Early Needs Assessment in Patients With Non-Specific Symptoms of Cancer: An Explorative Study. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose The incidence of cancer is growing causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Despite knowledge about the level of disability in patients with cancer, recognition of the value of rehabilitation and recommendations as well as adoption of systematic needs assessments is lacking. The aim was to describe patients with non‐
Kristensen HN +4 more
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The Quality in Psychiatric Care-Outpatient Staff Instrument: Psychometric Evaluation and Staff Views on Quality of Care. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of the present study is to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Quality in Psychiatric Care–Outpatient Staff (QPC–OPS) instrument and briefly describe the staff's views on the quality of care provided in general outpatient clinics as well as demographic and clinical factors associated with quality of ...
Schröder A, Lundqvist LO.
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Incidence of childhood and youth epilepsy: A population-based prospective cohort study utilizing current International League Against Epilepsy classifications for seizures, syndromes, and etiologies. [PDF]
Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to describe incidence and distribution of seizures, etiologies, and epilepsy syndromes in the general child and youth population, using the current International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classifications. Methods The study platform is the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Epilepsy
Vikin T +4 more
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Decreased serum concentrations of antiseizure medications in children with drug resistant epilepsy following treatment with ketogenic diet. [PDF]
Abstract Objective To examine the potential influence of a ketogenic diet on serum concentrations of antiseizure medications (ASMs) in children with drug resistant epilepsy. Methods We investigated the serum concentrations of ASMs in 25 children with drug resistant epilepsy, 2–13 years of age, treated with a classical ketogenic diet for 12 weeks.
Pedersen S +6 more
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Tapping into the unimpossible: Philosophical health in lives with spinal cord injury
Abstract Background We investigated the personal philosophies of eight persons with a tetraplegic condition (four male, four female), all living in Sweden with a chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and all reporting a good life. Our purpose was to discover if there is a philosophical mindset that may play a role in living a good life with a traumatic SCI.
Luis de Miranda +2 more
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The present study is one of the first studies of the association between both level of physical activity and frequency of everyday activities and cortical and subcortical CBF in older adults. The main findings from the analyses supported that more physical activity, particular LPA, and higher frequency of everyday activities, particular social ...
Anne‐Marthe Sanders +13 more
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Prevalence of chronic pain in children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions
Abstract The prevalence of pain in children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions is rarely investigated. The aims of the current study were to (a) describe the prevalence of headaches and abdominal pain in children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions, (b) compare the prevalence of pain in children and adolescents with psychiatric ...
Sara Lundqvist +5 more
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Abstract In this exploratory study from a randomized double‐blinded crossover trial including 70 patients with coronary heart disease and self‐perceived muscular side effects of statins, we aimed to determine the relationship between low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) reduction and atorvastatin metabolite plasma concentrations.
E. Sverre +9 more
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Introduksjon av kompenserende teknologi i arbeidsrettet rehabilitering
Introduksjon av kompenserende teknologi kan bidra til å bedre konkurranseevnen til arbeidssøkere med kognitive utfordringer. Slik teknologi blir i liten grad introdusert i arbeidsrettet rehabilitering. Denne artikkelen baserer seg på en studie av hvordan
Gunnar Michelsen +2 more
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Torturskader fører til sammensatte behandlings- og rehabiliteringsbehov som rammebetingelsene på helse- og velferdsområdet ikke er tilstrekkelig tilrettelagt for, og som vanskelig kan ivaretas av en hjelper alene.
Moa Nyamwathi Lønning +1 more
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