Published 26 September 2019 Clinical auditing is an emerging instrument for quality assessment and improvement.Moreover, clinical registries facilitate medical research as they provide ‘real world’ data. It is importantthat entered data are robust and reliable. The aim of this study was to describe the evolving procedureand results of data verication within the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-verification-nationwide-clinical-quality-registries - 2025-06-07

Published 27 September 2019 Liver cirrhosis is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While the HCC risk is thought to be highest in hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the risk in other cirrhosis etiologies is not fully established. Therefore, we aimed to study the risk and outcome of HCC in alcoholic cirrhosis compared to cirrhosis of other etiologies, in Sweden. New publication in Scandinav

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/risk-and-outcome-hepatocellular-carcinoma-liver-cirrhosis-southern-sweden-population-based-study - 2025-06-07

Published 26 September 2019 Want research in Europe to be more FAIR? Your views count! FAIRsFAIR Open Consultation is open. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-data-policies-and-practices - 2025-06-07

Published 29 September 2019 The conference theme, “Data by Design: Building a Sustainable Data Culture”, emphasizes two core values embedded in the culture of Gothenburg and Sweden: design and sustainability. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/46th-annual-iassist-conference-gothenburg - 2025-06-07

Published 9 April 2019 A position as professor with specific responsibilities in epidemiology and demography is vacant for a period of 5 years with possibility of extension for another 3 years at the Research Unit of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/professor-specific-responsibilities-epidemiology-and-demography - 2025-06-07

Published 10 April 2019 ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University is looking for a project assistant who will work on education and training in the framework of the ENVRI-FAIR project. In this project, 13 European Research Infrastructures work together to apply the FAIR principles to their data services. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/project-assistant-education-and-training-icos-carbon-portal - 2025-06-07

Published 10 April 2019 New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/differential-vulnerability-and-susceptibility-how-make-use-recent-development-our-understanding - 2025-06-07

Published 11 April 2019 Epidemiologists face two fundamental and interrelated problems when judging causality: knowledge is fallible, and studies are imperfect. In medicine, this will always leave a degree of uncertainty in scientific judgements. From an epistemological point of view, even randomized trials cannot be regarded as the ultimate proof to establish a causal relation. Given this inheren

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/long-and-winding-road-causality - 2025-06-07

Published 12 April 2019 Traditional publishing versus sharing results without restrictions has become a fundamental question that involves many different stakeholders, including scientists, librarians, publishers, and research funding organizations. See a panel of international experts discuss the matter. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/panel-debate-plan-s-and-open-access-way-go-swedish-researchers - 2025-06-07

Published 13 April 2019 Från och med 2019 behöver du som beviljas bidrag från Vetenskapsrådet ha en datahanteringsplan om din forskning genererar forskningsdata. Planen ska beskriva hur data som samlas in och/eller skapas kommer att hanteras under forskningens gång och hur den ska tas om hand efteråt. Läs mer här. Vill du veta mer om datahanteringsplaner, kan du anmäla dig till seminarium i Lund (

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/vr-staller-krav-pa-datahanteringsplan - 2025-06-07

Published 12 April 2019 Results from the Swedish National Registry are satisfactory and comparable to international standards. Trends over time show increasing resection rates and some improved results. Better collaboration and openness within pancreatic surgeons is an important side effect. New publication in the official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary AssociationRead more

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/first-results-swedish-national-pancreatic-and-periampullary-cancer-registry-0 - 2025-06-07

Published 15 April 2019 This is an open seminar with professor Miguel Hernán A 3 half-day seminar on Causal Inference with Miguel Hernán, professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.The scheduel is as follow:Monday May 6 at 1-5PMTuesday May 7 at 1-5PMWednesday May 8 at 9-12AMLocation: Arvid Carlsson, Acadmicum, GothenburgRead more here 

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/learning-what-works-framwork-causal-inference-observational-data - 2025-06-07

Published 16 April 2019 Most respondents used quality indicators from the two cardiovascular NQRs infrequently (<3 times/year). The results indicate that linking registration of quality indicators to using them for QI activities increases their routine use and makes them meaningful tools for professionals. New publication in International Journal for Quality in Health CareRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/quality-indicators-and-their-regular-use-clinical-practice-results-survey-among-users-two - 2025-06-07

Published 17 April 2019 The questionnaire measures and detects differences in patient well-being, abilities and judgements of diabetes care, and identifies areas for improvement. To further improve diabetes care, we conclude that patient-reported measures are important supplements to cardiovascular and diabetes complication risk factors, reflecting patient experiences of living with diabetes and d

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/patient-reported-outcome-and-experience-measures-diabetes-development-scale-models-differences - 2025-06-07

Published 18 April 2019 There has been marked growth in reports addressing exposure-affected time-varying confounding. This was driven by work in a small number of topic areas, with other areas showing relatively little uptake. In addition, despite developments in more advanced methods such doubly robust techniques and estimation via machine learning, implementation has been largely concentrated o

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/causal-models-adjusting-time-varying-confounding-systematic-review-literature - 2025-06-07

Published 15 April 2019 Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/scientists-rise-against-statistical-significance - 2025-06-07

Published 17 April 2019 Impressions from SND workshop on data management plans Click here to read the newsletter!

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/new-issue-lu-snddosp-newsletter - 2025-06-07

Published 23 April 2019 The Board of EAO (European Association for Osseointegration) has discussed an initiative to explore the conditions to establish a Dental Implant Register. It was suggested to bring this issue to the EAO Consensus Conference 2018 for a discussion and to possibly propose relevant and manageable parameters. This article presents some select examples from quality registers in t

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/dental-implant-quality-register-possible-tool-further-improve-implant-treatment-and-outcome - 2025-06-07

Published 24 April 2019 Internet-based reporting for patient-reported outcomes in a clinical setting resulted in similar data for VASs and corresponding disease activity scores to clinic-based reporting on paper forms. New publication in Scandinavian Journal of RheumatologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/comparison-agreement-between-internet-based-registration-patient-reported-outcomes-and-clinic-based - 2025-06-07

Published 25 April 2019 Over the last decades the advent of digital documentation has provided research communities with valuable resources of information for clinical research. To utilize the potential of information about patients, their health care, and its outcome that is already available in different registers, the possibility to cross-reference information from different registers is inevit

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/de-identified-linkage-data-across-separate-registers-proposal-improved-protection-personal - 2025-06-07