31 Result(s)

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Post-diagnostic support for persons with young-onset dementia – a retrospective analysis based on data from the Swedish dementia registry SveDem

Approximately 3.9 million persons worldwide have young-onset dementia. Symptoms related to young-onset dementia present distinct challenges related to finances, employment, and family. To provide tailored supp...

Fanny Kårelind, Deborah Finkel, Steven H Zarit, Helle Wijk… in BMC Health Services Research (2024)

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Needs of family members caring for stroke survivors in china: A deductive qualitative content analysis study by using the caregiver task inventory-25

In China, family caregivers are usually the main carers of relatives after stroke due to traditional Chinese culture and the limited development of the primary healthcare system. This responsibility often resu...

Qi Lu, Jan Mårtensson, Yue Zhao, Linda Johansson in BMC Geriatrics (2022)

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Consequences of the Covid-19 virus on individuals receiving homecare services in Norway. A qualitative study of nursing students’ reflective notes

Reflective notes in nursing education can facilitate students’ understanding of how individuals in need of home healthcare services experience unfamiliar situations, such as a pandemic. The aim of this study i...

Leslie S. P. Eide, Tove Giske, Britt Moene Kuven, Linda Johansson in BMC Nursing (2021)

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Diagnostic accuracy and clinical applicability of the Swedish version of the 4AT assessment test for delirium detection, in a mixed patient population and setting

Delirium is common in older hospitalized patients. It has serious consequences e.g., poor health outcomes, mortality and increased costs. Despite that, many cases are undetected. Early detection of delirium is...

Yvonne A. Johansson, Theofanis Tsevis, Salmir Nasic, Catharina Gillsjö… in BMC Geriatrics (2021)

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Evaluation of older persons’ medications: a critical incident technique study exploring healthcare professionals’ experiences and actions

Older persons with polypharmacy are at increased risk of harm from medications. Therefore, it is important that physicians and nurses, together with the persons, evaluate medications to avoid hazardous polypha...

Malin Holmqvist, Johan Thor, Axel Ros, Linda Johansson in BMC Health Services Research (2021)

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Using aggregated data from Swedish national quality registries as tools to describe health conditions of older adults with complex needs

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 feasibili...

Linda Johansson, Deborah Finkel… in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2021)

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Health- and social care in the last year of life among older adults in Sweden

In the last years of life, burden of disease and disability and need of health- and social care often increase. Social, functional and psychological factors may be important in regard to social- and health car...

Jenny Hallgren, Linda Johansson, Christina Lannering… in BMC Palliative Care (2020)

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Vitamin D in individuals before onset of rheumatoid arthritis - relation to vitamin D binding protein and its associated genetic variants

Vitamin D has been implicated as being involved in the aetio-pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous studies present contradictory results. Vitamin D binding p...

Mikael Brink, Linda Johansson, Evelina Nygren, Lisbeth Ärlestig… in BMC Rheumatology (2018)

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Erratum to: Concentration of antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalisis increased before the onset of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

Linda Johansson, Natalia Sherina, Nastya Kharlamova… in Arthritis Research & Therapy (2016)

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Concentration of antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalis is increased before the onset of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is hypothesized to be important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) aetiology by inducing production of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). We have shown that ...

Linda Johansson, Natalia Sherina, Nastya Kharlamova… in Arthritis Research & Therapy (2016)

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Antibodies directed against endogenous and exogenous citrullinated antigens pre-date the onset of rheumatoid arthritis

Anti-citrullinated-peptide antibodies (ACPA) have been detected in individuals with develo** rheumatoid arthritis (RA) before the onset of symptom, with an initially limited spectrum of reactivities that gra...

Linda Johansson, Federico Pratesi, Mikael Brink… in Arthritis Research & Therapy (2016)

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Differential neutrophil responses to bacterial stimuli: Streptococcal strains are potent inducers of heparin-binding protein and resistin-release

Neutrophils are critical for the control of bacterial infections, but they may also contribute to disease pathology. Here we explore neutrophil responses, in particular the release of sepsis-associated factors...

Johanna Snäll, Anna Linnér, Julia Uhlmann, Nikolai Siemens… in Scientific Reports (2016)

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Increased cytotoxicity and streptolysin O activity in group G streptococcal strains causing invasive tissue infections

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) has emerged as an important cause of severe skin and soft tissue infections, but little is known of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying tissue pathology. Pati...

Nikolai Siemens, Bård R. Kittang, Bhavya Chakrakodi, Oddvar Oppegaard… in Scientific Reports (2015)