Publications by authors named "U Bergsten"
"Aha, so that's how it's done!" - parents' voices on an early language and literacy intervention.
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol
March 2024
The early intervention targets children aged 0-3 years. During home visits at 6 and 11 months, library staff deliver gift-packs containing books, toys, songs, and rhymes to promote early language stimulation. Parents are encouraged to engage in 'talk, play, sing, read' activities to support language development.
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- - The study aimed to explore gender differences in real-life experiences of patients with gout, focusing on symptoms, perceptions of illness, daily activity impact, quality of life, advice from healthcare providers, and dietary changes.
- - An analysis of 868 patients revealed that women reported more severe gout symptoms and worse perceptions of their illness, affecting their daily activities and quality of life, despite similar flare-up rates compared to men.
- - Results indicated that although women acted on dietary advice more than men, they received less guidance on weight management, highlighting a need to address these gender disparities in clinical care for gout patients.
Objectives: Inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) substantially affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aimed to compare HRQoL between patients with gout, psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS): (i) overall; (ii) stratified by sex; and (iii) between women and men with the same IJD diagnosis.
Method: A survey including the RAND36-Item Health Survey for assessing HRQoL was sent to patients with a diagnosis of gout, PsA, RA, or AS, registered at a rheumatology clinic or primary care centre during 2015-2017.
Background: Hypertension is a common disease globally that accounts for the highest number of lost healthy life years and strongly associated with sequelae such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Early detection of individuals with high blood pressure can be ensured by screening also those who consider themselves "healthy". Screening has both positive and negative effects where a diagnosis of hypertension can lead to worry about the future.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gout affects nearly 2 % of the population and is associated with repeated painful flares of arthritis. Preventive urate-lowering therapy is widely available, but only one third of patients receive adequate treatment. Lack of knowledge among healthcare professionals and patients within primary healthcare are implicated as partial explanations for this undertreatment.
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