Association between endometriosis and working life among Danish women.

Study Question: What is the association between endometriosis and working life (lost), workforce participation, and productivity?

Summary Answer: Women with endometriosis experienced more working years lost due to disability pension and to a smaller degree sick leave, they were less frequently working or enrolled in education, had more sick days, were less productive, and had lower work ability.

What Is Known Already: Endometriosis is associated with negative consequences on working life; however, previous studies are based on self-reported data or smaller samples of women. To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have quantified the average reduction in working hours during the entire span of working life using population-based registers.

Use of refractive aids among adults in a general population.

Spectacles and contact lenses are important for conducting a normal life in a large part of the general population. The purpose of this study was to estimate the use of these refractive aids in a normal adult population, and to identify characteristics of persons who should be targeted in order to improve uncorrected refraction. In the FORSYN study, 10,350 citizens representative for the adult Danish population were invited for a non-cycloplegic eye examination.

Does health anxiety and vaccine concern predict self-reported adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination?-A Danish national cohort study.

Objectives: The nocebo effect refers to an expectation of sickness that leads to sickness in the expectant. Studies have found COVID-19 vaccines to be associated with the nocebo effect. However, the literature in this field is sparse yet important with the continuation of booster vaccines.

Traumatic spinal cord injury and its correlation to risk of autoimmune/-inflammatory disease.

Study Design: Nationwide epidemiological open cohort study.

Objectives: To evaluate whether individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) are more prone to develop autoimmune diseases compared to a general non-TSCI population.

Setting: Danish public national registries.

Febrile seizures and childhood epilepsy and risk of internalizing and psychotic symptoms.

Objective: To assess whether children with febrile seizures and/or epilepsy were at increased risk of experiencing internalizing symptoms or psychotic-like experiences at age 11 years.

Methods: This cohort study includes 44 819 children from the 11-year follow up of the Danish National Birth Cohort. Information on childhood seizures was retrieved from the Danish National Patient Registry, whereas child psychiatric symptoms were assessed in a web-based questionnaire using the Adolescent Psychotic-like Symptom Screener and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire.