Sara Riggare, PhD

Sara drabbades av Parkinsons – tog makten i egna händer Sara har Parkinsons sjukdom, men är även forskare, föreläsare och något av en banbrytare inom egenvård och digital hälsa.

Lite klickbait-varning på rubriken men en fin artikel tycker jag :)
www.mabra.com/medicin/sara...

A New Framework: Primary and Secondary Patient Engagement Patient engagement is advocated widely across health systems worldwide, but what we mean by “engagement” differs greatly depending on context. Consider two scenarios: a patient working with her doc…

We should start distinguishing primary from secondary patient engagement to clarify discourse and improve evaluation and implementation.

www.riggare.se/2025/05/20/a...

Hear my concerns and I will take your recommendations seriously Sara Riggare highlights the importance of trust and dialogue when making treatment decisions I have been living with Parkinson’s disease for four decades and, as a result, am almost fluent in “health...

I write in the BMJ: "Hear my concerns and I will take your recommendations seriously":

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Understanding Parkinson’s: The curse of knowledge I just realised that I have probably been suffering from the “curse of knowledge” when trying to explain Parkinson’s (PD) to people. With this I mean that things that are obvious …

@danamlewis.bsky.social did you see this post that I wrote recently? www.riggare.se/2024/11/20/u...

Thanks Dana, yes, I also think AI will change things for the better. But, and it’s a big BUT, I think that the lack of objective biomarkers in PD makes it much more difficult

Managing medication in PD – both complex and simple? Taking medication for Parkinson’s disease (PD) sounds simple: just follow your prescription, take your pills on time, and you’ll be fine. But the reality is far more complicated. I take my meds eve…

Taking meds for #PD sounds simple: just follow Ur prescription, take Ur pills on time, & U’ll be fine. But the reality is far more complicated. I take my meds every 3 hrs just to be able to function & figuring out the right schedule has been a process of trial & error.
www.riggare.se/2025/02/08/m...

Necklace made up of almost all blue beads. One yellow bead stands out. There is a silver pendant of the dopamine molecule. Necklace is coiled on top of a light brown dog.

The 1 vs 8,765 infographic quickly spread across the world as an arresting image of patient-led care and can be downloaded in Swedish, English, Spanish, Italian, and German. And now, she's making necklaces: 1 vs 364. @sarariggare.bsky.social is a #RebelHealth icon 💛💙

YouTube video by Sara Riggare Who knows best?

Still relevant 12 years later #spetspatient #whoknowsbest

youtu.be/LRqTw1oEybo?...

Det är dags för glögg-alignment-chart

Bruised knees and bruised ego… I have a new friend. She can be seen on the photo here and I picked her up in a shop the other day. A few days earlier I had no idea that I would feel the need to pick her up, but there you go, tha…

Revisiting a blog post I wrote 11 years ago: ”Bruised knees and bruised ego” #parkinson #freezingofgait

www.riggare.se/2013/10/25/b...

Thanks!

Thanks Becca! ❤️

Understanding Parkinson’s: The curse of knowledge I just realised that I have probably been suffering from the “curse of knowledge” when trying to explain Parkinson’s (PD) to people. With this I mean that things that are obvious …

Read my latest blog on what a shitty hand in the poker game of life means for #Parkinson

www.riggare.se/2024/11/20/u...

WPC2023: “To track or not to track” In July I was in Barcelona to attend the 6th World Parkinson Congress or WPC. As expected, it was a few very intense days with many impressions and interactions. One of my commitments was to speak …

Thanks Kristin, I am glad you like it! You might also be interested in this: www.riggare.se/2023/08/19/w...

Uppdatering av Helsingforsdeklarationen Visst känner du till Helsingforsdeklarationen? Den antogs första gången för 60 år sedan av World Medical Association (WMA) och fastslår ett antal etiska principer att beakta i medicinsk forskning. …

Visste du att det kommit en uppdatering av #Helsingforsdeklarationen? Hur kommer det att förändra din forskning?

#FromSubjectToParticipant

www.riggare.se/2024/11/19/u...

Thanks Louise, I am glad you like it. I wish I could say that things are changing in Sweden but unfortunately I see very little signs of that

My 5 top learnings from tracking my Parkinson for over a decade I have more than a decade of experience from tracking my Parkinson’s disease (PD) and I want to share my 5 most important learnings. Hopefully this can contribute to the increasing interest i…

A post from 2 years ago: ”My 5 top learnings from #tracking my #Parkinson for over a decade”. Let me know what you think, esp if you have #PD #yopd

www.riggare.se/2022/08/11/m...

“But Sara…” “But Sara, why would patients want to do research on themselves anyway? Isn’t it better if you all just give your data to a proper researcher?” I think that those who know me will agree that …

Posting a blog post I wrote 5 years ago, with reflections on patients’ role in research, what ”real” science is, and who can be a ”proper” researcher. #epistemicinjustice #patientresearcher

www.riggare.se/2019/07/23/b...

Thanks @dawnrichards.bsky.social !

Self-experimentation makes the headlines! What is self-experimentation? Sanctorio sitting in the balance that he made to calculate his net weight change over time after the intake and excretion of foodstuffs and fluids. Self-experimentatio…

I read an article about self-experimentation in Nature yesterday and decided to write a blog post: www.riggare.se/2024/11/11/s...

This is why patient involvement is important for improving healthcare or “It seems inconvenient, but if you really want to, you can try” (This blog post is also available in Swedish =>> here) Most people living with Parkinson’s disease take a lot of pills, multiple times a day. After having Parkinson’s for a while,…

Why is patient involvement important when improving healthcare? I recently read a scientific article that made me see it in a new light

www.riggare.se/2024/08/08/t...

Därför är patientmedverkan viktigt i utvecklingen av vården eller “Det verkar besvärligt men om du verkligen vill så kan du få prova” De flesta som lever med Parkinsons sjukdom tar många piller, ofta flera olika sorter och flera gånger varje dag. När man haft Parkinson ett tag så är det inte ovanligt med 3-4 olika typer av medici…

Idag ett blogginlägg på svenska: Varför är det egentligen viktigt med patientmedverkan vid utvecklingen av vården? Vad är det som patienter tillför?
www.riggare.se/2024/08/08/d...

“Do you want to drink cappuccinos or do you want to get well?” Even though the notion of shared decision-making in healthcare was first mentioned in scientific literature already during the 1970s, the main development in the field has taken place since 1997, w…

New blog post:

www.riggare.se/2024/07/12/c...

Enkät - Viktigt i vården. Hjälp oss (forskare Uppsala universitet) ta reda på vad som är viktigt för patienter & närstående i vården! Vi vill ha svar både från personer som är i vården sällan och de som är där oftare. Mer info och enkät 👇👇👇. Dela gärna vidare

doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/ku...

Kolla DM

@funkisfeministen.bsky.social kanske Anna Gustafsson på DN?

Idag hörs jag (ännu hesare än vanligt) i vetenskapsradion. Kort inslag 06:35, 07:35, 08:35, kan höras via denna länk: sverigesradio.se/artikel/pati...

Längre inslag 12:09 (länk kommer senare)

Lyssna och tala om vad ni tycker!

En sån vacker bengal!!

Inför första advent kommer här några klargöranden i ett glögg alignment chart