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Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Division of Insurance Medicine
Curriculum Vitae – Pia Svedberg
Phone +46 8 524 83215, E-mail: Pia.Svedberg@ki.se
Education
2013 Associate professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet (KI)
2006 PhD Epidemiology, KI
1995 BSc Psychology, Uppsala University
Positions
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Researcher, Division of Insurance Medicine, CNS, KI
Research associate, Division of Insurance Medicine, CNS, KI
Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Insurance Medicine, CNS, KI
Researcher, MEB, KI
Doctoral student, MEB, KI
Visiting scholar – University of Southern California, LA, USA
(Funding: Erik and Edith Fernströms foundation)
Research assistant/coordinator, the Swedish Twin Registry,
Institute of Environmental medicine (IMM) and
Dept. of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (MEB), KI
Research assistant, Royal Institute of technology, KTH
Built Environment, Laboratory of applied psychology, Gävle
Grants
FAS postdoc 2008-2009; The Swedish Society of Medicine 2008, 2010-2013; VR 20092011; Magnus Bergvalls foundation 2008-2009, 2014-2015; Forte (FAS) project 2010-2012;
KI funds: KI-PIH 2008; KI-CfV postdoc 2009-2010; KI-SFO-Epi 2012-2013; KID 20122015
Research interests
Risk factors for, and adverse outcomes of being sickness absent or disability pensioned with focus on musculoskeletal and mental disorders; self-rated health; health related quality
of life; health behaviors; epidemiology; twin studies
Supervision
Supervisor of several Master and Medical students’ project work
20121205 - Main supervisor: PhD student Lisa Mather (half-time 2014)
2012 Co-supervisor: PhD student Sanna Kärkkäinen, Kuopio, Finland
Supervision of PhD students who defended their thesis
20130205 Co-supervisor: Åsa Samuelsson
20130322 Co-supervisor: Aron Naimi-Akbar
Mentor:
20131215 -
Camilla Westlund, IMM, KI
Address
Karolinska Institutet
Division of Insurance Medicine
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address
Berzelius väg 3, 6th floor
Telephone
+46 8 524 832 24 (secretary)
Web
www.ki.se/im
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Peer reviewed publications
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Kuja-Halkola R. The heritability of endometriosis. Fertil Steril. 2015 Jul 22. pii:
S0015-0282(15)00462-8. [Epub 22July2015]
Åkerstedt T, Knutsson A, Narusyte J, Svedberg P, Kecklund G, Alexanderson K.
Night work and breast cancer in women – a Swedish cohort study. BMJ Open.
2015;5:e008127 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008127.
Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. High job demands, job strain and isostrain are risk factors for sick leave due to mental disorders: a prospective Swedish twin
study with a five year follow-up. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Aug;57(8):858-65.
Björkenstam E, Alexanderson K, Narusyte J, Kjeldgård L, Ropponen A, Svedberg P.
Childbirth, hospitalisation and sickness absence: a study of female twins. BMJ Open.
2015;5:e006033.
Dorner TE, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Stein KV, Mittendorfer-Rutz
E. Sickness absence due to back pain or depressive episode and the risk of all-cause and
diagnosis-specific disability pension: A Swedish cohort study of 4,823,069 individuals.
European Journal of Pain. E-pub 20 FEB 2015.
Marklund S, Lundh G, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. The
actions of the social insurance agency regarding long-term sickness absentees before
and after a medical assessment – a study of 384 case files. Disabil Rehabil.
2015;37(18):1683-91.
Lundh G, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Marklund S.
Associations between prognosed future work capacity among long-term sickness
absentees and their actual work incapacity two years later. Work. 2014;49:245-55.
Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. The covariation between burnout and
sick leave due to mental disorders is explained by a shared genetic liability: a
prospective Swedish twin study with a five year follow-up. Twin Research Human
Genetics. 2014; 17(6):535-544.
Björkenstam E, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Kjeldgård L, Svedberg P.
Associations between childbirth, hospitalization and disability pension: a cohort study
of female twins. Plos ONE. 2014;9(7): e101566. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101566.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Physical work
load and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors of disability pension due
to musculoskeletal disorders. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2014;42(4):370376.
Mather L, Blom V, Svedberg P. Stressful and traumatic life-events are associated with
burnout - a cross-sectional twin study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
E-pub 9 JAN, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9381-3.
Blom V, Sverke M, Bodin L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Svedberg P. Work-home
interference and burnout: A study based on Swedish twins. Journal of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine. 2014;56(4): 361-6.
Svedberg P, Blom V, Narusyte J, Bergström G, Bodin L, Hallsten L. Genetic and
environmental influences on performance based self-esteem in a population-based
cohort of Swedish twins. Self & Identity. 2014, 13(2): 243-256.
Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Part-time work or social benefits as
predictors for disability pension. A prospective study of Swedish twins, International
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014 Apr;21(2):329-36. DOI:10.1007/s12529-0139303-4. Erratum in Int J Behav Med. 2014 Feb;21(1):210.
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the associations between sickness absence and disability pension or mortality. European
J of Pub Health. 2014 Feb;24(1):106-10.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Single and additive effects of health behaviours on the risk
for disability pensions among Swedish twins. European Journal of Public Health.
2014;24(4):643-8.
Ropponen A, Korhonen T, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J.
Persistent smoking as a predictor of disability pension due to musculoskeletal
diagnoses: a 23 year prospective study of Finnish twins. Preventive Medicine 2013; Epub Oct 18. doi:pii: S0091-7435(13)00371-X. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.10.001.PMID:
24145202.
Svedberg P, Eriksson M, Boman E. Associations between scores of psychosomatic
health symptoms and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. Health
and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2013, 11:176.
Ropponen A, Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Registry-based data of
psychosocial working conditions and occupational groups as predictors of disability
pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a prospective cohort study of 24 543
Swedish twins. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013, 14:268.
Blom V, Bodin L, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. The Importance of Genetic
and Shared Environmental Factors for the Associations between Job Demands, Control,
Support and Burnout. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(9): e75387.
Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. A prospective cohort study
of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the importance of health factors and
behaviors. BMC Public Health.2013, 13:621.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Kalso E, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. A
prospective twin cohort study of disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses
in relation to stability and change in pain. PAIN. 2013;154:1966–1972. Online: 24MAY-2013 DOI information: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.029
Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Hublin C, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Sleep
patterns as predictors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 23 year
longitudinal study of Finnish twins, Sleep. 2013 Jun 1;36(6):891-7. doi:
10.5665/sleep.2718.
Kärkkäinen S, Pitkäniemi J, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A,
Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Disability
pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: importance of work-related factors in a
prospective cohort of Finnish twins. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and
Health. 2013 Jul 1;39(4):343-50. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3345.
Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Psychosocial working
conditions, occupational groups and risk of disability pension due to mental diagnoses:
a prospective population-based cohort study of 43 000 Swedish twins. Scandinavian
Journal of Work, Environment and Health.2013 Jul 1;39(4):351-60. doi:
10.5271/sjweh.3338.
Gustafsson K, Lundh G, Svedberg P, Linder J, Alexanderson K, Marklund S.
Psychological factors related to return to work among long-term sickness absentees
who have undergone a multidisciplinary medical assessment. Journal Rehab Medicine,
2012, 45(2),186-91.
Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A,
Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Effects of work and lifestyle on risk for future
disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year prospective study of Finnish
twins. J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Nov;54(11):1330-6.
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Reliance on social security benefits by Swedish patients with ill-health attributed to
dental fillings: a register-based cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1):713.
Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Lichtenstein P, Narusyte J. Genetic
Susceptibility to Sickness Absence is Similar Among Women and Men: Findings From
a Swedish Twin Cohort. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2012; Oct;15(5):642-8.
doi:10.1017/thg.2012.47
Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Carlstedt-Duke B, Ekstrand J,
Sandborgh Englund G. Health related quality of life and symptoms in patients with
experiences of health problems related to dental restorative materials. Community
Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2012 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12002. [Epub ahead
of print]
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M,
Alexanderson K, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as
risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a-30 year longitudinal
cohort study of Finnish twins. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.. 2012
Oct;73(4):289-94.
Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. Incidence
of disability pension and associations with sociodemographic factors in a Swedish twin
cohort. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012; 47(12): 1999-2009 [Epub ahead of
print Mar 20].
Blom V, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Bodin L, Svedberg P. Genetic susceptibility to
burnout in a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2012;27(3):225231. DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9661-2
Leineweber C, Westerlund H, Hagberg J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. Sickness
presenteeism is more than an alternative to sickness absence: Results from the
population-based SLOSH study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2012 Nov;85(8):90514.
Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. Disability
Pension Among Swedish Twins - Prevalence Over 16 Years and Associations With
Sociodemographic Factors in 1992. J Occup Environ Med. 2012;54(1):10-16.
Svedberg P, Alexanderson, K. Associations between sickness absence and
harassments, threats or violence, or discrimination: a cross-sectional study of the
Swedish Police. WORK: a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation. 2012;
42:83-92. DOI 10.3233/WOR-2012-1333
Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Stability and change in health
behaviours as predictors for disability pension: a prospective cohort study of Swedish
twins. BMC Public Health, 2011; 11:678.
Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Samuelsson A,
Svedberg P. Genetic Liability to Disability Pension in Women and Men: a Prospective
Population-Based Twin Study. PLoS ONE, 2011; 6(8):e23143.
Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Koskenvuo K, HuunanSeppälä A, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Health related risk factors for disability pension
due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 30-year Finnish twin cohort study. Scandinavian
Journal of Public Health, 2011; 39: 839–848.
Gustafsson K, Lundh G, Svedberg P, Linder J, Alexanderson K, Marklund S.
Disability, sickness and unemployment benefits among long term sickness absentees
five years before, during and after a multidisciplinary medical assessment. Journal of
Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2011;4:25–31.
Pietikäinen S, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A,
Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Health-related and
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sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30year prospective Finnish twin cohort study. JOEM. 2011, 53(5):488-496.
Leineweber C, Westerlund H, Hagberg J, Svedberg P, Luokkala M, Alexanderson K.
Sickness Presenteeism Among Swedish Police Officers. J Occup Rehabil. 2011, 21:17–
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Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein P, Alexanderson K. Are self-report of disability
pension and long-term sickness absence accurate? Comparisons of self-reported
interview data with national register data in a Swedish twin cohort. BMC Public Health
2010, 10:763.
Svedberg P, Salmi P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K. Does
multidisciplinary assessment of long-term sickness absentees result in modification of
sick-listing diagnoses? Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2010, 38(6): 657–663.
Svedberg P, Bildt C, Lindelöw C, Alexanderson K. Self-reported health among
employees in relation to sex segregation at work sites. Journal of Occupational
Health.2009,51(3):223-31.
Gjesdal S, Svedberg P, Hagberg, J, Alexanderson K. Mortality among disability
pensioners in Norway and Sweden 1990-96: comparative prospective cohort study.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2009,37: 168-175.
Svedberg P, Gatz M, Pedersen NL. Genetic and environmental mediation of the
associations between self-rated health and cognitive abilities. Experimental Aging
Research. 2009, 35(2): 178-201.
Salmi P, Svedberg P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K.
Multidisciplinary investigations recognize high prevalence of co-morbidity of
psychiatric and somatic diagnoses in long-term sickness absentees. Scandinavian
Journal of Public Health. 2009, 37: 35-42.
Salmi P, Svedberg P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K. Outcome of
multidisciplinary investigations of long-term sickness absentees. Disability and
Rehabilitation. 2009, 31:2, 131-137.
Gjesdal S, Mæland J G, Svedberg P, Hagberg, J, Alexanderson K. Role of diagnoses
and socioeconomic status in mortality among disability pensioners in Norway--a
population-based cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and
Health. 2008, 34:6, 479-482. Amendments and corrections: in Scand J Work Environ
Health 2009;35(4):319
Svedberg P, Johansson S, Wallander MA, Pedersen NL. No evidence of sex
differences in heritability of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Swedish twins. Twin
Research and Human Genetics. 2008,11: 197-203.
Svedberg P, Bardage C, Sandin S, Pedersen NL. A prospective study of health, lifestyle and psychosocial predictors of self-rated health. European Journal of
Epidemiology. 2006, 21:767-776.
Svedberg P, Gatz M, Lichtenstein P, Sandin S, & Pedersen NL. Self-rated health in a
longitudinal perspective: a 9-year follow-up twin study. Journal of Gerontology: Social
Sciences, 2005,60B, S331-S340.
Svedberg P, Johansson S, Wallander M-A, Hamelin B, & Pedersen NL. Extraintestinal manifestations associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A twin study.
Aliment Pharmacol Therapeut, 2002,16 (5), pp. 975-983.
Gatz, Svedberg, Pedersen, Mortimer, Johansson & Berg. Education and the Risk of
Alzheimer’s Disease: Findings from the Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins. Journal
of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 2001, 56B(5): P292-P300.
Svedberg, Lichtenstein & Pedersen. Age and Sex Differences in Genetic and
Environmental Factors for Self-Rated Health: A Twin Study. Journal of Gerontology:
Social Sciences, Vol.56B, 2001, 3: S171-S178.
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57) Feychting, Pedersen, Svedberg, Floderus & Gatz. Dementia and occupational exposure
to magnetic fields. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 1998,24(1).
p. 46-53.
Peer-reviewed review articles
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Körlin J, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Sickness absence among women and men in
the police: a systematic literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Public
Health.2009, 37, 310-319
Pedersen NL, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. The Swedish Twin Registry in the Third
Millennium. Twin Research. 2002,5:427-432.
Lichtenstein P, De Faire U, Floderus B, Svartengren M, Svedberg P, Pedersen NL.
The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and
genetic studies. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2002, 252:184-205.
Pedersen & Svedberg. Behavioral Genetics, Health and Aging. Journal of Adult
Development, 2000, 7: (2).
Books & chapters
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Karlsson N, Carstensen J, Gjesdal S, Svedberg P & Alexanderson K. Disability
pension and cause-specific mortality in a 12-year population-based cohort study in
Sweden. In: Nadine Karlsson (2007) Prospective cohort studies of disability pension
and mortality in a Swedish county (PhD-thesis) Karolinska University Press,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Svedberg, P. Factors of Importance for Self-Rated Health. (2006). Thesis for doctoral
degree (Ph.D.) Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Press, Stockholm,
Sweden. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-607-7/
Svedberg, Lichtenstein, Steffensson and Pedersen (2000). In FRN report: Self-rated
health in a European perspective. Age and sex differences in genetic and
environmental factors for self-rated health.2000:2.
Reports
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Alexanderson K, Björkenstam E, Kjeldgård L, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Svedberg P.
Barnafödande, sjuklighet och sjukfrånvaro: en studie av tvillingsystrar. Stockholm:
Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap.
Karolinska Institutet; 2013. ISBN 978-91-981256-9-6.
Alexanderson K, Marklund S, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P (Eds). Huvudrapport
i projekt om kvinnors och mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish]. Stockholm: Sektionen för
försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet;
2011 [Rapport]
Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein, P, Alexanderson
K. Betydelsen av arv och miljö för sjukskrivning och sjukersättning bland kvinnor
och män i en kohort av svenska tvillingar. Delrapport 8 i projekt om kvinnors och
mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish] Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin.
Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; 2011 [Rapport] (38
pages).
Marklund S, Alexanderson K, Gustavsson K, Linder J, Lundh, G, Svedberg P.
Långtidssjukskrivna kvinnor och män som genomgått försäkringsmedicinska
utredningar. Delrapport 9 i projekt om kvinnors och mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish]
Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk
Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; 2011 [Rapport] (37 pages).
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Lundh G, Alexanderson K, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Marklund S.(2010).
Försäkringskassans handläggning av försäkringsmedicinska utredningar Arbetsrapport. FMU projektet Augusti 2010. Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin,
Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport]
Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. (Eds.) (2009). Sjukfrånvaro och arbete inom Polisen.
[Sickness absence and work in the Police]. Sektionen för personskadeprevention,
Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport]
Körlin J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. (2007). Sjukfrånvaro bland kvinnor och män
anställda inom polisen [Sickness absence among women and men in the Police].
Sektionen för personskadeprevention, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap,
Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport]
Peer reviewed abstracts
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Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K, Heikkilä K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Kujala
UM, Ropponen A. Association between education and leisure-time physical inactivity
in Finnish twins over 35 years. Abstract for the 8th European Public Health (EPH)
Conference, Milan, Italy, 14-17 October, 2015.
Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Waller K, Heikkilä K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Silventoinen
K, Kujala UM, Ropponen A. The association of physical inactivity and body mass
index in the Finnish twin pairs discordant for their leisure-time physical activity during
a 35-year follow-up. Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) Annual Meeting, San
Diego, USA 16.-20.6.2015.
Blom V, Sverke M, Bodin L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Svedberg P. Work-Home
Interference and burnout: a study based on Swedish Twins. Invited symposia (organizer
Petra Lindfors): Work Life Balance: addressing conflicts between different life
domains. 17th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational
Psychology, May 20th-23rd 2015. Oslo, Norway.
Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Externalizing behavior
problems in adolescence and sickness absence in adulthood. Abstracts for the 15th
International Congress on Twin Studies and The 3rd World Congress on Twin
Pregnancy. Budapest, Hungary 16-19th November, 2014. Twin Research and Human
Genetics. 2014:17(5): 466.
Blom, Sverke, Bodin, Bergström, Lindfors, Svedberg. Work-Home Interference and
burnout: a study based on Swedish Twins. The 15th International Congress on Twin
Studies and The 3nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Budapest, Hungary 16-19th
November, 2014. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2014:17(5): 418.
Piirtola Maarit, Kaprio Jaakko, Waller Katja, Heikkilä Kauko, Koskenvuo Markku,
Svedberg Pia, Silventoinen Karri, Kujala Urho, Ropponen Annina. Stability and
change in leisure-time physical inactivity and its association with body mass index in
the Finnish Twin Cohort during a 35 year follow-up. Scandinavian Congress of
Medicine and Science in Sports (SCMSS), 23-25 October 2014, Helsinki, Finland
Svedberg P, Ropponen A. Effects of health behaviors on disability pension due to
musculoskeletal diagnoses: a Swedish twin study. EUMASS, 2014, Stockholm,
Sweden.
Richter A, Blom V, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. Investigating the Association between Job
Insecurity and Burnout: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Performance-Based
Self-Esteem. European academy for occupational health psychology (EAOHP); London
April 14, 2014.
Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. The importance of unhealthy behaviors
and familial factors in the association between self-reported symptoms of burnout and
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stress-related sick-leave: a twin study. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.23.
Suppl.1, page 132. EUPHA Brussels, Belgium, Nov 2013.
Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Disability pension due to
mental diagnoses: the role of psychiatric disorders and chronic fatigue. European
Journal of Public Health, Vol.23. Suppl.1, page 184. EUPHA Brussels, Belgium, Nov
2013.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Work Well-being
Wealth. Helsinki 2013. Abstract no 2538. Stability and change of physical work load
and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors for disability pension due to
musculoskeletal disorders. SJWEH.
Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. Work Well-being Wealth. Helsinki 2013.
Abstract no 2596. Are part-time work or social benefits predictors for disability
pension? A prospective Swedish twin cohort study. SJWEH.
Ropponen A, Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. FALF: Forum för
Arbetslivsforskning. 2013 Stockholm. Är den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och typ av
yrke riskfaktorer för sjukersättning i musculoskeletala diagnoser bland svenska
tvillingar?
Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. FALF: Forum för Arbetslivsforskning.
2013 Stockholm. Are part-time work or social benefits predictors for disability
pension? A prospective Swedish twin cohort study.
Blom, Sverke, Bodin, Bergström, Lindfors, Svedberg. Work–home interference and
burnout in Swedish women and men: The importance of genetics and family
environment. FALF: Forum för Arbetslivsforskning Stockholm 2013.
Blom V, Bodin L, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. The importance of genetic
and shared environmental factors for the associations between job demands, control,
support and burnout. 20 Annual EUPHA meeting, 2012, Malta.
Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. A prospective cohort study of
stability and change in health behaviors as risk factors for disability pension due to
musculoskeletal diagnosis among Swedish twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics,
2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.242. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The
2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy.
Svedberg P, Blom V, Bergström G, Bodin L, Hallsten L. Genetic and Environmental
Factors of importance for contingent self-esteem among women and men. Twin
Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.241. The 14th International
Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence,
Italy.
Blom V, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Bodin L, Svedberg P. The relative importance of
genes and environment in burnout symptoms: a Swedish Twin cohort study. Twin
Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.178. The 14th International
Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence,
Italy.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M,
Alexanderson K, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as
risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnosis: a 30-year longitudinal
cohort study of Finnish twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no.
12, p.233. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World
Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy.
Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Psychosocial working
conditions and risk of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: a prospective twin
cohort study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.235. The
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Pregnancy, Florence, Italy.
Pia Svedberg. Betydelsen av arv och miljö för sjukskrivning och sjukersättning bland
kvinnor och män i en kohort av svenska tvillingar. Seminarium: Kvinnor och mäns
sjukfrånvaro (SEM 0SEM). Riksstämman, Älvsjö Stockholm, Sweden. 2011.
Pia Svedberg and Karri Silventoinen, organizers. Workshop: Twins: a powerful study
design to control for genetic and environmental influences in public health research.
European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p. 173. 4rd European
Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Svedberg P. Sex, age and cohort differences in the relative importance of genetic and
environmental factors for self-rated health. European Journal of Public Health, 2011,
Vol.21, Supplement 1, p. 174. 4rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K. Genetic and environmental
influences on sickness absence: findings from a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal
of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p.197. 4rd European Public Health
Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Incidence of disability
pension and associations with sociodemographic factors in a Swedish twin cohort.
European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p. 47. 4rd European
Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K,
Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Effects of work-related factors on risk of
disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30 year longitudinal study of Finnish
twins. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p. 189. 4rd
European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Narusyte J.
Genetic and environmental liability to disability pension due to psychiatric diagnoses: a
prospective study of Swedish twins. Symposium, The 5th Nordic Meeting in
Epidemiology and Register-based Health Research (NordicEpi), Reykjavik, Iceland 1516 June, 2011 (invited speaker by NAPE).
Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Svedberg P.
Liability to disability pension due to psychiatric diagnoses: a discrete time survival
analysis of Swedish twins. Symposium of the Nordic Association of Psychiatric
Epidemiology (NAPE). 13th International congress of the IFPE, Kaohsiung Taiwan
2011.
Pietikäinen S, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A,
Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Health related and
sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30
year prospective Finnish twin cohort study. European Journal of Public Health, 2010,
Vol.20, Supplement 1, p. 282.2nd European Public Health Conference. 18th Annual
EUPHA Meeting, Amsterdam.
Boman, Bällgren, Svedberg (2010). Is health related quality of life among school
children associated with level of semantic memory? ISOQOL - International Society
for Quality of Life Research meeting [www.isoqol.org/2010]. Abstract #1380. London,
England.
Saha, Svedberg, Johansson, Bergqvist (2010). The prevalence and concordance of
endometriosis in a Swedish twin cohort. The 26th Annual Meeting of the European
Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). 27 - 30 June 2010). Rome,
Italy. HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2010 ;25;I114.
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Sandborgh Englund G. Effects of Dental Filling Replacement on Subjective Health.
Abstr no. 2445. IADR General Session, Barcelona, Spain, 14-17 juli 2010.
Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ekstrand J, Carlstedt-Duke B,
Sandborgh Englund G. Oral Epidemiologi – Kvicksilver och hälsa. Odontologisk
Riksstämma, Älvsjö 2009.
Svedberg, Ropponen, Alexanderson (2009). Validity of self-reported data on long-term
sickness absence and disability pension in a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of
Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland.
Samuelsson, Svedberg, Ropponen, Alexanderson (2009). Occurrence and
characteristics of disability pensioners - a prospective cohort study of 56 000 twins
followed for 14 years. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th
Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland.
Leineweber, Westerlund, Hagberg, Svedberg, Alexanderson (2009). Work
environment and sickness presenteeism in the Swedish Police Force. European Journal
of Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland.
Leineweber, Westerlund, Hagberg, Svedberg, Alexanderson (2009). Sickness
presenteeism among the Swedish Police Force. Work, Stress and Health. Paper 80413.
Svedberg, Körlin, Alexanderson (2007). Is sickness absence in the Swedish police
force associated with discrimination, harassments, threats, and violence? European
Journal of Public Health, vol 17, suppl.2. 15th EUPHA conference, Helsinki, Finland.
Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2006). Biological markers of importance for self-rated
health. 2006 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts
[www.isoqol.org/2006mtgabstracts]. The QLR Journal, A-99, Abstract #1627. Lisbon,
Portugal.
Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2004). The effect of health behaviors on future selfratings of health for men and women. ISOQOL, Hong Kong. Quality of Life Research,
13, 9, abstract.
Bardage, Svedberg, Pedersen (2004). The biological mechanisms behind a good or bad
self-rated health. ISOQOL, Hong Kong. Quality of Life Research, 13, 9, abstract.
Svedberg, Johansson, Wallander & Pedersen (2004). Age and sex differences in
heritability for irritable bowel syndrome [abstract]. Twin Research, 7 (4), p.380.
Svedberg & Pedersen (2003). Association between cognition and SRH: genetic and
environmental mediation. [Symposium abstract] GSA, San Diego.
Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2003). Are personality, pain and stress predictors of
importance for self-rated health? A 30-year follow-up study. [abstract] ISOQOL,
Prague. Quality of Life Research, 12, 7.
Bardage, Svedberg, Pedersen (2003). Is self-rated health associated with biomarkers?
[abstract] ISOQOL, Prague. Quality of Life Research, 12, 7.
Pedersen & Svedberg (2001). Longitudinal Analyses of Genetic and Environmental
Influences on Self-Rated Health. [Symposium abstract]. The Gerontologist, Vol 41,
special issue I, p.173.
Svedberg, Pedersen & Lichtenstein (2001). Computer assisted telephone interviews
with 26,000+ twins: A new update of the Swedish Twin Registry. [abstract]. Twin
Research, 4 (3), p.209.
Svedberg, Lichtenstein & Pedersen (2000). (Poster presented at 27th International
Congress of Psychology). Age and Sex differences in Genetic and Environmental
factors for Self-Rated Health: A Twin Study. [Abstract]. International Journal of
Psychology, vol 35, issue 3/4.
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50) Svedberg, Johansson, Wallander, Hamelin & Pedersen (2000). (Poster presented at 1
st
Nordic Conference in Epidemiology). Comorbidity for irritable bowel syndrome: A
twin study.
51) Gatz, Svedberg, Pedersen N.L., Mortimer J.A., Johansson B, Berg S. Is education
protective? Insights from Swedish twin studies (2000). Neurobiology of Aging,
Volume 21, Supplement 1, pp. 63-63(1).
52) Svedberg, Lichtenstein, Steffensson, Pedersen (1998). Age and sex differences in
genetic and environmental factors for self-rated health. [abstract]. Twin Research, 1(2),
p.111.
53) Svedberg, Gatz & Pedersen, (1996). Reconsidering education as a risk factor for
Alzheimer’s disease.[GSA abstract]. Gerontologist, 36 (special issue II), p.251-252.
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