Background: Continuous positive airway pressure treatment has been shown to lower blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aims of the present pilot study were to evaluate the potential effects of oral appliance (OA) therapy on BP, to assess various outcome BP measures, and to inform sample size calculation.
Methods: Seventy-two patients with OSA and hypertension were randomly assigned to intervention with either an OA with mandibular advancement (active group) or an OA without advancement (control group).
Purpose: The high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain generates significant costs for primary health care and the whole of society. The development of appropriate interventions is therefore necessary. The aim of this effectiveness study was to assess the long-term effects of a primary health care multidisciplinary rehabilitation program in Sweden.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Early identification and intervention with those that run the risk of developing long-term disability would offer a great opportunity for reducing costs and personal suffering associated with long-term work absenteeism. The Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMPSQ) has been used and validated in several studies for participants with mainly acute pain problems. The aim of this study was to validate the OMPSQ for patients with non-acute pain problems (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: There is a paucity of long-term evaluations on rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders, e.g., neck, shoulder or back pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSetting: In April 1975, the general BCG vaccination of newborns in Sweden was replaced by selective vaccination of groups at increased risk of tuberculosis.
Objective: To relate the incidence of atypical mycobacterial disease in children to BCG vaccination.
Design: A nationwide survey in Sweden during the period 1969-90 disclosed 390 children under 15 years of age with bacteriologically confirmed atypical mycobacteria from extrapulmonary lesions.