Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the age-varying mortality risk associated with different labour market status categories.<p> <p>Methods: Data from a population-based survey carried out among adults aged 30–62 years in Finnmark in 1987/1988 were linked to the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry to identify all deaths occurring by December 2017. We used flexible parametric survival ...

Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) suites are expected to cover a broad range of use scenarios for healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home-care services, and general practitioner (GP) clinics. However, preparation for the implementation of EHR suites requires years of detailed planning and consumes considerable financial and human resources. A key problem, then, is that there ...

Bakgrunn: Individuell plan er en lovfestet rettighet for de som har behov for langvarige og koordinerte tjenester. Formålet med ordningen er å sikre at tjenestemottakerne får et helhetlig, koordinert og individuelt tilpasset tjenestetilbud. Individuell plan skal både bedre samordningen av tjenester og sikre bedre brukermedvirkning. Det er imidlertid fortsatt få brukere/pasienter som får individuell ...

<p>Objectives: Low levels of physical activity may have considerable negative effects on bone health in adolescence, and increasing screen time in place of sporting activity during growth is worrying. This study explored the associations between self-reported screen time at weekends and bone mineral density (BMD). <p>Design: In 2010/2011, 1038 (93%) of the region’s first-year upper-secondary ...

Jeg fokuserer på hvordan vi kan tenke omkring koblingen mellom lek og læring, og hvordan vi som terapeuter kan lykkes med å jobbe lek-basert uten at dette spolerer barnets leke-opplevelse. Dette eksemplifiseres gjennom funn fra det pågående forskningsprosjektet «Lek som terapeutisk virkemiddel i barnefysioterapi».

Introduction: <br>Sensory-motor play is at the core of child development and an important element in physical therapist(PT)s’ work to improve infants’ motor skills. In this study, we investigate how PTs scaffold and use play in physical therapy intervention with preterm infants at corrected age (CA) 3-14 months. <br> Material and Methods:<br> We collected data by observing 20 physical therapy ...

Background<p> <p>Concerns about disease and an increase in health anxiety levels are expected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there have been few longitudinal studies of health anxiety in the general population during this time period. The aim of this study was to examine health anxiety levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in an adult, working population in Norway. <p>Material ...

This article explores how very old people in Northern Norway supported life before economic modernization, from nineteenth-century census registrations and ethnographic sources. Very few lived alone. About 80 percent were primarily supported by living with relations—family, kin, or nonkin, participating with work and experience, the majority through a retirement agreement. In the northernmost parts, ...

Purpose: To illuminate patients’ lived experiences of going through the process of being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients and methods: A phenomenological-hermeneutic analysis was applied in the interpretation of interviews with eight persons diagnosed with mild or moderate COPD. <p>Results: One main theme ‘living in negotiation’, and three themes ‘living with ...