Published 5 November 2020 The rise in antibiotic resistance is a global public health concern, and antibiotic overuse needs to be reduced. Earlier studies of out-of-hours care have indicated that antibiotic prescribing is less appropriate than that of in-hours care. However, no study has compared the out-of-hours treatment of infections to in-hours treatment within the same population. Read more a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/diagnosis-linked-antibiotic-prescribing-swedish-primary-care-comparison-between-hours-and-out-hours - 2025-07-05

Published 6 November 2020 Previous research has shown that Common Mental Disorders (CMD) are unequally distributed between population subgroups, but we know less about how labour outcomes following such disorders are distributed. Our aim is to investigate how the labour outcomes following a CMD diagnosis differ over sex, age, schooling and country of birth. Read more at https://bmcpublichealth.bio

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/heterogeneity-associations-between-common-mental-disorders-and-labour-outcomes-population-study - 2025-07-05

Published 13 November 2020 The authors examined the association between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and risk of suicide, before and after accounting for psychiatric comorbidity, and assessed the extent to which the observed association is due to a potentially causal mechanism or genetic and familial environmental confounding factors that increase risk for both. Read more at https://ajp.psychiatryon

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/alcohol-use-disorder-and-risk-suicide-swedish-population-based-cohort - 2025-07-05

Published 13 November 2020 In all, 381 (0.2 %) children were assigned a cerebral palsy diagnosis. Among term children, maternal preobesity/obesity, small for gestational age, malformations, induction, elective and emergency caesarian section, Apgar <7 at 5 min and admission to neonatal care were significantly associated with cerebral palsy (all p values<0.05). Among children born moderately or lat

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/associations-between-antenatal-and-perinatal-risk-factors-and-cerebral-palsy-swedish-cohort-study - 2025-07-05

Published 18 November 2020 Self-efficacy refers to a person´s confidence in carrying out treatment-related activities and constitutes the foundation of self-management as well as long-term follow-up after heart transplantation. Exploring the heart recipients´ experiences by means of self-report instruments provides healthcare professionals with valuable information on how to supply self-management

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/self-efficacy-recovery-and-psychological-wellbeing-one-five-years-after-heart-transplantation - 2025-07-05

Published 21 November 2020 In this prospective cohort study, Malmö Diet and Cancer Study, baseline data collection was carried out 1991–1996. The study participants’ (n = 26,133) dietary habits were extensively recorded at baseline. The specific diagnosis of AAA in the in-hospital registry was found valid in 95%. The association between plant foods, such as cereals and types of vegetables, and AAA

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/intake-fibre-and-plant-foods-and-risk-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-large-prospective-cohort-study - 2025-07-05

Published 27 January 2020 The influence of gender on bipolar disorder is controversial and it is unclear if inpatient care differs between men and women. Here, we investigate for gender differences in the inpatient length of stay for Swedes admitted for bipolar disorder and explore other factors that could explain any observed association. New publication in Journal of Affective Disorders

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/gender-influence-bipolar-disorder-inpatient-length-stay-sweden-2005-2014-register-based-study-0 - 2025-07-05

Published 29 January 2020 Global society is rapidly ageing. Research on ageing and mobility suggests that better synergies could exist between older people and the built environment. The age-in-place policy will put increased demands on the transport system as a key facilitator for access. The main goal of this study is to examine the spatial distribution of older adults, assessing if it could be

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/how-built-environment-and-railway-network-can-affect-mobility-older-people-analyses-southern-swedish - 2025-07-05

Published 30 January 2020 Population ageing is putting pressure on pension systems and health care services, creating an imperative to extend working lives. At the same time, policy makers throughout Europe and North America are trying to expand the use of home care over institutional services. Thus, the number of people combining caregiving responsibilities with paid work is growing. We investiga

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/caregiving-time-costs-and-trade-offs-gender-differences-sweden-uk-and-canada - 2025-07-05

Published 31 January 2020 The distal forearm fracture is the most common fracture in children. To allocate health care resources and evaluate if prevention strategies have been successful, it is essential to monitor changes in the epidemiology of common fractures. New publication in Journal of Wrist Surgery

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/pediatric-distal-forearm-fracture-epidemiology-malmo-sweden-time-trends-during-six-decades - 2025-07-05

Published 1 February 2020 Our register-based matched cohort study showed that low level of education was associated with increased mortality among gout patients. Although the magnitude of relative inequality was smaller in people with gout compared with those without, the absolute inequalities were greater reflecting a major mortality burden among those with lower education. New publication i Inte

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/educational-inequalities-all-cause-and-cause-specific-mortality-among-people-gout-register-based - 2025-07-05

Published 3 February 2020 Some first‐ever stroke patients, such as those with high early case fatality and those with mild stroke, may go undetected with hospital‐based screening used in clinical stroke registers. This can result in selection bias due to not identifying specific groups of patients including some with high early case fatality and those living in healthcare facilities. New publicati

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/completeness-case-ascertainment-swedish-hospital-based-stroke-registers-0 - 2025-07-05

Published 8 February 2020 Investigating demographic and socioeconomic factors as intersecting rather than as separate dimensions may improve our understanding of the heterogeneous distribution of type 2 diabetes in the population. However, this complexity has scarcely been investigated and we still do not know the accuracy of these factors for predicting type 2 diabetes. Improved understanding of

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/understanding-complexity-socioeconomic-disparities-type-2-diabetes-risk-study-43-million-people - 2025-07-05

Published 11 February 2020 Of patients with symptom onset in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, 35.0, 43.0 and 45.6% reached SR, respectively (P < 0.001 for each increment), and the odds of SR were higher in every decade compared with the one before. The hazard ratio for reaching SR was 1.15 (95% CI 1.14, 1.15) for each year from 1994 to 2009 compared with the year before. Five years after symptom onset

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/secular-trends-sustained-remission-rheumatoid-arthritis-nationwide-study-sweden - 2025-07-05

Published 20 February 2020 An increasing number of women are evaluated for potential breast cancer and may experience mental distress during evaluation. We aim to assess the risks of psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases during the diagnostic workup of potential breast cancer. New publication in Breast Cancer Research

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/psychiatric-disorders-and-cardiovascular-diseases-during-diagnostic-workup-potential-breast-cancer-0 - 2025-07-05

Published 24 February 2020 For a long time the attention given to the hip fracture patient group was minor and without any certain consideration to their frailty. To improve the care for these patients Skane University Hospital in Lund has during the past 19 years worked actively with developing the care. This paper aims to describe what impact the care process development has had on functional ou

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/impact-care-process-development-and-comorbidity-time-surgery-mortality-rate-and-functional-outcome - 2025-07-05

Published 3 August 2020 Combining National Quality Registries (NQRs) with existing National Health Registries (NHRs) might make it possible to get a wider picture of older adults health situation. The aim was to examine the feasibility of aggregating data across different NQRs and existing NHRs to explore the possibility to investigate trajectories and patterns of disease and care, specifically fo

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/using-aggregated-data-swedish-national-quality-registries-tools-describe-health-conditions-older - 2025-07-05

Published 5 August 2020 Read more at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02340….

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/disentangling-contribution-hospitals-and-municipalities-understanding-patient-level-differences-one - 2025-07-05

Published 10 August 2020 Breastfeeding in public continues to be contentious with qualitative evidence confirming that women face many challenges. It is therefore important to gain understanding of not only the challenges but also what women perceive is helpful to breastfeed in public. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-020-00281-0.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/helpful-and-challenging-aspects-breastfeeding-public-women-living-australia-ireland-and-sweden-cross - 2025-07-05

Published 10 August 2020 The main categories of data collected include: demographics, care visits, other encounters, clinical data, visit-level costs, resources and occupancy. Clinical images, patient-generated data, genetics and visits outside Halland are not included in the platform. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz262.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-resource-profile-regional-healthcare-information-platform-halland-sweden - 2025-07-05