Smoking status, symptom significance and healthcare seeking with lung cancer symptoms in the Danish general population.

This study analyses the associations between smoking status and perceived symptom significance (concern and influence on daily activity) among individuals with possible lung cancer symptoms and investigate the influence of symptom significance on healthcare seeking among individuals with different smoking status. A nationwide survey with 21,920 randomly selected individuals aged ≥40 years included questions about lung cancer symptoms, symptom concern and influence on daily activities, GP contact, and smoking status. Descriptive statistics and multivariable regression models were applied.

Examining health literacy in the Danish general population: a cross-sectional study on the associations between individual factors and healthcare-seeking behaviour.

Knowledge about health literacy challenges among the general population is valuable for initiatives targeting social inequity in health. We investigated health literacy in various population groups and the impact of healthcare-seeking behaviour by analysing the associations between (i) lifestyle, socioeconomics, self-rated health, chronic disease, and health literacy and (ii) symptom burden, contact to general practitioner (GP), and health literacy. In total, 27 488 individuals participated in a population-based survey.

Multiple physical symptoms and coping strategies over the last decade - Knowledge from two Danish population-based cross-sectional studies in 2012 and 2022.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of multiple physical symptoms, coping scores, and associations between multiple physical symptoms and coping in two population-based surveys within a 10-year interval.

Methods: A nationwide study on symptoms and healthcare-seeking, the Danish Symptom Cohort, was carried out in 2012 and repeated in 2022. For each survey, 100,000 randomly selected individuals were invited, and individuals aged 20-64 years were eligible for inclusion.

Revisiting the symptom iceberg based on the Danish symptom cohort - Symptom experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour in the general Danish population in 2022.

Introduction: Healthcare-seeking behaviour may change over time, and some groups are more likely to avoid relevant help seeking, which possibly contributes to social inequity in health. Thus, we developed an expansion of and follow-up to the Danish Symptom Cohort (DaSC) from 2012 and formed the DaSC II, which encompassed a population-based questionnaire study investigating symptoms and healthcare-seeking behaviour. In this paper, we describe the conceptual framework, development and content validity of the questionnaire and a responder analysis of the participants in the DaSC II.

Follow-up cancer care in Danish general practice: a questionnaire study.

Background: The number of patients who have survived cancer has increased substantially owing to improved cancer treatment. This has reinforced the need for effective strategies for follow-up cancer care in general practice.

Aim: To investigate the organisation of follow-up cancer care in Danish general practice and to analyse GPs' self-assessment of competences regarding patients who have survived cancer and late effects.

Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire.

Objective: To enable measurement of coping in the general Danish population the aims of this study are to 1) describe the translation and cultural adaption of the Danish Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire (BACQ) and 2) investigate the psychometric properties of the Danish BACQ.

Design: The BACQ was translated and adapted into Danish, and the psychometric properties tested in two samples of adult Danish citizens: Sample  = 167, used for exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and Sample  = 330 persons, used for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's Alpha, item-to-rest correlation, and scale-to-scale Pearson correlation.

Associations between smoking status and involvement of personal and professional relations among individuals reporting symptoms related to a diagnosis of lung cancer: a population-based study.

Background: Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but individuals who currently smoke seek healthcare less frequently. This study of individuals reporting symptoms related to diagnosis of lung cancer has the following aims: 1) to explore the involvement of personal and professional relations; 2) to analyse whether age, sex and smoking status are associated with involving personal and professional relations; and 3) to analyse whether involving a personal relation is associated with healthcare-seeking.

Methods: Data was extracted from a Danish population-based survey from 2012 with 100,000 randomly selected invitees 20 years or older.

A population-based study on social inequality and barriers to healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms.

Healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms is a prerequisite for improving timely diagnosis of lung cancer. In this study we aimed to explore barriers towards contacting the general practitioner (GP) with lung cancer symptoms, and to analyse the impact of social inequality. The study is based on a nationwide survey with 69,060 individuals aged ≥40 years, randomly selected from the Danish population.

Predictive values of lung cancer alarm symptoms in the general population: a nationwide cohort study.

We aimed to firstly determine the 1-year predictive values of lung cancer alarm symptoms in the general population and to analyse the proportion of alarm symptoms reported prior to diagnosis, and secondly analyse how smoking status and reported contact with general practitioners (GPs) regarding lung cancer alarm symptoms influence the predictive values. The study was a nationwide prospective cohort study of 69,060 individuals aged ≥40 years, randomly selected from the Danish population. Using information gathered in a survey regarding symptoms, lifestyle and healthcare-seeking together with registry information on lung cancer diagnoses in the subsequent year, we calculated the predictive values and likelihood ratios of symptoms that might be indicative of lung cancer.