<p><i>Background - </i>Community-dwelling persons with dementia commonly use dietary supplements (DS), often without receiving help with the administration. Patient safety is a concern, as DS-drug interactions and adverse events are potential complications. Since many persons with dementia buy their DS in pharmacies, we investigated Norwegian pharmacy employees’ attitudes and professional practice ...

In Northern Norway, traditional healing has been preserved by passing down the knowledge through generations. Religious prayers of healing (<i>reading</i>) and Sami rituals (<i>curing</i>) are examples of methods that are used. We have examined traditional healers’ understanding of traditional healing, the healing process and their own practice, as well as what characteristics healers should have. ...

Intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has previously only been researched in small, possibly biased, samples. There seems to be a lack of scientific information regarding healthy individual's attitudes and presumed use of CAM. The aim of this study is to describe prevalence and characteristics of participants who intend to see a CAM provider compared to participants who ...

<i>Background</i>: Previous research has shown that bereaved individuals are at risk of developing physical and mental health problems. However, knowledge is scarce about the associations between severe grief reactions after bereavement and physical and mental health problems and the use of health services.<p> <p><i>Objectives</i>: The present study sought to investigate the prevalence of severe ...

Objective Despite advances in cancer treatment and increased survival, adolescents in treatment for cancer often suffer from psychosocial distress, negative mood, and chronic health problems. Wilderness therapy is considered a promising program to address psychosocial issues among adolescents with mental or behavioral health issues. There is little research on whether it may benefit adolescents in ...

Introduction - The majority of childhood, adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors suffer from long-term and late effects such as fatigue, psychological distress or comorbid diseases. Effective health promotion strategies are needed to support the health of this vulnerable group. This protocol provides a methodological description of a study that aims to examine the feasibility and safety ...

Denne rapport giver en introduction til kvalitative forskningsmetoder, der er velegnede til forskning i komplementær og alternativ behandling. Kvalitative og kvantitative metoder producerer meget forskellige former for kundskaber, som er rettet mod forskellige brugssammenhænge og formål. Vi starter med at forholde os til evidens-baseret viden og beskriver epistemologiske baggrunde for at vælge ...

Background and purpose The Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) is an instrument for the assessment of qual‑ ity of life (QOL) in diseases of the upper and lower GI tract, which is validated in several languages around the world. The purpose of this literature review is the assessment of the GIQLI in patients with benign colorectal diseases. Reports on GIQLI data are collected from ...

Control interventions (often called “sham,” “placebo,” or “attention controls”) are essential for studying the efficacy or mechanism of physical, psychological, and self-management interventions in clinical trials. This article presents core recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting control interventions to establish a quality standard in non-pharmacological intervention research. A ...

This research was to summarize the comparative efficacy and safety of red yeast rice (RYR) preparations and analyze the treatment ranking of lipid-lowering agents including RYR. Thirty-one systematic reviews (SRs) involving 165 randomized trials with 14,987 dyslipidemia participants were included. All the SRs showed a high overall risk of bias. A Bayesian network meta-analysis was performed. Only ...