Int J Soc Psychiatry
August 2025
Background: Parental socioeconomic factors are associated with mental health outcomes already during childhood, but gender differences in these connections have rarely been studied.
Aims: We explored the associations between household income and severe mental health disorders requiring psychiatric inpatient hospital care, with particular focus on gender differences.
Methods: In this national register-based cohort study, we followed over 1.
Objectives: Mental health-related work disability has increased in Europe, despite efforts to promote individuals´ work ability. We examined individuals´ occupational status before and after a psychiatric disability pension (DP).
Methods: The study comprises individuals granted a DP for the first time between 2010 and 2012 in Finland (N = 18,373).
Background: Few cohort studies examine the association of cardiovascular risk scores with cardiovascular mortality in India. This study assessed the association of baseline Framingham Risk Scores (FRS) with 10-year incidence of fatal CVD events in rural Tamil Nadu, India.
Methods: Using a retrospective cohort study design, we analysed the association of baseline FRS categories assessed in 2011-12 through a STEPS risk factor survey, with CVD deaths over 10 years.
Background: Common mental disorders (CMDs) are significant causes of work disability. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for CMDs and work disability, one possible reason being poorer treatment adherence. We aimed to study the realization of pharmacological treatment and antidepressant adherence in patients with CMDs 3 years before and 3 years after being granted a disability pension (DP) and the role of SES in this.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe success of adipose stromal/stem cell (ASC)-based therapies may depend on donor characteristics such as body mass index (BMI). A high BMI may negatively impact the therapeutic potential of ASCs, but the effects of weight loss on ASC-mediated immunoregulation have not been extensively studied. ASCs were obtained from donors with obesity (obASCs) undergoing bariatric surgery and from the same donors after weight loss (wlASCs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral factors are linked to the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD); however, the molecular mechanisms of the condition remain unknown. As intestinal problems and gut microbiota dysbiosis are associated with ASD development and severity, recent studies have focused on elucidating the microbiota-gut-brain axis' involvement. This study aims to explore mechanisms through which gut microbiota might influence ASD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a partially heritable neurodevelopmental trait, and people with ASD may also have other co-occurring trait such as ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, mental health issues, learning difficulty, physical health traits and communication challenges. The concomitant development of ASD and other neurological traits is assumed to result from a complex interplay between genetics and the environment. However, only a limited number of studies have performed multivariate genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for ASD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Sch Health
September 2024
Background: The origin of inequalities in health outcomes has been explained by health selection and social causation models. Health selection processes operate particularly at school age. We study, if student allocation to teaching groups with aptitude tests (selective vs general class) differentiates adolescents by health behaviors and mental health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Prostate cancer (PCa) histology, particularly the Gleason score, is an independent prognostic predictor in PCa. Little is known about the inter-reader variability in grading of targeted prostate biopsy based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to assess inter-reader variability in Gleason grading of MRI-targeted biopsy among uropathologists and its potential impact on a population-based randomized PCa screening trial (ProScreen).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Pediatr Surg
January 2024
Purpose: Various complications are associated with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) procedures in children. The push technique is being increasingly used, but its complications are insufficiently characterized. We aimed to assess all complications related to PEG procedures and compare the safety of the pull and push techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Loyalty card data automatically collected by retailers provide an excellent source for evaluating health-related purchase behavior of customers. The data comprise information on every grocery purchase, including expenditures on product groups and the time of purchase for each customer. Such data where customers have an expenditure value for every product group for each time can be formulated as 3D tensorial data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Mental disorders are one of the most common and disabling health conditions worldwide. There is however no consensus on the best practice of system level mental health services (MHS) provision, in order to prevent e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow socioeconomic status (SES) is a risk factor for work disability due to common mental disorders (CMDs), one possible reason being inequal use of services. Psychotherapy is an evidence-based treatment for CMDs. This study examines socioeconomic and sociodemographic differences in psychotherapy attendance and an association of psychotherapy duration with return to work (RTW).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Revascularization of an occluded artery by either thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy is a time-critical intervention in ischaemic stroke. Each link in the stroke chain of survival should minimize the delay to definitive treatment in every possible way. In this study, we investigated the effect of routine dispatch of a first response unit (FRU) on prehospital on-scene time (OST) on stroke missions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSoc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
April 2024
Purpose: Public mental health services (MHS) are crucial in preventing psychiatric disability pensions (DP). We studied the associations between mood disorder DP risk and the characteristics of Finnish municipalities' MHS provision using the ESMS-R mapping tool and Finnish population registers, based on first-time granted mood disorder DPs between 2010 and 2015.
Methods: The final data set included 13,783 first-time mood disorder DP recipients and 1088 mental health service units in 104 municipalities.
Background: General health checks are an established component of preventive health care in many countries. Declining participation rates have raised concerns in health care providers. Understanding the reasons for attendance and non-attendance is necessary to improve the preventive health care system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Health Serv Res
August 2022
Background: Research in high-income countries has identified low socioeconomic status as a risk factor for disability pension (DP) due to common mental disorders (CMDs). Psychotherapy is an evidence-based treatment for the majority of CMDs along with medication and it is often targeted to prevent work disability. This study examines socioeconomic differences in the use of rehabilitative psychotherapy in Finland, where citizens have universal health coverage, but psychotherapy is partly dependent on personal finance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to explore how university students' participation in a two-staged health screening at the beginning of university studies associates with student health care utilisation in a 6-year follow-up.
Design: Nationwide, observational, register-based cohort study with a 6-year follow-up.
Setting: Student health care in Finland.
Background: We investigated the regional differences in all mental disorder disability pensions (DP) between 2010 and 2015 in Finland, and separately in mood disorders and non-affective psychotic disorder DP. We also studied the contribution of several district-level contextual and mental health service factors to mental disorder DP.
Methods: Subjects were all those granted mental disorder DP for the first time between 2010 and 2015 in Finland (N = 36,879).
Background: Circulating fatty acids have been linked to development of type 1 diabetes.
Objectives: To study the prospective associations of serum fatty acids with the risk of islet autoimmunity in high-risk children.
Methods: A nested case-control selection was carried out within the TRIGR cohort, which included infants with HLA (DQB1 or DQA1)-conferred disease susceptibility and a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes, born between 2002 and 2007 in 15 countries and followed-up until 2017.
Objective: To evaluate the association between health and study-related factors measured by an Electronic Health Questionnaire (eHQ), participation in a health examination process and graduation in a university student population.
Design: Nationwide, retrospective, register-based cohort study with a 6-year follow-up.
Setting: Student health care in Finland.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects approximately 1 child in 54, with a 35-fold increase since 1960. Selected studies suggest that part of the recent increase in prevalence is likely attributable to an improved awareness and recognition, and changes in clinical practice or service availability. However, this is not sufficient to explain this epidemiological phenomenon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Public Health
December 2020
Background: Previous research has identified low socioeconomic status (SES) as an epidemiological risk factor for early retirement and disability pension (DP) due to mental disorders. This study aims to examine these associations in greater detail, with separate consideration of the risk factors for mood disorders (F30-39) and non-affective psychotic disorder (F20-29) DP.
Methods: In this case-control setting the subjects (N = 36 879) were all those granted DP due to a mental disorder for the first time between 2010 and 2015 in Finland.