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Open AccessInequity in access to digital public primary healthcare in Sweden: a cross-sectional study of the effects of urbanicity and socioeconomic status on utilization
Social and geographical inequity in access to primary healthcare is an ongoing concern in Sweden. Digital care can potentially decrease geographical inequity. This study aimed to evaluate how urbanicity affect...
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Open AccessAssociation between changed self-rated health and the risk of venous thromboembolism in Malmö Preventive Program: a cohort study
Poor self-rated health (SRH) is associated with incident arterial cardiovascular disease in both sexes. Studies on the association between SRH and incident venous thromboembolism (VTE) show divergent results i...
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Open AccessHEAD-MIP–(HEAlth Dialogues for patients with Mental Illness in Primary care)—a feasibility study
Patients with mental illness have an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared to the rest of the population, which is partly related to unhealthy lifestyle habits. To individualise lif...
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Open AccessTelemedicine in Swedish primary health care - a web-based survey exploring patient satisfaction
Direct-to-consumer telemedicine (TM), with patients having access to a physician via video or text chat, has gradually been introduced into Swedish primary care during the last two decades. Earlier studies hav...
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Open AccessHealth care utilization following “digi-physical” assessment compared to physical assessment for infectious symptoms in primary care
The use of chat-based digital visits (eVisits) to assess infectious symptoms in primary care is rapidly increasing. The “digi-physical” model of care uses eVisits as the first line of assessment while assuming...
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Open AccessElucidating causal effects of type 2 diabetes on ischemic heart disease from observational data on middle-aged Swedish women: a triangular analytical approach
The association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) is well established but the potential causal association needs further studying. In an attempt to elucidate the causal effect of T...
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Open AccessPrimary care physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and concerns about bariatric surgery and the association with referral patterns: a Swedish survey study
Obesity prevalence is increasing globally. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for severe and complex obesity resulting in significant and sustained weight loss. In Sweden, most bariatric surgery patie...
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Open AccessTotal cholesterol/HDL-C ratio versus non-HDL-C as predictors for ischemic heart disease: a 17-year follow-up study of women in southern Sweden
A distorted blood lipid profile is an important risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD) but the predictive ability of the different lipid measures has rarely been studied. Our aim was to examine and compa...
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Open AccessEffect of mindfulness on physical activity in primary healthcare patients: a randomised controlled trial pilot study
Increased physical activity can have health benefits among inactive individuals. In Sweden, the healthcare system uses physical activity on prescription (PAP) to motivate patients to increase their physical ac...
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Open AccessSelf-rated health and venous thromboembolism among middle-aged women: a population-based cohort study
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the most common types of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and is associated with increased mortality-risk. Poor-self rated health (SHR) has been associated with elevated in...
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Open AccessThe ratio of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein cholesterol and myocardial infarction in Women’s health in the Lund area (WHILA): a 17-year follow-up cohort study
Identifying variables predictive of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in women is important. The use of the ratio of total cholesterol-to-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (TC/HDL-C) is often overlooked. Th...
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Open AccessSocioeconomic factors, body mass index and bariatric surgery: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
Bariatric surgery is considered to be the most effective method of weight loss today. The aim of the present Swedish study, which was performed in a country that has universal health care, was to investigate i...
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Open AccessPilot study on increased adherence to physical activity on prescription (PAP) through mindfulness: study protocol
In the Swedish population aged between 50 and 64 years only 7.1% reach the recommended level of physical activity. Physical activity on prescription (PAP) has been used in Sweden since the beginning of the twe...
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Open AccessLongitudinal trends in self-reported anxiety. Effects of age and birth cohort during 25 years
Anxiety has been suggested to increase among young individuals, but previous studies on longitudinal trends are inconclusive. The aim of this study was to analyze longitudinally, the changes over time of preva...
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Open AccessImpact of neighborhood resources on cardiovascular disease: a nationwide six-year follow-up
Living in a socially deprived neighborhood is associated with lifestyle risk factors, e.g., smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet, as well as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, i.e., corona...
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Open AccessWomen’s health in the Lund area (WHILA) - Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality among women – a 17 year follow-up study
Alcohol consumption contributes to many negative health consequences and is a risk factor for death. Some previous studies however suggest a J-shaped relationship between the level of alcohol consumption and a...
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Longitudinal trends in good self-rated health: effects of age and birth cohort in a 25-year follow-up study in Sweden
Although average life expectancy has increased considerably in Sweden, there is less evidence for improved self-rated health (SRH). We analyzed longitudinal trends in SRH between 1980/1981 and 2004/2005 in age...
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Sociodemographic Differences and Time Trends of Bariatric Surgery in Sweden 1990–2010
The aim of the present study was to examine demographic and socioeconomic differences and time trends of bariatric surgery in Sweden during 1990–2010.
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Open AccessLongitudinal age-and cohort trends in body mass index in Sweden – a 24-year follow-up study
The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze whether mean Body Mass Index (BMI), assessed at four occasions, changed within different age groups and birth cohorts over time, i.e., between 1980/81 and 2004...
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Open AccessStudy protocol: a multi-professional team intervention of physical activity referrals in primary care patients with cardiovascular risk factors—the Dalby lifestyle intervention cohort (DALICO) study
The present study protocol describes the trial design of a primary care intervention cohort study, which examines whether an extended, multi-professional physical activity referral (PAR) intervention is more e...
