Somatic health in the Indigenous Sami population - a systematic review
The objective of this systematic review was to survey the current scientific knowledge regarding the state of somatic health among the Indigenous Sami people in Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Kola Peninsula in Russia; and assess the quality of the identified studies. A systematic search in the data...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ab2ce792b4f74f2d8ea244df8ae90e38 2023-05-15T15:13:22+02:00 Somatic health in the Indigenous Sami population - a systematic review Christina Storm Mienna Per Axelsson 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1638195 https://doaj.org/article/ab2ce792b4f74f2d8ea244df8ae90e38 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1638195 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1638195 https://doaj.org/article/ab2ce792b4f74f2d8ea244df8ae90e38 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 78, Iss 1 (2019) indigenous sami health systematic review newcastle-ottawa scale Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1638195 2022-12-31T14:23:50Z The objective of this systematic review was to survey the current scientific knowledge regarding the state of somatic health among the Indigenous Sami people in Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Kola Peninsula in Russia; and assess the quality of the identified studies. A systematic search in the databases Pubmed, EBSCOhost (AMED, Medline, Cinahl) and Svemed was conducted from January 2000, through December 2017. This systematic search identified 399 articles. After screening abstracts, 93 articles were reviewed in full text, 32 of which met the inclusion criteria. The scientific quality of the evidence was rated according to the Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Based on the studies with moderate to high scientific quality, there is evidence for stating that the majority of the Sami included in this review experience good health. Mortality and life expectancy are similar, with only minor differences, to those of a non-Sami population. The cancer risk rate among Sami was lower than that of the general population of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Self-reported myocardial infarction prevalence was similar between Sami and non-Sami, but Angina pectoris was more prevalent among Sami. In Sweden, cardiovascular disease rates were similar between Sami and non-Sami. Musculoskeletal pain symptoms are common among the Sami population, as are obesity and overweight. To conclude, there are knowledge gaps in regard to the somatic health situation of the Indigenous Sami in the circumpolar area, especially in Russia, Finland and Sweden; as current knowledge is mainly based on publications from the SAMINOR study in Norway. No study obtained the highest quality score, suggesting a need to implement longitudinal prospective studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health kola peninsula sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Kola Peninsula Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 78 1 1638195 |
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The objective of this systematic review was to survey the current scientific knowledge regarding the state of somatic health among the Indigenous Sami people in Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Kola Peninsula in Russia; and assess the quality of the identified studies. A systematic search in the databases Pubmed, EBSCOhost (AMED, Medline, Cinahl) and Svemed was conducted from January 2000, through December 2017. This systematic search identified 399 articles. After screening abstracts, 93 articles were reviewed in full text, 32 of which met the inclusion criteria. The scientific quality of the evidence was rated according to the Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Based on the studies with moderate to high scientific quality, there is evidence for stating that the majority of the Sami included in this review experience good health. Mortality and life expectancy are similar, with only minor differences, to those of a non-Sami population. The cancer risk rate among Sami was lower than that of the general population of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Self-reported myocardial infarction prevalence was similar between Sami and non-Sami, but Angina pectoris was more prevalent among Sami. In Sweden, cardiovascular disease rates were similar between Sami and non-Sami. Musculoskeletal pain symptoms are common among the Sami population, as are obesity and overweight. To conclude, there are knowledge gaps in regard to the somatic health situation of the Indigenous Sami in the circumpolar area, especially in Russia, Finland and Sweden; as current knowledge is mainly based on publications from the SAMINOR study in Norway. No study obtained the highest quality score, suggesting a need to implement longitudinal prospective studies. |
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Somatic health in the Indigenous Sami population - a systematic review |
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