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Multimodal individualised intervention to prevent functional decline after stroke: protocol of a randomised controlled trial on long-term follow-up after stroke (LAST-long)
Introduction Multimodal interventions have emerged as new approaches to provide more targeted intervention to reduce functional decline after stroke. Still, the evidence is contradictory. The main objective of the Life After Stroke (LAST)-long trial is to investigate if monthly meetings with a stroke coordinator who offers a multimodal approach to long-term follow-up can prevent functional decline after stroke. Methods and analysis LAST-long is a pragmatic single-blinded, parallel-group randomised controlled trial recruiting participants living in six different municipalities, admitted to four hospitals in Norway. The pat...
Source: BMJ Open - May 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Askim, T., Hokstad, A., Bergh, E., Dohl, O., Ellekjaer, H., Ihle-Hansen, H., Indredavik, B., Leer, A. S. M., Lydersen, S., Saltvedt, I., Seljeseth, Y., Thommessen, B. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

Cohort profile: Outcomes & Multi-morbidity In Type 2 diabetes (OMIT) - a national registry-based observational cohort with focus on care and treatment of key high-risk groups in Norway
Purpose The ‘Outcomes & Multi-morbidity in Type 2 Diabetes’ (OMIT) is an observational registry-based cohort of Norwegian patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) established to study high-risk groups often omitted from randomised clinical trials. Participants The OMIT cohort includes 57 572 patients with T2D identified via linkage of Norwegian Diabetes Register for Adults and the Rogaland-Oslo-Salten-Akershus-Hordaland study, both offering data on clinical patient characteristics and drug prescriptions. Subsequently these data are further linked to the Norwegian Prescription Database for dispensed medications,...
Source: BMJ Open - May 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Forster, R. B., Strandberg, R. B., Bo Tibballs, K. L., Nokleby, K., Berg, T. J., Iversen, T., Hagen, T. P., Richardsen, K. R., Cooper, J., Sandberg, S., Lovaas, K. F., Nilsen, R. M., Iversen, M. M., Jenum, A. K., Buhl, E. S. S. Tags: Open access, Diabetes and Endocrinology Source Type: research

Experiences and actions related to living with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a qualitative study conducted during July to December 2020
Conclusions Patients experienced an increased psychosocial burden of T1DM and difficulties from a disrupted daily life affecting T1DM self-management routines. Uncertainty-reducing behaviours and actions to adapt to the situation provided a general sense of coping despite these difficulties. Tailored information and follow-up by telephone or video call was emphasised to reduce uncertainly distress and support adequate diabetes T1DM self-management.
Source: BMJ Open - April 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pleym, K., Iversen, M. M., Broström, A. Tags: Open access, Diabetes and Endocrinology, COVID-19 Source Type: research

Assessment of mental health trajectories before and after myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation or stroke: analysis of a cohort study in Tromso, Norway (Tromso Study, 1994-2016)
Conclusion The study indicates that mental health problems among individuals with myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation and stroke may have started to develop several years before the cardiovascular event and suggests that successful CVD rehabilitation may need to consider previous life factors. Future research is recommended to examine whether health promotion measures in a general population also create mental health resilience after a CVD event.
Source: BMJ Open - April 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lorem, G. F., Opdal, I. M., Wilsgaard, T., Schirmer, H., Lochen, M.-L., Olsen, I. P., Steigen, T., Rognmo, K. Tags: Open access, Mental health Source Type: research

Validity of self-reported myocardial infarction and stroke in regions with Sami and Norwegian populations: the SAMINOR 1 Survey and the CVDNOR project
Conclusions The sensitivity and PPV of SMI were high and moderate, respectively; for SRS, both of these measures were moderate. Our results show that SMI from the SAMINOR 1 Survey may be used in aetiological/analytical studies in this population due to a high IHD-specific PPV. The SAMINOR 1 questionnaire may also be used to estimate the prevalence of acute myocardial infarction and acute stroke.
Source: BMJ Open - November 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Eliassen, B.-M., Melhus, M., Tell, G. S., Borch, K. B., Braaten, T., Broderstad, A. R., Graff-Iversen, S. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Research methods Source Type: research