Feasibility of mental health screening and intervention in the HUNT population study

Abstract

Though attitude towards psychiatry among GPs and participants was generally positive, response to the IDANT study was inadequate. Relatively few new cases were detected, yet the results indicate that the GPs altered their psychiatric care and practice markedly within the PHRG. Whether the educational programme had an impact on psychiatric services in the county in general cannot be answered in this study.

Mental health assessment in health checks of participants aged 30–49 years: A large-scale cohort study

“…Other studies on health check participants have found similar associations with mental distress: female gender ( Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Crisp and Priest, 1971 , Hildrum et al, 2007 , Gil et al, 2006 , Jørgensen et al, 2009 ), low education ( Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Hildrum et al, 2007 , Gil et al, 2006 , Jørgensen et al, 2009 ), unemployment ( Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Jørgensen et al, 2009 ), risky health behaviour ( Pisinger et al, 2009 , Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Hildrum et al, 2007 ), and high risk for development of ischemic heart disease ( Jørgensen et al, 2009 ). Although the age groups and the tools for assessing MH in these studies differed from the ones in Check Your Health , the results support our findings: Poor MH found in health check participants is associated with disadvantaged socioeconomy, health behaviour, and high risk of CVD.…”

“…To our knowledge, only few other studies have included MH as a part of the risk assessment in a health check of the general population ( Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Crisp and Priest, 1971 ). However, some studies have reported MH status in the baseline characteristics of participants in health checks of the general population ( Hildrum et al, 2007 , Chang et al, 2013 , Gil et al, 2006 , Jørgensen et al, 2009 ).…”

“…Routinely offered health checks have been proposed as a means to improve the public health ( Cochrane et al, 2012 , Royal Australian College of General, 2012 ), but the effects and the optimal content remain to be determined. Few studies on health checks including MH assessment have, to our knowledge, been published ( Bjerkeset et al, 2006 , Crisp and Priest, 1971 ), and in those cases the purpose was to identify mental disorders. However, MH ought to be considered as a broader concept than merely the presence or absence of mental disorders.…”

Patterns of receptive and creative cultural activities and their association with perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life among adults: the HUNT study, Norway

“…This was divided into two subscales, HADS-A (anxiety) and HADS-D (depression) according to previous studies 20 21. Both scores for depression and anxiety were recoded into low, 0 (rating 0–7), and high, 1 (rating 8–42).…”

SPIFA—A presentation of the Structured Psychiatric Interview for General Practice

“…In case of an extremely high HADS score (HADS total score ≥ 25) both the participant and his GP got a warning note approximately 6 weeks after the HUNT-2 examination, in the same way as they got for somatic risk factors like high cholesterol. Details on the IDANT study have been published elsewhere ( 7 ).…”