Kristiina Manderbacka
Biographic Data
| ID | 159523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristiina Manderbacka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristiina |
| FAMILY NAME | Manderbacka |
| SIGNATURE | MANDERBACKA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3668-5382 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Living alone as a risk factor for cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality
Lack of social contacts has been associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, but it is not known whether living alone increases the risk of cancer incidence or case fatality. We examined the association between living alone with cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality in eight most common cancers. All patients with their first cancer diagnosis in 2000-2017 were identified from the nationwide Finnish Cancer Registry. Inf…
Digital inequality in Finland
In recent years, digital health care and social welfare services have been spreading rapidly and partly replacing face-to-face services, particularly in developed countries. This may lead to a pronounced digital inequality. This population-based study of Finnish adults ( N = 4495) examined the associations of offline resources with perceived benefits from online services and the mediating effects of access, skills and attitudes in these associati…
Trends of relative and absolute socioeconomic equity in access to coronary revascularisations in 1995–2010 in Finland
Despite large increase in supply of revascularisations and decrease in IHD mortality, there is still marked socioeconomic inequity in revascularisations in Finland. However, since changes in absolute distributions of both supply and need for coronary care have favoured low-income groups, absolute inequity can be claimed to have decreased although it cannot be quantified numerically
Comparative observational study of mortality amenable by health policy and care between rural and urban Finland
No geographical or income-related differences in the distribution of mortality existed between Helsinki and other urban or rural areas of Finland. This suggests that the effect of increasing residential differentiation in the capital may have been mitigated by the policies of positive discrimination and social mixing. One of the main reasons for the increase in health inequalities was growth of alcohol-related mortality, especially among those wi…
Multiple social disadvantage does it have an effect on amenable mortality
In order to prevent and treat at an early phase conditions that otherwise may lead to premature and unnecessary deaths more attention should be focused on groups with increased social and economic deprivation risk in municipal health centres with the aim at improving access to primary care. Our results also call for joint action by both health-care and social services, since health services alone cannot deal with the risks posed by accumulating s…
Amenable mortality by household income and living arrangements
BACKGROUND: Mortality amenable to healthcare interventions has increasingly been used as an indirect indicator of the effect of healthcare on health inequalities. Studies have consistently shown socioeconomic differences in amenable mortality, but evidence on the joint effects of multiple socioeconomic and demographic factors is limited. We examined whether income and living arrangements have an independent effect on amenable mortality taking int…
The contribution of health policy and care to income differences in life expectancy – a register based cohort study
The results underline the importance of active health policy and health care measures in tackling socioeconomic health inequalities
The burden of diabetes mortality in Finland 1988-2007 - A brief report
In order to further reduce the burden of diabetes a better treatment balance to prevent diabetes complications would significantly decrease the burden of diabetes mortality. Use of underlying and contributory causes of death is useful in monitoring trends and sub-group differences in the burden of diabetes
P1-233 Assessing the effect of individual and area level sociodemographic factors on regional differences in mortality amenable to healthcare
Introduction Mortality from many causes varies geographically. We examine trends in regional differences in amenable mortality in Finland and explore the role of socioeconomic factors. Methods We analysed deaths amenable to primary and specialist healthcare in the Finnish population aged 25–74 in 1992–2003. Sociodemographic variables were individually linked from annual employment statistics. Three area-level scores were created using factor anal…
Equity in the use of antithrombotic drugs, beta-blockers and statins among Finnish coronary patients
The use of antithrombotic drugs and beta-blockers among Finnish coronary patients seemed to be rather appropriate and, to some extent, prescription practices of preventive medication varied according to patients' risk of coronary events. However, statin use was remarkably low among men with low socio-economic status, and there is need to improve preventive drug treatment among diabetic coronary patients
Sociodemographic Differences in Myocardial Infarction Risk Perceptions among People with Coronary Heart Disease
This study examines sociodemographic differences in myocardial infarction (MI) risk perceptions among people with coronary heart disease (CHD) ( N = 3130). Two variables for comparative risk perceptions were computed: (1) own risk compared to that of an average person; and (2) own risk compared to that of an average person with CHD. Comparative optimism in MI risk perceptions was common, particularly among men and those with higher education. CHD…
Sociodemographic, Disease Status, and Illness Perceptions Predictors of Global Self-ratings of Health and Quality of Life Among those with Coronary Heart Disease – One Year Follow-up Study
Are there socioeconomic differences in myocardial infarction event rates and fatality among patients with angina pectoris
Background: Systematic socioeconomic differences in mortality have been reported among myocardial infarction (MI) patients in many countries, including Finland. The findings have been similar irrespective of country, study period, age group, or length of follow up, but few studies have examined the disparities among other groups of coronary patients. This study examined whether similar socioeconomic differences in outcomes exist among patients wi…
The effect of point of reference on the association between self-rated health and mortality
Do risk factors and health behaviours contribute to self-ratings of health
Examining what self-rated health question is understood to mean by respondents
The aim of this methodological study is to examine what self-rated health is understood to mean by survey respondents. The data are derived from semi-structured (re-)interviews with 42 middle-aged participants of the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions. When the respondents are asked to describe their present health, the results show concrete, contextual, and partly contradictory conceptions of ``health''. Health is presented primarily as ab…
Examining the continuity of self-rated health
BACKGROUND: The study examines whether self-rated health forms a continuum from poor through average to good health in terms of two groups of health-related variables. METHODS: The data come from the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions, a representative sample of Finnish men and women aged 25 years or older (n = 7290). Logistic regression analysis was used with two dependent variables: (1) average versus good/excellent self-rated health and …
Assessing reliability of a measure of self-rated health
The test-retest reliability of self-rated health is analysed and compared with the reliability of health questions phrased more as well as less precisely. Differences in reliability between men and women and between age groups are also assessed. The study is based on 204 and 409 re-interviews from the 1991 Swedish Level of Living Survey and the 1989 Survey of Living Conditions respectively. The results show that the reliability of self-rated heal…
Comparisons of inequalities in health
Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland
Kristiina Manderbacka, , Elina Hemminki, Ossi Rahkonen, Juha Teperi, Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Aug., 1992), pp. 508-515
Do risk factors and health behaviours contribute to self-ratings of health
Comparisons of inequalities in health
The effect of point of reference on the association between self-rated health and mortality
Digital inequality in Finland
In recent years, digital health care and social welfare services have been spreading rapidly and partly replacing face-to-face services, particularly in developed countries. This may lead to a pronounced digital inequality. This population-based study of Finnish adults ( N = 4495) examined the associations of offline resources with perceived benefits from online services and the mediating effects of access, skills and attitudes in these associati…
Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland
Kristiina Manderbacka, , Elina Hemminki, Ossi Rahkonen, Juha Teperi, Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Aug., 1992), pp. 508-515
Sociodemographic Differences in Myocardial Infarction Risk Perceptions among People with Coronary Heart Disease
This study examines sociodemographic differences in myocardial infarction (MI) risk perceptions among people with coronary heart disease (CHD) ( N = 3130). Two variables for comparative risk perceptions were computed: (1) own risk compared to that of an average person; and (2) own risk compared to that of an average person with CHD. Comparative optimism in MI risk perceptions was common, particularly among men and those with higher education. CHD…
Are there socioeconomic differences in myocardial infarction event rates and fatality among patients with angina pectoris
Background: Systematic socioeconomic differences in mortality have been reported among myocardial infarction (MI) patients in many countries, including Finland. The findings have been similar irrespective of country, study period, age group, or length of follow up, but few studies have examined the disparities among other groups of coronary patients. This study examined whether similar socioeconomic differences in outcomes exist among patients wi…
Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland
Kristiina Manderbacka, , Elina Hemminki, Ossi Rahkonen, Juha Teperi, Marital Status as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcome in Finland, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Aug., 1992), pp. 508-515
Comparisons of inequalities in health
Assessing reliability of a measure of self-rated health
The test-retest reliability of self-rated health is analysed and compared with the reliability of health questions phrased more as well as less precisely. Differences in reliability between men and women and between age groups are also assessed. The study is based on 204 and 409 re-interviews from the 1991 Swedish Level of Living Survey and the 1989 Survey of Living Conditions respectively. The results show that the reliability of self-rated heal…
Examining what self-rated health question is understood to mean by respondents
The aim of this methodological study is to examine what self-rated health is understood to mean by survey respondents. The data are derived from semi-structured (re-)interviews with 42 middle-aged participants of the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions. When the respondents are asked to describe their present health, the results show concrete, contextual, and partly contradictory conceptions of ``health''. Health is presented primarily as ab…
Examining the continuity of self-rated health
BACKGROUND: The study examines whether self-rated health forms a continuum from poor through average to good health in terms of two groups of health-related variables. METHODS: The data come from the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions, a representative sample of Finnish men and women aged 25 years or older (n = 7290). Logistic regression analysis was used with two dependent variables: (1) average versus good/excellent self-rated health and …
Do risk factors and health behaviours contribute to self-ratings of health
The effect of point of reference on the association between self-rated health and mortality
Sociodemographic, Disease Status, and Illness Perceptions Predictors of Global Self-ratings of Health and Quality of Life Among those with Coronary Heart Disease – One Year Follow-up Study
Are there socioeconomic differences in myocardial infarction event rates and fatality among patients with angina pectoris
Background: Systematic socioeconomic differences in mortality have been reported among myocardial infarction (MI) patients in many countries, including Finland. The findings have been similar irrespective of country, study period, age group, or length of follow up, but few studies have examined the disparities among other groups of coronary patients. This study examined whether similar socioeconomic differences in outcomes exist among patients wi…
Sociodemographic Differences in Myocardial Infarction Risk Perceptions among People with Coronary Heart Disease
This study examines sociodemographic differences in myocardial infarction (MI) risk perceptions among people with coronary heart disease (CHD) ( N = 3130). Two variables for comparative risk perceptions were computed: (1) own risk compared to that of an average person; and (2) own risk compared to that of an average person with CHD. Comparative optimism in MI risk perceptions was common, particularly among men and those with higher education. CHD…
Equity in the use of antithrombotic drugs, beta-blockers and statins among Finnish coronary patients
The use of antithrombotic drugs and beta-blockers among Finnish coronary patients seemed to be rather appropriate and, to some extent, prescription practices of preventive medication varied according to patients' risk of coronary events. However, statin use was remarkably low among men with low socio-economic status, and there is need to improve preventive drug treatment among diabetic coronary patients
The burden of diabetes mortality in Finland 1988-2007 - A brief report
In order to further reduce the burden of diabetes a better treatment balance to prevent diabetes complications would significantly decrease the burden of diabetes mortality. Use of underlying and contributory causes of death is useful in monitoring trends and sub-group differences in the burden of diabetes
P1-233 Assessing the effect of individual and area level sociodemographic factors on regional differences in mortality amenable to healthcare
Introduction Mortality from many causes varies geographically. We examine trends in regional differences in amenable mortality in Finland and explore the role of socioeconomic factors. Methods We analysed deaths amenable to primary and specialist healthcare in the Finnish population aged 25–74 in 1992–2003. Sociodemographic variables were individually linked from annual employment statistics. Three area-level scores were created using factor anal…
The contribution of health policy and care to income differences in life expectancy – a register based cohort study
The results underline the importance of active health policy and health care measures in tackling socioeconomic health inequalities
Multiple social disadvantage does it have an effect on amenable mortality
In order to prevent and treat at an early phase conditions that otherwise may lead to premature and unnecessary deaths more attention should be focused on groups with increased social and economic deprivation risk in municipal health centres with the aim at improving access to primary care. Our results also call for joint action by both health-care and social services, since health services alone cannot deal with the risks posed by accumulating s…
Amenable mortality by household income and living arrangements
BACKGROUND: Mortality amenable to healthcare interventions has increasingly been used as an indirect indicator of the effect of healthcare on health inequalities. Studies have consistently shown socioeconomic differences in amenable mortality, but evidence on the joint effects of multiple socioeconomic and demographic factors is limited. We examined whether income and living arrangements have an independent effect on amenable mortality taking int…
Comparative observational study of mortality amenable by health policy and care between rural and urban Finland
No geographical or income-related differences in the distribution of mortality existed between Helsinki and other urban or rural areas of Finland. This suggests that the effect of increasing residential differentiation in the capital may have been mitigated by the policies of positive discrimination and social mixing. One of the main reasons for the increase in health inequalities was growth of alcohol-related mortality, especially among those wi…
Trends of relative and absolute socioeconomic equity in access to coronary revascularisations in 1995–2010 in Finland
Despite large increase in supply of revascularisations and decrease in IHD mortality, there is still marked socioeconomic inequity in revascularisations in Finland. However, since changes in absolute distributions of both supply and need for coronary care have favoured low-income groups, absolute inequity can be claimed to have decreased although it cannot be quantified numerically
Living alone as a risk factor for cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality
Lack of social contacts has been associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, but it is not known whether living alone increases the risk of cancer incidence or case fatality. We examined the association between living alone with cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality in eight most common cancers. All patients with their first cancer diagnosis in 2000-2017 were identified from the nationwide Finnish Cancer Registry. Inf…
Digital inequality in Finland
In recent years, digital health care and social welfare services have been spreading rapidly and partly replacing face-to-face services, particularly in developed countries. This may lead to a pronounced digital inequality. This population-based study of Finnish adults ( N = 4495) examined the associations of offline resources with perceived benefits from online services and the mediating effects of access, skills and attitudes in these associati…
Medicine (19 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (15 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Demography (11 works) · Population (11 works) · Public health (10 works) · Demography (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Global Health Care Issues (8 works) · Psychology (7 works)