Ulf Jakobsson

Summary

Affiliation: Lund University
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Pain and quality of life among older people with rheumatoid arthritis and/or osteoarthritis: a literature review
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Clin Nurs 11:430-43. 2002
  2. ncbi Pain management among older people in need of help with activities of daily living
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Departmrent of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, PO Box 157, Lund University, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Pain Manag Nurs 5:137-43. 2004
  3. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of multidimensional pain inventory (Swedish version) in a sample of elderly people
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Eur J Pain 10:645-51. 2006
  4. ncbi Exploring determinants for quality of life among older people in pain and in need of help for daily living
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Clin Nurs 16:95-104. 2007
  5. ncbi Loneliness, fear, and quality of life among elderly in Sweden: a gender perspective
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Aging Clin Exp Res 17:494-501. 2005
  6. ncbi Statistical presentation and analysis of ordinal data in nursing research
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 18:437-40. 2004
  7. ncbi Pain management in elderly persons who require assistance with activities of daily living: a comparison of those living at home with those in special accommodations
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Eur J Pain 8:335-44. 2004
  8. ncbi Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Qual Life Res 13:125-36. 2004
  9. ncbi Quality of life among older adults with osteoarthritis: an explorative study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
    J Gerontol Nurs 32:51-60. 2006
  10. ncbi Psychosocial perspectives on health care utilization among frail elderly people: an explorative study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmo, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, CRC, Building 28, Floor 11, Entrance 72, Malmo University Hospital, SE 205 02 Malmo, Sweden
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 52:290-4. 2011

Detail Information

Publications36

  1. ncbi Pain and quality of life among older people with rheumatoid arthritis and/or osteoarthritis: a literature review
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Clin Nurs 11:430-43. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi Pain management among older people in need of help with activities of daily living
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Departmrent of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, PO Box 157, Lund University, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Pain Manag Nurs 5:137-43. 2004
    ..These findings stress the need for nurses to inform older people about available methods for pain relief and to do systematic pain assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of various pain relief methods...
  3. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of multidimensional pain inventory (Swedish version) in a sample of elderly people
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Eur J Pain 10:645-51. 2006
    ..The aim was to psychometrically evaluate the Swedish version of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI-S) and the "brief screening version of MPI-S" for use in an elderly sample...
  4. ncbi Exploring determinants for quality of life among older people in pain and in need of help for daily living
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Clin Nurs 16:95-104. 2007
    ..The aim of the study was to investigate the quality of life and related factors among older people who are in pain and in need of help to manage daily living...
  5. ncbi Loneliness, fear, and quality of life among elderly in Sweden: a gender perspective
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Aging Clin Exp Res 17:494-501. 2005
    ..The aim of this work was to study feelings of loneliness and fear among elderly people (75+) in a gender perspective, and to explore their causes...
  6. ncbi Statistical presentation and analysis of ordinal data in nursing research
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 18:437-40. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to review the presentation and analysis of ordinal data in three international nursing journals in 2003...
  7. ncbi Pain management in elderly persons who require assistance with activities of daily living: a comparison of those living at home with those in special accommodations
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Eur J Pain 8:335-44. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Qual Life Res 13:125-36. 2004
    ..The aim was also to test how these variables were related to QoL among the oldest old in pain...
  9. ncbi Quality of life among older adults with osteoarthritis: an explorative study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
    J Gerontol Nurs 32:51-60. 2006
    ..It is important to identify these problems when caring for older adults, and special attention should be given to individuals with osteoarthritis because of their higher degree of pain and functional limitations...
  10. ncbi Psychosocial perspectives on health care utilization among frail elderly people: an explorative study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmo, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, CRC, Building 28, Floor 11, Entrance 72, Malmo University Hospital, SE 205 02 Malmo, Sweden
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 52:290-4. 2011
    ..Thus, measures taken to prevent health care utilization, especially among those with high utilization of inpatient care, will most likely have a positive effect on psychosocial variables and life satisfaction/quality of life (QoL)...
  11. ncbi Older people in Sweden with various degrees of present quality of life: their health, social support, everyday activities and sense of coherence
    Gunilla Borglin
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University PO Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Health Soc Care Community 14:136-46. 2006
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  12. ncbi Healthcare utilisation and knowledge concerning prescribed drugs among older people
    Jimmie Kristensson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 66:1047-54. 2010
    ..healthcare consumption in relation to more versus less knowledge concerning prescribed drugs among older people with functional dependency and repeated healthcare contacts, and to explore the determinants of more versus less knowledge..
  13. ncbi Hospital and outpatient clinic utilization among older people in the 3-5 years following the initiation of continuing care: a longitudinal cohort study
    Anna Condelius
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:136. 2011
    ..A further aim was to compare these groups regarding demographic data, health complaints, functional and cognitive ability, informal care and mortality...
  14. ncbi Self-reported health complaints and their prediction of overall and health-related quality of life among elderly people
    Gunilla Borglin
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Int J Nurs Stud 42:147-58. 2005
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  15. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of healthcare utilization among older people (60+): focusing on ADL dependency and risk of depression
    Magnus Sandberg
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 54:e349-63. 2012
    ..This suggests that different variables should be considered, including both ADL and psychosocial variables, when trying to identify future healthcare users...
  16. ncbi Healthcare consumption in men and women aged 65 and above in the two years preceding decision about long-term municipal care
    Jimmie Kristensson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Health Soc Care Community 15:474-85. 2007
    ..Early detection and preventive interventions to these people in a transitional stage of becoming increasingly dependent on continuous care and services seems urgent to prevent escalating acute healthcare consumption...
  17. ncbi Utilization of medical healthcare among people receiving long-term care at home or in special accommodation
    Anna Condelius
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 24:404-13. 2010
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  18. ncbi Fatigue among older people with pain--a neglected problem?
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Nurs Forum 45:118-9. 2010
    ..Such interventions are necessary to promote health, improve quality of life, and provide opportunities for successful aging...
  19. ncbi Old people in pain: a comparative study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Pain Symptom Manage 26:625-36. 2003
    ..These data highlight the importance of identifying old people in pain. Those who are older and those affected by pain are at greater risk of also being troubled by other problems, such as functional limitations and lowered QOL...
  20. ncbi Hospital admissions among people 65+ related to multimorbidity, municipal and outpatient care
    Anna Condelius
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 46:41-55. 2008
    ..Thus interventions focusing on frequent admissions are needed, and this requires collaboration between outpatient and hospital care...
  21. ncbi Development and psychometric evaluation of the pain impact inventory
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Pain Pract 9:418-27. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate an instrument for measuring the impact of chronic pain on daily life...
  22. ncbi Medical healthcare utilization as related to long-term care at home or in special accommodation
    Anna Condelius
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 51:250-6. 2010
    ..More, older people who are granted long-term care at home may otherwise imply increased utilization of medical healthcare...
  23. ncbi Psychometric testing of the brief screening version of Multidimensional Pain Inventory (Swedish version)
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 23:171-9. 2009
    ....
  24. ncbi Tobacco use in relation to chronic pain: results from a Swedish population survey
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Pain Med 9:1091-7. 2008
    ..To study the relationship between tobacco use and pain intensity...
  25. ncbi The ADL-staircase: further validation
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Int J Rehabil Res 31:85-8. 2008
    ..The ADL-staircase showed a varying degree of acceptable construct validity and reliability. The instrument, however, seems to be more suitable for older people...
  26. ncbi Using the 12-item Short Form health survey (SF-12) to measure quality of life among older people
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Aging Clin Exp Res 19:457-64. 2007
    ..To present descriptive data, study psychometric abilities, and investigate the characteristics of non-respondents to SF-12...
  27. ncbi Care satisfaction among older people receiving public care and service at home or in special accommodation
    Staffan Karlsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund
    J Clin Nurs 22:318-30. 2013
    ..The concept public care and service concerns formal care from the municipality, including home help, home nursing care, rehabilitation and a special accommodation...
  28. ncbi Validation of the Swedish short forms of the Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ-7), Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) and Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12)
    Pia Teleman
    Institute of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 90:483-7. 2011
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  29. ncbi Case managers for frail older people: a randomised controlled pilot study
    Jimmie Kristensson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 24:755-63. 2010
    ..The aim was also to explore internal consistency in the life satisfaction index Z, activities of daily living-staircase and Geriatric Depression Scale-20...
  30. ncbi Mortality among elderly receiving long-term care: a longitudinal cohort study
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P O Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Aging Clin Exp Res 18:503-11. 2006
    ..To investigate mortality, determinants of mortality, and time until death among elderly subjects receiving public long-term care...
  31. ncbi Statistical methods for assessing agreement for ordinal data
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 19:427-31. 2005
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  32. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure: Swedish version
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Centre for Primary Health Care Research, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
    Med Teach 33:e267-74. 2011
    ..The Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) has been used in various studies to evaluate the educational environment. However, psychometric evaluations of the instrument seem sparse, for all known versions of the instrument...
  33. ncbi Job satisfaction and associated variables among nurse assistants working in residential care
    Anneli Orrung Wallin
    Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Int Psychogeriatr 24:1904-18. 2012
    ..It seems essential, however, to include both general and context-specific measures when investigating job satisfaction in this field as they reveal different aspects of the nurse assistant's work situation...
  34. ncbi Development and psychometric evaluation of a new instrument for measuring sleep length and television and computer habits of Swedish school-age children
    Pernilla Garmy
    School Health Care, Klostergårdsskolan, Lund, Sweden
    J Sch Nurs 28:138-43. 2012
    ..600) regarding both sleep and media habits. The instrument can be a valuable tool in a clinical setting, both for measuring sleep habits in a class and for discussing sleep with individual school children and their families...
  35. ncbi The Pain Impact Inventory-further validation in various subgroups
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Lund University, Sweden
    Pain Pract 12:350-6. 2012
    ..The aim of the study was to further psychometrically evaluate the instrument "Pain Impact Inventory" (PII) in various subgroups...
  36. ncbi Construct validity of the SF-12 in three different samples
    Ulf Jakobsson
    Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:560-6. 2012
    ..This study evaluated the construct validity of the SF-12 in elderly people and people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and stroke...