Feelings of guilt and loss of control dominate in stress and depression inventories from women with recurrent pregnancy loss.

Purpose: Which feelings on the major depression inventory (MDI) and the perceived stress scale (PSS) are predominant among women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)?

Materials And Methods: Prospective cohort study of women with RPL referred to the tertiary RPL Unit at Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, from 2010-2013. All women answered the MDI and PSS at time of referral.

Results: In total, 298 women completed the MDI and the PSS, of which 162 had primary RPL and 136 secondary RPL.

Stress and depression among women and men who have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss: focusing on both sexes.

Research Question: Are women and men suffering from recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) more affected by psychological stress and depression than the general population?

Design: Cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence of stress and depression in women and men with RPL seen in the Danish national RPL Unit. Data were collected between 2015-2018. All newly referred couples were asked to complete the Major Depression Index (MDI) and Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).

Danish translation and validation of Kessler's 10-item psychological distress scale - K10.

Background: Psychological distress is a trans-diagnostic feature of mental suffering closely associated with mental disorders. Kessler's 10-item Psychological Distress Scale (K10), a scale with sound psychometric properties, is widely used in epidemiological studies.

Aim: To translate and investigate whether K10 is a reliable and valid rating scale for the measurement of psychological distress in a Danish population.

A clinimetric analysis of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) in general population studies (Denmark, Norway, and Italy).

Background: Although the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) is one of the most widely used self-reported scales covering several psychopathological states, the scalability of the SCL-90-R has been found to be very problematic.

Aims: We have performed a clinimetric analysis of the SCL-90-R, taking both its factor structure and scalability (i.e.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale.

Objectives: The aims of the present study were to (i) cross-culturally adapt a Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and (ii) evaluate its psychometric properties in terms of agreement, reliability, validity, responsiveness, and interpretability among patients with work-related stress complaints.

Methods: A consensus-building process was performed involving the authors of the three previous Danish translations and the consensus version was back-translated into English and pilot-tested. Psychometric properties of the final version were examined in a sample of 64 patients with work-related stress complaints.

Comparison of mental distress in patients with low back pain and a population-based control group measured by Symptoms Check List--A case-referent study.

Purpose: Mental distress is common in persons experiencing low back pain and who are sick-listed or at risk of being sick-listed. It is, however, not known how mental distress measured by the Symptoms Check List-90 differs between patients with low back pain and the general population. The objective of this study was to compare mental symptoms and distress as measured by the Symptoms Check List-90 in sick-listed or at risk of being sick-listed patients with low back pain with a population-based control group.

[The prevalence of depression in Denmark].

The prevalence of depression in the Danish general population is 3-4%. The gender difference in the prevalence seems to be less pronounced the more severe the depressive state is manifested. Particularly among men depression is undertreated, partly reflected by the gender difference in help-seeking behaviour.

[Street prostitution and drug addiction].

Introduction: Street-based prostitution accounts for 10% of the prostitution activity in Denmark, mainly involving female drug addicts. We studied a group of women with a common history of substance abuse and their comparative psychosocial characteristics, correlated with whether they had previously been a prostitute or not. Their psychic symptoms were evaluated and compared with those of controls.

Measuring well-being rather than the absence of distress symptoms: a comparison of the SF-36 Mental Health subscale and the WHO-Five Well-Being Scale.

The health status questionnaire Short-Form 36 (SF-36) includes subscales measuring both physical health and mental health. Psychometrically, the mental health subscale contains a mixture of mental symptoms and psychological well-being items, among other things, to prevent a ceiling effect when used in general population studies. Three of the mental health well-being items are also included in the WHO-Five well-being scale.