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- Bergsten, Ulrika, et al.
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Gender differences in illness perceptions and disease management in patients with gout, results from a questionnaire study in Western Sweden.
- 2023
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Ingår i: BMC musculoskeletal disorders. - 1471-2474. ; 24:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims were to examine gender differences in patients with gout with regard to a) self-reported gout severity, b) illness perceptions (IP), c) impact on daily activities and Quality of Life (QoL), d) advice from healthcare professionals, e) having changed dietary- or alcohol habits.Adult patients with gout identified in primary and secondary care in Sweden between 2015 and 2017 (n=1589) were sent a questionnaire about demographics, gout disease severity, IP (using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, (B-IPQ)) and disease management. T-tests, Chi square tests, ANalysis Of VAriance (ANOVA) and linear regression models were used for gender comparisons.Eight hundred sixty-eight patients responded to the questionnaire. Women, n=177 (20%), experienced more severe gout symptoms (p=0.011), albeit similar frequencies of flares compared to men. Women experienced modest but significantly worse IP with regard to consequences, identity, concerns and emotional response (p<0.05) as well as daily activities such as sleeping (p<0.001) and walking (p=0.042) and QoL (p=0.004). Despite this and a higher frequency of obesity in women (38 vs 21%, P<0.001) and alcohol consumption in men (p<0.001), obese women had received significantly less advice regarding weight reduction (47 vs 65%, p=0.041) compared to obese men. On the other hand, women reported having acted on dietary advice to a larger degree.Despite only modestly worse gout severity and perception, women appear to have been given less information regarding self-management than men. These gender differences should be given attention and addressed in clinical care.
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- Dyne, Hanna, et al.
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"Aha, so that’s how it’s done!"–parents’ voices on an early language and literacy intervention
- 2024
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Ingår i: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. - 1401-5439 .- 1651-2022.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The early intervention Språkstart Halland targets children aged 0–3 years. During home visits at 6 and 11 months, library staff deliver gift-packs containing books, toys, songs, and rhymes to promote early language stimulation. Parents are encouraged to engage in ‘talk, play, sing, read’ activities to support language development. The aim of the present study was to examine parents’ experiences of the 6- and 11-month visits and develop an understanding of their general impressions and thoughts regarding the perceived impact of the visits. Parents (n = 15) were interviewed in four focus groups and two one-on-one interviews. Data was analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings show that the intervention changed the parents’ mindset and increased their knowledge regarding early language stimulation. Tools and strategies benefitting the parent-child interaction were gained. A positive experience and personal guidance created motivation for the parents to carry out the language stimulating activities after the visit. Social gains were described. The findings imply usefulness of the intervention in supporting children’s language and literacy development.
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- Landgren, Anton J., 1989, et al.
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Cardiovascular risk factors in gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional survey of patients in Western Sweden.
- 2021
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Ingår i: RMD open. - : BMJ. - 2056-5933. ; 7:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We aimed to compare traditional (trad) cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) among patients with gout, psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) stratified by sex.A survey was sent to patients with gout (n=1589), PsA (n=1200), RA (n=1246) and AS (n=1095). Patients were retrieved from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the hospitals of Uddevalla and Skövde, and 12 primary care centres in Western Sweden. The prevalence of self-reported trad-CVRFs was compared between diagnoses by age standardisation with the 2018 population of Sweden as the standard population.In total, 2896 (56.5%) of 5130 patients responded. Hypertension was the most frequently found comorbidity, reported by 65% of patients with gout, 41% with PsA, 43% with RA and 29% with AS. After age standardisation, women and men with gout had significantly more obesity (body mass index ≥30kg/m2), hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and multiple trad-CVRFs, compared with those with PsA, RA and AS. Obesity was significantly more common in PsA than in RA. In women, obesity, hypertension and multiple trad-CVRFs were more frequently reported in PsA than in RA and AS, whereas similar prevalence of CVRFs and coexistence of multiple trad-CVRFs were found in men with PsA, RA and AS.Women and men with gout had the highest prevalence of trad-CVRFs. Differences in occurrence of CVRFs by sex were found in patients with PsA, RA and AS. In women, patients with PsA had higher occurrence of trad-CVRFs than those with RA and AS, whereas in men the distribution of CVRFs was similar in PsA, RA and AS.
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