Introduction and hypothesis: The aims were to establish the prevalence of sexually abstinent women because of Pelvic Floor Disorders (PFDs) in parous women, and to examine if abstinence was associated with symptoms of PFDs or functional anatomy of the pelvic floor. Methods: Cross-sectional study of parous women responding to a questionnaire and undergoing pelvic floor examination. Distress for ...

Background: Dental treatment might involve invasive and potentially painful procedures, and most people report having experienced some degree of pain and negative emotions related to dental treatment. Experiences of painful treatment appear related to development and maintenance of dental anxiety. Since it has been documented that negative emotions influence perception of pain we sought to ...

INTRODUCTION: Docetaxel (DOC) is a potent anticancer drug but has several limitations such as poor solubility. The currently commercially available formulation of DOC is limited by reported serious side effects which either is attributed to the drug itself or the solvent used. Nanomedicine has been used for improving the therapeutic outcome of several drugs, but so far there are none available with ...

Summary of thesis The core of medicine, even specialized and high-tech medicine, is a meeting, a consultation, between a human being asking for advice and another human being, whose knowledge and experience is expected to be helpful. This thesis explores how the suspicion of cancer can arise in such a consultation, how general practitioners (GPs) can contribute to cancer care and how GPs might ...

Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most of contacts between patients and health care take place in primary care. Small sample population studies report that 4–49% of the general public have experienced AEs related to their own or ...

The use of increasingly complex payment schemes in primary care may represent a barrier to recruiting general practitioners (GP). The existing Norwegian remuneration system is fully activity based - 2/3 fee-for-service and 1/3 capitation. Given that the system has been designed and revised in close collaborations with the medical association, it is likely to correspond - at least to some degree - ...

Objective: To evaluate whether duration of LNG-IUD use varies by the contraceptive experience of the provider. Methods: 49 499 women who had a LNG-IUD prescription during 2010 and 2011 were identified from the NorPD database. The contraceptive experience of the providers was measured as number of prescriptions for any hormonal contraception, and number of LNG-IUD prescriptions in 2008/2009. Duration ...

Gender roles are formed in early childhood and continue to influence behavior through adolescence and adulthood, including the choice of academic majors and careers. In many countries, men are underrepresented in communal roles in health care, elementary education, and domestic functions (HEED fields, Croft et al., 2015), whereas women are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering, ...

Attending school on a regular basis and completing school is usually seen as a precondition for students’ academic, emotional, and social learning and development. However, some students struggle with school attendance problems (SAPs) for a myriad of reasons. Homeschooling is a topic of concern in long-term or problematic SAP cases. Some scholars claim that school absenteeism might increase and be ...