Published 20 November 2019 Chronic pain is a common, complex, and distressing problem that has a profound impact on individuals and society. It frequently presents as a result of a disease or an injury; however, it is not merely an accompanying symptom, but rather a separate condition in its own right, with its own medical definition and taxonomy. New publication in British Journal of Anaesthesia

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/chronic-pain-review-its-epidemiology-and-associated-factors-population-based-studies - 2025-04-01

Published 21 November 2019 The development of paediatric critical care registries, a term we take to include national audits and research databases, has been instrumental in helping us understand the state of children’s critical care and thereby provide a platform for future improvement. Comprehensive datasets enable monitoring of activity and outcomes for audit, safety and service planning. New p

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/doing-more-less-what-registry-data-tell-us-about-death-picu - 2025-04-01

Published 5 April 2019 New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/dag-informed-regression-modelling-agent-based-modelling-and-microsimulation-modelling-critical - 2025-04-01

Published 8 April 2019 New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/test-epidemiological-paradox-context-forced-migration-low-birthweight-among-syrian-newborns-lebanon - 2025-04-01

Published 13 November 2017 Special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ToC and links to all papers are available at http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/sjpa/45/17_suppl.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/practical-and-methodological-issues-register-based-research - 2025-04-01

Published 9 April 2019 New publication in European Journal of EndocrinologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/current-landscape-european-registries-rare-endocrine-conditions-0 - 2025-04-01

Published 9 April 2019 A position as professor with specific responsibilities in epidemiology and demography is vacant for a period of 5 years with possibility of extension for another 3 years at the Research Unit of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/professor-specific-responsibilities-epidemiology-and-demography - 2025-04-01

Published 10 April 2019 ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University is looking for a project assistant who will work on education and training in the framework of the ENVRI-FAIR project. In this project, 13 European Research Infrastructures work together to apply the FAIR principles to their data services. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/project-assistant-education-and-training-icos-carbon-portal - 2025-04-01

Published 10 April 2019 New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/differential-vulnerability-and-susceptibility-how-make-use-recent-development-our-understanding - 2025-04-01

Published 11 April 2019 Epidemiologists face two fundamental and interrelated problems when judging causality: knowledge is fallible, and studies are imperfect. In medicine, this will always leave a degree of uncertainty in scientific judgements. From an epistemological point of view, even randomized trials cannot be regarded as the ultimate proof to establish a causal relation. Given this inheren

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/long-and-winding-road-causality - 2025-04-01

Published 12 April 2019 Traditional publishing versus sharing results without restrictions has become a fundamental question that involves many different stakeholders, including scientists, librarians, publishers, and research funding organizations. See a panel of international experts discuss the matter. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/panel-debate-plan-s-and-open-access-way-go-swedish-researchers - 2025-04-01

Published 13 April 2019 Från och med 2019 behöver du som beviljas bidrag från Vetenskapsrådet ha en datahanteringsplan om din forskning genererar forskningsdata. Planen ska beskriva hur data som samlas in och/eller skapas kommer att hanteras under forskningens gång och hur den ska tas om hand efteråt. Läs mer här. Vill du veta mer om datahanteringsplaner, kan du anmäla dig till seminarium i Lund (

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/vr-staller-krav-pa-datahanteringsplan - 2025-04-01

Published 12 April 2019 Results from the Swedish National Registry are satisfactory and comparable to international standards. Trends over time show increasing resection rates and some improved results. Better collaboration and openness within pancreatic surgeons is an important side effect. New publication in the official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary AssociationRead more

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/first-results-swedish-national-pancreatic-and-periampullary-cancer-registry-0 - 2025-04-01

Published 15 April 2019 This is an open seminar with professor Miguel Hernán A 3 half-day seminar on Causal Inference with Miguel Hernán, professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.The scheduel is as follow:Monday May 6 at 1-5PMTuesday May 7 at 1-5PMWednesday May 8 at 9-12AMLocation: Arvid Carlsson, Acadmicum, GothenburgRead more here 

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/learning-what-works-framwork-causal-inference-observational-data - 2025-04-01

Published 16 April 2019 Most respondents used quality indicators from the two cardiovascular NQRs infrequently (<3 times/year). The results indicate that linking registration of quality indicators to using them for QI activities increases their routine use and makes them meaningful tools for professionals. New publication in International Journal for Quality in Health CareRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/quality-indicators-and-their-regular-use-clinical-practice-results-survey-among-users-two - 2025-04-01

Published 17 April 2019 The questionnaire measures and detects differences in patient well-being, abilities and judgements of diabetes care, and identifies areas for improvement. To further improve diabetes care, we conclude that patient-reported measures are important supplements to cardiovascular and diabetes complication risk factors, reflecting patient experiences of living with diabetes and d

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/patient-reported-outcome-and-experience-measures-diabetes-development-scale-models-differences - 2025-04-01

Published 18 April 2019 There has been marked growth in reports addressing exposure-affected time-varying confounding. This was driven by work in a small number of topic areas, with other areas showing relatively little uptake. In addition, despite developments in more advanced methods such doubly robust techniques and estimation via machine learning, implementation has been largely concentrated o

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/causal-models-adjusting-time-varying-confounding-systematic-review-literature - 2025-04-01

Published 15 April 2019 Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/scientists-rise-against-statistical-significance - 2025-04-01

Published 17 April 2019 Impressions from SND workshop on data management plans Click here to read the newsletter!

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/new-issue-lu-snddosp-newsletter - 2025-04-01

Published 23 April 2019 The Board of EAO (European Association for Osseointegration) has discussed an initiative to explore the conditions to establish a Dental Implant Register. It was suggested to bring this issue to the EAO Consensus Conference 2018 for a discussion and to possibly propose relevant and manageable parameters. This article presents some select examples from quality registers in t

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/dental-implant-quality-register-possible-tool-further-improve-implant-treatment-and-outcome - 2025-04-01