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- Bexell, Anna, et al.
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Parents' response to recurrent middle ear infection in their children
- 1990
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948. ; 18:1, s. 25-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recurrent ear infection in children during pre-school years is an important public health problem. Common advice given to parents is to minimize exposure of susceptible children to crowding and air pollution. This study aimed at investigating what changes parents undertake to improve the health of an otitis-prone child. Parents of children with 5 events before age thirty months (index children; n = 198) and a matched control group (n = 396) were asked to fill in a questionnaire. Results show that 22.3% of indexfamilies and 9.5% (p<0.001) of control families had changed one or more of the following conditions: working hours, child day-care, housing and smoking habits. In summary, index families and control families were remarkably similar given the striking difference in otitis media, a finding that rises concern.
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- Hörnquist, J. O., et al.
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Repeated short-term sick-leave and quality of life : An evaluation of a clinical socio-medical intervention
- 1990
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 0300-8037. ; 18:2, s. 91-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The primary aim of this study was to evaluate a clinical socio-medical supportive program for repeated short-term sickleavers who exhibited no evident reason for their prolonged absence. Attention was drawn to changes in the quality of life of the participants. Ninety-nine persons took part in the full program. The sex distribution was even and the mean age was 32 years. The average number of days of sick-leave during the year preceding the entrance into the program was 28. The most common self-stated diagnosis was upper respiratory infection or gastro-intestinal problems. The evaluation showed a significant change for the better in the quality of life and well-being of the patients, although more than every other patient did not explicitly attribute any personal benefit to the intervention itself. The results coincide irrespective of measuring method and, are by and large, consistent over most areas of life and components of well-being assessed. Thus the design and the results of the evalution look very promising concerning reliability, validity and especially sensitivity. A corresponding model may be applicable more generally when evaluating health- and medical care.
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- Lindahl, B. I. B., et al.
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Multiple Cause-of-Death Data as a Tool for Detecting Artificial Trends in the Underlying Cause Statistics : A Methodological Study
- 1994
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 22:2, s. 145-158
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aims of the study were: (i) to identify trends in the underlying cause-of-death statistics that are due to changes in the coders’ selection and coding of causes, and (ii) to identify changes in the coders’ documented registration principles that can explain the observed trends in the statistics.31 Basic Tabulation List categories from the Swedish national cause-of-death register for 1970-1988 were studied. The coders’ tendency to register a condition as the underlying cause of death (the underlying cause ratio) was estimated by dividing the occurrence of the condition as underlying cause (the underlying cause rate) with the total registration of the condition (the multiple cause rate). When the development of the underlying cause rate series followed more closely the underlying cause ratio series than the multiple cause rate series, and a corresponding change in the registration rules could be found, rhe underlying cause rate trend was concluded to be due to changes in the coders’ tendency to register the condition.For thirteen categories (fourteen trends), the trends could be explained by changes in the coders’ interpretation practice: five upward, four insignificant, and five downward trends. In addition, for three categories the trends could be explained by new explicit ICD-9 rules.
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