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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018

Mental health assessment in health checks of participants aged 30-49 years: A large-scale cohort study.

Christine Geyti, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Else-Marie Dalsgaard, Kaj Sparle Christensen, Annelli Sandbæk

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine GeytiResearch Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Helle Terkildsen MaindalSection for Health Promotion and Health Services Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Else-Marie DalsgaardResearch Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Kaj Sparle ChristensenResearch Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Annelli SandbækResearch Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKSteno Diabetes Centers · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental distress is an independent risk factor for illness related impairment. Awareness of mental health (MH) allows prevention, but early detection is not routinely performed in primary care. This cohort study incorporated MH assessment in a health promoting programme. We described the level of poor MH among health check participants, explored the potential for early intervention, and the potential for reducing social inequality in MH. The study was based on 9767 randomly selected citizens aged 30-49 years invited to a health check in Denmark in 2012-14. A total of 4871 (50%) were included; 49% were men. Poor MH was defined as a mental component summary score of ≤ 35.76 in the SF-12 Health Survey. Data was obtained from national health registers and health check. Participants with poor MH (9%) were more socioeconomic disadvantaged and had poorer health than those with better MH. Two thirds of men (64%) and half of women (50%) with poor MH had not received MH care one year before the health check. Among those with (presumably) unrecognized MH problems, the proportion of participants with disadvantaged socioeconomic characteristics was high (43-55%). Four out of five of those with apparently unacknowledged poor MH had seen their GP only once or not at all during the one year before the health check. In conclusion, MH assessment in health check may help identify yet undiscovered MH problems.

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General practiceHealth promotionMental healthPreventive health servicesPrimary health care

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PMID29348995
PMCPMC5767564
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