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Edwin TH, Håberg AK, Zotcheva E, Bratsberg B, Jugessur A, Engdahl B, Bowen C, Selbæk G, Kohler HP, Harris JR, Tom SE, Krokstad S, Mekonnen T, Stern Y, Skirbekk VF, Strand BH. Trajectories of Occupational Cognitive Demands and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Later Life: The HUNT4 70+ Study. Neurology 2024; 102:e209353. [PMID: 38630959 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The cognitive reserve hypothesis posits that cognitively stimulating work delays the onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. However, the effect of occupational cognitive demands across midlife on the risk of these conditions is unclear. METHODS Using a cohort study design, we evaluated the association between registry-based trajectories of occupational cognitive demands from ages 30-65 years and clinically diagnosed MCI and dementia in participants in the HUNT4 70+ Study (2017-19). Group-based trajectory modeling identified trajectories of occupational cognitive demands, measured by the routine task intensity (RTI) index (lower RTI indicates more cognitively demanding occupation) from the Occupational Information Network. Multinomial regression was implemented to estimate the relative risk ratios (RRRs) of MCI and dementia, after adjusting for age, sex, education, income, baseline hypertension, obesity, diabetes, psychiatric impairment, hearing impairment, loneliness, smoking status, and physical inactivity assessed at HUNT1-2 in 1984-1986 and 1995-1997. To handle missing data, we used inverse probability weighting to account for nonparticipation in cognitive testing and multiple imputation. RESULTS Based on longitudinal RTI scores for 305 unique occupations, 4 RTI trajectory groups were identified (n = 7,003, 49.8% women, age range 69-104 years): low RTI (n = 1,431, 20.4%), intermediate-low RTI (n = 1,578, 22.5%), intermediate-high RTI (n = 2,601, 37.1%), and high RTI (n = 1,393, 19.9%). Participants in the high RTI group had a higher risk of MCI (RRR 1.74, 95% CI 1.41-2.14) and dementia (RRR 1.37, 95% CI 1.01-1.86), after adjusting for age, sex, and education compared with participants in the low RTI group. In a sensitivity analysis, controlling for income and baseline health-related factors, the point estimates were not appreciably changed (RRR 1.66, 95% CI 1.35-2.06 for MCI, and RRR 1.31, 95% CI 0.96-1.78 for dementia). DISCUSSION People with a history of cognitively stimulating occupations during their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s had a lower risk of MCI and dementia older than 70 years, highlighting the importance of occupational cognitive stimulation during midlife for maintaining cognitive function in old age. Further research is required to pinpoint the specific occupational cognitive demands that are most advantageous for maintaining later-life cognitive function.
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- Trine H Edwin
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
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- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Ekaterina Zotcheva
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Bernt Bratsberg
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Astanand Jugessur
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Bo Engdahl
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Catherine Bowen
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Geir Selbæk
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Hans-Peter Kohler
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Jennifer R Harris
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Sarah E Tom
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
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- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Teferi Mekonnen
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Yaakov Stern
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
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- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
| | - Bjørn H Strand
- From the Department of Geriatric Medicine (T.H.E., G.S., B.H.S.), Oslo University Hospital; Department for Physical Health and Aging (A.K.H., E.Z., B.E., T.M., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science (A.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (E.Z., G.S., V.F.S., B.H.S.), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg; Centre for Fertility and Health (B.B., A.J., J.R.H., V.F.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research (B.B.), Oslo; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (A.J.), University of Bergen, Norway; Independent Researcher (C.B.), Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine (G.S.), University of Oslo, Norway; Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology (H.-P.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cognitive Neuroscience Division (S.E.T., Y.S.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York; Department of Epidemiology (S.E.T.), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; HUNT Research Centre (S.K.), Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; and Levanger Hospital (S.K.), Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
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Hemmingsen D, Moster D, Engdahl B, Klingenberg C. Hearing impairment after asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy: a Norwegian population-based study. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:1163-1172. [PMID: 37991501 PMCID: PMC10950958 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05321-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between perinatal asphyxia, neonatal encephalopathy, and childhood hearing impairment. This is a population-based study including all Norwegian infants born ≥ 36 weeks gestation between 1999 and 2014 and alive at 2 years (n = 866,232). Data was linked from five national health registries with follow-up through 2019. Perinatal asphyxia was defined as need for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and an Apgar 5-min score of 4-6 (moderate) or 0-3 (severe). We coined infants with seizures and an Apgar 5-min score < 7 as neonatal encephalopathy with seizures. Infants who received therapeutic hypothermia were considered to have moderate-severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). The reference group for comparisons were non-admitted infants with Apgar 5-min score ≥ 7. We used logistic regression models and present data as adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). The aOR for hearing impairment was increased in all infants admitted to NICU: moderate asphyxia aOR 2.2 (95% CI 1.7-2.9), severe asphyxia aOR 5.2 (95% CI 3.6-7.5), neonatal encephalopathy with seizures aOR 7.0 (95% CI 2.6-19.0), and moderate-severe HIE aOR 10.7 (95% CI 5.3-22.0). However, non-admitted infants with Apgar 5-min scores < 7 did not have increased OR of hearing impairment. The aOR for hearing impairment for individual Apgar 5-min scores in NICU infants increased with decreasing Apgar scores and was 13.6 (95% CI 5.9-31.3) when the score was 0. Conclusions: An Apgar 5-min score < 7 in combination with NICU admission is an independent risk factor for hearing impairment. Children with moderate-severe HIE had the highest risk for hearing impairment. What is Known: • Perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy are associated with an increased risk of hearing impairment. • The strength of the association, and how other co-morbidities affect the risk of hearing impairment, is poorly defined. What is New: • Among neonates admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), decreased Apgar 5-min scores, and increased severity of neonatal encephalopathy, were associated with a gradual rise in risk of hearing impairment. • Neonates with an Apgar 5-min score 7, but without NICU admission, did not have an increased risk of hearing impairment.
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- Dagny Hemmingsen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9038, Tromsø, Norway.
- Paediatric Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Paediatric Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Engdahl B, Aarhus L. Prevalence and predictors of self-reported hearing aid use and benefit in Norway: the HUNT study. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:474. [PMID: 38355451 PMCID: PMC10867996 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17852-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Knowledge on hearing aid use and benefit is important to ensure appropriate and effective treatment. We aimed to assess prevalence and predictors of hearing aid use and benefit in Norway, as well as possible birth cohort changes. METHODS We analyzed two large cross-sectional, population-based hearing surveys of 63,182 adults in 1996-1998 and 2017-2019 (the HUNT study). We used multivariable regression models to examine independent predictors of hearing aid use and benefit, including demography, hearing-related variables, known risk factors for hearing loss and birth cohort. RESULTS The nationally weighted hearing aid use in the adult population increased from 4.2% in 1997 to 5.8% in 2018. The use among individuals with disabling hearing loss (≥ 35 dB HL) increased from 46.3% to 64.4%. Most users reported some (47%) or great (48%) help from their hearing aids. In addition to the level of hearing loss and birth cohort, factors associated with hearing aid use included lower age, tinnitus, childhood-onset hearing loss, higher education, marriage, having children, being exposed to occupational noise or impulse noise, recurrent ear infections, and head injury. In addition to the level of hearing loss, factors related to hearing aid benefit included younger age, female gender, and higher income. Being bothered by tinnitus reduced the benefit. CONCLUSION Our study shows an increase in self-reported hearing aid usage over time in Norway, with lower adoption rates and perceived benefits observed among the elderly. The results suggest that having a spouse and children positively influences the adoption of hearing aids. These findings emphasize the necessity of customized strategies to address demographic disparities and the need for innovative enhancements in hearing rehabilitation programs.
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- Bo Engdahl
- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Postbox 4404 Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Moradi S, Engdahl B, Johannessen A, Selbæk G, Aarhus L, Haanes GG. Hearing loss, hearing aid use, and performance on the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA): findings from the HUNT study in Norway. Front Neurosci 2024; 17:1327759. [PMID: 38260012 PMCID: PMC10800991 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1327759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Purpose To evaluate the associations between hearing status and hearing aid use and performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in older adults in a cross-sectional study in Norway. Methods This study utilized data from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT4, 2017-2019). Hearing thresholds at frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz (or PTA4) in the better hearing ear were used to determine participants' hearing status [normal hearing (PTA4 hearing threshold, ≤ 15 dB), or slight (PTA4, 16-25 dB), mild (PTA4, 26-40 dB), moderate (PTA4, 41-55 dB), or severe (PTA4, ≥ 56 dB) hearing loss]. Both standard scoring and alternate MoCA scoring for people with hearing loss (deleting MoCA items that rely on auditory function) were used in data analysis. The analysis was adjusted for the confounders age, sex, education, and health covariates. Results The pattern of results for the alternate scoring was similar to that for standard scoring. Compared with the normal-hearing group, only individuals with moderate or severe hearing loss performed worse in the MoCA. In addition, people with slight hearing loss performed better in the MoCA than those with moderate or severe hearing loss. Within the hearing loss group, hearing aid use was associated with better performance in the MoCA. No interaction was observed between hearing aid use and participants' hearing status with performance on the MoCA test. Conclusion While hearing loss was associated with poorer performance in the MoCA, hearing aid use was found to be associated with better performance in the MoCA. Future randomized control trials are needed to further examine the efficacy of hearing aid use on the MoCA performance. When compared with standard scoring, the alternate MoCA scoring had no effect on the pattern of results.
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- Shahram Moradi
- Research Group for Disability and Inclusion, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway Campus Porsgrunn, Porsgrunn, Norway
- Research Group for Health Promotion in Settings, Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Tønsberg, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway Campus Vestfold, Horten, Norway
- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Tønsberg, Norway
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- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Tønsberg, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Geriatric Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
- Medical Department, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway Campus Vestfold, Horten, Norway
- USN Research Group of Older Peoples’ Health, University of South-Eastern Norway Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway
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Molaug I, Engdahl B, Mehlum IS, Stokholm ZA, Kolstad H, Aarhus L. Quantitative levels of noise exposure and 20-year hearing decline: findings from a prospective cohort study (the HUNT Study). Int J Audiol 2024; 63:40-48. [PMID: 36399098 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2143432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the association between occupational noise exposure and long-term hearing decline. DESIGN This prospective cohort study used linear regression to investigate the association between occupational noise exposure and 20-year hearing decline, adjusted for important confounders. STUDY SAMPLE The Norwegian cohort (N = 4,448) participated in two population-based health studies with pure-tone audiometry; HUNT2 1996-1998 and HUNT4 2017-2019. Exposure assessments included a quantitative job exposure matrix (JEM) and questionnaires. RESULTS The participants (40.2% men, 20-39 years at baseline) had a mean 20-year decline (3-6 kHz) of 11.3 ± 9.8 decibels (dB). There was a positive association between 20-year logarithmic average noise level (JEM-based, LEX,20y) and 20-year hearing decline among men. Compared with no exposure ≥80 dB during follow-up, minimum 5 years of exposure ≥85 dB (JEM-based) predicted 2.6 dB (95% CI: 0.2-5.0) larger 20-year decline for workers aged 30-39 years at baseline, and -0.2 dB (95% CI: -2.2 to 1.7) for workers aged 20-29 years. Combining JEM information with self-reported noise exposure data resulted in stronger associations. CONCLUSION This large longitudinal study shows an association between JEM-based noise exposure level and increased 20-year hearing decline among men. Contrary to expectations, the associations were weaker among younger workers, which might reflect a latency period.
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- Ina Molaug
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
- The Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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Aarhus L, Molaug I, Engdahl B. No accelerated 20-year hearing decline after occupational noise exposure has ceased: The HUNT study. Am J Ind Med 2024; 67:10-17. [PMID: 37830428 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES It has been suggested that noise exposure can accelerate hearing decline after the noise exposure has ceased. We aimed to assess long-term hearing decline in persons with and without prior occupational noise exposure. METHODS We conducted a population-based longitudinal study in Norway using the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) from 1996 to 1998 (baseline) and from 2017 to 2019 (follow-up). The sample included 1648 participants with baseline age ≥55 years (42% men, mean age 60 years) and <5 years occupational noise exposure after baseline. We analyzed the association between occupational noise exposure before baseline and mean hearing decline between 1998 and 2018 (20-year decline) at each frequency, adjusted for age, sex, education, and impulse noise exposure before baseline. RESULTS Occupational noise exposure before baseline (N = 603) was associated with baseline hearing loss, but not with later accelerated 20-year decline, at any frequency. Noise-exposed persons had less subsequent 20-year decline at 3 kHz than did nonexposed. Restricting the noise-exposed group to persons who also had a baseline Coles notch (hearing thresholds at 3, 4, or 6 kHz of 10 dB or more compared with thresholds at 1 or 2 kHz and 6 or 8 kHz; N = 211), the exposed group showed less 20-year decline at both 3 and 4 kHz, as well as less accelerated 20-year decline at 8 kHz, compared with the nonexposed. CONCLUSION Our large long-term longitudinal study shows no increased risk of continuing hearing decline after occupational noise exposure has ceased. The finding supports a conclusion that ear damage stops when the noise exposure is ended.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Jensen P, Engdahl B, Gustavson K, Lund IO, Pettersen JH, Madsen C, Hauge LJ, Knudsen AKS, Reneflot A, Brandlistuen RE, Ask H, Nesvåg R. Correction: Incidence rates of treated mental disorders before and during the COVID-19 pandemic-a nationwide study comparing trends in the period 2015 to 2021. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:874. [PMID: 38001402 PMCID: PMC10668440 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05367-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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- Pia Jensen
- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Jensen P, Engdahl B, Gustavson K, Lund IO, Pettersen JH, Madsen C, Hauge LJ, Knudsen AKS, Reneflot A, Brandlistuen RE, Ask H, Nesvåg R. Incidence rates of treated mental disorders before and during the COVID-19 pandemic-a nationwide study comparing trends in the period 2015 to 2021. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:668. [PMID: 37704941 PMCID: PMC10500922 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05157-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a concern that exposure to psychosocial stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to a higher incidence of mental disorders. Thus, this study aimed to compare trends in incidence rates of depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders in primary- and specialist health care before (2015-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). METHODS We used aggregated population registry data to calculate incidence rates of mental disorders from primary- (The Norwegian Control and Payment of Health Reimbursements Registry (KUHR)) and specialist (The Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR)) health care. The analyses included all Norwegian residents aged 18-65 during the study period. Incident cases were defined as having no previous registration with the same mental disorder in KUHR (from 2006) or NPR (from 2008). We used linear prediction models and mean models to compare incidence rates and test trends before and during the pandemic. RESULTS During the pandemic, the incidence rates among women were higher or as predicted for OCD in specialist health care and for eating disorders in both primary- and specialist health care. These findings were strongest among women aged 18-24 years. Incidence rates for depression and phobia/OCD among both genders in primary health care and phobic anxiety disorders among both genders in specialist health care were lower or as predicted. CONCLUSION The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to more women needing treatment for OCD and eating disorders in the Norwegian population. The decreased incidence rates for some disorders might indicate that some individuals either avoided seeking help or had improved mental health during the pandemic.
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- Pia Jensen
- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Skirbekk V, Bowen CE, Håberg A, Jugessur A, Engdahl B, Bratsberg B, Zotcheva E, Selbæk G, Kohler HP, Weiss J, Harris JR, Tom SE, Krokstad S, Stern Y, Strand BH. Marital Histories and Associations With Later-Life Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk in the HUNT4 70+ Study in Norway. J Aging Health 2023; 35:543-555. [PMID: 36321864 PMCID: PMC10151439 DOI: 10.1177/08982643221131926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Objectives: Earlier studies suggest that being married in later life protects against dementia, and that being single in old age increases the risk of dementia. In this study, we examine midlife marital status trajectories and their association with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) at ages 70 plus using a large population based sample from Norway. Methods: Based on a general population sample linked to population registries (N = 8706), we used multinomial logistic regression to examine the associations between six types of marital trajectories (unmarried, continuously divorced, intermittently divorced, widowed, continuously married, intermittently married) between age 44 and 68 years from national registries and a clinical dementia or a MCI diagnosis after age 70. We estimated relative risk ratios (RRR) and used mediation analyses adjusting for education, number of children, smoking, hypertension, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, mental distress, and having no close friends in midlife. Inverse probability weighting and multiple imputations were applied. The population attributable fraction was estimated to assess the potential reduction in dementia cases due to marital histories. Results: Overall, 11.6% of the participants were diagnosed with dementia and 35.3% with MCI. Dementia prevalence was lowest among the continuously married (11.2%). Adjusting for confounders, the risk of dementia was higher for the unmarried (RRR = 1.73; 95% CI: 1.24, 2.40), continuously divorced (RRR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.14, 2.43), and intermittently divorced (RRR = 1.50; 95% CI: 1.09, 2.06) compared to the continuously married. In general, marital trajectory was less associated with MCI than with dementia. In the counterfactual scenario, where all participants had the same risk of receiving a dementia diagnosis as the continuously married group, there would be 6.0% fewer dementia cases. Discussion: Our data confirm that staying married in midlife is associated with a lower risk of dementia and that divorced people account for a substantial share of dementia cases.
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- Vegard Skirbekk
- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
- PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Population Aging Research Center and Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Stanford Center on Longevity, Stanford University
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
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- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Molaug I, Aarhus L, Mehlum IS, Stokholm ZA, Kolstad HA, Engdahl B. Occupational noise exposure and tinnitus: the HUNT Study. Int J Audiol 2023:1-8. [PMID: 37210627 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2211735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the association between occupational noise exposure and tinnitus. Further, to assess whether the association depends on hearing status. DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, tinnitus (>1 h daily) was regressed on job exposure matrix (JEM)-based or self-reported occupational noise exposure, adjusted for confounders. STUDY SAMPLE The 14,945 participants (42% men, 20-59 years) attended a population-based study in Norway (HUNT4, 2017-2019). RESULTS JEM-based noise exposure, assessed as equivalent continuous sound level normalised to 8-h working days (LEX 8 h), over the working career or as minimum 5 years ≥85 dB) was not associated with tinnitus. Years of exposure ≥80 dB (minimum one) was not associated with tinnitus. Self-reported high noise exposure (>15 h weekly ≥5 years) was associated with tinnitus overall and among persons with elevated hearing thresholds (prevalence ratio (PR) 1.3, 1.0-1.7), however not statistically significantly among persons with normal thresholds (PR 1.1, 0.8-1.5). CONCLUSIONS Our large study showed no association between JEM-based noise exposure and tinnitus. This may to some extent reflect successful use of hearing protection. High self-reported noise exposure was associated with tinnitus, but not among normal hearing persons. This supports that noise-induced tinnitus to a large extent depends on audiometric hearing loss.
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- Ina Molaug
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
- The Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Reneflot A, Haga C, Engdahl B, Stene-Larsen K. "Sharp increase in self-poisonings among adolescent girls during the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from Norwegian registry data". Acta Psychiatr Scand 2023; 147:634-636. [PMID: 37029547 DOI: 10.1111/acps.13553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Aarhus L, Sand M, Engdahl B. COPD and 20-year hearing decline: The HUNT cohort study. Respir Med 2023; 212:107221. [PMID: 37023869 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to assess the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and long-term hearing decline. A further aim was to study sex differences. METHODS Population-based cohort study in Norway (the HUNT study) with baseline measurements in 1996-1998 and follow-up in 2017-2019. The sample included 12,082 participants (43% men, mean age at follow-up 64 years). We used multiple linear regression to assess the association between COPD (minimum one registered ICD-10 code with emphysema or other COPDs during follow-up) and 20-year hearing decline in the low/mid/high frequency area (0.25-0.5/1-2/3-8 kHz). We adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking, noise exposure, ear infections, hypertension and diabetes. RESULTS Persons registered with COPD (N = 403) had larger 20-year hearing decline at low frequencies (1.5 dB, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.6-2.3) and mid frequencies (1.2 dB, 95% CI 0.4-2.1), but not at high frequencies. At high frequencies, the association was stronger and statistically significant only among women (1.9 dB, 95% CI 0.6-3.2). Persons registered with both COPD and respiratory failure (N = 19) had larger 20-year hearing decline at low and mid frequencies: 7.4 dB (95% CI 3.6-11.2) and 4.5 dB (95% CI 0.7-8.4), respectively. CONCLUSION Our large cohort study shows an association between COPD and increased long-term hearing decline. Women seem to be more susceptible to COPD-related hearing loss at high frequencies. The findings support that COPD can affect the cochlear function.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Fjeld MK, Årnes AP, Engdahl B, Morseth B, Hopstock LA, Horsch A, Stubhaug A, Strand BH, Nielsen CS, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA. Consistent pattern between physical activity measures and chronic pain levels: the Tromsø Study 2015 to 2016. Pain 2023; 164:838-847. [PMID: 36083173 PMCID: PMC10026831 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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ABSTRACT Epidemiological literature on the relationship between physical activity and chronic pain is scarce and inconsistent. Hence, our aim was to assess the relationship applying comprehensive methodology, including self-reported and accelerometer measures of physical activity and different severity levels of chronic pain. We used data from the Tromsø Study (2015-2016). All residents in the municipality, aged 40 years and older were invited to participate (n = 32,591, 51% women). A total of 21,083 (53%) women reported on questionnaires. Additionally, 6778 participants (54% women) were invited to wear accelerometers (6125 with complete measurements). Our exposure measures were self-reported leisure time physical activity, exercise frequency, duration, and intensity and 2 accelerometer measures (steps per day and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day). Outcome measurements were chronic pain and moderate-to-severe chronic pain. We used Poisson regression to estimate chronic pain prevalence and prevalence ratios for each physical activity measure, with adjustments for sex, age, education level, smoking history, and occupational physical activity. Our main analyses showed an inverse dose-response relationship between all physical activity measures and both severity measures of chronic pain, except that the dose-response relationship with exercise duration was only found for moderate-to-severe pain. All findings were stronger for the moderate-to-severe pain outcomes than for chronic pain. Robustness analyses gave similar results as the main analyses. We conclude that an inverse dose-response association between physical activity and chronic pain is consistent across measures. To summarize, higher levels of physical activity is associated with less chronic pain and moderate-to-severe chronic pain.
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- Mats Kirkeby Fjeld
- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Sport Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Departments of Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Tønsberg, Norway
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Kolasa S, Bogen B, Nilsen RM, Nordahl SHG, Goplen FK, Engdahl B, Meldrum D, Berge JE, Wilhelmsen KT, Thingstad P, Aarhus L, Magnussen LH. Hearing threshold and physical performance in older people: a cross-sectional study from the HUNT4 cohort. Eur Geriatr Med 2023; 14:165-172. [PMID: 36396826 PMCID: PMC9902320 DOI: 10.1007/s41999-022-00713-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the association between increased hearing loss and reduced physical performance in older people. METHODS Cross-sectional population-based study using data from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Survey (HUNT4) in Norway. Data were obtained from the subproject HUNT4 Hearing which collected audiometric data of people > 70 years (N = 13,197). Analyses were performed on all participants who had completed audiometry and measured balance using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), which was scored from 0 (worst score) to 12. The hearing threshold was expressed as a pure tone average (PTA). Associations between the hearing threshold for the best and worst ear and physical performance were analyzed by linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, education, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Hearing threshold was indicated with steps of 10 dB. RESULTS Of 13,197 eligible participants, 4101 who completed audiometry and SPPB (52.3% women. mean age 76.3 years) were included. The analyses revealed an association between reduced SPPB and increased hearing threshold in the best ear (b = - 0.296; 95% CI - 0.343 to - 0. 249; P < 0.001) and the worst ear (b = - 0.229; 95% CI - 0.270 to - 0.189; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In this population study, we found that the increased hearing threshold was associated to reduced physical performance as measured by SPPB. The association seemed to be strongest for the best ear. The association between hearing threshold and physical performance illustrates the importance of assessing physical performance in people with hearing loss to prevent the risk of falls and disability. The underlying causes of the associations between hearing loss and poorer physical performance are not fully understood and should be further investigated. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 3.
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- Sylwia Kolasa
- Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Post Box 7030, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Post Box 7030, 5020, Bergen, Norway.,Department for Rehabilitation Services, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Post Box 7030, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Post Box 7030, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Post Box 7030, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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Moradi S, Engdahl B, Johannessen A, Selbæk G, Aarhus L, Haanes GG. Hearing loss, hearing aid use, and subjective memory complaints: Results of the HUNT study in Norway. Front Neurol 2023; 13:1094270. [PMID: 36712418 PMCID: PMC9875071 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1094270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Objective This study aimed to explore the association between hearing loss severity, hearing aid use, and subjective memory complaints in a large cross-sectional study in Norway. Methods Data were drawn from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT4 Hearing, 2017-2019). The hearing threshold was defined as the pure-tone average of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz in the better ear. The participants were divided into five groups: normal hearing or slight/mild/moderate/severe hearing loss. Subjective self-reported short-term and long-term memory complaints were measured by the nine-item Meta-Memory Questionnaire (MMQ). The sample included 20,092 individuals (11,675 women, mean age 58.3 years) who completed both hearing and MMQ tasks. A multivariate analysis of variance (adjusted for covariates of age, sex, education, and health cofounders) was used to evaluate the association between hearing status and hearing aid use (in the hearing-impaired groups) and long-term and short-term subjective memory complaints. Results A multivariate analysis of variance, followed by univariate ANOVA and pairwise comparisons, showed that hearing loss was associated only with more long-term subjective memory complaints and not with short-term subjective memory complaints. In the hearing-impaired groups, the univariate main effect of hearing aid use was only observed for subjective long-term memory complaints and not for subjective short-term memory complaints. Similarly, the univariate interaction of hearing aid use and hearing status was significant for subjective long-term memory complaints and not for subjective short-term memory complaints. Pairwise comparisons, however, revealed no significant differences between hearing loss groups with respect to subjective long-term complaints. Conclusion This cross-sectional study indicates an association between hearing loss and subjective long-term memory complaints but not with subjective short-term memory complaints. In addition, an interaction between hearing status and hearing aid use for subjective long-term memory complaints was observed in hearing-impaired groups, which calls for future research to examine the effects of hearing aid use on different memory systems.
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- Shahram Moradi
- Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway,*Correspondence: Shahram Moradi ✉
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten, Norway,Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
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- Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Geriatric Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway,Medical Department, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten, Norway
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BACKGROUND Studies show that certain occupations are associated with an increased risk of hearing loss. However, many studies are cross-sectional, and the few longitudinal studies are mostly small or focus on only one occupation. AIMS We aimed to quantify the long-term hearing decline among workers in different occupations and assess whether the change differs between the occupations. METHODS The study population was 4525 adults who participated in two population-based health studies in Norway, HUNT2 1996-1998 and HUNT4 2017-2019. Linear regression models assessed the association between occupations (clerks as reference) and 20-year hearing decline (hearing thresholds at 3-6 kHz, averaged over both ears) from HUNT2 to HUNT4. Models were adjusted for age, sex, recurrent ear infections, smoking and ear pathology. RESULTS Among the participants (40% men), the mean age at HUNT2 was 31.2 ± 5.4 years (range 20-39) and the average 20-year hearing decline was 11.3 ± 9.8 dB. Occupations that were associated with larger hearing decline included other craft and related trades workers (3.9 dB, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.2-7.7) and building frame and related trades workers (3.4 dB, 95% CI 1.3-5.4). Among occupations with larger hearing decline, a higher proportion of the workers reported exposure to noise. CONCLUSIONS This large longitudinal study shows a larger long-term hearing decline among building frame workers and craft and related trades workers. Differences between occupations were modest, which may indicate successful preventive measures in Norway during the last two decades.
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- I Molaug
- The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
- The Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway
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Langballe EM, Tangen GG, Engdahl B, Strand BH. Increased mortality risk for adults aged 25–44 years with long-term disability: A prospective cohort study with a 35-year follow-up of 30,080 individuals from 1984–2019 in the population-based HUNT study. Lancet Reg Health Eur 2022; 22:100482. [PMID: 36039147 PMCID: PMC9418547 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Lund CI, Engdahl B, Rosseland LA, Stubhaug A, Grimnes G, Furberg AS, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Nielsen CS. The association between age at menarche and chronic pain outcomes in women: the Tromsø Study, 2007 to 2016. Pain 2022; 163:1790-1799. [PMID: 35239542 PMCID: PMC9393800 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABSTRACT Sex differences in chronic pain are well established with documented predominance in women. This study assessed relationships between age at menarche and chronic pain, site-specific chronic pain, pain characteristics, and chronic widespread pain (CWP). We used data from the Tromsø Study conducted in 2007 to 2008 and 2015 to 2016 (Tromsø 6 and Tromsø 7 waves) including participants aged 30 to 99 years. The associations between age at menarche and chronic pain were examined in Tromsø 6 (n = 6449), Tromsø 7 (n = 5681), and the combination of Tromsø 6 and Tromsø 7 (n = 12,130). Tromsø 7 data were used further to examine the associations between age at menarche and site-specific chronic pain, 4 pain characteristics (pain duration, pain intensity, episode duration, and episode frequency), and CWP. All analyses were adjusted for body mass index, age, and economic status of the household in childhood. Lower age at menarche was associated with an increased risk of chronic pain in all 3 samples (risk ratio for each year delay in menarche 0.98, 95% CI [0.97 to 0.99] across samples). Risk differences were -0.014, CI 95% (-0.02 to -0.005) in Tromsø 6, -0.011, CI 95% (-0.02 to -0.02) in Tromsø 7, and -0.012, CI 95% (-0.02 to -0.01) in the combined sample. Age at menarche was significantly associated with chronic pain in the neck, abdomen, and both arms, and CWP. Of the 4 pain characteristics, pain duration was statistically significant. We conclude that early menarche is an independent risk factor for pain across a broad spectrum of pain outcomes.
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- Charlotte I. Lund
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT—the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Care, Molde University College, Molde, Norway
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Jørgensen AY, Aarhus L, Engdahl B, Bratsberg B, Skirbekk VF, Mehlum IS. Hearing loss, sick leave, and disability pension: findings from the HUNT follow-up study. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:1340. [PMID: 35836216 PMCID: PMC9281024 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13760-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Evidence on the association between hearing loss and sick leave or disability pension is to a great extent based on few cross-sectional studies and remains unclear. We aim to assess the associations in a long-term follow-up population study. Methods We used baseline data from a large population-based hearing study in Norway, the HUNT Hearing study (1996–1998). The sample included 21 754 adults (48.5% men, mean age at baseline 36.6 years). We used register data on sick leave and disability pension (1996–2011). Cox regression was used to assess the association between hearing loss at baseline (Pure tone average/PTA 0.5–4 kHz > 20 dB) and time to first physician-certified sick leave episode, as well as time to first disability pension payment. Results Hearing loss at baseline (yes/no) was weakly associated with time to first physician-certified sick leave episode: Hazard ratio (HR) 1.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1–1.3). Restricting the exposed group to people with both hearing loss and tinnitus, the HR was slightly increased: 1.3 (95% CI 1.1–1.6). Hearing loss in 1996–1998 was also associated with time to first received disability pension: HR 1.5 (95% CI 1.3–1.8). Stronger associations were found for disabling hearing loss (PTA > 35). Restricting the exposure to hearing loss and tinnitus, the HR was increased: 2.0 (95% CI 1.4–2.8). Conclusions This large population-based cohort study indicates that hearing loss is associated with increased risk of receiving disability pension, especially among younger adults and low educated workers. Hearing loss was weakly associated with sick leave.
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- Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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Stene-Larsen K, Raknes G, Engdahl B, Qin P, Mehlum L, Strøm MS, Reneflot A. Suicide trends in Norway during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. A register-based cohort study. Eur Psychiatry 2022; 65:1-24. [PMID: 35437137 PMCID: PMC9058441 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background There is a concern that the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to an increase in suicides. Several reports from the first months of the pandemic showed no increase in suicide rates while studies with longer observation times report contrasting results. In this study, we explore the suicide rates in Norway during the first year of the pandemic for the total population as well as for relevant subgroups such as sex, age, geographical areas, and pandemic phases. Methods This is a cohort study covering the entire Norwegian population between 2010 and 2020. The main outcome was age-standardized suicide rates (per 100,000 inhabitants) in 2020 according to the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry. This was compared with 95% prediction intervals (95% PI) based on the suicide rates between 2010 and 2019. Results In 2020, there were 639 suicides in Norway corresponding to a rate of 12.1 per 100,000 (95% PI 10.2–14.4). There were no significant deviations from the predicted values for suicides in 2020 when analyzing age, sex, pandemic phase, or geographical area separately. We observed a trend toward a lower than predicted suicide rate among females (6.5, 95% PI 6.0–9.2), and during the two COVID-19 outbreak phases in 2020 (2.8, 95% PI 2.3–4.3 and 2.8, 95% CI 2.3–4.3). Conclusion There is no indication that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in suicide rates in Norway in 2020.
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- K. Stene-Larsen
- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health Registry Research and Development, National Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health and Suicide, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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OBJECTIVES The risk of noise injury from recreational firearm use is well known. Despite preventive measures it is uncertain whether it has become less harmful. We assessed whether the association between recreational firearm use and hearing has changed during the last two decades. DESIGN We used a repeated cross-sectional design and determined hearing thresholds by pure-tone audiometry. Frequency-specific associations between recreational firearm use and hearing thresholds were assessed by multivariate linear regression stratified by sex and adjusted for age and other covariates. STUDY SAMPLE Two cross-sectional population-based cohorts 20 years apart (1998 and 2018) comprised 27,580 (53% women, mean age 53 years) and 26,606 individuals (56% women, mean age 54 years), respectively. RESULTS Recreational firearm use was reported by 28% in 1998 and 30% in 2018. The proportion that reported wearing hearing protection increased. Exposure to recreational firearms was associated with elevated thresholds at 3-6 kHz in both cohorts. The association increased with the number of lifetime shots. The associations increased by age and were substantially smaller in the most recent cohort. CONCLUSIONS Analyses of two cohorts revealed a reduction in the association between recreational firearm use and hearing over 20 years, coinciding with the introduction of hearing preservation measures.
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- Bo Engdahl
- Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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Jørgensen AY, Engdahl B, Mehlum IS, Aarhus L. Weaker association between hearing loss and non-employment in recent generations: the HUNT cohort study. Int J Audiol 2022; 62:312-319. [PMID: 35277098 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2045367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence of hearing loss (HL) among employed persons, the association between HL and non-employment, assessing whether this has changed over the last two decades. To identify susceptible groups for HL-related work problems and examine the association between HL and co-worker relations. DESIGN Cross-sectional analyses of working-age participants (20-66 years). HL was defined as the pure-tone average threshold of 0.5-4 kHz in the better hearing ear: 20-34 dB (mild) or ≥35 dB (disabling). Associations were assessed with logistic regression. STUDY SAMPLE Data from two waves of the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT): HUNT2 1996-1998 (N = 38,603), HUNT4 2017-2019 (N = 19,614). RESULTS The nationally weighted prevalence of HL among employees was 5.8%. HL was associated with non-employment, more strongly in HUNT2 (odds ratio (OR) 2.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0-2.4) than HUNT4 (OR 1.9, CI 1.7-2.1). HL was not associated with poorer co-worker relations. The association between HL and non-optimal work performance was stronger among white-collar workers than blue-collar workers. CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that HL is common in the employed population. It also indicates a weakened association between HL and non-employment in recent generations. White-collar workers appear to be more vulnerable to HL-related work problems than blue-collar workers.
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- Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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DeMichele-Sweet MAA, Klei L, Creese B, Harwood JC, Weamer EA, McClain L, Sims R, Hernandez I, Moreno-Grau S, Tárraga L, Boada M, Alarcón-Martín E, Valero S, Liu Y, Hooli B, Aarsland D, Selbaek G, Bergh S, Rongve A, Saltvedt I, Skjellegrind HK, Engdahl B, Stordal E, Andreassen OA, Djurovic S, Athanasiu L, Seripa D, Borroni B, Albani D, Forloni G, Mecocci P, Serretti A, De Ronchi D, Politis A, Williams J, Mayeux R, Foroud T, Ruiz A, Ballard C, Holmans P, Lopez OL, Kamboh MI, Devlin B, Sweet RA, Sweet RA. Genome-wide association identifies the first risk loci for psychosis in Alzheimer disease. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:5797-5811. [PMID: 34112972 PMCID: PMC8660923 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01152-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Psychotic symptoms, defined as the occurrence of delusions or hallucinations, are frequent in Alzheimer disease (AD with psychosis, AD + P). AD + P affects ~50% of individuals with AD, identifies a subgroup with poor outcomes, and is associated with a greater degree of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms, compared to subjects without psychosis (AD - P). Although the estimated heritability of AD + P is 61%, genetic sources of risk are unknown. We report a genome-wide meta-analysis of 12,317 AD subjects, 5445 AD + P. Results showed common genetic variation accounted for a significant portion of heritability. Two loci, one in ENPP6 (rs9994623, O.R. (95%CI) 1.16 (1.10, 1.22), p = 1.26 × 10-8) and one spanning the 3'-UTR of an alternatively spliced transcript of SUMF1 (rs201109606, O.R. 0.65 (0.56-0.76), p = 3.24 × 10-8), had genome-wide significant associations with AD + P. Gene-based analysis identified a significant association with APOE, due to the APOE risk haplotype ε4. AD + P demonstrated negative genetic correlations with cognitive and educational attainment and positive genetic correlation with depressive symptoms. We previously observed a negative genetic correlation with schizophrenia; instead, we now found a stronger negative correlation with the related phenotype of bipolar disorder. Analysis of polygenic risk scores supported this genetic correlation and documented a positive genetic correlation with risk variation for AD, beyond the effect of ε4. We also document a small set of SNPs likely to affect risk for AD + P and AD or schizophrenia. These findings provide the first unbiased identification of the association of psychosis in AD with common genetic variation and provide insights into its genetic architecture.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, Exeter, UK.,Norwegian, Exeter and King's College Consortium for Genetics of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia, Exeter, UK
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Global Statistical Science, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Neurodegeneration Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and Centre for Age-Related Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Norwegian National Advisory Unit in Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.,Department Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Centre of Age-related Functional Decline and Disease, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Pb 68, Ottestad, Norway
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Helse Fonna, Haugesund and Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Geriatric Department, St. Olav Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Neuromedicine and Movement science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Levanger, Norway.,Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,NORMENT, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- NORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Centre for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- 1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.,UK Dementia Research Institute @ Cardiff, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. .,Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;,Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;,For questions and correspondence, please contact: Robert A. Sweet, MD, Mail: Biomedical Science Tower, Rm W-1645, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, Express Mail: Biomedical Science Tower, Rm W-1645, Lothrop and Terrace Streets, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, Phone: 412-624-0064, Fax: 412-624-9910, , Web: www.sweetlab.pitt.edu
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Abstract
It is unclear whether the current average use of personal music players (PMPs)
including mobile phones has affected hearing in the general population. The
association between the use of PMPs and hearing loss was assessed in a large
population cross-sectional and follow-up study with the following distribution:
cross-sectional (2018): n = 26,606, 56% women, mean age
54 years and 20-year follow-up (baseline 1998): n = 12,115, 57%
women, mean age at baseline 43 years. Hearing threshold was determined as
pure-tone average over the frequencies 3, 4, and 6 kHz. We used linear
regression to assess relationships between hearing threshold and PMP use (yes),
duration (1–2/2–6/>6 h per week), or sound volume (low/medium/high), with
nonuse as reference. The PMP use increased from 8% in 1998 to 30% in 2018.
Compared with nonusers, neither use nor duration was related to hearing
threshold. As to sound volume, listening at low levels was associated with
better thresholds (−2.5 dB [−4.1 to −0.8]), while listening at high levels was
associated with worse thresholds (1.4 dB [0.1 to 2.8]). We adjusted for age,
sex, baseline hearing threshold, education, noise exposure, ear infections, head
injury, and daily smoking. The association with sound volume was nearly twice as
strong when adjusting for hearing threshold at baseline. Accordingly, the
possibility of reverse causality was reduced although not eliminated by the
follow-up design. This large population study showed no association between
normal PMP use and 20-year progression in hearing; however users listening to
high levels increased their hearing threshold.
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- Bo Engdahl
- Department of Environment and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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Ausland JHL, Engdahl B, Oftedal B, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Nielsen CS, Hopstock LA, Johnsen M, Friborg O, Rosenvinge JH, Eggen AE, Krog NH. Tinnitus and associations with chronic pain: The population-based Tromsø Study (2015-2016). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247880. [PMID: 33651844 PMCID: PMC7924755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tinnitus and pain have many similarities. Both are subjective sensations that may turn chronic, they are often accompanied by hypersensitivity in their respective sensory system, and overlapping brain changes have been observed. Since no population study has examined the empirical association between chronic pain and tinnitus, the present study aimed to explore the relationship in a general adult population. We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (2015–2016). Participants (aged ≥40) responded to questions about pain and tinnitus. Using multiple logistic regression, we analysed the adjusted relationship between chronic pain and tinnitus in the full sample (n = 19,039), using several tinnitus definitions ranging from tinnitus >5 minutes within the past 12 months (broadest definition) to at least weekly and highly bothersome tinnitus (strictest definition). We also analysed relationships between number of body regions with pain, pain intensity and bothering, and tinnitus >5 minutes, among participants with chronic pain (n = 11,589). We found an association between chronic pain and tinnitus that was present irrespective of tinnitus definition, but was stronger with more bothersome tinnitus. With chronic pain, the odds of tinnitus >5 minutes was 64% higher, while odds of at least weekly, highly bothersome tinnitus was 144% higher than without chronic pain. Among participants with chronic pain, the number of pain regions was the pain variable most strongly associated with tinnitus >5 minutes (OR = 1.17 (95% CI: 1.14–1.20) for an increase of one region), whereas the other pain variables (intensity and bothering) showed weaker associations. All chronic pain variables had significant interactions with age, with the strongest associations for the youngest individuals (40–54 years). Our findings support the existence of an association between chronic pain and tinnitus and emphasises the importance of examining for comorbid pain in tinnitus patients to provide a more comprehensive treatment of tinnitus.
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- Jannike H-L Ausland
- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Langnes, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Langnes, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Langnes, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Langnes, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, Oslo, Norway
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Grinde B, Schirmer H, Eggen AE, Aigner L, Engdahl B. A possible effect of montelukast on neurological aging examined by the use of register data. Int J Clin Pharm 2020; 43:541-548. [PMID: 33034810 PMCID: PMC8214582 DOI: 10.1007/s11096-020-01160-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Background The leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast has been shown to rejuvenate aged brains in rats; however, data on humans are still scarce. Objective To investigate if montelukast may alleviate degenerative neurological changes using a register data. Setting Norwegian registry data analyses. Method The present observational study was based on data from the Norwegian Prescription Database and the Tromsø Study. The former has information regarding the use of prescription medicine; the latter includes tests for brain function such as subjective memory and finger-tapping. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to see how the use of various medications correlated with the test results, correcting for likely confounders. Main outcome measure Results on seven different tests considered relevant for neurological health were used as outcome. Results Previous use of montelukast correlated with improved scores on cognitive or neurological functioning (F = 2.20, p = 0.03 in a multivariate test). A range of other medications were tested with the same algorithm, including drugs acting on the immune system, but none of them correlated with (overall) significantly improved test results. Conclusion The present data suggest that montelukast may alleviate degenerative neurological changes associated with human aging.
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- Bjørn Grinde
- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Cardiology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Aarhus L, Engdahl B. Occupational noise exposure and asymmetric hearing loss: Results from the HUNT population study in Norway. Am J Ind Med 2020; 63:535-542. [PMID: 32187713 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND A large population study with adequate data on confounders is required to determine whether asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) is associated with occupational noise exposure. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional population study in Norway (the Health Investigation in Nord-Trøndelag: HUNT) with 24 183 participants, using pure-tone audiometry and questionnaires. AHL was defined as a difference in hearing threshold between the right and left ears of greater than or equal to 15 dB for the pure-tone average of 0.5 to 2 or 3 to 6 kHz. RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 53 years (range, 19-99); 53% were women. The prevalence of AHL in this general Norwegian population was 6% for the 0.5 to 2 kHz range and 15% for 3 to 6 kHz. In unadjusted regression models, subjects reporting prolonged occupational noise exposure to high-level noise sources (N = 1652) had a higher risk of AHL at 3 to 6 kHz than those reporting no prior exposure (odds ratio [OR], 1.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.75-2.25). After adjustment for age and sex, OR was 1.08; (95% CI, 0.95-1.24). After additional adjustment for head trauma, ear infections, blasting or shooting (all associated with AHL), smoking, and diabetes, OR was 1.00 (95% CI, 0.87-1.16). No association between occupational noise and right-ear hearing threshold advantage (left-right ear difference) was observed after adjustment for confounders. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that AHL is relatively common in the general population, especially at the high-frequency range in men and elderly subjects. Our study showed no relation between occupational noise exposure and AHL after confounder adjustment.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Department of Occupational Medicine and EpidemiologyNational Institute of Occupational HealthOslo Norway
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and AgeingNorwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo Norway
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Grinde B, Engdahl B. Prescription database analyses indicates that the asthma medicine montelukast might protect against dementia: a hypothesis to be verified. Immun Ageing 2017; 14:20. [PMID: 28874912 PMCID: PMC5579921 DOI: 10.1186/s12979-017-0102-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has recently been shown that the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast rejuvenates aged brains in rats. The question is whether this commonly used, systemic, anti-asthmatic medicine has a similar effect in humans? RESULTS We approached this issue by doing statistical analyses based on the Norwegian Prescription Database. The Database lists all prescription-based medications in Norway, but not drugs given to people who are in hospitals or nursing homes. The question asked was whether users of montelukast, compared to users of inhalation asthma medicine, live longer, and are less likely to develop dementia. A small, non-significant protective effect on the use of dementia medicine became significant when adjusting for other prescriptions (based on the notion that montelukast users on average are less healthy). A possible protective effect was substantiated by looking at the lack of prescriptions as a proxy for dementia-related residency in nursing homes, and the risk of death. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that montelukast may alleviate the cognitive decline associated with human aging. However, further data, preferably based on controlled clinical trials, are required.
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- Bjørn Grinde
- Department of Aging, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, PO Norway
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- Department of Aging, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, PO Norway
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Lie A, Engdahl B, Tambs K. Simplified risk assessment of noise induced hearing loss by means of 2 spreadsheet models. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016; 29:991-999. [PMID: 27869248 DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study has been to test 2 spreadsheet models to compare the observed with the expected hearing loss for a Norwegian reference population. MATERIAL AND METHODS The prevalence rates of the Norwegian and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) definitions of hearing outcomes were calculated in terms of sex and age, 20-64 years old, for a screened (with no occupational noise exposure) (N = 18 858) and unscreened (N = 38 333) Norwegian reference population from the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study (NTHLS). Based on the prevalence rates, 2 different spreadsheet models were constructed in order to compare the prevalence rates of various groups of workers with the expected rates. The spreadsheets were then tested on 10 different occupational groups with varying degrees of hearing loss as compared to a reference population. RESULTS Hearing of office workers, train drivers, conductors and teachers differed little from the screened reference values based on the Norwegian and the NIOSH criterion. The construction workers, miners, farmers and military had an impaired hearing and railway maintenance workers and bus drivers had a mildly impaired hearing. The spreadsheet models give a valid assessment of the hearing loss. CONCLUSIONS The use of spreadsheet models to compare hearing in occupational groups with that of a reference population is a simple and quick method. The results are in line with comparable hearing thresholds, and allow for significance testing. The method is believed to be useful for occupational health services in the assessment of risk of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) and the preventive potential in groups of noise-exposed workers. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016;29(6):991-999.
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- Arve Lie
- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway (Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology).
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Lie A, Engdahl B, Hoffman HJ, Li CM, Tambs K. Occupational noise exposure, hearing loss, and notched audiograms in the HUNT Nord-Trøndelag hearing loss study, 1996-1998. Laryngoscope 2016; 127:1442-1450. [PMID: 27696439 PMCID: PMC5484347 DOI: 10.1002/lary.26256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Objectives/Hypothesis To study the prevalence and usefulness of audiometric notches in the diagnosis of noise‐induced hearing loss (NIHL). Study Design Audiograms and data on noise exposure from 23,297 men and 26,477 women, aged 20 to 101 years, from the Nord‐Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study, 1996–1998. Methods The prevalence of four types of audiometric notches (Coles, Hoffman, Wilson) and 4 kHz notch were computed in relation to occupational noise exposure, age, sex, and report of recurrent ear infections. Results The prevalence of notches in the 3 to 6 kHz range (Wilson, Hoffman, and Coles) ranged from 50% to 60% in subjects without occupational noise exposure, and 60% to 70% in the most occupationally noise‐exposed men. The differences were statistically significant only for bilateral notches. For 4 kHz notches, the prevalence varied from 25% in occupationally nonexposed to 35% in the most occupationally exposed men, and the differences were statistically significant for both bilateral and unilateral notches. For women, the prevalence of notches was lower than in men, especially for 4 kHz notches, and the differences between occupationally noise exposed and nonexposed were smaller. Recreational exposure to high music was not associated with notched audiograms. Conclusions The detection of bilateral notches and unilateral 4 kHz notches is of some value in diagnosing NIHL, especially in men. Level of Evidence 4 Laryngoscope, 127:1442–1450, 2017
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- Arve Lie
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyse longitudinal data to assess the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in Norwegian railway workers. DESIGN Longitudinal. SETTING A major Norwegian railway company. METHODS We examined data from the first and last audiograms for the period 1991-2014, from 9640 railway workers with varying occupational noise exposure and with an average observation period of 10 years. The course of hearing acuity in seven groups of railway workers (train drivers, conductors, bus drivers, traffic controllers, train maintenance workers, track maintenance workers and others) were compared with each other and with ISO standards (ISO 1999). RESULTS The change in hearing threshold during the observation period was 2-3 dB in the 0.5-4 kHz range and 6-7 dB in the 3-6 kHz range adjusted for age and sex, for all occupational groups, which is slightly less than expected (8 dB) according to ISO 1999. CONCLUSIONS The risk of NIHL in Norwegian railway workers during the period 1991-2014 has been negligible.
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- Arve Lie
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Aarhus L, Engdahl B, Tambs K, Kvestad E, Hoffman HJ. Association Between Childhood Hearing Disorders and Tinnitus in Adulthood. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016; 141:983-9. [PMID: 26540147 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.2378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE The association between childhood hearing disorders and adult tinnitus has not been examined in longitudinal cohort studies. OBJECTIVES To determine the association between different types of childhood hearing loss and tinnitus in adulthood and evaluate whether tinnitus risk is mediated by adult hearing loss. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Population-based cohort study of 32 430 adults (aged 20-56 years) who underwent pure-tone audiometry and completed a tinnitus questionnaire in the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study, which was a part of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 2 (HUNT2). The study was conducted from January 1, 2014, to April 1, 2015. Data analysis was performed from April 1, 2014, to April 1, 2015. As children, the same individuals had undergone screening audiometry in a longitudinal primary school hearing investigation, including ear, nose, and throat examinations when indicated. INTERVENTIONS Pure-tone audiometry, questionnaires, and ear, nose, and throat examinations. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Self-reported tinnitus (yes or no) in adulthood measured by questionnaires. RESULTS Adults who had hearing loss at the time of the school investigation (n = 3026) reported more tinnitus, measured as odds ratio (95% CI), than did adults with normal childhood hearing (n = 29 404) (1.4 [1.3-1.6]). Childhood hearing disorders associated with tinnitus in adulthood included sensorineural hearing loss, chronic suppurative otitis media, and hearing loss associated with a history of recurrent acute otitis media (2.4 [1.9-3.0], 2.4 [1.5-3.9], and 1.6 [1.3-2.0], respectively). These estimates were adjusted for age, sex, and noise exposure in adulthood. After further analyses that included adjustment for adult hearing threshold, none of these childhood hearing disorders remained positively associated with tinnitus. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Childhood hearing disorders associated with tinnitus in adulthood include sensorineural hearing loss, chronic suppurative otitis media, and hearing loss associated with a history of recurrent acute otitis media. After adjustment for the adult hearing threshold, none of the childhood hearing disorders was positively associated with tinnitus. Hence, it appears that these significant associations are mediated or transmitted through adult hearing loss.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Aarhus L, Tambs K, Engdahl B. No Association Between Time of Onset of Hearing Loss (Childhood Versus Adulthood) and Self-Reported Hearing Handicap in Adults. Am J Audiol 2015; 24:549-56. [PMID: 26649831 DOI: 10.1044/2015_aja-15-0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study examined the association between time of onset of hearing loss (childhood vs. adulthood) and self-reported hearing handicap in adults. METHODS This is a population-based cohort study of 2,024 adults (mean = 48 years) with hearing loss (binaural pure-tone average 0.5-4 kHz ≥ 20 dB HL) who completed a hearing handicap questionnaire. In childhood, the same persons (N = 2,024) underwent audiometry in a school investigation (at ages 7, 10, and 13 years), in which 129 were diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss (binaural pure-tone average 0.5-4 kHz ≥ 20 dB HL), whereas 1,895 had normal hearing thresholds. RESULTS Hearing handicap was measured in adulthood as the sum-score of various speech perception and social impairment items (15 items). The sum-score increased with adult hearing threshold level (p < .001). After adjustment for adult hearing threshold level, hearing aid use, adult age, sex, and socioeconomic status, there was no significant difference in hearing handicap sum-score between the group with childhood-onset hearing loss (n = 129) and the group with adult-onset hearing loss (n = 1,895; p = .882). CONCLUSION Self-reported hearing handicap in adults increased with hearing threshold level. After adjustment for adult hearing threshold level, this cohort study revealed no significant association between time of onset of hearing loss (childhood vs. adulthood) and self-reported hearing handicap.
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present paper was to examine the association between prospectively and cross-sectionally assessed cardiovascular risk factors and hearing loss. DESIGN Hearing was assessed by pure-tone average thresholds at low (0.25-0.5 kHz), middle (1-2 kHz), and high (3-8 kHz) frequencies. Self-reported or measured cardiovascular risk factors were assessed both 11 years before and simultaneously with the audiometric assessment. Cardiovascular risk factors were smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity, waist circumference, body mass index, resting heart rate, blood pressure, triglycerides, total serum cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and diabetes. STUDY SAMPLE A population-based cohort of 31 547 subjects. RESULTS After adjustment for age, sex, level of education, income, recurrent ear infections, and noise exposure, risk factors associated with poorer hearing sensitivity were smoking, diabetes, physical inactivity, resting heart rate, and waist circumference. Smoking was only associated with hearing loss at high frequencies. The effects were very small, in combination explaining only 0.2-0.4% of the variance in addition to the component explained by age and the other cofactors. CONCLUSION This cohort study indicates that, although many cardiovascular risk factors are associated with hearing loss, the effects are small and of doubtful clinical relevance.
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- Bo Engdahl
- a Division of Mental Health , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Nydalen , Oslo , Norway
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- a Division of Mental Health , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Nydalen , Oslo , Norway
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- b National Institute of Occupational Health , Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology , Oslo , Norway
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- a Division of Mental Health , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Nydalen , Oslo , Norway
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Aarhus L, Tambs K, Hoffman HJ, Engdahl B. Childhood otitis media is associated with dizziness in adulthood: the HUNT cohort study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 273:2047-54. [PMID: 26335289 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-015-3764-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The objective of the study was to examine the association between otitis media in childhood and dizziness in adulthood. Longitudinal, population-based cohort study of 21,962 adults (aged 20-59 years, mean 40) who completed a health questionnaire in the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study was conducted. At 7, 10 and 13 years of age, the same individuals underwent screening audiometry in a longitudinal school hearing investigation. Children found with hearing loss underwent an ear, nose and throat specialist examination. Adults diagnosed with childhood chronic suppurative otitis media (n = 102) and childhood hearing loss after recurrent acute otitis media (n = 590) were significantly more likely to have increased risk of reported dizziness when compared to adults with normal hearing as children at the school investigation and also a negative history of recurrent otitis media (n = 21,270), p < 0.05. After adjusting for adult age, sex and socio-economic status, the odds ratios were 2.1 [95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.4-3.3] and 1.3 (95 % CI: 1.0-1.5), respectively. This longitudinal cohort study suggests that childhood chronic suppurative otitis media and childhood hearing loss after recurrent acute otitis media are associated with increased risk of dizziness in adulthood. This might reflect a permanent effect of inflammatory mediators or toxins on the vestibular system. The new finding stresses the importance of treatment and prevention of these otitis media conditions.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Division of Mental Health, Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway.
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- Division of Mental Health, Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Division of Mental Health, Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
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Aarhus L, Tambs K, Nafstad P, Bjørgan E, Engdahl B. Childhood sensorineural hearing loss: effects of combined exposure with aging or noise exposure later in life. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 273:1099-105. [PMID: 25975623 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-015-3649-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of the study was to examine childhood high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss (HF-SNHL) and the effects of combined exposure with aging or noise exposure on HF hearing thresholds in adulthood. Population-based cohort study of 30,003 adults (mean age 40 years) underwent an audiometry and completed a hearing questionnaire. At age 7-13 years, the same people had participated in a longitudinal school hearing investigation, in which 283 participants were diagnosed with HF-SNHL [PTA 3-8 kHz ≥ 25 dB HL (mean 45 dB HL), worse hearing ear], and 29,720 participants had normal hearing thresholds. The effect of childhood HF-SNHL on adult hearing threshold was significantly moderated by age. Age stratified analyses showed that the difference in HF hearing thresholds between adults with and without childhood HF-SNHL was 33 dB (95 % CI 31-34) in young adults (n = 173, aged 20-39 years) and 37 dB (95 % CI 34-39) in middle-aged adults (n = 110, aged 40-56 years). The combined exposure of childhood HF-SNHL and noise exposure showed a simple additive effect. It appears to be a super-additive effect of childhood-onset HF-SNHL and aging on adult hearing thresholds. An explanation might be that already damaged hair cells are more susceptible to age-related degeneration. To exclude possible birth cohort effects, the finding should be confirmed by a study with several audiometries in adulthood.
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- Lisa Aarhus
- Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chronic diseases, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
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- Namsos Hospital, Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF, Postboks 333, 7601, Levanger, Norway
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Health Behavior, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
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Kvestad E, Lie KK, Eskild A, Engdahl B. Sensorineural hearing loss in children: the association with Apgar score. A registry-based study of 392,371 children in Norway. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 78:1940-4. [PMID: 25216808 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The causes of congenital permanent hearing loss in children are insufficiently understood. We studied the association of Apgar score 5 min after birth with sensorineural hearing loss diagnosed before the age of 5 years. METHODS We performed an epidemiological cohort study with data obtained by linkage between The Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the Norwegian County Registry of Children with Hearing Loss. Cases were 327 children born in Norway during the period 1978-1998 with sensorineural hearing loss. Controls were all children in Norway without sensorineural hearing loss born in the same counties and during the same period as the cases (n=392,044). The associations of Apgar score 5 min after birth with sensorineural hearing loss were estimated as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) by applying logistic regression analyses. RESULTS Among children with sensorineural hearing loss 0.9% (3/327) had Apgar score<3, whereas that was true for 0.1% (304/392044) of children without hearing loss (p=0.001, chi square test). The aOR for sensorineural hearing loss was 7.5 [95% CI 2.3-, 24.2] comparing Apgar score<3 to Apgar score 10, after adjustment for birthweight and concurrent birth defects. Most children with sensorineural hearing loss (90%) had Apgar score>8 five minutes after birth. CONCLUSIONS Low Apgar score was associated with childhood sensorineural hearing loss. However, most children with sensorineural hearing loss, had Apgar score>8.
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0403 Oslo, Norway.
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- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway; Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0403 Oslo, Norway
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Engdahl B. Noise-induced hearing loss: the diagnosis depends on the doctor's belief. Occup Environ Med 2014; 72:234. [PMID: 25352605 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Railway workers performing maintenance work of trains and tracks could be at risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss, since they are exposed to noise levels of 75-90 dB(A) with peak exposures of 130-140 dB(C). The objective was to make a risk assessment by comparing the hearing thresholds among train and track maintenance workers with a reference group not exposed to noise and reference values from the ISO 1999. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING A major Norwegian railway company. PARTICIPANTS 1897 and 2730 male train and track maintenance workers, respectively, all exposed to noise, and 2872 male railway traffic controllers and office workers not exposed to noise. OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome was the hearing threshold (pure tone audiometry, frequencies from 0.5 to 8 kHz), and the secondary outcome was the prevalence of audiometric notches (Coles notch) of the most recent audiogram. RESULTS Train and track maintenance workers aged 45 years or older had a small mean hearing loss in the 3-6 kHz area of 3-5 dB. The hearing loss was less among workers younger than 45 years. Audiometric notches were slightly more prevalent among the noise exposed (59-64%) group compared with controls (49%) for all age groups. They may therefore be a sensitive measure in disclosing an early hearing loss at a group level. CONCLUSIONS Train and track maintenance workers aged 45 years or older, on average, have a slightly greater hearing loss and more audiometric notches compared with reference groups not exposed to noise. Younger (<45 years) workers have hearing thresholds comparable to the controls.
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian State Railways (NSB) Occupational Health Service, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Langballe EM, Engdahl B, Nordeng H, Ballard C, Aarsland D, Selbæk G. Short- and long-term mortality risk associated with the use of antipsychotics among 26,940 dementia outpatients: a population-based study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2014; 22:321-31. [PMID: 24016844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate short- and long-term mortality risk associated with the use of antipsychotics in dementia outpatients, assessing the risk over specific time frames and quantifying the risk by the individual antipsychotics. METHODS This population-based study used data from the Norwegian Prescription Database. The study sample included 26,940 dementia outpatients aged 65 years or older prescribed antidementia drugs and psychotropics from Norwegian pharmacies between 2004 and 2010. RESULTS Cox survival analyses, adjusted for age, gender, mean daily defined dose, and severe medical conditions, showed that antipsychotic use compared with other psychotropics involved approximately twice the mortality risk in outpatients with dementia. Furthermore, these results are consistent for all investigated time points after first dispensing the drugs (hazard ratio [HR]30 days = 2.1 [95% confidence interval {CI}: 1.6-2.9] to HR 730-2,400 days = 1.7 [95% CI: 1.6-1.9]). Haloperidol was associated with higher mortality risk (HR 30 days = 1.7 [95% CI: 1.0-3.0] to HR 730-2,400 days = 1.4 [95% CI: 1.0-1.9]) than risperidone. CONCLUSION This first study to observe antipsychotic use and mortality in dementia outpatients over more than 6 years clearly shows that antipsychotics involve increased short- and long-term mortality risk. Physicians may justly consider antipsychotics to be the best option for some dementia patients among available nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatments. However, although causal conclusions are precluded due to limited adjustments in the analyses, the findings support the current treatment recommendations that antipsychotics should be avoided or used with great caution.
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Wolfson Centre for Age Related Disease, King's College London, London, England
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- Centre for Age-Related Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; Department of Neuroscience, Ward and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Ottestad, Norway; Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
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Background There is a general perception that train drivers and conductors may be at increased risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss. Aims To study job-related hearing loss among train drivers and train conductors. Methods Audiograms from train drivers and train conductors were obtained from the medical records of the occupational health service of the major Norwegian railway company. The results were compared with audiograms from an internal control group of railway workers and an external reference group of people not occupationally exposed to noise. The monaural hearing threshold level at 4kHz, the mean binaural value at 3, 4 and 6kHz and the prevalence of audiometric notches (≥25 dB at 4kHz) were used for comparison. Results Audiograms were available for 1567 drivers, 1565 conductors, 4029 railway worker controls and 15 012 people not occupationally exposed to noise. No difference in hearing level or prevalence of audiometric notches was found between study groups after adjusting for age and gender. Conclusions Norwegian train drivers and conductors have normal hearing threshold levels comparable with those in non-exposed groups.
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 8149 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
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Ask H, Idstad M, Engdahl B, Tambs K. Non-random Mating and Convergence Over Time for Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, and Personality: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study. Behav Genet 2012; 43:108-19. [DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9578-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to describe the association between otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), pure-tone thresholds, and self-reported hearing disability. DESIGN A population-based cohort of 4202 adults was examined with air conduction pure-tone audiometry, transient OAE (TEOAE), and distortion product OAE (DPOAE). Participants completed 15 self-report items on hearing disability. RESULTS Correlation coefficients in the range of 0.3 to 0.5 were observed between OAE (TEOAE, and DPOAE) and self-reported hearing depending on age and sex. Pure-tone average hearing thresholds generally predicted self-reported hearing slightly better than did the OAE measures. Adding TEOAE and DPOAE as predictors in a multivariate model together with the scores from pure-tone audiometry did not predict self-reported hearing better than did pure-tone audiometry alone. The relationship between OAE and self-reported hearing was stronger in men than in women and became more manifest with age, a trend also stronger in men. CONCLUSIONS OAEs were shown to be a valid measure of self-reported hearing disability of the general population but added no additional information to what pure-tone hearing thresholds had already captured.
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Aarhus L, Kvestad E, Tambs K, Engdahl B. Aldersrelatert hørselstap: En kort oppsummering av resultater fra Hørselsundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. Nor J Epidemiol 2012. [DOI: 10.5324/nje.v22i2.1563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Bjelland EK, Stuge B, Engdahl B, Eberhard-Gran M. The effect of emotional distress on persistent pelvic girdle pain after delivery: a longitudinal population study. BJOG 2012; 120:32-40. [PMID: 23107369 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the prognosis for pelvic girdle pain, and to explore the association between presence of emotional distress during pregnancy and pelvic girdle syndrome 6 months after delivery. DESIGN Longitudinal population study. SETTING Norway, for the period 1999-2008. POPULATION A follow-up of 41 421 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort who reported pelvic girdle pain at 30 weeks of gestation. METHODS Data were obtained by self-administered questionnaires in weeks 17 and 30 of gestation, and 6 months after delivery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Pelvic girdle syndrome 6 months after delivery, defined as pain in the anterior pelvis and on both sides in the posterior pelvis. RESULTS Six months after delivery, 78.0% of the women had recovered, 18.5% reported persistent pain in one or two pelvic locations, 3.0% reported pelvic girdle syndrome and 0.5% reported severe pelvic girdle syndrome. The recovery rates decreased with increasing levels of pain severity in pregnancy. Being emotionally distressed at two time points during pregnancy was associated with the presence of pelvic girdle syndrome (adjusted OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2-1.9) and severe pelvic girdle syndrome (adjusted OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1-3.1), after adjustment for pain severity in pregnancy, other medical conditions, body mass index, age at menarche, previous low back pain, and smoking during pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS In this follow-up of women with pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy, the recovery rates after delivery were high. Our findings suggest that the presence of emotional distress during pregnancy is independently associated with the persistence of pelvic girdle pain after delivery.
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Objectives Estimates of occupation-specific tinnitus prevalence may help identify high-risk occupations where interventions are warranted. The authors studied the effect of occupation on prevalence of bothersome tinnitus and estimated the attributable fraction due to occupation. The authors also studied how much of the effect remained after adjusting for noise exposure, education income, hearing thresholds and other risk factors. Design A prospective cohort study. Setting A health survey of the Nord-Trøndelag county of Norway. Participants A sample of the general adult population (n=49 948). Primary outcome measure The primary outcome measure is bothersome tinnitus. Results Occupation had a marked effect on tinnitus prevalence. The effect of occupation on tinnitus was reduced in men by controlling for self-reported occupational noise exposure and in women by controlling for education and income. Adding hearing loss as a predictor increased the effect of occupation somewhat. In men, age-adjusted prevalence ratios of tinnitus ranged from 1.5 (workshop mechanics) to 2.1 (crane and hoist operators) in the 10 occupations with highest tinnitus prevalence. In women, the most important contribution to the tinnitus prevalence was from the large group of occupationally inactive persons, with a prevalence ratio of 1.5. Conclusion This study found a moderate association between occupation and bothersome tinnitus.
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Oslo, Norway
- Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Langballe EM, Engdahl B, Selbaek G, Nordeng H. Concomitant use of anti-dementia drugs with psychotropic drugs in Norway-a population-based study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2011; 20:1319-26. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.2211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 04/05/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Division of Mental Health; Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Oslo Norway
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- Research Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research; Innlandet Hospital Trust; Ottestad Norway
- The Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research; Ullevaal University Hospital; Ullevaal Norway
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- Division of Mental Health; Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Oslo Norway
- Department of Pharmacy; School of Pharmacy; University of Oslo; Blindern Norway
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Stene-Larsen K, Brandlistuen RE, Holmstrøm H, Landolt MA, Eskedal LT, Engdahl B, Vollrath ME. Longitudinal findings from a Norwegian case-cohort study on internalizing problems in children with congenital heart defects. Acta Paediatr 2011; 100:236-41. [PMID: 20854393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To examine the association of the severity of congenital heart defects (CHDs) with internalizing problems in 18-month-olds and to explore the extent to which the internalizing problems are influenced by maternal distress and emotional reactivity in the child at age 6 months. METHODS We linked prospective data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, with a nationwide CHD registry and identified 198 18-month-olds with CHDs in a cohort of 47 692 toddlers. Maternal reports on the children's emotional reactivity at age 6 months, the children's internalizing problems (anxiety, sleep problems, emotional reactivity) at age 18 months and maternal distress were assessed by questionnaires. RESULTS We found an association at age 18 months between the severity of the CHD and anxiety but not sleep problems or emotional reactivity. Children with severe but not with mild or moderate CHDs were twice as likely to experience the symptoms of anxiety compared with controls. These symptoms are not merely sequelae of earlier psychological reactions or concurrent maternal distress. CONCLUSION Should these findings be replicated, future studies ought to investigate the mechanisms leading to elevated anxiety in toddlers with CHDs. In addition, clinical interventions should address the child's anxiety as well as the interaction between the parents and the child.
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- Kim Stene-Larsen
- Department of Psychosomatics and Health Behavior, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Krog NH, Engdahl B, Tambs K. Effects of changed aircraft noise exposure on experiential qualities of outdoor recreational areas. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2010; 7:3739-59. [PMID: 21139858 PMCID: PMC2996189 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7103739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The literature indicates that sound and visual stimuli interact in the impression of landscapes. This paper examines the relationship between annoyance with sound from aircraft and annoyance with other area problems (e.g., careless bicycle riding, crowding, etc.), and how changes in noise exposure influence the perceived overall recreational quality of outdoor recreational areas. A panel study (telephone interviews) conducted before and after the relocation of Norway's main airport in 1998 examined effects of decreased or increased noise exposure in nearby recreational areas (n = 591/455). Sound from aircraft annoyed the largest proportion of recreationists, except near the old airport after the change. The decrease in annoyance with sound from aircraft was accompanied by significant decreases in annoyance with most of the other area problems. Near the new airport annoyance with most factors beside sound from aircraft increased slightly, but not significantly. A relationship between aircraft noise annoyance and perceived overall recreational quality of the areas was found.
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- Norun Hjertager Krog
- Department of Air Pollution and Noise, Division of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +47-21-07-83-62; Fax: +47-21-07-81-01
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway; E-Mails: (B.E.); (K.T.)
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway; E-Mails: (B.E.); (K.T.)
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Engdahl B, Leuthold AC, Tan HRM, Lewis SM, Winskowski AM, Dikel TN, Georgopoulos AP. Post-traumatic stress disorder: a right temporal lobe syndrome? J Neural Eng 2010; 7:066005. [PMID: 20980718 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/7/6/066005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In a recent paper (Georgopoulos et al 2010 J. Neural Eng. 7 016011) we reported on the power of the magnetoencephalography (MEG)-based synchronous neural interactions (SNI) test to differentiate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) subjects from healthy control subjects and to classify them with a high degree of accuracy. Here we show that the main differences in cortical communication circuitry between these two groups lie in the miscommunication of temporal and parietal and/or parieto-occipital right hemispheric areas with other brain areas. This lateralized temporal-posterior pattern of miscommunication was very similar but was attenuated in patients with PTSD in remission. These findings are consistent with observations (Penfield 1958 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 44 51-66, Penfield and Perot 1963 Brain 86 595-696, Gloor 1990 Brain 113 1673-94, Banceaud et al 1994 Brain 117 71-90, Fried 1997 J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 9 420-8) that electrical stimulation of the temporal cortex in awake human subjects, mostly in the right hemisphere, can elicit the re-enactment and re-living of past experiences. Based on these facts, we attribute our findings to the re-experiencing component of PTSD and hypothesize that it reflects an involuntarily persistent activation of interacting neural networks involved in experiential consolidation.
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- B Engdahl
- Psychology Section, US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (116B), Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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