This thesis explored the immediate and long-term impact of participating in a 7-week mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention on medical and psychology students. A significant proportion of healthcare professionals experience distress and stress-related burnout, which have been linked to patient dissatisfaction, worse patient outcomes, and increased rates of medical error. Distress, ...

Hvordan forholder ansatt i sykehjem seg til motstridende styringskrav i organisering av det daglige arbeidet? En doktorgradsavhandling ved Institutt for helse- og omsorgsfag viser at ansatte i sykehjem utvikler kreative arbeidsmåter for å klare å balansere faglige verdier med markedsideologiske styringskrav (NPM). Balanseringen innebærer etablering av ulike mestringsstrategier, utvikling av nye ...

Compulsory outpatient psychiatric care or outpatient commitment (OC) is intended to ensure treatment of people with severe psychotic disorders after discharge from inpatient care. Although OC has long been used in Norway, there is little research-based knowledge of the extent and content of the scheme and a particular lack of knowledge of the experiences of those involved. The studies are based on ...

Background: Patients with colorectal malignancies have benefited from major improvements in surgical technique and perioperative care during the last decades. These improvements have contributed to fast recovery and high survival rates. In contrast, patients with upper abdominal malignant disease often experience delayed recovery and long-standing functional impairment. Postoperative complications ...

This is a study of suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), a region with a large proportion of indigenous Nenets. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the problem of suicide in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the Russian Arctic. Our study aim was to assess suicide rates in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the NAO, as well as the socio-demographic ...

Neuroblastoma er en type nervecellekreft hos barn. Den har en svært kompleks biologisk heterogenisitet og er i noen tilfeller resistent mot cellegift. Den aggressive varianten av neuroblastoma er vanskelig å behandle, og dødeligheten er relativ høy. Det betyr at behovet for alternative behandlingsstrategier er stort. Gjennom økt biologisk forståelse kan man utvikle mer målrettede behandlinger som ...

Haemophilus influenzae is a major pathogen, with the ability to cause a wide spectrum of invasive and non-invasive infections. Beta-lactams are first-line drugs but beta- lactam resistant strains are common. Beta-lactamase (bla) producing isolates emerged in the 1970s, and non-bla-mediated resistance due to mutations in the ftsI gene encoding penicillin-binding protein 3, denoted ‘rPBP3’ in this ...

During the 20th century, humans have been exposed to an increasing number of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). However, due to restrictions on use and the banning of several POPs, environmental concentrations of POPs have generally decreased since the 1980s. POPs are transferred to humans primarily through diet and are transferred from the mother to the foetus during pregnancy and to infants ...

Education is important for the individual and for society. One of the most important and stable predictors of educational dropout is academic performance, typically measured by grades. This thesis aims to investigate factors related to academic performance and student dropout. It comprises two projects. The first project, Young Will (Ung vilje), is based on a sample of adolescents entering upper ...

Tidligere studier har vist en sammenheng mellom vitamin D-nivåer og type 2 diabetes, men om vitamin D kan brukes for å forebygge type 2 diabetes, har ikke vært kjent. 511 personene ble inkludert i studien og jevnt fordelt til å motta enten ukentlig høy-dose vitamin D-tilskudd eller narremedisin (placebo). Etter ett år var det ingen effekt av vitamin D-tilskudd på utviklingen av type 2 diabetes ...