Drawing on the metaphor of “care convoys,” this study explores the experiences and strategies of family caregivers of older adults with dementia in rural areas of Northern Norway. The study is part of a broader project that investigates how these older adults and their caregivers use or do not use municipal health and care services. We conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with 11 family caregivers ...

Aim: To explore the challenges and strategies among new and experienced nursing leaders in mental healthcare; furthermore, to identify factors that support or hinder their leadership roles. Background: Strong nursing leadership is crucial for the quality of patient care and is associated with higher job security and better patient outcomes. Understanding what factors contribute to effective leadership ...

In clinical practice, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a measurement of kidney functioning, is normally calculated using equations, such as the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equation. Despite being the most general equation, EKFC, just like previously proposed approaches, can still struggle to achieve satisfactory performance, limiting its clinical applicability. As a possible ...

Verbal fluency (VF) represents an important aspect of intelligence, in which oral word generation is demanded following semantic or phonemic cues. Two reliable phenomena of VF execution have been reported: A decay in performance across 1-minute trial and a discrepancy score between the semantic and phonemic VF tests (VFTs). Although, these characteristics have been explained from various cognitive ...

<p>Introduction: Since 2001, due to the change in the Pharmacy Act, the accessibility of pharmacies to the public has considerably increased due to the increase in the number of pharmacies owned by chain wholesalers. In terms of pharmaceutical brands, competition serves as a driving force that compels brands to make new, effective, and enhanced medicines while encouraging generic companies to provide ...

<p><i>Background.</i> The prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Obesity is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and predisposes to hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and dyslipidemia. The simultaneous presence of visceral adiposity and these cardiometabolic disorders, also known as the metabolic syndrome, accelerates atherosclerotic ...

Background Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is associated with an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, predominantly the luminal A-like subtype. The impact of MHT on deaths from breast cancer subtypes is less understood. This study aimed to explore associations between MHT use and the incidence, mortality, and survival of intrinsic-like breast cancer subtypes.<p> <p>Methods Data from ...

Background With increasing focus on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in chronic rheumatic diseases, we aimed to evaluate the self-reported physical and psychosocial health in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) compared to matched population-based controls. Furthermore, we aimed to study the association of patient and physician-reported outcome measures in JIA with ...

Background In January 2017, the Norwegian government mandated the establishment of an inpatient unit for“medication-free treatment” for patients with severe mental illness at the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø. This study aims to explore the employees’ experiences with this unit.<p> <p>Method Focus group interviews were conducted October 2021 – February 2022. For analysis, the ...

Purpose - To explore the association between radiologists’ interpretation scores, early performance measures and cumulative reading volume in mammographic screening.<p> <p>Method - We analyzed 1,689,731 screening examinations (3,379,462 breasts) from BreastScreen Norway 2012–2020, all breasts scored 1–5 by two independent radiologists. Score 1 was considered negative/benign and score ≥2 positive ...