PMID: 11928829Apr 4, 2002Paper

Prevalence of subjective health complaints (SHC) in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Camilla M IhlebaekHolger Ursin

Abstract

As subjective health complaints are one of the major reasons for short- and long-term sickness absence it is important to know the prevalence of these conditions in the general population. In this cross-sectional study, 1,240 individuals (aged 15-84 years) from the normal population in Norway answered the Subjective Health Complaint (SHC) inventory in spring 1996. The prevalence of reporting subjective health complaints was high: 80% reported musculoskeletal complaints, 65% reported "pseudoneurological" complaints (tiredness, depression, dizziness), 60% gastrointestinal complaints, 34% allergic complaints, and 54% flu-like complaints. The prevalence of substantial complaints was low: 13% reported musculoskeletal complaints, 5% reported "pseudoneurological" complaints, 4% gastrointestinal complaints, 2% allergic complaints, and 18% flu-like complaints. Women had higher prevalence of musculoskeletal, "pseudoneurological", and allergic complaints compared with men, and reported more substantial complaints on all subscales. Individuals older than 50 years were less likely to report headache, tiredness, eczema, and flu-like complaints compared with individuals younger than 30 years. However, they had higher risk of arm pain, shoulde...Continue Reading

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Mar 19, 2014·Psychoneuroendocrinology·Holger Ursin
Sep 20, 2008·BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders·Jan Robert Grøndahl, Elin Olaug Rosvold
Sep 20, 2008·The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners·Anne Kari SkøienSturla Gjesdal
Dec 31, 2010·International Journal of General Medicine·Kine GregersenGülen Arslan Lied
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