Published 20 June 2020 The world of sports has a complex association to problem gambling, and the sparse research examining problem gambling in athletes has suggested an increased prevalence and particularly high male predominance. The present study aimed to study frequency and correlates of problem gambling in populations with moderate to high involvement in fitness or physical exercise. New publ

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/problem-gambling-fitness-world-general-population-web-survey - 2025-05-07

Published 21 June 2020 The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of developing preeclampsia (PE) associated with gestational exposure to ambient air pollutants in southern Sweden, a low-exposure area. We used a cohort of 43,688 singleton pregnancies and monthly mean exposure levels of black carbon (BC), local and total particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and NOX at the maternal residentia

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/maternal-exposure-ambient-air-pollution-and-risk-preeclampsia-population-based-cohort-study-scania - 2025-05-07

Published 21 June 2020 Due to the demographic challenge in most countries it is important to consider making work life sustainable. A sustainable work life is of importance in all age groups when working life will be extended to a higher age. New publication in Applied Ergonomics

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sustainable-working-life-all-ages-swage-model - 2025-05-07

Published 15 February 2018 Free course for PhD students and junior researchers This free course, funded by NordForsk, will provide knowledge in methodology and hands-on experience on conducting register-based research across the Nordic countries with a focus on pharmacoepidemiology.Target group: PhD students and junior researchers.Participants can apply for reimbursement of travel and accommodatio

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/pharmacoepidemiology-drug-use-and-safety - 2025-05-07

Published 3 June 2020 Zoom meeting explaining the process of applying to the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Read more, and sign up, here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/information-meeting-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-0 - 2025-05-07

Published 22 June 2020 The study population included all adults aged 18 years and older in Sweden, living and deceased, 6,690,598 in the first-generation and 6,683,125 in the second-generation sub-study. Epilepsy was defined as having at least one registered diagnosis of epilepsy in the National Patient Register. The incidence of epilepsy in different immigrant groups, using Swedish-born as refere

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/epilepsy-immigrants-and-swedish-born-cohort-study-all-adults-18-years-age-and-older-sweden - 2025-05-07

Published 22 June 2020 To evaluate the access to human rights of persons with disabilities who use prosthetic and orthotic assistive devices, and to compare groups of participants in terms of gender, residential area, income, and type and level of assistive device. The addressed areas were rights to: health, a standard of living adequate for health, education, marry and establish a family, vote, a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/access-human-rights-persons-using-prosthetic-and-orthotic-assistive-devices-sierra-leone - 2025-05-07

Published 23 June 2020 This study investigates specialist healthcare visits of older people with intellectual disability ID having affective and anxiety diagnoses in comparison with the general population, as well as across different levels of ID, behavioural impairment, and living in special housing in Sweden. New publication in Aging & Mental Health

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/healthcare-utilisation-patterns-among-older-people-intellectual-disability-and-affective-and-anxiety - 2025-05-07

Published 23 June 2020 The FAIR guiding principles are exactly that; a guide to create reusable research objects. FAIR is not a new standard; is not a top down requirement; is not an all-or-nothing binary state (FAIR or not FAIR). The FAIR principles were conceived and designed as a resource for optimal choices to be made during many aspects of data and tool generation as well as (re)use and long

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-principles-first-generation-implementation-choices-and-challenges - 2025-05-07

Published 23 June 2020 This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of suicidal ideation and associated factors in older persons with dementia living at home in eight European countries, and its association with quality of life. Furthermore, changes in suicidal ideation over time were investigated. New publication in Aging & Mental Health

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/associated-factors-suicidal-ideation-among-older-persons-dementia-living-home-eight-european - 2025-05-07

Published 24 June 2020 Research indicates that occupation is important for well-being in people with mental illness, but this has not been extensively studied among those with severe psychiatric disabilities. Social contacts may possibly play a more vital role for them. This study aimed to explore how aspects of occupation and social interaction were related with well-being factors in that group,

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/associations-between-occupational-and-social-interaction-factors-and-well-being-among-people - 2025-05-07

Published 24 June 2020 As at December 31, 2018, 5,762 patients, 7,776 amputations, 2,658 prosthetic supplies, 1,848 baselines, and 2,006 follow-ups were registered. 61% of the patients were male, and mean age by the time of the first registered amputation was 74 years (SD 14). Women were older, more frequently had vascular disease without diabetes and more often underwent amputation at a higher le

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/swedeamp-swedish-amputation-and-prosthetics-registry-8-year-data-5762-patients-lower-limb-amputation - 2025-05-07

Published 25 June 2020 The FAIR principles have been widely cited, endorsed and adopted by a broad range of stakeholders since their publication in 2016. By intention, the 15 FAIR guiding principles do not dictate specific technological implementations, but provide guidance for improving Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability of digital resources. This has likely contributed

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-principles-interpretations-and-implementation-considerations - 2025-05-07

Published 26 June 2020 In total, 12,377 patients were included in the registry and finally 4568 patients were scheduled for surgery. During surgical exploration, 3879 (84.9%) patients underwent pancreatic resection, 658 (14.4%) patients were found unresectable, and 31 (0.7%) had no pancreatic resection due to other reasons (e.g. benign lesion, comorbidity). More patients underwent surgical explora

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/surgical-exploration-without-resection-pancreatic-and-periampullary-tumors-report-national-database - 2025-05-07

Published 15 February 2018 The Swedish Research Council has now opened several calls for proposals within Humanities and social science, Medicine and health and Artistic research. Most of the calls are open until 20 Mars, but the grants within Research Environment grant are open until 10 April. For more information, go to VRs website.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/new-calls-proposals-vr - 2025-05-07

Published 26 June 2020 We identified beneficiary age, sex, race, and Medicaid eligibility, death date, chronic conditions and healthcare utilization among a 20% sample of Medicare beneficiaries in 2016. For each beneficiary we calculated HDAH for the year by subtracting the following measure components from 365 days: mortality days, the total number of days spent in inpatient, observation, skilled

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/healthy-days-home-novel-population-based-outcome-measure - 2025-05-07

Published 27 June 2020 The aim of the present study was to compare outcomes of endovascular surgery versus open vascular surgery in patients with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). New publication in Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/amputation-free-survival-patients-diabetic-foot-ulcer-and-peripheral-arterial-disease-endovascular - 2025-05-07

Published 27 June 2020 Vaccination coverage for infant vaccinations in the Swedish National Immunization Program (NIP) has been high for more than a decade, with approximately 97% of 2-year-old children fully immunized. Vaccination coverage against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has been around 80% since introduction for girls in 2012. This indicates high parental confidence in the NIP, but as seen i

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/confidence-national-immunization-program-among-parents-sweden-2016-cross-sectional-survey - 2025-05-07

Published 8 June 2020 Den 3 juni lanserades en nationell dataportal för forskning om covid-19, koordinerad av SciLifeLab och Vetenskapsrådet. Det blir nu enklare för forskare att hitta och dela relevanta forskningsdata. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/ny-nationell-portal-tillgangliggor-forskningsdata-om-covid-19 - 2025-05-07

Published 9 June 2020 Det Nationella Kvalitetsregistret för urinblåsecancer (”Blåscancerregistret”) som sedan 1997 registrerar patienter med nyupptäckt urinblåscancer i hela landet är nu anslutet till metadataverktyget RUT (Register Utiliser Tool). Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/blascancerregistret-finns-nu-i-rut - 2025-05-07