Publications by authors named "L Jivegard"
Background: Intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasonography (LUS) or intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) can be used for visualisation of the biliary tract during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this systematic review was to compare use of LUS with IOC.
Methods: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched (last update: April 2024).
Impact of walk advice alone or in combination with supervised or home-based structured exercise on patient-reported physical function and generic and disease-specific health related quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication, a secondary analysis in a randomized clinical trial.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
October 2023
Background: Supervised exercise is an integral part of the recommended first-line treatment for patients with intermittent claudication (IC). By reflecting the patients' perspectives, patient-reported outcome measurements provide additional knowledge to the biomedical endpoints and are important outcomes to include when evaluating exercise interventions in patients with IC. We aimed to evaluate the one-year impact of three strategies: unsupervised Nordic pole walk advice (WA), WA + six months of home-based structured exercise (HSEP) or WA + six months of hospital-based supervised exercise (SEP) on health-related quality of life and patient-reported physical function in patients with IC.
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- The study compares the cost-effectiveness of three exercise interventions for patients with intermittent claudication: supervised exercise programs (SEP), home-based structured exercise programs (HSEP), and walking advice (WA) with Nordic pole walking.* -
- Findings showed that SEP had significantly higher healthcare costs (EUR 4619) compared to WA (EUR 1781) and HSEP (EUR 1820), but there were no significant differences in health outcomes measured in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs).* -
- The results suggest that while SEP is not cost-effective, HSEP may be a more economical approach compared to WA, with a 64% probability of being cost-effective over a one-year period.*
Objective: The impact of exercise interventions on physical activity (PA) remains undetermined in intermittent claudication, which is why it is important to include objectively measured PA as an additional endpoint. The aim of this prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial was to investigate the impact of unsupervised Nordic pole walk advice (WA) alone or in combination with hospital-based supervised exercise (SEP) or home-based structured exercise (HSEP) on PA in patients with intermittent claudication.
Methods: In total, 166 patients with intermittent claudication (mean age = 72 [SD = 7.
Aims: Supervised exercise is a guideline-recommended treatment in intermittent claudication (IC). Hospital-based supervised exercise programmes (SEPs) are underutilized, while home-based structured exercise programmes (HSEPs) have attracted interest. The results from HSEP in IC are inconsistent and may confer no benefit over walk advice (WA) and be less effective than SEP.
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