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Opioid prescriptions among Sami and non-Sami with chronic pain: The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey and the Norwegian Prescription Database
This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of filled opioid prescriptions among indigenous Sami people with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) and compare it with that of non-Sami living in the same area. Baseline data from the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey (2012) was linked prospectively to the Norwegian Prescription Database. Information on filled opioid prescriptions during 2012-2019 was collected for 4767 persons who reported CMSP in SAMINOR 2. Gender-stratified chi-square tests, two-sample t-tests, Kruskal - Wallis tests, and multinomial logistic regression was applied. Two out of three CMSP...
Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health - July 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Astrid M A Eriksen Marita Melhus Berit Schei Svetlana Skurtveit Ann-Ragnhild Broderstad Source Type: research

Surgical training strategies for physicians practicing in an isolated environment: an example from Antarctica. International survey of 13 countries with active winter stations
This study aimed to summarise data on the surgical training given to physicians by different countries. In April 2020, we conducted a questionnaire-based study of 14 countries wintering in Antarctica. Responses were descriptively analysed. Regarding the profiles of physicians recruited by the wintering countries, 30% to 55% were non-surgeon doctors compared with 45% to 70% for surgeons depending on the year. Of the 13 countries answering the questionnaire, nine organised practical surgical training and six used theoretical material. All countries reported practical training for dental surgery, while only five countries pro...
Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Manon Lecordier C écile Tissot Laurent Bonnardot Martin Hitier Source Type: research

Introduction: Training is more important than technology (for performance in the cold)
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2023 Dec;82(1):2240572. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2240572.ABSTRACTAfter more than 50 years of studying soldiers in the cold, we are well past the phase of defining the unique problems; the research requirements are known but the solutions have been slow in coming. This requires iterative testing of proposed lab-based solutions with soldiers in the real environment. Representing a renewed effort to produce and implement solutions to human biomedical challenges in Arctic operations, this journal supplement highlights presentations from a three-day NATO Human Factors and Medicine panel-sponsored sym...
Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karl E Friedl Henriette Hasselstrom Boris R M Kingma Arne Johan Norheim Tommi Ojanen Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes Hilde Kristin Teien Graham White Source Type: research