Background - The global financial crisis emerging in 2008 struck Greece especially hard, whereas Scandinavian countries were less affected. This has created a unique opportunity to study the long-term effect of community stress on populations. Increasing frequencies of mental health issues and poorer perceived health among the Greek population have been reported. The physiological marker of long-term ...

<p>Bakgrunn og hensikt: Utfordrende atferd er hyppig forekommende på sykehjem. Hensikten med studien er å få kunnskap om sykepleieres erfaringer med utfordrende atferd hos personer med demens i forsterket skjermet enhet på sykehjem. <p>Metode: Dette er en kvalitativ studie der data er samlet inn ved hjelp av fire semi-strukturerte forskningsintervju. Data er analysert ved å bruke systematisk ...

<p>Background: At the beginning of the 2000s, Norwegian research in nursing and allied health disciplines was described as weak. Since 2007, the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority has had a strategic focus on enhancing health research. <p>Objective: The objective of this project was to evaluate whether the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority’s research investment has given results. ...

<i>Purpose</i> - Low bone mineral density (BMD) is associated with increased risk of fractures and mortality. We investigated if rate of BMD loss in the distal forearm over seven years predicted mortality.<br><br> <i>Methods</i> - 1725 postmenopausal women and 1879 men aged 50–74 who participated in the longitudinal Tromsø Study waves 4 (1994–95) and 5 (2001−2002) were included. Cox regression ...

<p><i>Purpose:</i> To compare stroke-specific health related quality of life in two country-regions with organisational differences in subacute rehabilitation services, and to reveal whether organisational factors or individual factors impact outcome. <p><i>Materials and methods:</i> A prospective multicentre study with one-year follow-up of 369 first-ever stroke survivors with ischaemic or ...

<i>Abstract</i> - Introduction Health information is a prerequisite of informed decision-making. Criteria for development, content and presentation have recently been published in a corresponding guideline. Within a systematic search, 27 relevant checklists were identified, none of them, however, complying with the guideline or providing reasonably operationalised measurement items. Therefore, a ...

<i>Background</i> - Vocational support is recommended for patients in cardiac rehabilitation (CR), as returning to work is important in patients social readjusting after an acute coronary event. Information is lacking on whether CR leads to higher long-term employment after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).<p> <p><i>Aims</i> - The aims of this study were to determine employment status ...

Bakgrunn: Rehabilitering er en sentral del av fysioterapitjenesten. Innføring av flere nasjonale handlingsplaner, der digitalisering står i fokus, kan tyde på at tradisjonell rehabilitering vil måtte endres og tilpasses. Telerehabilitering er en tilnærming som hevdes å kunne øke tilgjengelighet. Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke pasienters erfaring med fysioterapi over avstand. Metode: ...

<i>Aims and objectives</i> - To explore how information concerning ICU patients´ families is included in the ICU clinicians’ daily handover.<p> <p><i>Background</i> - Handover refers to the transfer of information and care responsibility between clinicians. An effective and precise handover are of great importance to ensure quality of care. Although improvements in handovers have received increasing ...

<i>Aims</i>: To describe lived experiences of spirituality from the perspective of people who have been subject to inpatient psychiatric care and to interpret these experiences from an understanding of health as dialectical.<p> <p><i>Methods</i>: After approval from a regional ethical board,eleven participants were recruited from two organisations for people with mental health problems. Participants ...