Background: Identification of prognostic factors for persistent pain and disability are important for better understanding of the clinical course of chronic unilateral lumbar radiculopathy and to assist clinical decision-making. There is a lack of scientific evidence concerning prognostic factors. The aim of this study was to identify clinically relevant predictors for outcome at 52 weeks. <p>Methods: ...

<p><i>Background:</i> Cancer is a leading cause of premature death worldwide and incidence is expected to rise in the coming decades. Many cohort studies, measuring lifestyle factors at one time-point, have observed that overall healthy lifestyles were inversely related to cancer incidence. However, there is little knowledge on the impact of lifestyle modification within adulthood. <p><i>Methods:</i> ...

Objective To use data from two longstanding, population based screening programmes to study overdiagnosis in screening mammography.<p> <p>Design Population based cohort study. <p>Setting Copenhagen municipality (from 1991) and Funen County (from 1993), Denmark. <p>Participants 57 763 women targeted by organised screening, aged 56-69 when the screening programmes started, and followed up to ...

This article gives an overview of the ongoing cohort and dietary studies underlying the assessment of population health in the Arctic. The emphasis here is on a description of the material, methods and results or preliminary results for each study. Detailed exposure information is available in an article in this journal, whereas another paper describes the effects associated with contaminant ...

Background - Epidemiological studies of associations between metabolites and cancer risk have typically focused on specific cancer types separately. Here, we designed a multivariate pan-cancer analysis to identify metabolites potentially associated with multiple cancer types, while also allowing the investigation of cancer type-specific associations.<p> <p>Methods - We analysed targeted metabolomics ...

<p><b>BAKGRUNN</b> Pasienter utsatt for strøm henvises ofte til akuttmottaket, men det er ulike retningslinjer for hvordan disse bør håndteres. Vi beskriver her pasienter med strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning i akuttmottaket ved St. Olavs hospital. <p><b>METODE OG MATERIALE</b> Retrospektive data fra pasienter henvist til akuttmottaket etter strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning (< 1 000 volt) i ...

Kunnskapssenteret fikk i april 2008 forespørsel fra Helse Sør-Øst RHF om å oppda-tere Kunnskapssenterets rapport fra 2007 om pasientvolum og behandlingskvalitet ved hjerte- og karsykdommer. Dette notatet er utført som et hasteoppdrag, med oppdatering av kapitlet om behandling ved forsnevring av halspulsåren (karotisste-nose). Oppdragsgiver var særlig interessert i om det var kommet ny litteratur ...

<p><i>Objective</i>: The aim of the study was to describe and explore patient agency through resistance in decision-making about cardiovascular preventive drugs in primary care.</p> <p><i>Design</i>: Six general practitioners from the southeast of Sweden audiorecorded 80 consultations. From these, 28 consultations with proposals from GPs for cardiovascular preventive drug treatments were chosen ...

Background:<br> In recent years, an increasing number of countries have introduced outpatient commitment orders (OC), which imply that patients can be subject to compulsory follow-up and treatment while living in the community. However, few studies on how OC is practised have been published. <br> Method: <br> Retrospective case register study based on medical files of all patients receiving an ...