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Ageing accounts for much of the association between decreasing grip strength and subsequent loneliness: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Conclusion Muscle strength declines with age and may help explain the greater social isolation that occurs at older ages. Decline in strength was only independently associated with modestly increased loneliness among men younger than 80 years of age, indicating its limitation as a potential marker of loneliness risk. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vingeliene, S., Hiyoshi, A., Lentjes, M., Fall, K., Montgomery, S. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic status on sepsis risk and mortality: a mediation analysis of the HUNT Study
Conclusion This study shows that SES is inversely associated with sepsis risk and mortality. Approximately 80% of the effect of education on sepsis risk was explained by modifiable lifestyle and health-related factors that could be targets for prevention. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Stensrud, V. H., Gustad, L. T., Damas, J. K., Solligard, E., Krokstad, S., Nilsen, T. I. L. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Austerity, economic hardship and access to medications: a repeated cross-sectional population survey study, 2013-2020
Conclusion Austerity coincided with increasing economic hardship among vulnerable groups, thus exacerbating socioeconomic inequalities. Strengthening the role for medication access problems suggests that medication copayment increases contributed to this accumulating disadvantage. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Aaltonen, K. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice Original research Source Type: research

Short-term socioeconomic status shift and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in China: a population-based cohort study
Conclusion Short-term SES improvement is associated with better long-term cardiovascular outcome in China. High baseline SES might buffer out some unfavourable impact brought by moderate SES downshift. More comprehensive strategies should be considered in policy-making for socioeconomic development. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lai, R., Li, R., Wang, T., Ju, J., Liu, Q., Zhang, J., Song, L., Xu, H. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Testing and refining middle-range theory in evaluations of public-health interventions: evidence from recent systematic reviews and trials
Evaluations of public-health interventions might potentially be used to test and refine middle-range theory (ie, theory about the mechanisms, which generate outcomes that is analytically generalisable enough to span a range of contexts, interventions or outcomes, but specific enough to be salient in a given application). This approach has been suggested as one means of developing more informed assessments of how different interventions work and whether mechanisms might transfer across contexts. However, we have noticed that studies included in some of our recent systematic reviews are not oriented towards helping test midd...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bonell, C., Ponsford, R., Meiksin, R., Melendez-Torres, G. Tags: Theory and methods Source Type: research

One-year impact of a multicomponent, street-level design intervention in Mexico City on pedestrian crashes: a quasi-experimental study
Conclusion The Pasos Seguros programme successfully decreased total and injury pedestrian crashes. Similar interventions may improve walking safety in other LMIC cities. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Cardenas-Cardenas, L. M., Barrientos Gutierrez, T., Quistberg, D. A., Chias-Becerril, L., Martinez-Santiago, A., Resendiz Lopez, H., Perez Ferrer, C. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Effect of cost-reduction interventions on facility-based deliveries in Burkina Faso: a controlled interrupted time-series study with multiple non-equivalent dependent variables
Conclusion The results suggest that both interventions were associated with sustained non-linear increases in facility-based deliveries. The use of multiple control groups strengthens the credibility of the results, making them useful for policy makers seeking solutions for universal health coverage. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Meda, I. B., Kouanda, S., Ridde, V. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Variability in perceived burden and health trajectories among older caregivers: a population-based study in Sweden
Conclusions Both the heterogeneity among caregivers and the related contextual factors should be accounted for by policymakers as well as in future research investigating the health impact of informal caregiving. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Kirvalidze, M., Beridze, G., Wimo, A., Morin, L., Calderon-Larranaga, A. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Agreement between self-reported diseases from health surveys and national health registry data: a Danish nationwide study
Conclusion Overall, self-reported data were accurate in identifying individuals without the specific disease (ie, specificity and NPV). However, sensitivity, PPV and kappa varied greatly between diseases. These findings should be considered when interpreting similar results from surveys. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jensen, H. A. R., Lau, C. J., Davidsen, M., Ekholm, O., Christensen, A. I. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Early physical maturation and subjective health complaints in adolescent girls: a pooled cross-sectional analysis
Conclusions Early menarche positively relates to various psychosomatic symptoms in European and North American adolescent girls. Our findings suggest that early-maturing girls may need early supportive interventions. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lian, Q., Li, R., Elgar, F. J., Su, Q. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Determinants of depressive symptoms increase in older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Czech cohort study using repeated assessments
Conclusion This study confirms an increase in depressive symptoms in older persons during the pandemic and identified several pandemic-related risk factors suggesting that public health policies should address this vulnerable group by adopting the preventing strategies. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Dalecka, A., Pikhart, H., Bartoskova, A., Capkova, N., Bobak, M. Tags: Open access, COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research

Income and economic productivity loss associated with comorbidity: longitudinal analysis of linked individual-level data for a whole country
Conclusions This national longitudinal study found that disease is associated with income loss, but most of this impact is due to the distinct and independent impact of separate diseases. Nevertheless, there was a tendency for two or more diseases to disproportionately increase income loss more than the summed impacts of each of these diseases if experienced singly. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sigglekow, F., Wilson, N., Blakely, T. Tags: Short reports Source Type: research

Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the childs socioeconomic position in early adulthood: a Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
Conclusion The child’s educational attainment and income level in early adulthood were negatively affected by exposure to income loss in childhood, and even more so if exposed to both parental cancer and income loss. The associations with educational attainment were stronger for more severe cancer types. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Klinte, M., Hermansen, A., Andersen, A.-M. N., Urhoj, S. K. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Associations of local area level new deal employment in childhood with late life cognition: evidence from the census-linked health and retirement study
Conclusions Exposure to New Deal employment policies during childhood is associated with long-term cognitive health benefits. This is partially explained by increases in educational attainment among those with greater levels of emergency employment activity in the place where they were raised. Future research should investigate which types of New Deal investments may most be related to long-term cognitive health, or if the associations we observe are due to co-occurring programmes. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lee, M., Harrati, A., Rehkopf, D. H., Modrek, S. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Social inequalities in child development: the role of differential exposure and susceptibility to stressful family conditions
Conclusion Among children of less-educated mothers, higher exposure to financial stress in the family substantially contributes to inequalities in socioemotional development, but less so for cognitive development and educational attainment. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Oude Groeniger, J., Houweling, T. A., Jansen, P. W., Horoz, N., Buil, J. M., van Lier, P. A., van Lenthe, F. J. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research