John Gunnar Mæland
Biographic Data
| ID | 3996359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Gunnar Mæland |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Gunnar |
| FAMILY NAME | Mæland |
| SIGNATURE | MÆLAND J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Collaboration and confrontation
The award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was the culmination of a ten-year long struggle to put the worst weapon of mass destruction o
Smokers’ increased risk for disability pension
BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that cigarette smokers have an increased risk for disability pension, presumably mediated by adverse health effects. However, smoking is also related to socioeconomic status. The current study examined the association between smoking and subsequent disability pension, and whether the association is explained by social confounding and/or health-related mediation. METHODS: A subsample of 7934 men and 8488 women, aged 40…
Women’s higher likelihood of disability pension
In a Norwegian cohort of middle-aged men and women, self-perceived health, family situation and work factors could not explain women's higher likelihood of disability pension. However, analyses stratified by educational level indicate that mechanisms behind the gender gap in disability pension differ by educational levels. Recognizing the heterogeneity within gender may contribute to a deeper understanding of women's higher risk of disability pen…
Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors
Workers in the skilled and unskilled manual classes had a substantial unexplained risk of disability pension. Work-related factors only had a moderate impact on the disability risk. Literature indicates an accumulation of hazards in the manual classes. This should be taken into account when interpreting the gradient in disability pension
Health Anxiety and Disability Pension Award
Objective: To examine the hypothesized effect of health anxiety on subsequent disability pension award. Mental disorders are consistently underrecognized in general health care, leading to underestimation of its effects on related social security expenditures. According to medicolegal diagnoses for disability pension award, there are almost no awards of disability benefits for health anxiety or hypochondriasis. There are no empirical longitudinal…
Sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses
Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (Husk)
Recipients of disability benefits have poor perceived health compared to both the employed and the unemployed. Surprisingly little of this difference can be ascribed to respondents' descriptions of their illnesses and symptoms. Even allowing for potential underascertainment of condition severity, this finding supports the increasing focus on non-disease oriented contributing factors. Rehabilitation efforts aiming at return to work should have a s…
Life after a Myocardial Infarction—The Wives' Point of View
37 wives of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) were interviewed after the index MI to examine the consequences with regard to quality of marital relationship, symptoms of distress, worries and concerns and to evaluate the long-term outcome from the wives' personal point of view. The interviews were done at three times: during hospitalisation, three months after discharge, and 10 years post index MI. Our findings suggest relatively minor and…
A multidimensional measure of neighboring
The study reports the development of a short and easily administered questionnaire aiming at measuring dimensions of social life within neighborhoods. Principal‐components analysis consistently extracted four factors replicated in three independent samples (N=96 to 1,060). The factors emerged as theoretically meaningful dimensions tapping the concepts of supportive acts of neighboring, neighbor annoyance, neighborhood attachment, and weak social …
Self-assessment of health before and after a myocardial infarction
A multidimensional measure of neighboring
The study reports the development of a short and easily administered questionnaire aiming at measuring dimensions of social life within neighborhoods. Principal‐components analysis consistently extracted four factors replicated in three independent samples (N=96 to 1,060). The factors emerged as theoretically meaningful dimensions tapping the concepts of supportive acts of neighboring, neighbor annoyance, neighborhood attachment, and weak social …
Self-assessment of health before and after a myocardial infarction
Self-assessment of health before and after a myocardial infarction
A multidimensional measure of neighboring
The study reports the development of a short and easily administered questionnaire aiming at measuring dimensions of social life within neighborhoods. Principal‐components analysis consistently extracted four factors replicated in three independent samples (N=96 to 1,060). The factors emerged as theoretically meaningful dimensions tapping the concepts of supportive acts of neighboring, neighbor annoyance, neighborhood attachment, and weak social …
Life after a Myocardial Infarction—The Wives' Point of View
37 wives of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) were interviewed after the index MI to examine the consequences with regard to quality of marital relationship, symptoms of distress, worries and concerns and to evaluate the long-term outcome from the wives' personal point of view. The interviews were done at three times: during hospitalisation, three months after discharge, and 10 years post index MI. Our findings suggest relatively minor and…
Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (Husk)
Recipients of disability benefits have poor perceived health compared to both the employed and the unemployed. Surprisingly little of this difference can be ascribed to respondents' descriptions of their illnesses and symptoms. Even allowing for potential underascertainment of condition severity, this finding supports the increasing focus on non-disease oriented contributing factors. Rehabilitation efforts aiming at return to work should have a s…
Sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses
Health Anxiety and Disability Pension Award
Objective: To examine the hypothesized effect of health anxiety on subsequent disability pension award. Mental disorders are consistently underrecognized in general health care, leading to underestimation of its effects on related social security expenditures. According to medicolegal diagnoses for disability pension award, there are almost no awards of disability benefits for health anxiety or hypochondriasis. There are no empirical longitudinal…
Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors
Workers in the skilled and unskilled manual classes had a substantial unexplained risk of disability pension. Work-related factors only had a moderate impact on the disability risk. Literature indicates an accumulation of hazards in the manual classes. This should be taken into account when interpreting the gradient in disability pension
Women’s higher likelihood of disability pension
In a Norwegian cohort of middle-aged men and women, self-perceived health, family situation and work factors could not explain women's higher likelihood of disability pension. However, analyses stratified by educational level indicate that mechanisms behind the gender gap in disability pension differ by educational levels. Recognizing the heterogeneity within gender may contribute to a deeper understanding of women's higher risk of disability pen…
Smokers’ increased risk for disability pension
BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that cigarette smokers have an increased risk for disability pension, presumably mediated by adverse health effects. However, smoking is also related to socioeconomic status. The current study examined the association between smoking and subsequent disability pension, and whether the association is explained by social confounding and/or health-related mediation. METHODS: A subsample of 7934 men and 8488 women, aged 40…
Collaboration and confrontation
The award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was the culmination of a ten-year long struggle to put the worst weapon of mass destruction o
Medicine (8 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Disability pension (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Population (4 works)