Socioeconomic disparities in physical activity among Swedish women and trends over time - the population study of women in Gothenburg.

Objective: To explore secular trends in physical activity in relation to socioeconomic position in middle-aged women, with focus on whether the social gaps have become wider, narrower, or remain unchanged.

Design: Cohort comparisons between two representative samples of women, recruited in 1980-81 and 2004-05 as a part of the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg.

Setting: Gothenburg, the second largest city of Sweden, with ≈ 450 000 inhabitants.

Accidents in the institutionalized elderly: a risk analysis.

Among a total of 4,862 admittances to a Swedish geriatric hospital and its associated nursing homes, 827 accidents occurred in 588 patients during one year. The purpose of the present study was to establish the direct causes of these accidents and to identify possible risk factors. Information was collected from medical records, interviews with patients and staff, examination of the mental and physical state of the patients, and through reconstruction of the accidents.