Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Replacing sedentary behaviour with physical activity and all-cause mortality in older adults: two-cohort study in China and the UK

Background Older adults typically have higher sedentary behaviour (SB) and lower physical activity (PA) than younger adults.
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Exploring independent and joint effects of handgrip strength weakness and asymmetry on frailty progression: findings from two longitudinal cohorts

1 West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 West China Research Center for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China ...
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Analysis of the potential association between physical activity and skin autofluorescence: a systematic review

1 CarVasCare Research Group, Faculty of Nursing, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain 2 Facultad de Enfermería de Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain 3 Health and ...
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Occurrence and persistence of symptoms, diagnoses and prescriptions after community-diagnosed COVID-19: a matched cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform

Background We aimed to explore the occurrence and persistence of symptoms, diagnoses and prescribing after COVID-19 among populations from earlier (wave 2) and later (wave 4) in the pandemic. Methods ...
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Alcohol outlet density, levels of drinking and alcohol-related harm in New Zealand: a national study

3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Jennie Connor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913 ...
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Uterine fibroids and incidence of depression, anxiety and self-directed violence: a cohort study

Background Depression and anxiety are prevalent among women with uterine fibroids (UF). The rate of mental health diagnoses in women with UF has not been studied. Methods Women aged 18–50 years with ...
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Is there an association between psychological distress during early adulthood and later trajectories of physical activity during adulthood? Longitudinal data from two cohort ...

Background Our aim was to analyse the prospective association between psychological distress during early adulthood and physical activity trajectories between early and middle adulthood. Methods We ...
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Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales

Background The UK Government’s ‘welfare reform’ programme included reductions to social security payments, phased in over the financial years 2011/2012–2015/2016. Previous studies of social security ...
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Investigating the impact of a 20 miles per hour speed limit intervention on road traffic collisions, casualties, speed and volume in Belfast, UK: 3 year follow-up outcomes of a ...

Background Evidence regarding the effectiveness of 20 miles per hour (mph) speed limit interventions is limited, and rarely have long-term outcomes been assessed. We investigate the effect of a 20 mph ...
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Creative leisure activities, mental health and well-being during 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a fixed effects analysis of data from 3725 US adults

Introduction We investigated whether changes in engagement in home-based creative activities were associated with changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction during the ...
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Adolescents' proxy reports of parents' socioeconomic status: How valid are they?

STUDY OBJECTIVE Children's proxy reports on indicators of their parents' socioeconomic status (SES) have either been used uncritically or dismissed as invalid. This paper examines the validity of ...
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The Great Recession, unemployment and suicide

Correspondence to Professor Thor Norström, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm S-106 91, Sweden; totto{at}sofi.su.se Background How have suicide rates responded to ...