Ongoing projects

Disinvestment

Deimplementation refers to the process of identifying, evaluating, and phasing out healthcare interventions that are not considered to create value for patients, also referred to a low-valuecare. This project is a government assignment that will result in a knowledge compilation on deimplementation. The assignment includes mapping research about me...

ADHD and driving performance

SBU shall deliver a report about the present scientific knowledge on driving performance in adults with adhd, to the Swedish Transport Agency who has been commissioned by the Swedish government to review their regulations about driving regulations.

Barriers and facilitators when implementing guidelines in health and social care for the elderly

By Swedish government decision S2023/03257, SBU have been commissioned to increase knowledge about improvement in health and social care for the elderly.

Rapid reviews in situations of crisis

Background By Swedish government decision December 19, 2024, SBU has been commissioned to develop a process for ”rapid reviews” to be used in crisis situations. Aim SBU will develop a process to rapidly produce and deliver scientific reviews adapted to the receiver for decision making concerning health and health care in crisis situations. In the p...

Interventions to formal caregivers for increased patient safety

The purpose of this project is to identify and map systematic reviews concerning interventions to formal caregivers to detect and continuously monitor health conditions, in order to increase patient safety. Background Formal caregivers have regular contact with people who receive care or support within community welfare services, such as nursing ho...

Newborn screening for Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)

MLD is under consideration for the newborn screening program and SBU will investigate part of the criteria that’s needed for the decision. The results will be delivered to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.  

Test Accuracy for diagnostic algorithms with suspected ovarian cancer

Background To substantially improve the overall prognosis of ovarian cancer, the accepted paradigm is: improved and safe pre-operative diagnostics.There is currently no single diagnostic method that has sufficiently high sensitivity/specificity to make an accurate and risk-free pre-operative diagnosis. Today in Sweden the initial diagnostic method...

Psychometric properties for instruments used to measure Core outcomes for provoked vestibulodynia

SBU have in a previous project developed a Core Outcome Set to be used in provoked vestibulodynia research. This is a continuation on that project where we investigate the psychometric properties for instruments that can be used when measuring the selected outcomes.

Alternative methods to coercive measures

By Swedish government decision 22 Juni 2023, SBU has been commissioned to carry out knowledge synthesis on alternative methods to coercive measures within psychiatric compulsory care, forensic psychiatric care and state institutional care.

Reinforced foster homes

Background By Swedish government decision 13 April 2023, SBU and the National Board of Health and Welfare have been commissioned to increase knowledge about reinforced foster family care and treatment foster care and to improve the conditions for more placements in reinforced foster family care and treatment foster care. Aim SBU shall produce a kno...