Sexual motivation (desire) requires the simultaneous presence of an active central motive state and a stimulus with sexual significance. Once activated, sexual motivation leads to visceral responses and approach behaviors directed toward the emitter of the sexual stimulus. In humans, such behaviors follow cognitive evaluation of the context, including predictions of the approached individual’s ...

Aim To explore associations between baseline factors and weight-related outcomes among participants enrolled in a paediatric obesity trial. Methods We included children aged 6–12 years participating in a 2-year multidisciplinary family programme who attended a postintervention follow-up 36 months from baseline (n = 62). Outcome measures were change in body mass index standard deviation score (BMI ...

Introduction The aim was to describe and compare changes in the reproductive pattern of women in their 40s observed over a decade in Scandinavia. Material and Methods Cross-sectional study using the total population of women aged 40–49 years between 2008–2018 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden (on average n = 1.5 million). Aggregated data concerning birth and induced abortion rate were collected and ...

<p><b> Objective</b> Many patients have medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS); some of them attribute their health complaints to dental amalgam fillings. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and responsiveness of General Health Complaints index (GHC-index) for measuring the symptom load in MUPS patients compared to the widely used symptom outcome measure, Giessen Subjective ...

Background: Recently, graded prognostic assessment (GPA) for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with brain metastases has been developed. This includes age, performance status, number of brain metastases and presence of extracranial metastases. The aim of the present study was to validate this four-tiered prognostic score in a European cohort of patients. Methods: The retrospective validation ...

We aimed to investigate the epidemiology and natural history of FKRP-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R9 (LGMDR9) in Norway. We identified 153 genetically confirmed subjects making the overall prevalence 2.84/100,000, the highest reported figure worldwide. Of the 153 subjects, 134 (88 %) were homozygous for FKRP c.826C>A giving a carrier frequency for this variant of 1/101 in Norway. Clinical ...

Å gi trøst er en integrert del av sykepleie, og å få trøst er et grunnleggende menneskelig behov. I dette vitenskapelige essayet ser vi nærmere på hvordan fenomenet trøst kommer til uttrykk i norsk helsesykepleiepraksis. Helsesykepleiere i Norge yter ikke pleietjenester, men tilbyr helsefremmende og forebyggende helsetjenester til barn og unge mellom 0 og 20 år. Deres omsorgspraksis har blitt beskrevet ...

Objective: To describe maternal perception of the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) in facilities in Norway during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic.<p> <p>Methods: Women who gave birth in a Norwegian facility from March 1, 2020, to October 28, 2021, filled out a structured online questionnaire based on 40 WHO standards-based quality measures. Quantile regression analysis was performed ...

Becoming a parent for the first time is a major transition, and parental self‐efficacy (PSE) is considered an important predictor of parenting functioning. We aimed to describe and synthesize qualitative studies that explore first‐time parents' experiences related to PSE in the transition to parenthood in the first‐year postpartum. We conducted a scoping review in accordance with international ...

Dette essayet omhandler spedbarnstrøst. Hvorfor trøst er så betydningsfullt for spedbarnet, og hvordan omsorgspersoners kapasitet til å trøste påvirkes av intuitiv adferd, kultur og nyere forskning og erfaringsbasert kunnskap. Trøst i denne livsfasen er innspunnet i grunnleggende omsorg, og barnet behøver hyppig støtte til å dempe uhensiktsmessig aktivitet i et umodent nervesystem. Det essensielle ...