{"id":3728,"date":"2024-08-12T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/?page_id=3728"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:52:24","slug":"about-swedeamp-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/about-swedeamp-in-english","title":{"rendered":"About SwedeAmp (in English)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About SwedeAmp (in English)<\/h1>\n<p>On this page you will find various info about SwedeAmp \u2013 the Amputation and Prosthetics Registry for the lower Extremity, a Swedish National Quality Registry.<\/p>\n<h2>General information<\/h2>\n<p>The main purpose of SwedeAmp is to improve the quality of care for individuals undergoing a lower limb amputation in Sweden. The registry captures clinically based data related to the patient, the surgical procedure, the prosthetic supply, and the patient\u2019s situation before and after amputation.<\/p>\n<p>SwedeAmp aims to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>provide a coherent view of the amputation panorama and its consequences<\/li>\n<li>demonstrate differences in the care of patients undergoing a lower limb amputation<\/li>\n<li>provide data for cost analyses<\/li>\n<li>provide guidance in the planning of treatment for individual patients at risk for an amputation<\/li>\n<li>provide data for the evaluation of the prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>provide data for feedback and improvements throughout the continuum of care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SwedeAmp has been a National Quality Registry since 2011 and is funded by the Swedish government. SwedeAmp is connected to the competence center RC Syd (Quality Registry Center South).<br \/>\nMore information regarding organization of Swedish registries can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kunskapsstyrningvard.se\/kunskapsstyrningvard\/kvalitetsregister\/qualityregistries.77364.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the national site for the system of National Quality Registries.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Annual reports<\/h2>\n<p>Every year SwedeAmp publish an annual report. If you are curious about the reports we have compiled all of them on our website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/publikationer\/arsrapporter\">Click here to get to the annual reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Published research based on SwedeAmp data<\/h2>\n<p>If you are curious about the published research that has been done based on SwedeAmp data we have compiled all the publications on our website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/publikationer\/vetenskapliga-publikationer\/vetenskapliga-publikationer-dar-swedeamp-medverkat\">Click here to get to the published research based on SwedeAmp data.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How to get access to SwedeAmp data for research<\/h2>\n<p>We welcome the use of SwedeAmp data for research purposes. To access data, two separate approvals are required: first from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority and thereafter from the Swedish Region Sk\u00e5ne. Both involve a fee that must be covered by the applying researcher.<\/p>\n<p>You can find detailed information via the links below.<\/p>\n<h3>Approval for ethics review<\/h3>\n<p>At the Swedish Ethical Review Authority you apply for an approval for ethics review.<br \/>\nThe information on their website is available in English.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etikprovningsmyndigheten.se\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to visit the Swedish Ethical Review Authority.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Approval for data extraction from Region Sk\u00e5ne<\/h3>\n<p>At Region Sk\u00e5ne you apply for a KVB approval for the release of patient data.<br \/>\nThe information on their website is only available in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skane.se\/om-region-skane\/forskning\/for-dig-som-forskar\/personuppgifter-och-patientdata\/kvb-ansokan-for-utlamnande-av-patientdata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to visit Region Sk\u00e5ne&#8217;s information about KVB approvals.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SwedeAmp&#8217;s variables at the Swedish Research Council<\/h3>\n<p>At the Swedish Research Council, in their tool RUT (Register Utiliser Tool), you can find desciptions about all the variables in SwedeAmp. Access to this tool requires a login.<br \/>\nThe information on their website is only available in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rut.registerforskning.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to visit the Swedish Research Council&#8217;s tool RUT.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Contact with SwedeAmp<\/h3>\n<p>If you have questions regarding a planned research project based on SwedeAmp data, you are welcome contact us via <a href=\"mailto:info@swedeamp.com\">info@swedeamp.com<\/a> and we will do our best to assist you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SwedeAmp (in English) On this page you will find various info about SwedeAmp \u2013 the Amputation and Prosthetics Registry for the lower Extremity, a Swedish National Quality Registry. General information The main purpose of SwedeAmp is to improve the quality of care for individuals undergoing a lower limb amputation in Sweden. The registry captures&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/about-swedeamp-in-english\">L\u00e4s mer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3728\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcsyd.se\/swedeamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}