Skjeggestad, Erik Norvoll, Reidun Sandal, Gro M Gulbrandsen, Pål
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Silence was the coping strategy adopted by both the foreign doctors and native healthcare professionals when facing difficulties in their working relationships. In such situations, many foreign doctors are socialized into a new workplace in which uncertainty and shortcomings are not discussed openly. Effective leadership and procedures to facilitat...
Skogen, Jens C Øverland, Simon Smith, Otto R F Aarø, Leif E
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Based on considerations of fit indices, viability of subscales and associations with social and socioeconomic factors we suggest that a uni-dimensional model is most appropriate for HSCL-25 in a student population. Future investigations should examine how the revisions could improve the psychometric properties of the scale.
Ojala, Birgitta Nygård, Clas-Håkan Huhtala, Heini Nikkari, Seppo T
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Scandinavian journal of public health
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vocationally outpatient oriented rehabilitation on an intervention group, compared with a control group that did not take part in the intervention. The groups were compared for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by the quantitative indicator RAND 36. Data were obtained by a self-report ...
Smith, Otto R F Melkevik, Ole Samdal, Oddrun Larsen, Torill M Haug, Ellen
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Scandinavian journal of public health
The five-item version of the MAAS is an adequate measure of mindfulness in Norwegian adolescents. Due to the brief nature of the scale, it can easily be included in epidemiological and clinical studies with an interest for trait mindfulness. The five-item MAAS may therefore have great potential to facilitate more knowledge about the role of mindful...
Kirk, Line E Jørgensen, Jan S Nielsen, Flemming Grandjean, Philippe
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Increased exposure to methylmercury among pregnant women is an important public health concern in Denmark. The observed lowering of hair-mercury concentrations associated with dietary advice corresponds to a substantial public health benefit that probably makes such an intervention highly profitable.
Nyqvist, Fredrica Cattan, Mima Conradsson, Mia Näsman, Marina Gustafsson, Yngve
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Although societal changes such as solitary living and growing urbanization suggest a changing trend in loneliness, we found that the prevalence of loneliness was relatively stable in this study. Nevertheless, loneliness is common among the oldest old and a focus on social issues related to living arrangements and on depressive symptoms is important...
Dandanell, Sune Elbe, Anne-Marie Pfister, Gertrud Elsborg, Peter W Helge, Jørn
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Scandinavian journal of public health
If specific volitional skills are identified as predictors of adherence to physical activity and success in clinical weight loss maintenance, these can be trained in future intensive lifestyle interventions in order to optimize the success rate.
Miething, Alexander Almquist, Ylva B Edling, Christofer Rydgren, Jens Rostila, Mikael
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Scandinavian journal of public health
The findings suggest that young people do not benefit from trustful social relations to the same extent as adult populations. Young women who express impaired well-being run a greater risk of being members of networks characterized by low friendship trust over time.
Lindstrӧm, Christine Rosvall, Maria Lindstrӧm, Martin
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Scandinavian journal of public health
SES differences in self-reported unmet health care needs were observed and these associations were attenuated when economic stress during the past year, generalized trust in other people, trust in the health care system and self-rated health were introduced into the multiple models.
Brehmer, Lovisa Alexanderson, Kristina Schytt, Erica
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Scandinavian journal of public health
This first explorative study indicates the need for more knowledge on morbidity among older primiparous women. They had a higher number of days with sick leave and hospitalization in the year before and after their delivery date. This might reflect higher health risks during pregnancy and childbirth among older women; however, social factors and re...
