The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7
Background: Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease. Objective: To examine the association between HA and number of diseases, different disease categor...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/27084 2023-05-15T18:34:20+02:00 The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis Abelsen, Birgit Førde, Olav Helge Ringberg, Unni 2022-06-02 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27084 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01749-0 eng eng BMC Norbye, A.D. (2022). Health anxiety as a continuous construct in the general population - measuring the distribution of health anxiety and the associations with healthcare use, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27090 . BMC Primary Care Norbye, Abelsen, Førde, Ringberg. The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7. BMC Primary Care. 2022;23(1) FRIDAID 2049398 doi:10.1186/s12875-022-01749-0 2731-4553 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27084 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01749-0 2022-10-26T23:01:05Z Background: Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease. Objective: To examine the association between HA and number of diseases, different disease categories and cardiovascular risk factors in a large sample of the general population. Methods: This study used cross-sectional data from 18,432 participants aged 40 years or older in the seventh survey of the Tromsø study. HA was measured using a revised version of the Whiteley Index-6 (WI-6-R). Participants reported previous and current status regarding a variety of different diseases. We performed exponential regression analyses looking at the independent variables 1) number of diseases, 2) disease category (cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes or kidney disease, respiratory disease, rheumatism, and migraine), and 3) cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure or use of cholesterol- or blood pressure lowering medication). Results: Compared to the healthy reference group, number of diseases, different disease categories, and cardiovascular risk factors were consistently associated with higher HA scores. Most previous diseases were also significantly associated with increased HA score. People with current cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes or kidney disease had the highest HA scores, being 109, 50, and 60% higher than the reference group, respectively. Conclusion: In our general adult population, we found consistent associations between HA, as a continuous measure, and physical disease, all disease categories measured and cardiovascular risk factors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø BMC Primary Care 23 1 |
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Background: Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease. Objective: To examine the association between HA and number of diseases, different disease categories and cardiovascular risk factors in a large sample of the general population. Methods: This study used cross-sectional data from 18,432 participants aged 40 years or older in the seventh survey of the Tromsø study. HA was measured using a revised version of the Whiteley Index-6 (WI-6-R). Participants reported previous and current status regarding a variety of different diseases. We performed exponential regression analyses looking at the independent variables 1) number of diseases, 2) disease category (cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes or kidney disease, respiratory disease, rheumatism, and migraine), and 3) cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure or use of cholesterol- or blood pressure lowering medication). Results: Compared to the healthy reference group, number of diseases, different disease categories, and cardiovascular risk factors were consistently associated with higher HA scores. Most previous diseases were also significantly associated with increased HA score. People with current cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes or kidney disease had the highest HA scores, being 109, 50, and 60% higher than the reference group, respectively. Conclusion: In our general adult population, we found consistent associations between HA, as a continuous measure, and physical disease, all disease categories measured and cardiovascular risk factors. |
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 |
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 |
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 |
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 |
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The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 |
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association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the tromsø study: tromsø 7 |
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Norbye, A.D. (2022). Health anxiety as a continuous construct in the general population - measuring the distribution of health anxiety and the associations with healthcare use, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27090 . BMC Primary Care Norbye, Abelsen, Førde, Ringberg. The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7. BMC Primary Care. 2022;23(1) FRIDAID 2049398 doi:10.1186/s12875-022-01749-0 2731-4553 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27084 |
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