Steinar Krokstad
Position: Associate Professor MD PhD
Adress: Department of Public Health and General Practice,
Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
HUNT Research Centre, Neptunveien 1, 7650 Verdal
E-mail: steinar.krokstad@ntnu.no
Phone: +47 74075190, Mobile +47 95219227
Research area: Social epidemiology, how social, economic and geographical conditions creates health and disease. Social security research, how social and economic conditions and disease leads to disability pension.
Publications:
Nilsen SM, Krokstad S, Holmen TL, Westin S. Adolescents’ health related dietary patterns by parental socioeconomic position, The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). Eur J Publ Health 2009, Forthcoming.
Skalická V, van Lenthe F, Bambra C, Krokstad S, Mackenbach J. Material, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical factors in the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in mortality: evidence from the HUNT study. Int J Epidemiol 2009, forthcoming.
Sivertsen B, Øverland S, Mykeltun A, Krokstad S. The epidemiology of insomnia: Prevalence and correlates with somatic and mental conditions. The HUNT-2 study. Forthcoming
Sivertsen B, , Mykeltun A, Krokstad S, Øverland S. Use of health care services and medications in chronic insomnia. The HUNT II study. Behavioural Sleep Medicine 2009. In press.
Helvik AS, Krokstad S, Tambs S Socioeconomic inequalities in hearing loss. An eleven year follow-up of 8000 men in the HUNT Study. Am J Publ Health 2009. In press.
Øverland S; Glozier N; Sivertsen B; Stewart R; Neckelmann D; Krokstad S; Mykletun A. A Comparison of Insomnia and Depression as Predictors of Disability Pension: The HUNT Study. Sleep 2008;31(6):875-880.
Bjelland I, Krokstad S, Mykletun A, Dahl AA, Tell GS, Tambs K. Does a higher educational level protect against anxiety and depression? The HUNT study. Soc Sci Med 2008;66:1334-1345.
Øverland S, Glozier N, Krokstad S, Mykletun A. Undertreatment Before the Award of a Disability Pension for Mental Illness: The HUNT Study. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Nov;58(11):1479-82.
Sund ER, Jørgensen SH, Jones A, Krokstad S, Heggdal M. The influence of social capital on self-rated health and depression – The Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT). Norsk Epidemiologi 2007; 17 (1):59-69.
Lillefjell M, Krokstad S, Espnes GA. Prediction of function in daily life following multidisciplinary rehabilitation for individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain; a prospective study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007 Jul 10;8:65.
Rostad B, Schei B, Krokstad S. Socioeconomic factors and health in two generations of Norwegian women. Gender Medicine 2006;3(4):328-340.
Schou MB, Krokstad S, Westin S. Hva betyr selvopplevd helse for dødeligheten? Tidssk Nor Lægeforen 2006; 126: 2644-7.
Lillefjell M, Krokstad S, Espnes GA. Factors predicting work ability following multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal pain. J Occup Rehabil. 2006 Dec;16(4):543-55.
Sivertsen B, Øverland S, Nordhus HI, Pallesen S, Neckelmann D, Krokstad S, Mykletun A. The long-term effect of insomnia on work disability: the HUNT-2 historical cohort study. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Jun 1;163(11):1018-24.
Drøyvold WB, Nilsen TIL, Krüger Ø, Holmen TL, Krokstad S, Midthjell K, Holmen J. Change in height, weight and body mass index: Longitudinal data from the HUNT Study in Norway. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Jun;30(6):935-9.
Mykletun A, Øverland S, Dahl AA, Krokstad S, Bjerkeset O, Glozier N, Aarø LE, Prince M. A population-based cohort study of the effect of common mental disorders on disability pension awards. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;163(8):1412-8.
Drøyvold, Wenche Brenne; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Krüger, Øystein; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Krokstad, Steinar; Midthjell, Kristian; Holmen, Jostein. Endring i høyde, vekt og kroppsmasseindeks: Et longitudinelt studium med data fra Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT). Norsk epidemiologi 2005;15 Suppl 1:34.
Krokstad S, Magnus P, Skrondal A, Westin S. The importance of social characteristics of communities for the medically based disability pension. Eur J Public Health 2004;14(4):406-12.
Holmen J, Kjelsaas MB, Krüger Ø, Ellekjær H, Bratberg G, Holmen TL, Midthjell K, Stavnås PA, Krokstad S. Befolkningens holdninger til genetisk epidemiologi illustrert ved spørsmål om fornyet samtykke til 61.426 personer – Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT). Norsk Epidemiologi 2004;14(1): 27-31.
Krokstad S. Socioeconomic inequalities in health and disability. Social epidemiology in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. Verdal: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004. Thesis.
Krokstad S, Westin S. Disability in society. Medical and non-medical determinants for disability pension in a Norwegian total county population study. Soc Sci Med 2004;58:1837-48.
Elstad JI, Krokstad S. Social causation, health-selective mobility, and the reproduction of socioeconomic health inequalities over time: panel study of adult men. Soc Sci Med; 2003:57:1475-89.
Hagen K, Vatten L, Stovner LJ, Zwart JA, Krokstad S, Bovim G. Low socio-economic status is associated with increased risk of frequent headache: a prospective study of 22718 adults in Norway. Cephalalgia 2002;22:672-9.
Krokstad S, Ringdal K, Westin S. Classifying people by social class i population based health surveys - two methods compared. Norsk Epidemiologi; 2002;12(1):19-25.
Krokstad S, Johnsen R, Westin S. Social determinants of DP: a 10-year follow-up of 62.000 people in a Norwegian county population. Int J Epidemiol 2002:31;1183-91.
Krokstad S, Johnsen R, Westin S. Medisinske og ikke-medisinske risikofaktorer for uførepensjon. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2002;122:1479-85.
Krokstad S, Kunst A, Westin S. Trends in health inequalities by educational level in a Norwegian total population study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:375-80.
Krokstad S, Westin S. Health inequalities by socio-economic status among men in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, Norway. Scand J Publ Health 2002;30:113-124.
Krokstad S, Gjelsvik P, Mjelva E. Reduksjon i forskrivning av B-preparater i allmennpraksis. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1995;115(29):3634-7.