Jerzy Leppert

Effects of family history and personal experience of illness on inclination to change health related behavior (2009)

Andersson, Per, Sjöberg, Rickard L, Öhrvik, John, Leppert, Jerzy

The aim of the present study was to examine how personal experience of illness and family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), adjusted for gender, education and nationality, affects risk...

Psychosomatic complaints and sense of coherence among adolescents in a county in Sweden: a cross-sectional school survey (2008)

Simonsson, Bo, Nilsson, Kent W, Leppert, Jerzy, Diwan, Vinod K

Abstract Background Over the last five to ten years there has been an increase in psychosomatic complaints (PSC) in Swedish children. The objective of the study was to examine the relation between...

Prevalence of distress and symptom severity from the lower urinary tract in men: a population-based study with the DAN-PSS questionnaire (2004)

Engström, Gabriella, Walker-Engström, Marie-Louise, Henningsohn, Lars, Lööf, Lars, Leppert, Jerzy

Background. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common and costly public health issue. The prevalence varies greatly in published reports. The distress caused by each symptom is important to...

Prevalence of distress and symptom severity from the lower urinary tract in men: a population-based study with the DAN-PSS questionnaire (2004)

Engström, Gabriella, Walker-Engström, Marie-Louise, Henningsohn, Lars, Lööf, Lars, Leppert, Jerzy

Background. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common and costly public health issue. The prevalence varies greatly in published reports. The distress caused by each symptom is important to...

Prevalence of three lower urinary tract symptoms in men--a population-based study (2003)

Engström, Gabriella, Walker-Engström, Marie-Louise, Lööf, Lars, Leppert, Jerzy

Background. Lower urinary tract symptoms are a common and costly public health issue. In earlier studies, the prevalence of urinary symptoms can be seen to fluctuate because there is no consensus...

Urinary incontinence: an unexpected large problem among young females. Results from a population-based study (1999)

Hägglund, Doris, Olsson, Henny, Leppert, Jerzy

Background. The International Continence Society has defined urinary incontinence as a condition in which involuntary loss of urine is objectively demonstrable and is a social or hygiene problem....