Marriage and cohabiting rates among people with childhood sensorineural hearing loss in a large Norwegian cohort: results from the SHINT and the HUNT study.

To investigate the association between childhood sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and cohabiting/marriage rates in a large Norwegian cohort. This study is based on data from the School Hearing Investigation in Nord-Trøndelag (SHINT), data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), and registry data on marital status from Statistics Norway. Marital status is measured yearly from 1975-2015 (marriage) and 1987-2014 (cohabitation).

Childhood Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Educational Attainment in Adulthood: Results From the HUNT Study.

Objectives: Although the educational achievement gap between people without hearing loss and people with hearing loss is well-documented, few studies are based on large, nonclinical samples. The present study aims to investigate the educational attainment among Norwegian adults diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss as children, compared with a matched control group of people without hearing loss.

Design: A prospective cohort design was applied.

Childhood sensorineural hearing loss and adult mental health up to 43 years later: results from the HUNT study.

Background: Hearing loss is a global public health problem putting millions of people at risk of experiencing impediments in communication and potentially impaired mental health. Many studies in this field are based on small, cross sectional samples using self-report measures. The present study aims to investigate the association between childhood sensorineural hearing loss and mental health in adult men and women longitudinally in a large cohort with a matched control group, and hearing is measured by pure-tone audiometry.

Hearing loss, family status and mortality - Findings from the HUNT study, Norway.

Hearing loss as well as being single has been associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality. The purpose of the study is to assess whether being single or childless moderates the elevated risk of mortality in hearing impaired. The Nord-Trøndelag hearing Loss Study examined 50,462 persons above 20 years of age during 1996-1998.

Mental distress predicts divorce over 16 years: the HUNT study.

Background: The association between mental distress and divorce is well established in the literature. Explanations are commonly classified within two different frameworks; social selection (mentally distressed people are selected out of marriage) and social causation (divorce causes mental distress). Despite a relatively large body of literature on this subject, selection effects are somewhat less studied, and research based on data from both spouses is scarce.

More mental health problems after divorce in couples with high pre-divorce alcohol consumption than in other divorced couples: results from the HUNT-study.

Background: Divorce is associated with mental health problems, and heavy drinking is related to higher risk of divorce. Less is known about the effects of divorce in couples where one or both drinks heavily. There are, however, reasons to expect different consequences of divorce in heavy risk using couples compared to other couples.

Discordant and concordant alcohol use in spouses as predictors of marital dissolution in the general population: results from the Hunt study.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that high alcohol consumption is a predictor of divorce. However, there is a lack of studies with prospective data from both spouses. The effects of drinking among husbands versus wives and of concordant versus discordant drinking in couples are therefore unknown.

Non-random mating and convergence over time for mental health, life satisfaction, and personality: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.

Earlier studies have shown evidence for various sources of observed spousal similarity regarding different traits and characteristics. We explored the relative contribution of non-random mating and convergence to spouse similarity with respect to global mental health, life satisfaction, optimism, and type A personality. We used population-based data collected for the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (1984-1986) and prospective registry information about when and with whom people entered into marriage/cohabitation between 1970 and 2000 for 19,599 married/cohabitating couples and 1,551 future couples that entered into marriage/cohabitation during the 16 years after data collection.

Psychological distress and subjective well-being in partners of somatically ill or physically disabled: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.

This study investigated the cross-sectional associations between various somatic conditions in one partner and the level of distress and well-being in the spouse. The study is based on survey data from the Norwegian Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, HUNT II (1995-1997). A sample of 9,797 married or cohabiting couples with valid data on subjective well-being (SWB), psychological distress (Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL)-10) and somatic illness were identified.

The effect of change in mental disorder status on change in spousal mental health: the HUNT study.

Longitudinal research on caregiver burden related to mental disorders based on representative samples is scarce. Previous results on the development of burden over time are inconsistent. This article aims to establish whether change in mental disorder status in the index persons predicts subjective burden in their spouses in terms of changed mental health over a period of 11 years.

Mental disorder and caregiver burden in spouses: the Nord-Trøndelag health study.

Background: Researchers generally agree that mental disorder represents a burden to the family. The present study concerns the subjective burden of living with a person with mental disorder, more specifically the association between mental disorder in the index person and subjective well-being and symptoms of anxiety and depression in the spouse.

Methods: Data were obtained from questionnaires administered to the adult population of Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway during the period 1995-1997.