Age and sex related self-reported symptoms in a general population across 30 years: Patterns of reporting and secular trend

Annika Bardel, Mari-Ann Wallander, Thorne Wallman, Annika Rosengren, Saga Johansson, Henry Eriksson and Kurt Svärdsudd

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Objective: To study age and sex specific prevalence of 30 symptoms in random samples from the general population and to analyze possible secular trends across time. Study population: The study was based on data from eight on-going Swedish cohort studies, with baseline investigations performed between 1973 and 2003. Samples were drawn from the general population of the cities of Gothenburg and Eskilstuna, and of Uppsala County. Overall, 20,160 subjects were sampled, 14,470 (71.8%) responded, of whom 12.000 were unique subjects, and 2548 were part of more than one sample. Methods: The Complaint score sub-scale of the Gothenburg Quality of Life instrument, listing 30 general symptoms was used. Responders were asked to indicate which symptoms they had experienced during the last three months. Results: Women reported on average 7.8 symptoms, and men 5.3 (p

Date: 2019
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