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Stefan Jansson

Position: Affiliated Researcher School/office: School of Medical Sciences

Email: stefan.jansson@oru.se

Phone: No number available

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Research subject

Medicine

About Stefan Jansson

Stefan Jansson has since 1989 been a general practitioner, specialist in primary care in Region Örebro County and the clinical service takes place at Brickebacken's health care center in Örebro.

The research is mainly focused on type 2 diabetes where, among others, people who have suffered from type 2 diabetes from Laxå have been followed for over 40 years. Incidence and prevalence of diabetes, mortality and treatment and complications are examples of what is studied in this Laxå cohort. Other research areas are conducted in collaboration with researchers from several different universities in Sweden and are being about incidence and prevalence of diabetes in Sweden, complications in people with diabetes born abroad, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Sweden with a focus on intensive care and prevention of future risk of diabetes. Success factors and its importance for people with type 2 diabetes to achieve treatment goals.

Other research areas are to evaluate non-surgical obesity treatment through intervention with low energy diet (LED), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and gastric balloon. But also studies on how group treatment of overweight/obesity is affected by dietary habits, physical activity, health-related quality of life, eating behavior and metabolic health.

An additional research area is about hypersensitive bowel, ie Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), where intervention with CBT and/or diet is examined, but also how diagnosis of these patients are manage in primary care.

Stefan Jansson is chair of the National Working Group for Diabetes (NAG-D) within the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. Stefan Jansson has also been an expert in the National Board of Health and Welfare's work on the preparation of the national diabetes guidelines 2010, 2015 and 2017. Medical expert in the Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefit Agency (TLV) and its national review of the group of medicines and medical devices for people with diabetes. Medical expert at the Medical Products Agency's workshop for the development of national treatment recommendations regarding diabetes drugs 2009 and 2017. Stefan Jansson teaches medical students and supervises these within their in-depth work term 6 and 10, in addition Stefan is vice chairman of the Swedish Association for Diabetology (SFD).

Active projects

Research groups

Publications

Articles in journals | Articles, reviews/surveys | Chapters in books | Conference papers | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Rauma, J. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Cao, Y. & van Nieuwenhoven, M. A. (2024). A comparison of Swedish IBS patients and general practitioners regarding viewpoints on IBS: a Q-methodology study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.
Lind, A. , Cao, Y. , Hesser, H. , Hårdstedt, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Lernmark, Å. , Sundqvist, M. , Tevell, S. & et al. (2024). Anxiety, depression and quality of life in relation to SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in individuals living with diabetes during the second wave of COVID-19. Diabetes epidemiology and management, 13.
Imhagen, A. , Karlsson, J. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Anderzen-Carlsson, A. (2023). A lifelong struggle for a lighter tomorrow: A qualitative study on experiences of obesity in primary healthcare patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32 (5-6), 834-846.
Rådholm, K. , Af Geijerstam, P. , Woodward, M. , Chalmers, J. , Hellgren, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Rolandsson, O. (2023). Dog ownership, glycaemic control and all-cause death in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a national cohort study. Frontiers In Public Health, 11.
Lundqvist, M. H. , Patsoukaki, V. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Norman, H. , Granstam, E. , Svensson, M. K. , Sundström, J. , Eliasson, B. & et al. (2023). Health care registers can be instrumental for endpoint capture in clinical diabetes trials: example of microvascular complications in Swedish patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research, 20 (3).
Hellgren, M. , Wennberg, P. , Hedin, K. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Nilsson, S. , Nilsson, G. , Wändell, P. & Bengtsson Boström, K. (2023). Hypertension management in primary health care: a survey in eight regions of Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 41 (3), 343-350.
Imhagen, A. , Karlsson, J. , Ohlsson-Nevo, E. , Stenberg, E. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Hagberg, L. (2023). Levels of Physical Activity, Enjoyment, Self-Efficacy for Exercise, and Social Support Before and After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Longitudinal Prospective Observational Study. Obesity Surgery, 33 (12), 3899-3906.
Syrjälä, M. B. , Bennet, L. , Dempsey, P. C. , Fharm, E. , Hellgren, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Nilsson, S. , Nordendahl, M. & et al. (2022). Health effects of reduced occupational sedentary behaviour in type 2 diabetes using a mobile health intervention: a study protocol for a 12-month randomized controlled trial-the ROSEBUD study. Trials, 23 (1).
Jarl, G. , Johannesson, G. A. , Carlberg, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Hiyoshi, A. (2022). Incidence of lower-limb amputations in Sweden from 2008-2017. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 64 (2-3), 266-273.
Högberg, C. , Cronberg, O. , Thulesius, H. , Lilja, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Gunnarsson, U. (2022). Use of faecal immunochemical tests common in patients with suspected colorectal cancer but unrelated to travel distance to secondary care: a population-based study from Swedish primary care. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 40 (4), 459-465.
Seidu, S. , Cos, X. , Brunton, S. , Harris, S. B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Mata-Cases, M. , Neijens, A. M. J. , Topsever, P. & et al. (2021). A disease state approach to the pharmacological management of Type 2 diabetes in primary care: A position statement by Primary Care Diabetes Europe. Primary Care Diabetes, 15 (1), 31-51.
Sundström, J. , Kristófi, R. , Östlund, O. , Bennet, L. , Eliasson, B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Leksell, J. , Almby, K. & et al. (2021). A registry-based randomised trial comparing an SGLT2 inhibitor and metformin as standard treatment of early stage type 2 diabetes (SMARTEST): Rationale, design and protocol. Journal of diabetes and its complications, 35 (10).
Karlsson, J. , Galavazi, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Jendle, J. (2021). Effects on body weight, eating behavior, and quality of life of a low-energy diet combined with behavioral group treatment of persons with class II or III obesity: A 2-year pilot study. Obesity Science & Practice, 7 (1), 4-13.
Jendle, J. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2021). Kontinuerlig glukosmätning alternativ vid typ 2-diabetes [Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in type 2 diabetes]. Läkartidningen, 118.
Högberg, C. , Gunnarsson, U. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Thulesius, H. , Cronberg, O. & Lilja, M. (2020). Diagnosing colorectal cancer in primary care: cohort study in Sweden of qualitative faecal immunochemical tests, haemoglobin levels, and platelet counts. British Journal of General Practice, 70 (701), e843-e851.
Cos, X. , Seidu, S. , Brunton, S. , Harris, S. B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Mata-Cases, M. , Neijens, A. M. J. , Topsever, P. & et al. (2020). Impact on guidelines: the general practitioner point of view. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 166.
Husdal, R. , Thors Adolfsson, E. , Leksell, J. , Eliasson, B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Jerdén, L. , Stålhammar, J. , Steen, L. & et al. (2020). Organisation of primary diabetes care in people with type 2 diabetes in relation to all-cause mortality: A nationwide register-based cohort study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 167.
Högberg, C. , Gunnarsson, U. , Cronberg, O. , Thulesius, H. , Lilja, M. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2020). Qualitative faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for diagnosing colorectal cancer in patients with histories of rectal bleeding in primary care: a cohort study. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 35 (11), 2035-2040.
Husdal, R. , Thors Adolfsson, E. , Leksell, J. , Eliasson, B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Jerdén, L. , Stålhammar, J. , Steen, L. & et al. (2019). Associations between quality of work features in primary health care and glycaemic control in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A nationwide survey. Primary Care Diabetes, 13 (2), 176-186.
Fadl, H. , Saeedi, M. , Montgomery, S. , Magnuson, A. , Schwarcz, E. , Berntorp, K. , Sengpiel, V. , Storck-Lindholm, E. & et al. (2019). Changing diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes in Sweden: a stepped wedge national cluster randomised controlled trial-the CDC4G study protocol. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19 (1).
Rask, E. , Peters, H. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2019). Hypoglykemi: problematisk komplikation av överviktskirurgi [Hypoglycemia following gastric bypass surgery: A case, causes and coping]. Läkartidningen, 116 (8).
Lilja, M. , Hellgren, M. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2018). Diagnos och behandlingsmål vid diabetes typ 2 [Diagnosis and treatment goals in diabetes type 2]. Läkartidningen, 115.
Husdal, R. , Rosenblad, A. , Leksell, J. , Eliasson, B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Jerden, L. , Stålhammar, J. , Steen, L. & et al. (2018). Resources and organisation in primary health care are associated with HbA(1c) level: A nationwide study of 230 958 people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Primary Care Diabetes, 12 (1), 23-33.
Jansson, S. P. O. (2017). Diabetes i Laxå under 30 år: hög prevalens, stabil incidens. Läkartidningen, 104 (23), 1778-1778.
Husdal, R. , Rosenblad, A. , Leksell, J. , Eliasson, B. , Jansson, S. , Jerden, L. , Stålhammar, J. , Steen, L. & et al. (2017). Resource allocation and organisational features in Swedish primary diabetes care: Changes from 2006 to 2013. Primary Care Diabetes, 11 (1), 20-28.
Olafsdottir, E. , Andersson, D. K. G. , Dedorsson, I. , Svärdsudd, K. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Stefánsson, E. (2016). Early detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus and screening for retinopathy are associated with reduced prevalence and severity of retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmologica, 94 (3), 232-239.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Andersson, D. K. G. & Svärdsudd, K. (2016). Mortality and cardiovascular disease outcomes among 740 patients with new-onset Type 2 diabetes detected by screening or clinically diagnosed in general practice. Diabetic Medicine, 33 (3), 324-331.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Fall, K. , Brus, O. , Magnuson, A. , Wändell, P. , Östgren, C. J. & Rolandsson, O. (2016). Response to Carlsson et al.: Prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus: a nationwide population-based pharmaco-epidemiological study in Sweden. Diabetic Medicine, 33 (8), 1150-1152.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Fall, K. , Brus, O. , Magnuson, A. , Wändell, P. , Östgren, C. J. & Rolandsson, O. (2015). Prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus: a nationwide population-based pharmaco-epidemiological study in Sweden. Diabetic Medicine, 32 (10), 1319-1328.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Svärdsudd, K. & Andersson, D. K. G. (2014). Effects of fasting blood glucose levels and blood pressure and treatment of diabetes and hypertension on the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a study of 740 patients with incident Type 2 diabetes with up to 30 years' follow-up. Diabetic Medicine, 31 (9), 1055-1063.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Andersson, D. K. G. & Svärdsudd, K. F. (2013). Effects of fasting blood glucose, diabetes treatment, blood pressure and anti-hypertension treatment on cardiovascular disease incidence: a 30-year follow-up study of 740 incident patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 30 (3), 349-357.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Engfeldt, P. , Magnuson, A. , Lohse PT, G. & Liljegren, G. (2013). Interventions for lifestyle changes to promote weight reduction, a randomized controlled trial in primary health care. BMC Research Notes, 16 (1).
Agardh, C. , Ahrén, B. , Hanås, R. , Jansson, S. , Smith, U. , Toft, E. & Östenson, C. (2012). Varning för okritisk användning av överviktskirurgi vid typ 2-diabetes. Läkartidningen, 109 (25), 1208-1209.
Lindblad, U. , Lindberg, G. , Månsson, N. , Ranstam, J. , Tyrberg, M. , Jansson, S. , Lindwall, K. , Svärdh, M. & et al. (2011). Can sulphonylurea addition to lifestyle changes help to delay diabetes development in subjects with impaired fasting glucose? The Nepi ANtidiabetes StudY (NANSY). Diabetes, obesity and metabolism, 13 (2), 185-8.
Jansson, S. P. O. (2010). Överdödligheten vid diabetes minskar. Läkartidningen (7).
Jansson, S. P. , Andersson, D. K. & Svärdsudd, K. (2009). Mortality trends in subjects with and without diabetes during 33 years of follow up. Diabetes Care, 33 (3), 551-556.
Jansson, S. & Engfeldt, P. (2007). Förändrad livsstil kan förhindra typ 2-diabetes: interventionsstudier visar goda resultat hos "prediabetiker". Läkartidningen, 104 (49-50), 3771-3774.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Andersson, D. K. G. & Svärdsudd, K. (2007). Prevalence and incidence rate of diabetes mellitus in a Swedish community during 30 years of follow-up. Diabetologia, 50 (4), 703-710.

Articles, reviews/surveys

Seidu, S. , Cos, X. , Brunton, S. , Harris, S. B. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Mata-Cases, M. , Neijens, A. M. J. , Topsever, P. & et al. (2022). 2022 update to the position statement by Primary Care Diabetes Europe: a disease state approach to the pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes in primary care. Primary Care Diabetes, 16 (2), 223-244.
Jendle, J. , Landin, B. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Nordin, G. (2020). När HbA1c inte stämmer: Olika metoder kan ge olika resultat – och ibland kan även resultat som stämmer överens ge fel bild av glukosbalansen. Läkartidningen, 117 (37).

Chapters in books

Jansson, S. P. O. & Nilsson, P. (2023). Utvecklingen av diabetesbehandling i svensk primärvård sett ur ett historiskt perspektiv. In: Persson, Bodil E. B.; Nilsson, Peter M., Fetma, blodfetter och diabetes : en lång väg till effektiv behandling (pp. 135-143). . Sydsvenska Medicinhistoriska Sällskapet (SMHS).
Jansson, S. P. O. (2020). Diabetes i primär- och kommunvård. In: Mona Landin-Olsson, Diabetes (pp. 381-390). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Wenzel, H. , Jansson, S. P. O. & Landin-Olsson, M. (2017). Integrated Diabetes Care in Sweden. In: David Simmons, Helmut Wenzel, Janice C. Zgibor, Integrated Diabetes Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach (pp. 201-214). . Springer.

Conference papers

Fadl, H. , Saeedi, M. , Magnuson, A. , Patil, S. , Simmons, D. , Schwarcz, E. , Berntorp, K. , Jansson, S. P. O. & et al. (2023). Changing diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes (CDC4G) in Sweden: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Paper presented at 55th DPSG annual meeting 2023, Poznan, Polen, 7-10 September, 2023.
Jansson, S. P. O. , Ramstrand, S. , Carlberg, M. , Johannesson, G. A. , Hiyoshi, A. & Jarl, G. (2023). Exploring potential risk factors for lower limb amputation in people with diabetes: an observational cohort study of 66,565 individuals with diabetes in Sweden. In: Diabetologia. Paper presented at 59th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Hamburg, Germany, October 2-6, 2023. (pp. S114-S115). Springer.
Eriksson, J. , Bennet, L. , Eliasson, B. , Leksell, J. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Kristofi, R. , Lundqvist, M. , Östlund, O. & et al. (2023). Metformin or SGLT2 inhibitor as 1st line treatment of type 2 diabetes? Design and interim results of the SMARTEST trial. In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Paper presented at IDF World Diabetes Congress 2022, Lissabon, Portugal, December 5-8, 2022. Elsevier.
Fadl, H. , Patil, S. , Wikström, A. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Sengpiel, V. , Berntorp, K. , Ryen, L. , Ahlsson, F. & et al. (2022). Association of GDM Risk Factors with Glucose at Diagnosis and Treatment in Sweden. In: Diabetes. Paper presented at ADA- American Diabetes Association 82nd Scientific Session, New Orleans, USA, June 3, 2022. American Diabetes Association.
Ramstrand, S. , Carlberg, M. , Jarl, G. , Johannesson, A. , Hiyoshi, A. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2022). RISK FACTORS FOR AMPUTATION IN PERSONS WITH DIABETES IN ASWEDISH CONTEXT: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT DESIGN. In: Programme and abstracts Diabetic Foot Study Group. Paper presented at Diabetic Foot Study Group: 8th Scientific Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, 16-18 September, 2022. (pp. 37-37). Diabetic Foot Study Group.
Jarl, G. , Hiyoshi, A. , Carlberg, M. , Johannesson, A. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2021). Lower limb amputations in Sweden: incidence; time trends; and regional variations. Paper presented at DFSG,17th meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group, Virtual Conference, 24-25 September, 2021.
Göranzon, C. , Lidskog, M. , Freire, F. & Jansson, S. P. O. (2019). Peer learning: Medical students learn from and with each other in placement training at the primary health center. Paper presented at AMEE - Association for Medical Education in Europe, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 August, 2019.
Högberg, C. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Thulesius, H. , Cronberg, O. , Gunnarsson, U. & Lilja, M. (2019). The usefulness of Faecal Immunochemical Tests alone and combined with blood counts in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer in primary care in Sweden. Paper presented at The Cancer and Primary Care Research International network (Ca-PRI 2019), Toronto, Canada, 21-23 May, 2019.
Galavazi, M. , Jansson, S. P. O. , Jendle, J. & Karlsson, J. (2018). Long-term effects of low energy diet combined with CBT-based group treatment of patients with obesity on weight, quality of life and eating behaviour: a 2-year intervention study. Paper presented at IOB, Vienna, Austria, 2018.
Jansson, S. (2008). Mortality in a cohort of individuals with and without diabetes mellitus in a Swedish community during 30 years of follow up. Paper presented at American Diabetes Association's 68th Scientific Sessions San Francisco.
Jansson, S. (2008). Mortality in a cohort of individuals with and without diabetes mellitus in a Swedish community during 30 years of follow up. Paper presented at 44th EASD annual meeting Rom, Italien.
Jansson, S. (2008). Mortality in i cohort of individuals with and without diabetes mellitus in a Swedish community during 30 years of follow up. Paper presented at EDEG, Helsingör.

Manuscripts

de Brun, M. , Magnusson, A. , Montgomery, S. , Patil, S. , Simmons, D. , Berntorp, K. , Wennerholm, U. , Jansson, S. P. O. & et al. Changing diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes (CDC4G) in Sweden : a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.
de Brun, M. , Johansson, N. , Simmons, D. , Montgomery, S. , Berntorp, K. , Jansson, S. , Wennerholm, U. , Wikström, A. & et al. Healthcare cost consequences of changing diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (CDC4G) in Sweden : Alongside a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.