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Frølund JC, Løkke A, Jensen HI, Farver-Vestergaard I. Development of Podcasts in a Hospital Setting: A User-Centered Approach. J Health Commun 2024; 29:244-255. [PMID: 38420940 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2024.2321385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Patient information plays a pivotal role in preparing individuals for hospital visits and empowering them to actively participate in decision-making processes regarding their healthcare. However, many patients face challenges related to reading comprehension. In response, podcasts have become a popular, user-friendly medium for sharing essential and easily understandable information in an engaging format.The aim of the present project was to use a user-centered approach to develop podcasts providing patient information prior to hospital visits. We aimed to describe the steps of the development in detail with the purpose of inspiring podcast development in the future.In Phase 1 we conducted interviews with patients and focus groups with clinicians based on the "empathy map" method, with the purpose of exploring patients' needs on which to subsequently build the podcasts' content and format. In Phase 2 we produced and refined the podcasts on the basis of feedback from clinician- and patients representatives.Our results indicated the importance of clear and concise language, personalization of communication, and content alignment with patients' needs. Our project resulted in a description of each step of the development that can be used as inspiration for others who wish to take a user-centered approach to podcast development.
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- J C Frølund
- Department of Medicine, Vejle Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Vejle Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark
- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vejle Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kolding Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Vejle Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark
- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Revuelta-Eugercios B, Castenbrandt H, Løkke A. Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases: the case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881. Soc Hist Med 2022; 35:1116-1139. [PMID: 36844659 PMCID: PMC9949592 DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkab037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Large-scale historical databases featuring individual-level causes of death offer the potential for longitudinal studies of health and illnesses. There is, however, a risk that the transformation of the primary sources into 'data' may strip them of the very qualities required for proper medical historical analysis. Based on a pilot study of all 11,100 deaths registered in Copenhagen in 1880-1881, we identify, analyse and discuss the challenges of transcribing and coding cause of death sources into a database. The results will guide us in building Link-Lives, a database featuring close to all nine million Danish deaths from 1787 to 1968. The main challenge is how to accommodate different older medical rationales in one classification system. Our key finding is multi-coding with more than one version of the ICD system (e.g. ICD-1893 and ICD-10) can be used as a novel method to systematically handle historical causes of death over time.
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Hjorth P, Løkke A, Jørgensen N, Jørgensen A, Rasmussen M, Sikjaer M. Cold water swimming as an add-on treatment for depression. A feasibility study. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9565842 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction
In Denmark, about 14% of patients with depression develops treatment resistant depression (TRD) in the following year after the first hospital contact. Possible explanations for TRD include lack of adequate clinical effect of pharmacological treatment and reluctance to treatment due to unacceptable side effects. Cold water swimming (CWS), also known as winter swimming, describes swimming outdoors - mainly during the winter season in cold to ice-cold water on a regular basis. Many winter swimmers believe that exposure to cold water is beneficial for their health. However, evidence of health effects have been anecdotal or based on results from small sample-size studies. The availably studies report that winter swimming abolishes general tiredness, boosts self-esteem and improves mood and/or general well-being.
Objectives
To test if it is possible for patients with depression to participate in two weekly sessions of CWS and to measure the effects of CWS on general well-being and depression among the participating patients.
Methods
All psychiatric in- and outpatients from the department of psychiatry at Little Belt Hospital, Vejle with a diagnose of depression are eligible for inclusion. CWS-sessions will include a dip in an inlet - and if desired a short swim for a few minutes – depending on individual preferences. The CWS sessions will take place at the local inlet at a recreational area with sauna and changing facilities available.
Results
The study starts in October 2021 and we expect to have results by April 2022.
Conclusions
Conclusion: Awaiting.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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Cerdán de Las Heras J, Tulppo M, Kiviniemi AM, Hilberg O, Løkke A, Ekholm S, Catalán-Matamoros D, Bendstrup E. Augmented reality glasses as a new tele-rehabilitation tool for home use: patients' perception and expectations. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2020; 17:480-486. [PMID: 32750254 DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1800111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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MATERIALS AND METHODS A qualitative approach was employed to track perspectives from a range of patients with chronic lung and/or heart diseases. COPD, IPF and MI outpatients from Denmark and Finland were invited to participate. Data were collected through focus group and semi-structured in-depth interviews. Qualitative analysis was performed using standard thematic analytical approaches. A topic guide was used to explore experiences and perceptions of the ARG telerehabilitation device among participants. RESULTS Thirteen patients (4 MI, 2 IPF and 7 COPD), 3 women and 10 men aged 56 to 75 years (mean age 63.3 years) were allocated into one focus group (9 patients) and 4 interviews (4 patients). Twelve patients reported the added value of ARG and suggested constructive changes such as the adjustable screen/brightness, robust head fixation for exercise performance, easy to navigate interface and supported feedback based on exercise performance. CONCLUSION Patients with chronic heart or lung diseases described the added value in an ARG telerehabilitation programme. Improvements for a future version of the ARG were suggested.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONPatients with chronic pulmonary and heart diseases have difficulties to change behaviour to a more active and healthy lifestyle, offers from the health sector to participate in rehabilitation programmes at the hospital are feasible and improves quality of life and exercise capacity. Not all the patients are capable of participating in such rehabilitation programmes due to frailty and long distance to the hospital. Telerehabilitation seems to be a potential treatment to cope with the needs expressed above.Patient involvement in the development of a telerehabilitation solution to empower chronic pulmonary and heart patients to train, ensures a positive contribution to the design of the expected augmented reality software and hardware envisioned solution for telerehabilitation.The development of a user-centered telerehabilitation platform responding to the preferences of patients with chronic disease will remove barriers that limit use and compliance and improve empowerment in future research projects.
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- J Cerdán de Las Heras
- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Research and Development, Physio R&D ApS, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Communication Studies, University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Health Research Institute, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Ruhle SA, Breitsohl H, Aboagye E, Baba V, Biron C, Correia Leal C, Dietz C, Ferreira AI, Gerich J, Johns G, Karanika-Murray M, Lohaus D, Løkke A, Lopes SL, Martinez LF, Miraglia M, Muschalla B, Poethke U, Sarwat N, Schade H, Steidelmüller C, Vinberg S, Whysall Z, Yang T. “To work, or not to work, that is the question” – Recent trends and avenues for research on presenteeism. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/1359432x.2019.1704734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- S. A. Ruhle
- Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Human Resources, Leadership, and Organization, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Management, Laval University, Québec, Canada
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- Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute for Sociology, Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz, Linz, Austria
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- John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Business Psychology, University of Applied SciencesDarmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Management, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Carcavelos, Portugal
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- University of Liverpool Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Center for Higher Education, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Faculty of Organization and Human Resource, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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Bruckner TA, Singh P, Mortensen LH, Løkke A. The stillbirth sex ratio as a marker of population health among live‐born males in Denmark, 1835‐1923. Am J Hum Biol 2019; 31:e23241. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Tim A. Bruckner
- Program in Public Health University of California, Irvine Irvine California
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- Program in Public Health University of California, Irvine Irvine California
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- Department of History/Saxo Institute University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Løkke A. Mrs Stone and Dr Smellie: British eighteenth-century birth attendance and long-run levels and trends in maternal mortality discussed in a north European context. Popul Stud (Camb) 2018; 72:123-136. [PMID: 29357758 DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2017.1415036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This is a book review turned research paper. The aim is to estimate the differences in the maternal mortality rate (MMR) between untrained midwives, expert midwives, and the famous obstetrician Dr Smellie in eighteenth-century Britain. The paper shows that the birth attendance practices of the expert midwife Mrs Stone and of Dr Smellie were very similar, though Stone used her hands whereas Smellie used forceps. Both applied the same invasive techniques to successfully deliver women with similar fatal complications, techniques that untrained midwives and most surgeons of the time could not perform. However, the same procedures, if used for normal births, would have increased the MMR. So, the key to the low MMR of both was that they kept interventions away from the majority of births that were normal. The paper quantifies the likely MMR for a 'Stone and Smellie style' birth attendance and concludes that the wider dissemination of their techniques can explain the decline in the British MMR.
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Background: Anxiety and depression are common comorbid disorders in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), though estimates of their prevalence vary considerably. Depressive symptoms/depression are important comorbidities in COPD and an increasing interest is shown to these disorders. Depression may lead to reduced quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality. These statements underline the importance of implementing the use of screening instruments for depressive symptoms in a clinical setting. This systematic review evaluates four commonly used screening tools for depression in COPD. Furthermore we assess the prevalence of depression in COPD in the evaluated studies. Design: A literature search identified studies dealing with screening for depression in patients with COPD. We focused on the instruments: Beck Depression Inventory, Geriatric depression scale, Centre for Epidemiological Studies scale on Depression and Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale. Results: Overall prevalence of depression was 30%. Demographic variations and severity of COPD influenced prevalence. The inter-prevalence of the four screening tools was consistent. We found a low variation between studies using the same tool. Few studies used control groups or compared the screening tool to a psychiatrist evaluation. Conclusions: This article calls for further investigation of the association between COPD and depressive symptoms. The subject is highly relevant for everyday life of patients with COPD and attention needs to be drawn to this issue in both an out- and in-patients.
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- K Bock
- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark
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BACKGROUND Smokers are more prone to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than non-smokers, but this finding comes from studies spanning 10 years or less. The aim of this study was to determine the 25 year absolute risk of developing COPD in men and women from the general population. METHODS As part of the Copenhagen City Heart Study, 8045 men and women aged 30-60 years with normal lung function at baseline were followed for 25 years. Lung function measurements were collected and mortality from COPD during the 25 year observation period was analysed. RESULTS The percentage of men with normal lung function ranged from 96% of never smokers to 59% of continuous smokers; for women the proportions were 91% and 69%, respectively. The 25 year incidence of moderate and severe COPD was 20.7% and 3.6%, respectively, with no apparent difference between men and women. Smoking cessation, especially early in the follow up period, decreased the risk of developing COPD substantially compared with continuous smoking. During the follow up period there were 2912 deaths, 109 of which were from COPD. 92% of the COPD deaths occurred in subjects who were current smokers at the beginning of the follow up period. CONCLUSION The absolute risk of developing COPD among continuous smokers is at least 25%, which is larger than was previously estimated.
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- A Løkke
- Department of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine, 253 Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegård Alle 30, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
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- R I Woods
- Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Jacobsen AF, Løkke A. [Children's health. 11. Children and their parents: 300 years development history]. Sygeplejersken 1987; 87:12-8. [PMID: 3299844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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