Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

OCT 18, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Comorbid asthma - occurrence and associations with patient-related outcomes in COPD: a cohort study.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Purpose. Clinical features of COPD and asthma overlap, complicating differential diagnosis. This study investigated the prevalence of comorbid asthma in COPD patients and its assoc

SEP 19, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Misaligned by design: evaluating and deploying generative AI for the real-world conditions of primary care: a Nordic and European perspective.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Background. Large language models (LLMs) have entered clinical and consumer use faster than primary-care researchers can evaluate them, and the dominant benchmarks and deployment s

SEP 15, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Changes in LDL-C levels among primary health care patients with hypertension, coronary artery disease, and diabetes during a 36-month follow-up.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Background and aims. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level is one important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to describe the charact

SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Alcohol, myocardial infarction and survival: published estimates require correction and reanalysis.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Objective: To assess the internal consistency and interpretation of estimates reported in a 30-year cohort study of alcohol consumption and cardiovascular outcomes. Design: Critica

AUG 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Quality-of-life and self-perceived inequity in people with severe mental illness: the SOFIA pilot study.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

A pilot cluster-RCT with modest sample size and short follow-up showing selective improvements in self-perceived inequity (two domains) but no effect on primary needs-based QoL or health-related QoL; results are real but limited and the authors call for larger trials.

APR 25, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Overdiagnosis in atrial fibrillation screening with wearables.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Hypothesis-generating analysis from available RCTs suggests wearable AF screening may increase diagnosis without improving clinical outcomes, but evidence is exploratory and not systematic.