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  1. 1
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    Publication Date:
    2011-08-13
    Publisher:
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
    Print ISSN:
    0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN:
    1476-4687
    Topics:
    Biology
    Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Medicine
    Natural Sciences in General
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Animals ; Evolution, Molecular ; Gadus morhua/*genetics/*immunology ; Genome/*genetics ; Genomics ; Hemoglobins/genetics ; Immune System/*immunology ; Immunity/*genetics/immunology ; Major Histocompatibility Complex/genetics/immunology ; Male ; Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics ; Synteny/genetics ; Toll-Like Receptors/genetics
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    http://www.nature.com/

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  2. 2
    Tambs, K. ; Moum, T.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0165-0327
    Keywords:
    Anxiety ; Depression ; Family aggregation ; Genetic ; Heritability
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Psychology
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0165-0327(93)90006-6

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  3. 3
    Moum, T.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0277-9536
    Keywords:
    general population ; health ; self-assessment ; self-evaluation ; survey
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0277-9536(92)90108-3

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  4. 4
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    ISSN:
    1433-9285
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Abstract In previous analyses of data from the present general population study we found that screening of anxiety and depression symptoms by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) and diagnostic classification by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) identified the same amount of cases, but agreed in only half of them. In this paper we compared and validated the screening cases with the classificatory cases by the use of medication, loss of functioning and help seeking (illness indicators). We thought that the CIDI cases would have more illness indicators, because they reflected diagnoses, “true illness”, in contrast to the HSCL-25, which was a more unspecific measure of distress. The HSCL-25 and the illness indicators data were collected in a stage I random individual population sample above 18 years during 1989–1991 (N = 1879, response rate 74%), the CIDI data were collected in a selected stage II, (N = 606, response rate 77%). The stage II data were weighted to represent the population sample. Screening cases by the HSCL-25 had significantly more illness indicators than diagnostic cases by the CIDI. Cases agreed upon with both instruments had the most illness indicators, cases agreed upon only by the CIDI had the least. Diagnoses give information about help eventually needed, the HSCL-25 distress measure expresses more the urgency with which it is needed. The choice between the HSCL-25 and the CIDI would depend on the aim and the resources of the study. If evaluation of needs is involved, using an instrument picking up both classification and distress would be the best choice. Given our positive experience with interviewing with the CIDI, a CIDI improved to be more sensitive to how much distress a certain diagnosis exerts on the individual would be a good choice.
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001270050112

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    ISSN:
    1433-9285
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
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    Abstract The definition of case is a core issue in psychiatric epidemiology. Psychiatric symptom screening scales have been extensively used in population studies for many decades. Structured diagnostic interviews have become available during recent years to give exact diagnoses through carefully undertaken procedures. The aim of this article was to assess how well the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) predicted cases by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), and find the optimal cut-offs on the HSCL-25 for each diagnosis and gender. Characteristics of concordant and discordant cases were explored. In a Norwegian two-stage survey mental health problems were measured by the HSCL-25 and the CIDI. Only 46% of the present CIDI diagnoses were predicted by the HSCL-25. Comorbidity between CIDI diagnoses was found more than four times as often in the concordant cases (cases agreed upon by both instruments) than in the discordant CIDI cases. Concordant cases had more depression and panic/generalized anxiety disorders. Neither the anxiety nor the depression subscales improved the prediction of anxiety or depression. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves confirmed that the HSCL-25 gave best information about depression. Except for phobia it predicted best for men. Optimal HSCL-25 cut-off was 1.67 for men and 1.75 for women. Of the discordant HSCL-25 cases, one -third reported no symptoms in the CIDI, one-third reported symptoms in the CIDI anxiety module, and the rest had symptoms spread across the modules. With the exception of depression, the HSCL-25 was insufficient to select individuals for further investigation of diagnosis. The two instruments to a large extent identified different cases. Either the HSCL-25 is a very imperfect indicator of the chosen CIDI diagnoses, or the dimensions of mental illness measured by each of the instruments are different and clearly only partly overlapping.
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001270050064

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    Wahl, A. ; Hanestad, B.R. ; Wiklund, I. ; Moum, T.
    Springer
    Published 1999
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    ISSN:
    1573-2649
    Keywords:
    Coping ; Disability ; Health status ; Psoriasis ; Quality of life
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between coping dimensions and overall quality of life, disability and health status in patients' with psoriasis. Psoriasis is one of several chronic diseases which requires self-management in order to ensure an enhanced quality of life. The sample comprised 334 patients who were treated consecutively at three dermatology departments in eastern Norway. A total number of 273 patients completed the questionnaire, yielding a response rate of 82% (20% in-patients and 80% out-patients). The following questionnaires were used: The Jalowiec Coping Scale, the Psoriasis Disability Index, the Quality of Life Scale, and the SF-36. Results showed that patients who used combined emotive coping strategies reported more disability, poorer mental health and worse overall quality of life. Furthermore, patients who more frequently used normalising/optimistic coping reported higher levels of mental health. However, the variance explained by coping effort was low to moderate. Coping explained the variance in mental health and overall quality of life to a greater extent than that in physical health. Knowledge about the relationships between coping and quality of life dimensions is important with regard to the establishment and implementation of appropriate psychosocial interventions for patients with psoriasis.
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008944108101

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    Wahl, A. ; Moum, T. ; Hanestad, B.R. ; Wiklund, I. ; Kalfoss, M.H.
    Springer
    Published 1999
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    ISSN:
    1573-2649
    Keywords:
    Coping ; Psoriasis ; Reliability ; Validity
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Abstract The aim of the present study was to adapt the Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS) to accommodate adult patients with psoriasis. The sample comprised 334 patients who were treated consecutively at three dermatology departments in the eastern Norway. A total number of 273 hospitalised patients (20) and out-patients (80) completed the questionnaire, yielding a response rate of 82. The study assessed the reliability and the face, content and construct validity of the Norwegian version of the JCS. In addition, researchers investigated the most frequently used/effective coping strategies, the relationships between demographic/clinical variables, self-reported physical symptoms and the use of coping strategies. The results (correlational coefficients and interitem αs) indicated that there was an overlap in substantive content among the original JCS' subscales, due either to measurement error (bias or response style) and/or because the patients in the present study were in a demanding situation in relation to their disease, which may have activated a variety of coping strategies. A factor analysis resulted in a three-factor solution (confrontive problem-solving, normalising/optimistic and combined emotive) with satisfactory internal consistency. This factor solution comprised 31 items with an explained variance of 37 of the total pool of items. The most frequently used and effective coping strategies could be labelled as emotion-focused (optimistic/maintain control). Significant correlations were found between age, hospital setting, self-reported physical symptoms and different coping subscales. However, further studies are needed to assess the validity and reliability of the JCS among different population groups in Norway.
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008995905936

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    Wahl, A. ; Moum, T. ; Hanestad, B.R. ; Wiklund, I.
    Springer
    Published 1999
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    ISSN:
    1573-2649
    Keywords:
    Disability ; Health ; Psoriasis ; Quality of life
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Abstract There is a strong need for health care programmes to promote functioning and quality of life in patients suffering from psoriasis. The aim of the present study is to highlight the relationships between demographic and clinical variables and disease-specific disability, health status, the perception of living with a chronic disease and the overall quality of life in patients suffering from psoriasis. A further aim is to examine the extent to which the effects of demographic and clinical variables on mental health and the overall quality of life are mediated by disability, physical health and the perception of living with psoriasis. The sample examined in this study comprised 334 patients (20% in-patients and 80% out-patients) who were treated consecutively at three dermatology departments in eastern Norway. A total of 282 patients completed the testing procedures, yielding a response rate of 85%. The following questionnaires were used: The Psoriasis Disability Index, the Sf-36 and the Quality of Life Scale. Correlation and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to address the core issue. Results show that demographic and clinical variables combine to explain variance in health status, the perception of living with psoriasis and overall quality of life. While most of the variance is explained by the clinical variables, the disease-specific disability variable seems to be an important mediating factor.
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008935921866

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