Bakgrunn: Det har vært mange myter og teorier knyttet til kvinners bekkensmerter gjennom historien. Langvarige bekkensmerter er fortsatt beskrevet som vanskelig å forstå i mye forskningslitteratur, og det er uklarhet rundt hvordan det bør behandles. En ny doktoravhandling konkluderer med at psykomotorisk fysioterapi kan være et fullgodt alternativ til tverrfaglig behandling for disse kvinnene. Ingen ...

Background: Interpretation is a natural element in clinical encounters. The aim of this research was to explore more in depth interpretation as phenomenon in a clinical setting. The purpose has been to study how interpretations of bodily expressions and reactions is organised during a treatment session and analyse how it affects what takes place in the clinical encounter. Method and material: The ...

Bakgrunn: Koronapandemien medførte beslutninger om inngripende tiltak som gjorde at store deler av samfunnet stengte ned i mars 2020. Et av regjeringens tiltak var å innføre strenge besøksrestriksjoner som i praksis medførte stengte sykehjem. En konsekvens av dette, var at de pårørende ikke kunne møte sine nærstående fysisk, før besøksrestriksjonene ble redusert våren 2020. Ektefeller som pårørende ...

Bakgrunn: Denne studiens hensikt er å øke kunnskapen om oppfølging av eldre personer med KOLS ved å lære av deres egne erfaringer. KOLS er en økende sykdom, og så mange som 250 000 til 350 000 mennesker i Norge antas å ha KOLS. Det er ulike måter å følge opp eldre personer med KOLS på i kommunene, og faktorer som geografi og økonomi spiller inn på hvilke valg og muligheter som finnes. Problemstilling: ...

Medication is key to the effective treatment of diseases but requires careful management to avoid errors that may harm patients. This study maps the Norwegian infrastructure for medication management. This infrastructure interlinks hospitals, nursing homes, home care, general practitioners, and so forth into an increasingly integrated record of each citizen’s medication. In spite of its electronic ...

Background: A person-centered and collaborative practice is considered crucial in contemporary physiotherapy. These ideals are often embraced in theory but are difficult to put into practice. As problems and solutions are related, understanding and refining theory on practical problems can close the knowing-doing gap and link the problem to the development of possible solutions.<p> <p>Objective: ...

This article is based on experiences with the Dreamcatchers, a project involving people living with substance addiction, and their significant others, in which the participants composed and explored narratives through creative, collaborative processes. In the article, we think with a narrative composed by one of the participants in the project to learn from her experiences. Our thinking is inspired ...

Background: Tranexamic acid (TXA) reduces mortality in trauma patients. Intramuscular (IM) administration could be advantageous in low-resource and military settings. Achieving the same serum concentration as intravenous (IV) administration is important to achieve equal mortality reduction. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether dividing an IM dose of TXA between two injection sites and whether ...

Objectives We explored associations between mammographic features and risk of breast cancer death among women with small (<15 mm) and large (≥15 mm) invasive screen-detected breast cancer.<p> <p>Methods We included data from 17,614 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer as a result of participation in BreastScreen Norway, 1996–2020. Data on mammographic features (mass, spiculated mass, ...

Background: We aimed to develop and validate a model predicting breast cancer risk for women targeted by breast cancer screening. Method: This retrospective cohort study included 57,411 women screened at least once in BreastScreen Norway during the period from 2007 to 2019. The prediction model included information about age, mammographic density, family history of breast cancer, body mass index, ...