Marjan Vaez

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About me

Associate Professor in Public Health and member of the research group MENTE
"Mental health and social integration" at the Division of Insurance Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet

Research

Main research interest in the fields of public health with focus on
epidemiological studies of mental health as of well as diagnosis-specific
sickness absence, disability pension and work capacity.

Articles

Article: ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH. 2023;27(2):401-414

Utilization of psychiatric services prior to suicide- a retrospective comparison of users with and without previous suicide attempts.

Probert-Lindström S; Vaez M; Fröding E; Ehnvall A; Sellin T; Ambrus L; Bergqvist E; Palmqvist-Öberg N; Waern M; Westrin Å
Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022;22(1):664

Health care utilisation two years prior to suicide in Sweden: a retrospective explorative study based on medical records.

Bergqvist E; Probert-Lindström S; Fröding E; Palmqvist-Öberg N; Ehnvall A; Sunnqvist C; Sellin T; Vaez M; Waern M; Westrin Å
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;57(2):255-266

Health-related quality of life in refugee minors from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan resettled in Sweden: a nation-wide, cross-sectional study.

Solberg Ø; Sengoelge M; Johnson-Singh CM; Vaez M; Eriksson A-K; Saboonchi F
Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(1):e0262889

Prevention of suicidal behavior in older people: A systematic review of reviews.

Laflamme L; Vaez M; Lundin K; Sengoelge M
Article: STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2021;46(12):2556-2567

Early work-environmental indicators of bullying in an academic setting: a longitudinal study of staff in a medical university

Bjorklund C; Vaez M; Jensen I
Article: BMC PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;9(1):173

Exploring associations between subjective well-being and personality over a time span of 15-18 months: a cohort study of adolescents in Sweden.

Winzer R; Vaez M; Lindberg L; Sorjonen K
Article: SAGE OPEN. 2021;11(3):21582440211031555-215824402110315

Exposure to Violence Among Syrian Refugee Women Preflight and During Flight: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Sweden

Okenwa-Emegwa L; Tinghog P; Vaez M; Saboonchi F
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;49(3):268-276

Intimate partner violence, associations with perceived need for help and health care utilization: a population-based sample of women in Sweden.

Lövestad S; Vaez M; Löve J; Hensing G; Krantz G
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 2020;130:109914

Asylum-seekers' psychosocial situation: A diathesis for post-migratory stress and mental health disorders?

Solberg Ø; Vaez M; Johnson-Singh CM; Saboonchi F
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(2):144-154

A follow-up of the introduction of a maximum entitlement period for receiving sickness benefits in Sweden: A nationwide register-based study.

Vaez M; Leijon O; Wikman A; Nord T; Lidwall U; Wiberg M; Alexanderson K; Gonäs L
Article: CONFLICT AND HEALTH. 2020;14:67

Children at risk: A nation-wide, cross-sectional study examining post-traumatic stress symptoms in refugee minors from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan resettled in Sweden between 2014 and 2018.

Solberg Ø; Nissen A; Vaez M; Cauley P; Eriksson A-K; Saboonchi F
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(12):e033616

Sociodemographic, labour market marginalisation and medical characteristics as risk factors for reinfarction and mortality within 1 year after a first acute myocardial infarction: a register-based cohort study of a working age population in Sweden.

Wang M; Vaez M; Dorner TE; Rahman SG; Helgesson M; Ivert T; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):16086

Work disability patterns before and after incident acute myocardial infarction and subsequent risk of common mental disorders: A Swedish cohort study.

Bokenberger K; Rahman S; Wang M; Vaez M; Dorner TE; Helgesson M; Ivert T; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 2019;125:109814

Identifying subgroups of refugees from Syria resettled in Sweden based on multiple trauma exposures: A latent class analysis of trauma history and mental health outcomes.

Sengoelge M; Johnson-Singh CM; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Vaez M; Saboonchi F
Article: BMC INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 2019;19(1):28

Social support attenuates the link between torture exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among male and female Syrian refugees in Sweden.

Gottvall M; Vaez M; Saboonchi F
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29(3):531-540

Risk factors for subsequent work disability in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Wang M; Vaez M; Dorner TE; Rahman S; Helgesson M; Ivert T; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(3):344-347

Changes in the gender segregation of occupations in Sweden between 2003 and 2011.

Gonäs L; Wikman A; Vaez M; Alexanderson K; Gustafsson K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(3):348-356

Gender segregation of occupations and sustainable employment: A prospective population-based cohort study.

Gonäs L; Wikman A; Vaez M; Alexanderson K; Gustafsson K
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):351

Suicidal ideation and attempts in population-based samples of women: temporal changes between 1989 and 2015.

Lövestad S; Löve J; Vaez M; Waern M; Hensing G; Krantz G
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES. 2018;32(2):715-724

Sickness absence following breast cancer surgery: a two-year follow-up cohort study.

Petersson L-M; Vaez M; Nilsson MI; Saboonchi F; Alexanderson K; Olsson M; Wennman-Larsen A
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39(7):578-585

Synergistic effect between ischaemic heart disease and common mental disorders and the risk of premature exit from the labour market: a nationwide register based study from Sweden.

Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Ivert T; Vaez M; Dorner TE
Article: HEART. 2018;104(4):340-348

Trajectories and characteristics of work disability before and after acute myocardial infarction.

Wang M; Vaez M; Dorner TE; Tiihonen J; Voss M; Ivert T; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;14(10):E1175-1175

Development and Preliminary Validation of Refugee Trauma History Checklist (RTHC)-A Brief Checklist for Survey Studies.

Sigvardsdotter E; Nilsson H; Malm A; Tinghög P; Gottvall M; Vaez M; Saboonchi F
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-QUALITY OF CARE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES. 2017;3(3):243-248

Regional differences in coronary revascularization procedures and outcomes: a nationwide 11-year observational study.

Vaez M; Dalén M; Friberg Ö; Nilsson J; Frøbert O; Lagerqvist B; Ivert T
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;45(4):350-356

Predictive validity of the Work Ability Index and its individual items in the general population.

Lundin A; Leijon O; Vaez M; Hallgren M; Torgén M
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;17(1):335

Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with symptoms of depression; a cross-sectional study based on a female population sample in Sweden.

Lövestad S; Löve J; Vaez M; Krantz G
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(3):e014264

Ongoing university studies and the risk of suicide: a register-based nationwide cohort study of 5 million young and middle-aged individuals in Sweden, 1993-2011.

Lageborn CT; Ljung R; Vaez M; Dahlin M
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE. 2017;60(1):121-130

Effects of psychosocial work factors and psychological distress on self-assessed work ability: A 7-year follow-up in a general working population.

Leijon O; Balliu N; Lundin A; Vaez M; Kjellberg K; Hemmingsson T
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY. 2015;33(6):603-619

Trajectories of Anxiety Among Women with Breast Cancer: A Proxy for Adjustment from Acute to Transitional Survivorship.

Saboonchi F; Petersson L-M; Wennman-Larsen A; Alexanderson K; Vaez M
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2015;45(8):1699-1707

Age-specific suicide mortality following non-fatal self-harm: national cohort study in Sweden.

Tidemalm D; Beckman K; Dahlin M; Vaez M; Lichtenstein P; Långström N; Runeson B
Article: ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM. 2015;42(2):145-155

Consistency of breast and arm symptoms during the first two years after breast cancer surgery.

Wennman-Larsen A; Petersson L-M; Saboonchi F; Alexanderson K; Vaez M
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION. 2015;25(1):52-64

A prospective study on self-assessed mental well-being and work capacity as determinants of all-cause sickness absence.

Bertilsson M; Vaez M; Waern M; Ahlborg G; Hensing G
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2015;22(3):304-311

Disability pension after coronary revascularization: a prospective nationwide register-based Swedish cohort study.

Zetterström K; Vaez M; Alexanderson K; Ivert T; Pehrsson K; Hammar N; Voss M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(8):e0135277

Disability Pension at the Time of Coronary Revascularisation Is Associated with Higher Five-Year Mortality; A Swedish Nationwide, Register-Based Prospective Cohort Study.

Zetterström K; Voss M; Alexanderson K; Ivert T; Pehrsson K; Hammar N; Vaez M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(1):e0115540

Prevalence of all-cause and diagnosis-specific disability pension at the time of first coronary revascularisation: a population-based Swedish cross-sectional study.

Zetterström K; Voss M; Alexanderson K; Ivert T; Pehrsson K; Hammar N; Vaez M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING. 2014;18(6):598-604

Changes in caseness of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients during the first year following surgery: patterns of transiency and severity of the distress response.

Saboonchi F; Petersson L-M; Wennman-Larsen A; Alexanderson K; Brännström R; Vaez M
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2014;49(1):163-171

Work-related violence and its association with self-rated general health among public sector employees in Sweden.

Vaez M; Josephson M; Vingård E; Voss M
Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2013;22(12):2755-2762

Adjustment and social support at work early after breast cancer surgery and its associations with sickness absence.

Nilsson MI; Petersson L-M; Wennman-Larsen A; Olsson M; Vaez M; Alexanderson K
Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2013;13:259

Self-assessed mental health problems and work capacity as determinants of return to work: a prospective general population-based study of individuals with all-cause sickness absence.

Hensing G; Bertilsson M; Ahlborg G; Waern M; Vaez M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(7):e40952

Sickness absence following coronary revascularisation. A national study of women and men of working age in Sweden 1994-2006.

Voss M; Ivert T; Pehrsson K; Hammar N; Alexanderson K; Nilsson T; Vaez M
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;46(4):299-310

Self-reported depression in first-year nursing students in relation to socio-demographic and educational factors: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Sweden.

Christensson A; Vaez M; Dickman PW; Runeson B
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;10:343

Change in depressive symptoms over higher education and professional establishment - a longitudinal investigation in a national cohort of Swedish nursing students.

Christensson A; Runeson B; Dickman PW; Vaez M
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2010;36(3):283-293

Methods for analysing individual changes in sick-leave diagnoses over time.

Hagberg J; Vaez M; Alexanderson K
Article: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2009;10:84

The panorama of future sick-leave diagnoses among young adults initially long-term sickness absent due to neck, shoulder, or back diagnoses. An 11-year prospective cohort study

Vaez M; Hagberg J; Alexanderson K
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;19(3):343-349

Differences in sickness absence in Sweden and Denmark: the cross national HAKNAK study.

Lund T; Christensen KB; Vaez M; Labriola M; Josephson M; Villadsen E; Voss M
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;123(5):384-389

Injury incidence, healthcare consumption and avenues for prevention: a household survey on injury in rural Twiserkan, Iran.

Rezapur-Shahkolai F; Naghavi M; Vaez M; Shokouhi M; Laflamme L
Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2009;48(1):93-98

Predictors of return to work ten months after primary breast cancer surgery.

Johnsson A; Fornander T; Rutqvist L-E; Vaez M; Alexanderson K; Olsson M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2008;36(6):564-572

The influence of household work and of having children on sickness absence among publicly employed women in Sweden.

Voss M; Josephson M; Stark S; Vaez M; Alexanderson K; Alfredsson L; Vingård E
Article: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY. 2008;36(2):183-195

Experienced stress, psychological symptoms, self-rated health and academic achievement: A longitudinal study of Swedish university students

Vaez M; Laflamme L
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2007;42(5):381-388

Sickness absence and disability pension in a cohort of employees initially on long-term sick leave due to psychiatric disorders in Sweden.

Vaez M; Rylander G; Nygren A; Asberg M; Alexanderson K
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INJURY CONTROL AND SAFETY PROMOTION. 2007;14(1):5-10

Car crash and injury among young drivers: contribution of social, circumstantial and car attributes.

Laflamme L; Vaez M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;35(2):133-139

Sex-specific suicide mortality in the South African urban context: the role of age, race, and geographical location.

Burrows S; Vaez M; Laflamme L
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INJURY CONTROL AND SAFETY PROMOTION. 2006;13(3):179-186

First car-to-car crashes involving young adult drivers: main patterns and their relation to car and driver characteristics.

Laflamme L; Hasselberg M; Kullgren A; Vaez M
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2006;26(2):167-177

Health-related determinants of perceived quality of life: a comparison between first-year university students and their working peers.

Vaez M; Ponce de Leon A; Laflamme L
Article: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION. 2005;37(4):605-611

Impaired driving and motor vehicle crashes among Swedish youth: an investigation into drivers' sociodemographic characteristics.

Vaez M; Laflamme L
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2005;60(2):287-295

Socioeconomic aspects of the circumstances and consequences of car crashes among young adults.

Hasselberg M; Vaez M; Laflamme L
Article: SAFETY SCIENCE. 2005;43(1):1-10

Car safety and social differences in traffic injuries among young adult drivers: a study of two-car injury-generating crashes in Sweden

Laflamme L; Vaez M; Hasselberg M; Kullgren A
Article: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH. 2004;68(2):221-234

Perceived quality of life and self-rated health among first-year university students - A comparison with their working peers

Vaez M; Kristenson M; Laflamme L
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2004;23(3):193-198

Ratings of health and quality of life by young working people: are there occupational or education-based differences?

Vaez M; Ekberg K; Laflamme L
Article: RELATIONS INDUSTRIELLES-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. 2004;59(3):569-584

Abusive events at work among young working adults - Magnitude of the problem and its effect on self-rated health

Vaez M; Ekberg K; Laflamme L
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2003;57(9):668-672

Bicycle helmet campaigns and head injuries among children. Does poverty matter?

Farley C; Laflamme L; Vaez M
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH. 2003;117(1):3-10

The share of suicide in injury deaths in the South African context: sociodemographic distribution.

Burrows S; Vaez M; Butchart A; Laflamme L
Article: JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH. 2003;51(4):156-162

Health behaviors, self-rated health, and quality of life: a study among first-year Swedish university students.

Vaez M; Laflamme L
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2002;19(1):71-80

First-year university students' health status and socio-demographic determinants of their self-rated health.

Vaez M; Laflamme L
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Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 2020;138:110254

Corrigendum to 'Asylum-seekers' psychosocial situation: A diathesis for post-migratory stress and mental health disorders?' [Journal of Psychosomatic Research 130 (2020) 109914].

Solberg Ø; Vaez M; Johnson-Singh CM; Saboonchi F
Review: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2020;93(7):823-838

Interventions for common mental disorders in the occupational health service: a systematic review with a narrative synthesis.

Axén I; Björk Brämberg E; Vaez M; Lundin A; Bergström G
Review: PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS. 2016;37:10

Refugee trauma measurement: a review of existing checklists.

Sigvardsdotter E; Malm A; Tinghög P; Vaez M; Saboonchi F
Review: TORTURE : QUARTERLY JOURNAL ON REHABILITATION OF TORTURE VICTIMS AND PREVENTIONOF TORTURE. 2016;26(2):41-73

Prevalence of torture and other warrelated traumatic events in forced migrants: A systematic review.

Sigvardsdotter E; Vaez M; Rydholm Hedman A-M; Saboonchi F

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

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Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2012
Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2004

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