Publications by authors named "A Liljas"
Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic hit Sweden harder than the other Nordic countries in the early phase, especially among older persons. We compared the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality especially among older persons during the period 2020-2022 in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, using four different outcome measures.
Methods: We compared publicly available information on reported cases and deaths in COVID-19 from the World Health Organization COVID-19 Dashboard, age-specific mortality rates, life expectancy at age 65 years and excess mortality from Nordic Statistics database and national statistics and health agencies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
Aim: To examine the perceptions of managers of elder care homes on the impact of facility and staff characteristics on infection control of COVID-19.
Design: Case study.
Methods: Six purposively sampled care home managers in the city of Stockholm were interviewed.
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 73 publications were analyzed, highlighting various interventions primarily at the micro- and meso-level, with varying degrees of success in improving health and service utilization outcomes.
- * Expert discussions revealed key challenges, including inadequate evaluation methods and the need for more macro-level interventions, leading to recommendations for better collaboration between care organizations and researchers to enhance care effectiveness.
Background: In Norrtälje municipality, within Region Stockholm, there is a joint integrated care organisation providing health and social care, which may have facilitated a more coordinated response to the covid-19 pandemic compared to the otherwise decentralised Swedish system. This study compares the risk of covid-19 mortality among persons 70 years and older, in the municipalities of Stockholm, Södertälje, and Norrtälje, while considering area and individual risk factors.
Methods: A population-based study using linked register data to examine covid-19 mortality among those 70 + years (N = 127,575) within the municipalities of interest between the periods March-August 2020 and September 2020-February 2021.
Experience of moral distress among doctors at emergency departments in Stockholm during the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
December 2024
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent strain on healthcare globally shed light on the concept of moral distress among healthcare workers, albeit to a smaller extent among doctors at emergency departments. This study aimed to examine moral distress as perceived by medical doctors working at emergency departments in Stockholm during the pandemic, with the purpose of investigating causes of moral distress and methods to manage moral distress.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve doctors working at two emergency departments.