized women in Stockholm County. Regarding self-reported health women in low-SEP who reported victimization in the past twelve months had odds of 2,36 (95% CI 1.48-3.77) for the age group 18-29 years and 3.78 (95% CI 2.53-5.64) for the age group 30-44 years compared with women in high-SEP and non-victim. For pain the odds was 2,41 (95% CI 1,56-3,73) for the age group 18-29 years and 2,98 (95% CI 1,99-4,46) for women aged 30-44 years. Regarding anxiety the age group 18-29 years had odds of 2,53 (95% CI 1,58-4,03) and for the age group 30-44 years had odds of 3,87 (95% CI 2,55-5,87).CONCLUSIONS: Results showed that individual SEP (measured by occupation) matters to the relationship between violence and health outcomes such as general self-reported health, pain and anxiety. Women in lower SEP who experienced victimization in the past twelve months had increased odds of reporting poorer self-rated health, pain and anxiety compared to those in higher SEP with no experience of victimization. However, further exploration of the relationship between poverty, individual SEP is needed using other Swedish population samples.
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