Björn Gerdle

Biographic Data

ID7662040
NAMEBjörn Gerdle
GIVEN NAMESBjörn
FAMILY NAMEGerdle
SIGNATUREGERDLE B
AFFILIATIONSLinköping University
ORCID0000-0002-4316-1264
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Association between Participation Activities, Pain Severity, and Psychological Distress in Old Age

    Open AccessElena Dragioti, Björn Gerdle et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Although chronic pain is common in old age, previous studies on participation activities in old age seldom consider pain aspects and its related consequences. This study analyses associations between participation activities, pain severity, and psychological distress in an aging population of Swedish older adults ( N = 6611). We examined older adults' participation in five common leisure activities using the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI),…

  • Predictive association between immigration status and chronic pain in the general population

    Open AccessElena Dragioti, Konstantinos Tsamakis et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Immigrants may have increased risk of chronic pain, widespread pain, and severe pain and this risk is mediated by mood status. Targeted interventions better tailored to the socio-economic and psychological status of immigrants with chronic pain are warranted

  • Longitudinal Associations between Anatomical Regions of Pain and Work Conditions

    Open AccessElena Dragioti, Björn Gerdle et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    We investigated the time-based associations between workload (physical and mechanical), psychosocial work stressors (demands, control, and support), and the number of anatomical regions with pain (ARP). This population-based study with a two-year follow-up included 11,386 responders (5125 men, 6261 women; mean age: 48.8 years; SD: 18.5) living in south-eastern Sweden. Predictive associations were assessed through generalised linear models, and ch…

  • People in states worse than dead according to the EQ-5D UK value set

    Open AccessLars Bernfort, Björn Gerdle et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2018

    Though negative QALY-weights are not very common, they constitute a non-negligible part of health states in a Swedish population 65 years and older. Prevalence of SWD is higher among women than men and increases with age. From responses to other questions on well-being and life situation, there is reason to doubt the reasonableness of experience-based negative QALY-weights in many cases

  • Illness beliefs among patients with chronic widespread pain - associations with self-reported health status, anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact of pain

    Open AccessPirjo Järemo, Maria Arman et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2017

    Constraining illness beliefs in patients with CWP are related to worse health status, especially in cases of high number of physical or mental symptoms, beliefs of negative consequences or the illness affecting them emotionally. Identification and understanding of these beliefs may reduce patients' suffering if they are taken into consideration in rehabilitation programs and in development of new evidence-based interventions aimed at increasing h…

  • Survival with pain

    Ann‐Charlotte Hermansson, Mikael Thyberg et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2001

    The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of chronic pain in male war-wounded refugees and to examine the relationship between chronic pain and psychiatric symptoms. A culturally heterogeneous group of 44 war-wounded refugees were investigated during hospitalization, shortly after arrival, and followed up after two years. This study is an additional follow-up after eight years. The data collection methods used were structured interviews…