Effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown period on general well-being, perceived stress and activity levels in the Faroe Islands.

Aims: Detrimental effects on health and well-being were reported during the COVID-19-induced lockdown periods in several countries, but these associations have not been studied in small-scale island societies. This study aimed to examine the lockdown period's impact on general well-being, perceived stress and activity levels in the Faroe Islands.

Methods: We used cross-sectional data from two extensive population-based surveys of the general health conducted in November 2019 (the pre-COVID survey; =2906), and four to six weeks into the first national lockdown (the lockdown survey; =1204).

Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands: a cross-sectional study.

The Faroe Islands is considered a homogeneous society and has a low Gini coefficient, but the knowledge about the social distribution of health and disease is sparse. In a large population-based sample we investigated: (a) the association between socioeconomic position defined by level of education and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by self-report in the Faroe Islands; and (b) to what degree lifestyle factors mediate the association. We used cross-sectional data from the population-based Public Health Survey Faroes 2015 (=1095).