Table 3.
Number and proportion of those scoring above cut-off in the population surveys on HSCL or HADS and the share of these that are found in different central health registries 0-365 days after symptom scores
| Early surveys (Tromsø6 and HUNT3) | Late surveys (Tromsø7 and HUNT4) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study area | Group | Represented in (%) | |||||||||
| N a | Scoring above cut-off (%) | Recorded in CPHR (%) | N* | Scoring above cut-off (%) | CPHR | NorPD | NPR | Any | |||
| Tromsø | All | All | 10,991 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 19,423 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 3.9 | 16.1 |
| Sex | Female | 5662 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 10,140 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 17.4 | |
| Male | 5329 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 9283 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 14.2 | ||
| Age (years) | 40–49 | 3262 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 5829 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 18.2 | |
| 50–59 | 2322 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 5926 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 16.6 | ||
| 60–69 | 3775 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 5067 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 13.4 | ||
| 70–79 | 1632 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 2601 | 6.1 | - | 10.7 | - | 11.3 | ||
| Education | Low | 2433 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 2968 | 13.6 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 17.4 | |
| Medium | 4554 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7048 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 13.5 | ||
| High | 3992 | 7.8 | 14.2 | 9356 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 17.8 | ||
| Income | q1 | 1892 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 2639 | 20.6 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 5.3 | 21.1 | |
| q2 | 2881 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 5038 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 17.9 | ||
| q3 | 3219 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 6044 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 13.8 | ||
| q4 | 2981 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 5679 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 10.3 | ||
| HUNT | All | All | 37,560 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 38,560 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 3.7 | 20.5 |
| Sex | Female | 20,969 | 12.5 | 16.3 | 22,034 | 12.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 4.7 | 25.7 | |
| Male | 16,591 | 15.6 | 8.5 | 16,526 | 14.6 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 14.6 | ||
| Age (years) | 20–29 | 2655 | 7.2 | 19.4 | 3532 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 21.6 | |
| 30–39 | 4682 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 4413 | 14.8 | 18.8 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 22.3 | ||
| 40–49 | 7612 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 6185 | 13.7 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 5.1 | 22.0 | ||
| 50–59 | 9149 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 8214 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 20.8 | ||
| 60–69 | 8501 | 15.6 | 9.0 | 9074 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 1.9 | 19.8 | ||
| 70–79 | 4961 | 19.6 | 6.7 | 7142 | 14.0 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 18.1 | ||
| Education | Low | 7368 | 19.8 | 11.7 | 5181 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 3.3 | 22.5 | |
| Medium | 18,898 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 18,219 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 18.8 | ||
| High | 11,244 | 9.5 | 14.6 | 15,051 | 10.6 | 16.4 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 22.3 | ||
| Income | q1 | 8873 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 6612 | 20.5 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 4.3 | 24.4 | |
| q2 | 11,852 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 11,489 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 3.4 | 21.4 | ||
| q3 | 10,067 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 11,614 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 17.9 | ||
| q4 | 6700 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 8802 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 17.0 | ||
Abbreviations: HSCL: Hopkin’s Symptom Checklist; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HUNT: Health Survey of Nord-Trøndelag County; CPHR: Norwegian Control and Payment of Health Reimbursements Database; NorPD: Norwegian Prescription Database; NPR: Norwegian Patient Registry
a) N with missing education in Tromsø6/7, HUNT3/4: 15, 55, 52, 115; N with missing income in Tromsø6/7, HUNT3/4: 21, 32, 97, 88