Publications by authors named "Maria Carlander"
Aims: We assess the incidence and economic burden of severe and non-severe hypoglycemia in insulin-treated diabetes type 1 and 2 patients in Switzerland.
Methods: We developed a health economic model to assess the incidence of hypoglycemia, the subsequent medical costs, and the production losses in insulin-treated diabetes patients. The model distinguishes between severity of hypoglycemia, type of diabetes, and type of medical care.
Article Synopsis
- Chronic pain in children and adolescents is common but often overlooked, necessitating a deeper understanding of pediatricians' perspectives on the condition.
- The study involved a survey of Swiss pediatricians to investigate their beliefs about the causes of chronic musculoskeletal pain and how they communicate these to patients and families.
- Findings showed that while pediatricians recognized psychological factors as significant, they predominantly conveyed biological explanations when discussing pain with patients, highlighting a need to better integrate the biopsychosocial framework in treatment approaches.
Background: Chronic pain is a frequent complaint in children and adolescents, with great international variation in prevalence. Paediatricians are usually the first-line contact for pain problems in children and might refer patients to other specialists or pain clinics where available. Prevalence estimates of paediatric chronic pain and paediatricians' care experiences in Switzerland are currently lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the impact of a DMP for patients with diabetes mellitus in a Swiss primary care setting.
Methods: In a prospective observational study, we compared diabetes patients in a DMP (intervention group; N = 538) with diabetes patients receiving usual care (control group; N = 5050) using propensity score matching with entropy balancing. Using a difference-in-difference (DiD) approach, we compared changes in outcomes from baseline (2017) to 1-year (2017/18) and to 2-year follow-up (2017/19).
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic challenges societies in unknown ways, and individuals experience a substantial change in their daily lives and activities. Our study aims to describe these changes using population-based self-reported data about social and health behavior in a random sample of the Swiss population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the present article is two-fold: First, we want to describe the study methodology.
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