Pain and quality of life among older people with rheumatoid arthritis and/or osteoarthritis: a literature review

ULF Jakobsson, IR Hallberg - Journal of clinical nursing, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
• The aim of this study was to review the research literature on pain and quality of life (QoL)
and the relationship between these variables among people aged 75 years and above with …

Statistical methods for assessing agreement for ordinal data

U Jakobsson, A Westergren - Scandinavian journal of caring …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Evaluation of various methods in clinical practice is often based on interpretations by two or
more observers. Such data need to be analysed with correct statistics, or the results and …

Statistical presentation and analysis of ordinal data in nursing research

U Jakobsson - Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The aim of this study was to review the presentation and analysis of ordinal data
in three international nursing journals in 2003. Method: In total, 166 full‐length articles from …

On the measurement of the degree of progression

U Jakobsson - Journal of public economics, 1976 - Elsevier
It is shown that residual progression (elasticity of income after tax with respect to income
before tax) is the measure of tax progression most closely connected with the redistributive …

[HTML][HTML] Old people in pain: a comparative study

U Jakobsson, R Klevsgård, A Westergren… - Journal of pain and …, 2003 - Elsevier
To investigate the prevalence of pain in older people (75+), compare those in pain to those
without regarding demographics, social network, functional limitations, fatigue, sleeping …

[HTML][HTML] Fall risk-increasing drugs and falls: a cross-sectional study among elderly patients in primary care

V Milos, Å Bondesson, M Magnusson, U Jakobsson… - BMC geriatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background Falls are the most common cause of injuries and hospital admissions in the
elderly. The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has created a list of drugs …

Comparing the educational environment (as measured by DREEM) at two different stages of curriculum reform

G Edgren, AC Haffling, ULF Jakobsson, S Mcaleer… - Medical …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The medical programme at Lund University, Sweden, has undergone curricular
reform over several stages, which is still ongoing. Students have been somewhat negative in …

Chronic pain in older adults: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors

C Larsson, EE Hansson, K Sundquist… - Scandinavian journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Chronic pain is common in older adults, yet little is known of its development and
the factors that predict its persistence and onset at old age. The aims of this longitudinal …

Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain

U Jakobsson, IR Hallberg, A Westergren - Quality of life research, 2004 - Springer
Objectives: To compare the oldest old (85 years and above) in pain with those with no pain
across gender, regarding demographic data, living conditions, social network/support …

Hospital admissions among people 65+ related to multimorbidity, municipal and outpatient care

A Condelius, AK Edberg, U Jakobsson… - Archives of gerontology …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study aimed at examine the number of planned and acute hospital admissions during 1
year among people 65+ and its relation to municipal care, outpatient care, multimorbidity …