Consultation skills of final year medical students in Sweden: video-recorded real-patient consultations in primary health care assessed by Calgary-Cambridge Global Consultation Rating Scale, a pilot study.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Doctor-patient consultation is an essential element of high quality health care.

Age and sex related self-reported symptoms in a general population across 30 years: Patterns of reporting and secular trend.

Objective: To study age and sex specific prevalence of 30 symptoms in random samples from the general population and to analyze possible secular trends across time.

Study Population: The study was based on data from eight on-going Swedish cohort studies, with baseline investigations performed between 1973 and 2003. Samples were drawn from the general population of the cities of Gothenburg and Eskilstuna, and of Uppsala County.

Evaluation of sun holiday, diet habits, origin and other factors as determinants of vitamin D status in Swedish primary health care patients: a cross-sectional study with regression analysis of ethnic Swedish and immigrant women.

Background: Determinants of vitamin D status measured as 25-OH-vitamin D in blood are exposure to sunlight and intake of vitamin D through food and supplements. It is unclear how large the contributions are from these determinants in Swedish primary care patients, considering the low radiation of UVB in Sweden and the fortification of some foods. Asian and African immigrants in Norway and Denmark have been found to have very low levels, but it is not clear whether the same applies to Swedish patients.

Effects of self-rated health on sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions and mortality. A population-based longitudinal study of nearly 15,000 observations among Swedish women and men.

Background: Simple global self-ratings of health (SRH) have become increasingly used in national and international public health monitoring, and in recent decades recommended as a standard part of health surveys. Monitoring developments in population health requires identification and use of health measures, valid in relation to targets for population health. The aim of the present study was to investigate associations between SRH and sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions, and mortality, adjusted for effects of significant covariates, in a large population-based cohort.

A population-based study of nearly 15 000 observations among Swedish women and men during 1973-2003.

Objectives: Global self-rated health (SRH) has become extensively used as an outcome measure in population health surveillance. The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of age and secular trend (year of investigation) on SRH.

Design: Prospective cohort study, using population-based data from eight ongoing cohort studies, with sampling performed between 1973 and 2003.

Age-specific symptom prevalence in women 35-64 years old: a population-based study.

Background: Symptom prevalence is generally believed to increase with age. The aim of this study was to evaluate the age specific prevalence of 30 general symptoms among Swedish middle-aged women.

Methods: A cross-sectional postal questionnaire study in seven Swedish counties in a random sample of 4,200 women 35-64 years old, with 2,991 responders.

Factors associated with adherence to drug therapy: a population-based study.

Objective: To investigate adherence to prescription in a female population aged 35-65 years.

Design: Postal questionnaire study of 2991 randomly sampled 35- to 64-year-old women in seven provinces of central Sweden.

Methods: The study was performed in 1995 as a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study in seven counties in central Sweden.

Hormone replacement therapy and symptom reporting in menopausal women: a population-based study of 35-65-year-old women in mid-Sweden.

Objective: To measure the prevalence rate of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the general population and to see whether HRT users report less symptoms, better general health and less use of other palliative than non-users and previous users.

Methods: The study was performed in 1995 as a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study in seven counties in mid-Sweden. The questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 4200 35-64-year-old women of whom 2991 responded.