Long-term clinical outcomes, health-related quality of life, and costs in different treatment modalities of stable coronary artery disease.

Aims: This study is a prospective, observational 8-year follow-up of 300 stable unselected coronary artery disease patients entering elective coronary angiography in 2002-03. Recorded were clinical outcomes, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and secondary care costs after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or medical therapy (MT).

Methods And Results: HRQoL was measured by the 15D instrument at baseline, 6 months, and 8 years.

High prevalence of oncogenic human papilloma virus in women not attending organized cytological screening.

Since the introduction of organized cytological screening in Sweden, most women currently presenting with cervical cancer are those who have not attended the programme and who have no cytological screening history. The aims of this study were: (i) to measure the response rate among women not attending organized cytological screening who were offered a device for self-sampling a vaginal smear at home; (ii) to examine the prevalence of high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) among women performing self-sampling. Women aged 35-50 years, who had not participated in organized cytological screening for more than 6 years, were offered the opportunity to collect vaginal samples at home using a self-sampling device (Qvintip).

Attitudes to self-sampling of vaginal smear for human papilloma virus analysis among women not attending organized cytological screening.

Background: The major problem with the cytological screening is the non-optimal participation rate among women invited for cervical smear collection. The aim of the present investigation was to examine the attitudes of the non-responding women to perform self-sampling of vaginal smear at home as a method to increase the coverage of the screening and to examine the prevalence of high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) among the responding women.

Methods: From the database of the Department of Cytology, University Hospital of Uppsala 198 women, aged 35-55 years, who had not attended the organized gynaecological screening for over 6 years were identified.

Accuracy of HPV testing of vaginal smear obtained with a novel self-sampling device.

Background: Most of women diagnosed as having cervical cancer have not participated in organized cytological screening. Aim. A study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of human papilloma virus testing by self-collected vaginal samples in comparison to regular cytological screening.