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Occupational Health among Swedish Occupational Therapists: A Cross-Sectional Study

Published 30 November 2020 The Swedish public sector is facing great challenges in recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals, due to increasing sick leave numbers. The aim of this study was to describe Swedish occupational therapists’ occupational health in terms of risk factors in the social and organizational work environment, occupational balance, and work-related mental health problems

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/occupational-health-among-swedish-occupational-therapists-cross-sectional-study - 2025-07-09

Changes in Gambling Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Web Survey Study in Sweden

Published 1 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed everyday life, and policy makers have raised concerns about possible changes in gambling patterns during the pandemic. This study aimed to examine whether self-reported gambling has increased during the pandemic, and to examine potential correlates of such a change. This general population survey study in Sweden collected sel

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/changes-gambling-behavior-during-covid-19-pandemic-web-survey-study-sweden - 2025-07-09

LTOT Patients’ Experience of a Portable Oxygen Unit and Health-Related Quality of Life—A Cross-Sectional Study

Published 1 December 2020 he purpose of the present study was to elucidate the experiences of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) patients with a portable oxygen unit and to describe the patients’ self-assessed health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: The study employed a prospective cross-sectional design. Data collection entailed two questionnaires, namely the MedTech20 (patients’ experience

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/ltot-patients-experience-portable-oxygen-unit-and-health-related-quality-life-cross-sectional-study - 2025-07-09

A nonrandomized open-label phase 2 trial of nonischemic heart preservation for human heart transplantation

Published 2 December 2020 Pre-clinical heart transplantation studies have shown that ex vivo non-ischemic heart preservation (NIHP) can be safely used for 24 h. Here we perform a prospective, open-label, non-randomized phase II study comparing NIHP to static cold preservation (SCS), the current standard for adult heart transplantation. All adult recipients on waiting lists for heart transplantatio

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/nonrandomized-open-label-phase-2-trial-nonischemic-heart-preservation-human-heart-transplantation - 2025-07-09

Serial evaluation of serum thymidine kinase activity is prognostic in women with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer

Published 2 December 2020 The rapid development of new therapies in metastatic breast cancer (MBC), entails a need for improved prognostic and monitoring tools. Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is involved in DNA synthesis and its activity correlates to outcome in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum TK1 activity (sTK1) levels in MBC patients as a tool for prognostication and treat

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/serial-evaluation-serum-thymidine-kinase-activity-prognostic-women-newly-diagnosed-metastatic-breast - 2025-07-09

The social context of nearest neighbors shapes educational attainment regardless of class origin

Published 3 December 2020 Much neighborhood research has focused on contemporary and segregated cities in the United States, but less on small and more homogenous cities. Additionally, neighborhood conditions are often estimated using administrative borders, which bias results. We adopt a long-term perspective on the importance of childhood neighbors, using more realistic methods of neighborhood c

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/social-context-nearest-neighbors-shapes-educational-attainment-regardless-class-origin - 2025-07-09

Sexual identity and low leisure-time physical activity: a population-based study

Published 3 December 2020 The prevalence of low LTPA among men and women were as follows: 13.9% and 12.3% among heterosexuals, 26.1% and 18.5% among bisexuals, 19.5% and 15.6% among homosexuals, 26.6% and 18.5% among others. Bisexual men and women and other men had higher odds ratio of low LTPA than heterosexuals in the final models, whereas gay and lesbian participants did not differ. Read more a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sexual-identity-and-low-leisure-time-physical-activity-population-based-study - 2025-07-09

Health Literacy among Swedish Patients in Opioid Substitution Treatment: A Mixed-Methods Study

Published 4 December 2020 Poor health and unmet healthcare needs is common among people with substance use disorder (SUD) including patients in opioid substitution treatment (OST). Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poverty, low education and physical limitations, but is unexplored in an OST context. Read more at Health Literacy among Swedish Patients in Opioid Substitution Treatment: A M

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/health-literacy-among-swedish-patients-opioid-substitution-treatment-mixed-methods-study - 2025-07-09

Distal forearm fractures in immigrant groups: A national Swedish study

Published 4 December 2020 A nationwide study of individuals 20 years of age and older was conducted. Forearm fractures were defined as at least one registered diagnosis in the National Patient Register between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2012. Cox regression analysis was used to estimate the relative risk (hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)) of incident forearm fractures co

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/distal-forearm-fractures-immigrant-groups-national-swedish-study - 2025-07-09

Examining how parent and teacher enthusiasm influences motivation and achievement in STEM

Published 5 December 2020 Parents and teachers play an important role in stimulating student motivation. The aim of this study was to examine if both parent and teacher enthusiasm could predict intrinsic motivation toward STEM activities, and if motivation would be associated with improved STEM achievement over one year in a one-year prospective examination of 288 Swedish students in their final y

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/examining-how-parent-and-teacher-enthusiasm-influences-motivation-and-achievement-stem - 2025-07-09

A novel method for creatinine adjustment makes the revised Lund–Malmö GFR estimating equation applicable in children

Published 5 December 2020 The aim of this study was to establish creatinine growth curves separately for males and females that can be used to adjust childhood levels of serum creatinine to corresponding adult levels. Linear regression with fractional polynomials of age as independent variable was used to construct creatinine growth curves for a reference cohort (n = 83,157 samples from Belgium an

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/novel-method-creatinine-adjustment-makes-revised-lund-malmo-gfr-estimating-equation-applicable - 2025-07-09

Text message-based lifestyle intervention in primary care patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Published 6 December 2020 Thirty participants were randomized to the intervention group with four lifestyle-promoting text messages sent every week for six months. The control group received usual care. The baseline and follow-up visits for all 60 patients included measurements of blood pressure, anthropometrics, blood tests and a self-reported questionnaire. Read more at Full article: Text messag

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/text-message-based-lifestyle-intervention-primary-care-patients-hypertension-randomized-controlled - 2025-07-09

Desloratadine and loratadine stand out among common H1-antihistamines for association with improved breast cancer survival

Published 6 December 2020 We investigated use of the six major H1-antihistamines (cetirizine, clemastine, desloratadine, ebastine, fexofenadine and loratadine) and breast cancer-specific and overall mortality in a nation-wide register-based study of all 61,627 Swedish women diagnosed with breast cancer 2006–2013. Both peri- and post-diagnostic antihistamine use was analyzed using Cox regression mo

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/desloratadine-and-loratadine-stand-out-among-common-h1-antihistamines-association-improved-breast - 2025-07-09

Longitudinal study of cognitive function in glioma patients treated with modern radiotherapy techniques and standard chemotherapy

Published 7 December 2020 Cognitive function is an important outcome measure in patients with brain tumor, providing information about the patient’s clinical situation, treatment effects and possible progressive disease. The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate effects of the currently used radiation and chemotherapy treatment on cognitive function and to investigate associations between

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/longitudinal-study-cognitive-function-glioma-patients-treated-modern-radiotherapy-techniques-and - 2025-07-09

Unacceptable pain in the BARFOT inception cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a long-term study

Published 7 December 2020 Unacceptable pain was frequent. At the 15 year follow-up visit, 34% had unacceptable pain. Patients with unacceptable pain had, compared with patients with tolerable pain, significantly more disease activity, worse patient global assessment, and worse function on the Health Assessment Questionnaire and Signals of Functional Impairment, but the degree of joint destruction

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/unacceptable-pain-barfot-inception-cohort-patients-rheumatoid-arthritis-long-term-study - 2025-07-09

Identifying and validating housing adaptation client profiles – a mixed methods study

Published 8 December 2020 An increasing number of people will live with disabilities in their homes and consequently, the need for home-based interventions will increase. Housing adaptations (HAs) are modifications to the physical home environment with the purpose to enhance independence for a heterogeneous group of people. Increasing the knowledge of the characteristics of HA clients by exploring

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/identifying-and-validating-housing-adaptation-client-profiles-mixed-methods-study - 2025-07-09

The young protester: the impact of belongingness needs on political engagement

Published 8 December 2020 As institutional forms of political engagement continue to decline, participation in protests steadily become more common. These trends are particularly strong among younger citizens. Previous research indicates that social factors can explain participation in political protests, and that younger citizens’ participation in protests is more affected by social ties than old

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/young-protester-impact-belongingness-needs-political-engagement - 2025-07-09

Peking världens huvudstad för diabetes

Publicerad 25 mars 2010 Fler än 92 miljoner vuxna i Kina har diabetes och ytterligare 150 miljoner är på väg att insjukna. De alarmerande siffrorna gör att prognoserna för antalet diabetiker i världen måste räknas om. Ännu en gång. Med jämna mellanrum publicerar Internationella Diabetesfederationen (IDF) prognoser över hur snabbt den globala diabetesepidemin kommer att växa. Kurvorna har stadigt p

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/peking-varldens-huvudstad-diabetes - 2025-07-09

Stora pengar för kartläggning av sambandet stress och diabetes

Publicerad 26 mars 2010 Anders Rosengren, läkare på Skånes Universitetssjukhus och forskare på Lunds Universitets Diabetescenter i Malmö, har fått sex och en halv miljon kronor från Novo Nordisk Fondens Excellensprojekt. - Det betyder oerhört mycket. Jag kan starta en egen forskargrupp och driva forskningsarbetet i högre fart, säger Anders Rosengren.Det projekt han presenterade och, som i hård kon

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/stora-pengar-kartlaggning-av-sambandet-stress-och-diabetes - 2025-07-09

Leptin - kanske bättre än insulin

Publicerad 30 oktober 2010 Blodsockerkontrollen både förbättrades och stabiliserades när diabetessjuka möss behandlades med hormonet leptin istället för med insulin. Forskarna bakom upptäckten hoppas att detsamma gäller för människor. - Insulinbehandling är för många såväl otillräcklig för en bra blodsockerkontroll som betungande med kraftiga sockersvängningar och symtom. Gäller våra resultat ocks

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/leptin-kanske-battre-insulin - 2025-07-09