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Rinne J, Leino-Kilpi H, Koskinen S, Saaranen T, Pasanen M, Vauhkonen A, Salminen L. An intervention to address nurse educators' occupational well-being: A process evaluation. Nurse Educ Today 2024; 138:106219. [PMID: 38636189 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106219] [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] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND There is a global need for more support for the occupational well-being of educators working in nurse education, where nurse educators experience challenges when managing their own occupational well-being. However, there is a lack of research studies into occupational well-being interventions. Aim To evaluate the usability and utility of the Self-Help INtervention for Educators in nurse education. DESIGN A process evaluation was conducted after the intervention in Spring 2022. SETTINGS Educational organisations providing national regulated practical nurse education in Finland. PARTICIPANTS Nurse educators (n = 37), completing the 8-workweek intervention. METHODS Data were collected with the self-reported electronic feedback questionnaire consisting of three sections: 1) 10-item System Usability Scale, 2) 7-item Utility scale developed for this study and 3) 4 open ended questions. The data were analysed statistically and with content analysis. RESULTS The intervention was found to be usable; especially the easy learnability and usage of the digital Smart Break-SHINE program and the applicable exercises. It was estimated to be moderately useful as a well-being and break promoter at work. The utility of the intervention to promote physical activity and recovery during working hours was statistically more positive for educators with <5 years of work experience than those with over 15 years. Usability and utility barriers were found especially regarding workload issues. CONCLUSIONS The Self-Help INtervention for Educators supports the occupational well-being of nurse educators and includes well-being actions suitable for different work surroundings (e.g., remote working) without the need for constant facilitating. The intervention was found to be most beneficial for early career nurse educators. The Self-Help INtervention for Educators needs more development to overcome the usability and utility barriers related to workload issues.
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- Jenni Rinne
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland; Turku University Hospital, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland; Turku University Hospital, Finland.
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Rinne J, Leino-Kilpi H, Saaranen T, Tarvainen MP, Pasanen M, Koskinen S, Salminen L. Effectiveness of an Occupational Well-being Intervention Among Nurse Educators: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Nurse Educ 2024; 49:E26-E31. [PMID: 37540626 PMCID: PMC10720781 DOI: 10.1097/nne.0000000000001482] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Occupational well-being supports the retention of the nurse educator workforce and their ability to manage workload. There is a research gap regarding interventions promoting occupational well-being. PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-workweek digital occupational well-being intervention using self-conducted exercises among nurse educators in secondary vocational nursing schools in Finland. METHODS A quasi-experimental study design was applied using an intervention group (n = 37) and a control group (n = 40). Data were collected at baseline, post, and 1-month follow-up using a questionnaire and a heart rate sensor to assess the resource-workload-balance and its associating and promoting factors. RESULTS This study found no statistical effects on the resource-workload-balance. Positive effects were found on associating factors (general well-being) and promoting factors (recovery experiences and self-regulation). CONCLUSIONS Self-Help INtervention for Educators (SHINE) has the potential to promote recovery experiences during working hours; however, the intervention needs more investigation.
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- Jenni Rinne
- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Doctoral researcher (Ms Rinne), Professor (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Statistician (Dr Pasanen), and Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Koskinen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Nurse Director (Drs Leino-Kilpi and Salminen), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Senior Researcher (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; and ... (Dr Tarvainen), Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Koskinen S, Brugnolli A, Fuster-Linares P, Hourican S, Istomina N, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Nemcová J, Meyer G, De Oliveira CS, Palese A, Rua M, Salminen L, Sveinsdóttir H, Visiers-Jiménez L, Zeleníková R, Kajander-Unkuri S. A successful nursing education promotes newly graduated nurses' job satisfaction one year after graduation: a cross-sectional multi-country study. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:269. [PMID: 37580681 PMCID: PMC10424405 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01438-y] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) and for retaining NGNs in their workplaces. However, there is limited evidence of the relationship between satisfaction regarding the nursing education program and NGNs' job satisfaction in the first year after graduation. Therefore, this study aims to examine the association of the nursing education related factors and NGNs' job satisfaction. METHODS A cross-sectional study design with the utilization of data collected from the same respondents one year earlier as educational factors was applied. The data were collected from NGNs (n = 557) in 10 European countries using an electronic survey between February 2019 and September 2020, and analyzed in detail for four countries (n = 417). Job satisfaction was measured with three questions: satisfaction with current job, quality of care in the workplace, and nursing profession. Nursing education related factors were satisfaction with nursing education program, level of study achievements, nursing as the 1st study choice, intention to stay in nursing, and generic nursing competence. The data were analyzed statistically using logistic regression. RESULTS Most of the NGNs in the 10 countries were satisfied with their current job (88.3%), the quality of care (86.4%) and nursing profession (83.8%). Finnish, German, Lithuanian and Spanish NGNs' satisfaction with the nursing education program at graduation was statistically significantly associated with their job satisfaction, i.e., satisfaction with their current job, the quality of care, and the nursing profession. Moreover, NGNs who had fairly often or very often intention to stay in nursing at graduation were more satisfied with their current job, with the quality of care, and with the nursing profession compared with NGNs who had never or fairly seldom intention to stay in nursing at graduation. CONCLUSIONS Nursing education plays a significant role in NGNs' job satisfaction one year after graduation, indicating the importance to start career planning already during nursing education. Both nursing education providers and healthcare organizations could plan in close collaboration a transition program for NGNs to ease the transition phase and thus increase the NGNs' job satisfaction and ultimately the high-quality care of the patients.
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- Sanna Koskinen
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Azienda Per I Servizi Sanitari Provinciali, University of Verona, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Department of Nursing, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, 01513 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia
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- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Lisbon School of Nursing—ESEL (Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa), 1600-096 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, Udine University, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, San Juan de Dios, Fundación San Juan de Dios, Alberto Aguilera, 23, 28015 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ostrava, 70103 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, 00580 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Azienda Per I Servizi Sanitari Provinciali, University of Verona, 38123 Trento, Italy
- Department of Nursing, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
- Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, 01513 Vilnius, Lithuania
- Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Department of Nursing Science, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia
- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Lisbon School of Nursing—ESEL (Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa), 1600-096 Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Medicine, Udine University, 33100 Udine, Italy
- School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, 07 Reykjavík, Iceland
- Department of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, San Juan de Dios, Fundación San Juan de Dios, Alberto Aguilera, 23, 28015 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ostrava, 70103 Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, 00580 Helsinki, Finland
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Saarinen M, Isaksson N, Himanen L, Erkinjuntti N, Vahlberg T, Koskinen S, Tenovuo O, Lähdesmäki T. Cognitive functions and symptoms predicting later use of psychiatric services following mild traumatic brain injury in school-age. Brain Inj 2023; 37:388-396. [PMID: 36355473 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2145365] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether neuropsychological test performance or presence of some specific injury symptoms at 1-3 months following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can help to identify the children at risk for developing post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms. METHODS Data from 120 children and adolescents aged 7-15 years, treated at Turku University Hospital between 2010 and 2016 due to mTBI, and who had undergone neuropsychological evaluation at 1-3 months following injury, were enrolled from the hospital records. Neuropsychological test performancesand injury symptom reports were retrospectively retrieved from the patient files. RESULTS Slow information processing speed (p = 0.044), emotion regulation deficit (p = 0.014), impulsivity (p = 0.013), verbal processing difficulties (p = 0.042) and headache (p = 0.026) were independent predictors for having later contact in psychiatric care. CONCLUSIONS Neuropsychological examination containing measure of information processing speed, injury symptom interview, and parental questionnaires on behavioural issues of the child at 1-3 months following mTBI seems to be useful in detecting children with risk for post traumatic psychiatric symptoms. Targeted support and guidance for this group of children and adolescents and their families are recommended to prevent the development of an unfavorable psychosocial outcome.
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- Mari Saarinen
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
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Suikkala A, Koskinen S, Brasaitė-Abromė I, Fuster-Linares P, Lehwaldt D, Leino-Kilpi H, Meyer G, Sveinsdóttir H, Katajisto J. Psychometric testing of the facilitative student-patient relationship scale within six EUROPEAN countries. Nurs Open 2023; 10:2319-2328. [PMID: 36404294 PMCID: PMC10006592 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1485] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of the study was to test the psychometric properties of the Facilitative Student-Patient Relationship (FSPR) Scale in clinical practicum in hospital settings within six European countries. DESIGN A multi-country, cross-sectional survey design was applied. METHODS A convenience sample of graduating nursing students (N = 1,796) completed the FSPR Scale. Psychometric testing was carried out through explorative factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS Both validity and reliability of the scale were confirmed. The explorative factor analysis yielded a two-factor construct explaining 47.7% of the total variance, identifying two sub-scales: caring relationship and learning relationship. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure. The Cronbach alpha coefficients (0.8-0.9) indicated acceptable reliability of the scale.
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- Arja Suikkala
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turun yliopisto, Finland
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Ollila H, Pihlaja R, Koskinen S, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Salmela V, Tiainen M, Hokkanen L, Hästbacka J. Long-term cognitive functioning is impaired in ICU-treated COVID-19 patients: a comprehensive controlled neuropsychological study. Crit Care 2022; 26:223. [PMID: 35858899 PMCID: PMC9297673 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04092-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Cognitive impairment has emerged as a common post-acute sequela of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesised that cognitive impairment exists in patients after COVID-19 and that it is most severe in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods This prospective controlled cohort study of 213 participants performed at the Helsinki University Hospital and the University of Helsinki, Finland, comprised three groups of patients—ICU-treated (n = 72), ward-treated (n = 49), and home-isolated (n = 44)—with confirmed COVID-19 between March 13 and December 31, 2020, participating in a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation six months after the acute phase. Our study included a control group with no history of COVID-19 (n = 48). Medical and demographic data were collected from electronic patient records and interviews carried out four months after the acute phase. Questionnaires filled six months after the acute phase provided information about change in cognitive functioning observed by a close informant, as well as the presence of self-reported depressive and post-traumatic symptoms. Results The groups differed (effect size η2p = 0.065, p = 0.004) in the total cognitive score, calculated from neuropsychological measures in three domains (attention, executive functions, and memory). Both ICU-treated (p = 0.011) and ward-treated patients (p = 0.005) performed worse than home-isolated patients. Among those with more than 12 years of education, ICU-treated patients performed worse in the attention domain than ward-treated patients (p = 0.021) or non-COVID controls (p = 0.045); ICU-treated male patients, in particular, were impaired in executive functions (p = 0.037). Conclusions ICU-treated COVID-19 patients, compared to patients with less severe acute COVID-19 or non-COVID controls, showed more severe long-term cognitive impairment. Among those with more than 12 years of education, impairment existed particularly in the domains of attention and for men, of executive functions. Trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04864938, retrospectively registered February 9, 2021 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-022-04092-z.
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- Henriikka Ollila
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Psychology and Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Division of Neuropsychology, HUS Neurocentre, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Alenius M, Hokkanen L, Koskinen S, Hallikainen I, Hänninen T, Karrasch M, Raivio MM, Laakkonen ML, Krüger J, Suhonen NM, Kivipelto M, Ngandu T. Cognitive Performance at Time of AD Diagnosis: A Clinically Augmented Register-Based Study. Front Psychol 2022; 13:901945. [PMID: 35846684 PMCID: PMC9284003 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.901945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using real-world register data for identifying persons with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and to describe their cognitive performance at the time of diagnosis. Patients diagnosed with AD during 2010–2013 (aged 60–81 years) were identified from the Finnish national health registers and enlarged with a smaller private sector sample (total n = 1,268). Patients with other disorders impacting cognition were excluded. Detailed clinical and cognitive screening data (the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease neuropsychological battery [CERAD-nb]) were obtained from local health records. Adequate cognitive data were available for 389 patients with mild AD (31%) of the entire AD group. The main reasons for not including patients in analyses of cognitive performance were AD diagnosis at a moderate/severe stage (n = 266, 21%), AD diagnosis given before full register coverage (n = 152, 12%), and missing CERAD-nb data (n = 139, 11%). The cognitive performance of persons with late-onset AD (n = 284), mixed cerebrovascular disease and AD (n = 51), and other AD subtypes (n = 54) was compared with that of a non-demented sample (n = 1980) from the general population. Compared with the other AD groups, patients with late-onset AD performed the worst in word list recognition, while patients with mixed cerebrovascular disease and AD performed the worst in constructional praxis and clock drawing tests. A combination of national registers and local health records can be used to collect data relevant for cognitive screening; today, the process is laborious, but it could be improved in the future with refined search algorithms and electronic data.
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- Minna Alenius
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- *Correspondence: Minna Alenius,
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Neurology of Neuro Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Geriatric Clinic, Department of Social Services and Health Care, Laakso Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Neurology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- MRC, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, NVS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, NVS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Strandell-Laine C, Salminen L, Blöndal K, Fuster P, Hourican S, Koskinen S, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Stubner J, Truš M, Suikkala A. The nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation with students, the clinical learning environment and supervision in clinical practicum: a European cross-sectional study of graduating nursing students. BMC Med Educ 2022; 22:509. [PMID: 35765065 PMCID: PMC9241303 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03445-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND A supportive clinical practicum experience may enhance the successful transition and socialization to working life of graduating nursing students. Nurse teachers have the main responsibility of supporting and guiding nursing students with their pedagogical expertise during the students' clinical practicum. Thus, the clinical role of nurse teachers is seen as an essential part of a high-quality clinical practicum. Nursing students appreciate the nurse teacher's cooperation with students, but it is often reported to be unattainable. The aim of this study was to explore and compare graduating nursing students' experiences of the nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation with students, the clinical learning environment and supervision in their final clinical practicum, and to analyze factors associated with these experiences in six European countries. METHODS A cross-sectional comparative international survey design was used. The modified Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher (CLES+T) Scale, with a new subscale measuring the nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation with students, was used. A convenience sample of graduating nursing students in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain completed the online survey in 2018-2019. The data were analyzed using a Chi-Square test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and linear models. RESULTS A total of 1796 (response rate 49%) nursing students completed the survey. Overall, students had positive experiences of the nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation, the clinical learning environment and supervision in their final clinical practicum. Students in Spain had the most positive experiences. Educational background factors appeared to be associated with the students' experiences of the nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation with students, the clinical learning environment and supervision. The relationships between the subscale Nurse teacher's pedagogical cooperation with students and the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision Scale were perceived as weak to strong depending on the country. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals that nurse teachers play an essential role in supporting and guiding nursing students' final clinical practicum. In this light, researchers, educators, and leaders should collaborate seamlessly between educational institutions and healthcare organizations to establish the nurse teachers' pedagogical cooperation role within the clinical learning environment.
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- Camilla Strandell-Laine
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.
- Novia University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.
- Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Surgical Services Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy & Community, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
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Alenius M, Ngandu T, Koskinen S, Hallikainen I, Hänninen T, Karrasch M, Kivipelto M, Raivio MM, Laakkonen ML, Krüger J, Suhonen NM, Hokkanen L. Education-Based Cutoffs for Cognitive Screening of Alzheimer's Disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2022; 51:42-55. [PMID: 35196653 DOI: 10.1159/000521982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The educational background and size of the elderly population are undergoing significant changes in Finland during the 2020s. A similar process is likely to occur also in several European countries. For cognitive screening of early Alzheimer's disease (AD), using outdated norms and cutoff scores may negatively affect clinical accuracy. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of education, age, and gender on the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease neuropsychological battery (CERAD-nb) in a large register-based, clinical sample of patients with mild AD and nondemented at-risk persons from the general population (controls) and to examine whether corrected cutoff scores would increase the accuracy of differentiation between the 2 groups. METHODS CERAD-nb scores were obtained from AD patients (n = 389, 58% women, mean age 74.0 years) and from controls (n = 1,980, 52% women, mean age 68.5 years). The differences in CERAD-nb performance were evaluated by univariate GLM. Differentiation between the 2 groups was evaluated using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, where a larger area under the ROC curve represents better discrimination. Youden's J was calculated for the overall performance and accuracy of each of the measures. RESULTS Of the demographic factors, education was the strongest predictor of CERAD-nb performance, explaining more variation than age or gender in both the AD patients and the controls. Education corrected cutoff scores had better diagnostic accuracy in discriminating between the AD patients and controls than existing uncorrected scores. The highest level of discrimination between the 2 groups overall was found for two CERAD-nb total scores. CONCLUSIONS Education-corrected cutoff scores were superior to uncorrected scores in differentiating between controls and AD patients especially for the highest level of education and should therefore be used in clinical cognitive screening, also as the proportion of the educated elderly is increasing substantially during the 2020s. Our results also indicate that total scores of the CERAD-nb are better at discriminating AD patients from controls than any single subtest score. A digital tool for calculating the total scores and comparing education-based cutoffs would increase the efficiency and usability of the test.
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- Minna Alenius
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, NVS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, NVS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Geriatric Clinic, Department of Social Services and Health Care, Laakso Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Neurology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,MRC, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Sihvonen AJ, Siponkoski ST, Martínez-Molina N, Laitinen S, Holma M, Ahlfors M, Kuusela L, Pekkola J, Koskinen S, Särkämö T. Neurological Music Therapy Rebuilds Structural Connectome after Traumatic Brain Injury: Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11082184. [PMID: 35456277 PMCID: PMC9032739 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11082184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common and devastating neurological condition, associated often with poor functional outcome and deficits in executive function. Due to the neuropathology of TBI, neuroimaging plays a crucial role in its assessment, and while diffusion MRI has been proposed as a sensitive biomarker, longitudinal studies evaluating treatment-related diffusion MRI changes are scarce. Recent evidence suggests that neurological music therapy can improve executive functions in patients with TBI and that these effects are underpinned by neuroplasticity changes in the brain. However, studies evaluating music therapy induced structural connectome changes in patients with TBI are lacking. Design: Single-blind crossover (AB/BA) randomized controlled trial (NCT01956136). Objective: Here, we report secondary outcomes of the trial and set out to assess the effect of neurological music therapy on structural white matter connectome changes and their association with improved execute function in patients with TBI. Methods: Using an AB/BA design, 25 patients with moderate or severe TBI were randomized to receive a 3-month neurological music therapy intervention either during the first (AB, n = 16) or second (BA, n = 9) half of a 6-month follow-up period. Neuropsychological testing and diffusion MRI scans were performed at baseline and at the 3-month and 6-month stage. Findings: Compared to the control group, the music therapy group increased quantitative anisotropy (QA) in the right dorsal pathways (arcuate fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus) and in the corpus callosum and the right frontal aslant tract, thalamic radiation and corticostriatal tracts. The mean increased QA in this network of results correlated with improved executive function. Conclusions: This study shows that music therapy can induce structural white matter neuroplasticity in the post-TBI brain that underpins improved executive function.
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- Aleksi J. Sihvonen
- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (S.-T.S.); (N.M.-M.); (T.S.)
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Jyväskylä & University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Queensland Aphasia Research Centre and UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
- Correspondence:
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (S.-T.S.); (N.M.-M.); (T.S.)
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Jyväskylä & University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (S.-T.S.); (N.M.-M.); (T.S.)
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Jyväskylä & University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Jyväskylä & University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- Espoo Hospital, 02740 Espoo, Finland
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- Independent Researcher, 00550 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki Central University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki Central University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (S.-T.S.); (N.M.-M.); (T.S.)
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Jyväskylä & University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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Koskinen S, Leino-Kilpi H, Blöndal K, Brasaitė-Abromė I, Burke E, Fitzgerald S, Fuster P, Kielė V, Löyttyniemi E, Salminen L, Stubner J, Suikkala A. A European evaluation of the patients’ role in clinical education: A six-country cross sectional study. Nurse Educ Pract 2022; 59:103287. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Koskinen S, Burke E, Fatkulina N, Fuster P, Löyttyniemi E, Salminen L, Stubner J, Thorsteinsson HS, Leino-Kilpi H. Graduating nurse students' interest in older people nursing-A cross-sectional survey in six European countries. Int J Older People Nurs 2022; 17:e12446. [PMID: 35080809 PMCID: PMC9285737 DOI: 10.1111/opn.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students' views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses and their career intentions for the field is warranted to meet the increased nurse workforce expectations in terms of quantity and competence. AIM To analyse graduating nurse students' interest in older people nursing and the factors associated with it. METHODS A cross-sectional multicountry survey design was applied. Data were collected between May 2018 and March 2019 from several educational institutions in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain. Non-probability convenience sampling was used to recruit graduating nurse students (n = 1796). The data were collected with a structured questionnaire comprising background factors and the Willingness sub-scale (six items) of the Students' Interest in Nursing Older People Scale. Data were analysed using a linear mixed model including relevant background variables. RESULTS Overall, students' interest in older people nursing was low (score 20.5, on a 0-100 scale). Among the studied countries, Spanish students scored the highest (38.8) and German students the lowest (3.6). Students' interest in older people nursing was associated with country (p < .001), the length of work experience (p = .006), plans for further study (p = .007), competence (p < .001) and the extent that nursing is valued by society (p < .001). The students who were most interested in older people nursing had higher self-reported competence level (p < .001). CONCLUSION In the studied sample of future nurse professionals, interest in older people nursing is low at a time when the field suffers from workforce shortage. As for quality workforce, it was promising that the students who considered working in the field also evaluated themselves as competent. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Multidimensional actions are required to promote interest in the field, including continued development of competence in both undergraduate education and workplaces, and investing in various career pathways to envisage potential opportunities.
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- Sanna Koskinen
- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Nursing Department, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
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- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Jokela S, Kilpeläinen K, Parikka S, Lumme S, Martelin T, Koponen P, Koskinen S, Rotko T. Health inequalities -development of a monitoring system in Finland. Eur J Public Health 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Health in Finland has developed positively in recent decades, but there are still large differences between population groups. Wide inequalities persist between socio-economic groups, for example by education, occupational status and income, in different domains of health such as self-reported health, morbidity, and mortality. Our aim in the sub-project of the Joint Action Health Equity Europe was to describe the status of national health inequality monitoring in Finland, and to present ideas for improving the situation, including the key indicators to be monitored.
Methods
Several nationally representative registers and population surveys are the key sources of health information in Finland. We summarized information on the current state of socioeconomic health inequalities and their development over the past decades to identify research based health topics and indicators, selecting those where clear differences have been identified between education or income groups among the working-aged people.
Results
We recommend 13 indicators to monitor and evaluate socio-economic health inequalities in the Finnish adult population. They cover five topics: health status, functioning, work ability, lifestyles and social factors. The recommended indicators are in line with the Nordic recommendation of inequality indicators and allow comparison between EU countries. This is the first step in developing a full monitoring system. The second step is needed to reach an agreement on the implementation.
Conclusions
High-quality population survey and register data make it possible to monitor health inequalities in Finland. Register-based data need to be supplemented with population surveys, both health interview and health examination surveys, to provide necessary information on risk factors, functioning and perceived health.
Key messages
The key characteristics of successful systematic monitoring of health inequalities are regularity, up-to-date information, validity of selected indicators and coverage of the most important phenomena. Monitoring enables identification of health needs which must be recognized in policy-making, targeting of services, regional benchmarking and support for health impact assessment in policy-making.
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- S Jokela
- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Instituite for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Kaihlanen AM, Gluschkoff K, Koskinen S, Salminen L, Strandell-Laine C, Fuster Linares P, Sveinsdóttir H, Fatkulina N, Ní Chianáin L, Stubner J, Leino-Kilpi H. Final clinical practicum shapes the transition experience and occupational commitment of newly graduated nurses in Europe-A longitudinal study. J Adv Nurs 2021; 77:4782-4792. [PMID: 34626003 PMCID: PMC9293159 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aims The aim of the study was to examine the association between the characteristics of a nursing student’s final clinical practicum and the success of transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) in six European countries. Design A longitudinal design with two data collections points (pre‐ and post‐graduate). Methods The data were collected with an online survey between May 2018 and April 2020 from graduating nursing students (n = 1796) in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain. Altogether, 642 NGNs responded to the second questionnaire 1 year after graduation. Logistic and linear regression analyses were used to examine the associations between five clinical practicum characteristics and three indicators for the success of transition (ease of transition, turnover intentions and occupational commitment). Models were adjusted for demographic and background/workplace factors and professional competence. Results Several associations were observed between the different clinical practicum characteristics and the indicators for a successful transition. Good pedagogical atmosphere and good supervisory relationship were associated with higher likelihood of an easy transition. Good leadership style of the ward manager, good premises of nursing care on the ward and a good supervisory relationship were associated with higher occupational commitment. No consistent association with turnover intention was found. Conclusion Having a good final clinical practicum before graduation can contribute to an easier transition experience for newly NGNs and strengthen their commitment to the nursing profession. Impact This study adds to the limited existing knowledge about the importance of final clinical practicums in shaping the transition process and occupational commitment of NGNs. Investing in creating a good final practicum experience could help healthcare organizations engage new nursing professionals and thus alleviate the existing shortage of nurses.
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Elonen I, Salminen L, Brasaitė-Abromė I, Fuster P, Kukkonen P, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Noonan B, Stubner J, Svavarsdóttir MH, Thorsteinsson H, Koskinen S. Medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students within European context. J Clin Nurs 2021; 31:548-558. [PMID: 34101280 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study is to evaluate the medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students in six European countries and analyse the associated factors. BACKGROUND Medication calculation skills are fundamental to medication safety, which is a substantial part of patient safety. Previous studies have raised concerns about the medication calculation skills of nurses and nursing students. DESIGN As part of a broader research project, this study applies a multinational cross-sectional survey design with three populations: graduating nursing students, nurse managers and patients. METHODS The students performed two calculations (tablet and fluid) testing medication calculation skills requiring different levels of conceptual understanding and arithmetic. The managers and patients answered one question about the students' medication kills. In total, 1,796 students, 538 managers and 1,327 patients participated the study. The data were analysed statistically. The STROBE guideline for cross-sectional studies was applied. RESULTS Almost all (99%) of the students performed the tablet calculation correctly, and the majority (71%) answered the fluid calculation correctly. Older age, a previous degree in health care and satisfaction with their current degree programme was positively associated with correct fluid calculations. The patients evaluated the students' medication skills higher than the nurse managers did and the evaluations were not systematically aligned with the calculation skills tested. CONCLUSIONS Nursing students have the skills to perform simple medication calculations, but a significant number of students have difficulties with calculations involving multiple operations and a higher level of conceptual understanding. Due to the variation in students' medication calculation skills and the unalignment between the managers' and patients' evaluations and the calculation tests, further research is needed. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Graduating nursing students enter clinical field as qualified professionals, but there is still room for improvement in their medication calculation skills. This calls for attention in the fields of clinical nursing, education and research.
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- Imane Elonen
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science and Nurse Director, University of Turku, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Nursing Department, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- FAAN, FEANS, University of Turku and Nurse Director, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- University College Cork, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Cork, Ireland
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Halle, Germany
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- Faculty of Nursing, Department of Development and Education, University of Iceland, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Kajander‐Unkuri S, Koskinen S, Brugnolli A, Cerezuela Torre M, Elonen I, Kiele V, Lehwaldt D, Löyttyniemi E, Nemcová J, de Oliveira CS, Palese A, Rua M, Salminen L, Šateková L, Stubner J, Sveinsdóttir H, Visiers‐Jiménez L, Leino‐Kilpi H. The level of competence of graduating nursing students in 10 European countries-Comparison between countries. Nurs Open 2021; 8:1048-1062. [PMID: 34482660 PMCID: PMC8046055 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIM To analyse graduating nursing students' self-assessed competence level in Europe at graduation, at the beginning of nursing career. DESIGN An international cross-sectional evaluative design. METHODS Data were collected in February 2018-July 2019 from graduating nursing students in 10 European countries. Competence was assessed with a validated instrument, the Nurse Competence Scale (NCS). The sample comprised 3,490 students (response rate 45%), and data were analysed statistically. RESULTS In all countries, graduating nursing students assessed their competence as good (range 50.0-69.1; VAS 0-100), albeit with statistically significant differences between countries. The assessments were highest in Iceland and lowest in Lithuania. Older students, those with working experience in health care, satisfied with their current degree programme, with excellent or good study achievements, graduating to 1st study choice and having a nursing career plan for future assessed their competence higher.
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- Satu Kajander‐Unkuri
- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
- Diaconia University of Applied SciencesHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Department of Public HealthAzienda Provinciale per i Servizi SanitariTrentoItaly
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- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Health SciencesVilnus UniversityVilnusLithuania
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- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and community HealthDublin City UniversityDublinIreland
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- Department of nursingJessenius Faculty of Medicine in MartinComenius University in BratislavaBratislavaSlovakia
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- Department of Medical SciencesUniversity of UdineUdineItaly
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of AveiroAveiroPortugal
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- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Department of NursingPalacký UniversityOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute for Health and Nursing ScienceMartin Luther University Halle‐WittenbergHalleGermany
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- Fundación San Juan de DiosCentro de CC de la Salud San RafaelUniversidad Antonio de NebrijaMadridSpain
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- Department of Nursing scienceUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
- Turku University HospitalTurkuFinland
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Saarinen M, Erkinjuntti N, Koskinen S, Himanen L, Vahlberg T, Tenovuo O, Lähdesmäki T. Prolonged injury symptoms and later visits to psychiatric care after mild traumatic brain injury in school-age. Brain Inj 2021; 35:690-697. [PMID: 33678108 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2021.1895316] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate demographic and pre-injury factors in Finnish school-aged children admitted to pediatric neurology services after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The relation of these factors to prolonged injury symptoms and later visits into psychiatric care was assessed. METHODS Demographic information, pre-injury learning status, and neuropsychological test results of 120 patients aged 7-16 years were retrospectively collected from the hospital medical records. Data were compared with self- or parent-reported injury symptoms at 1-3 months post-injury and later visits to psychiatric care. RESULTS According to medical records, 14.2% of the children with mTBI had a diagnosed neurobehavioral or psychiatric condition pre-injury. Additionally, 53.3% of the children had some neurobehavioral or psychiatric concerns or traits prior to the injury. Over half (56.7%) of the children studied were symptomatic at 1-3 months following the injury. Female gender and presence of prolonged symptoms were predictive for later visit into psychiatric care. CONCLUSIONS Pre-injury neurobehavioral or psychiatric problems may predict prolonged injury symptoms following pediatric mTBI. In this retrospective patient series, prolonged symptoms and female gender seem to predict the need for later psychiatric care. Monitoring the recovery of children with mTBI and pre-injury risk factors is important for timely interventions.
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- M Saarinen
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Siponkoski ST, Koskinen S, Laitinen S, Holma M, Ahlfors M, Jordan-Kilkki P, Ala-Kauhaluoma K, Martínez-Molina N, Melkas S, Laine M, Ylinen A, Zasler N, Rantanen P, Lipsanen J, Särkämö T. Effects of neurological music therapy on behavioural and emotional recovery after traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled cross-over trial. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2021; 32:1356-1388. [PMID: 33657970 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1890138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/06/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes deficits in executive function (EF), as well as problems in behavioural and emotional self-regulation. Neurological music therapy may aid these aspects of recovery. We performed a cross-over randomized controlled trial where 40 persons with moderate-severe TBI received a 3-month neurological music therapy intervention (2 times/week, 60 min/session), either during the first (AB, n = 20) or second (BA, n = 20) half of a 6-month follow-up period. The evidence from this RCT previously demonstrated that music therapy enhanced general EF and set shifting. In the current study, outcome was assessed with self-report and caregiver-report questionnaires performed at baseline, 3-month, 6-month, and 18-month stages. The results showed that the self-reported Behavioural Regulation Index of the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-A) improved more in the AB than BA group from baseline to 3-month stage and the effect was maintained in the 6-month follow-up. No changes in mood or quality of life questionnaires were observed. However, a qualitative content analysis of the feedback revealed that many participants experienced the intervention as helpful in terms of emotional well-being and activity. Our results suggest that music therapy has a positive effect on everyday behavioural regulation skills after TBI.
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- Sini-Tuuli Siponkoski
- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Music, Aging and Rehabilitation Team, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Musiikkiterapiaosuuskunta InstruMental (music therapy cooperative InstruMental), Helsinki, Finland
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- Ludus Oy Tutkimus- ja kuntoutuspalvelut (Assessment and intervention services), Helsinki, Finland
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Music, Aging and Rehabilitation Team, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,Validia Rehabilitation Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, Ltd., and Tree of Life, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Hämeenlinna, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Music, Aging and Rehabilitation Team, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Salminen L, Tuukkanen M, Clever K, Fuster P, Kelly M, Kielé V, Koskinen S, Sveinsdóttir H, Löyttyniemi E, Leino-Kilpi H. The competence of nurse educators and graduating nurse students. Nurse Educ Today 2021; 98:104769. [PMID: 33493926 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND A nurse educator has an important role in promoting students' learning and professional development as well as in offering high quality nursing education. OBJECTIVES To describe the competence of nurse educators and explore its connection with the self-evaluated competence of graduating nurse students. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey design was used. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1796 graduating nurse students in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain participated in this study. METHODS The data were collected with structured electronic or paper-and-pencil questionnaires. Graduating nurse students evaluated the nurse educators' competence using six items derived from the Tool for Evaluation of Requirements of Nurse Teacher (ERNT) and in addition, the students evaluated their own generic professional competence using the Nursing Competence Scale (NCS). The data were analysed statistically. RESULTS On average, graduating nurse students evaluated the competence of nurse educators to be rather high. Icelandic and Irish students evaluated nurse educators' competence the highest. German and Finnish students were the most critical. The students also evaluated the level of their own professional competence as good. The higher graduating nurse students evaluated their own competence, the higher they also evaluated their nurse educators' competence. CONCLUSIONS Students' evaluations of their educators' competence and their own competence seem to be aligned. However, educators' competence and its connection with students' competence warrants further studies.
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- Leena Salminen
- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Ireland
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- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of the Nursing Science, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
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Suikkala A, Koskinen S, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Congruence between nursing students' and patients' views of student-patient relationships. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2021; 26:79-115. [PMID: 32436071 PMCID: PMC7900057 DOI: 10.1007/s10459-020-09972-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The growing emphasis on learning with and from patients has shifted the focus from education and healthcare professionals to the student-patient relationship. The relationship between student and patient, with a supportive preceptor as a resource, can influence the progression and development of an authentic person-centred approach to care among students. The purpose of this study was to analyse the congruence between nursing students' and patients' views of their relationship during students' clinical placement. The study compared data from cross-sectional matched cohort pairs of nursing students (n = 187) and patients (n = 187) in Finland. The data were collected between March 2015 and May 2016 using corresponding questionnaires and procedures in both cases. Both students' and patients' views were moderately or weakly congruent in terms of facilitative relationship, characterised as a mutually enriching relationship for both students and patients through dialogue. Patients, however, tended to see the relationship significantly more often as mechanistic, focusing on students learning practical skills, compared to students who saw the relationship more often as facilitative. Patients' age and the reasons for care were the only background variables that predicted the congruence between students' and patients' views of their relationships. These findings suggest ways in which student-patient relationships can be made more meaningful in supporting learning in clinical education.
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- Arja Suikkala
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Särkämö T, Huttula L, Leppelmeier J, Molander K, Forsbom MB, Säynevirta K, Kullberg-Turtiainen M, Turtiainen P, Sarajuuri J, Hokkanen L, Rantanen P, Koskinen S. DARE to move: feasibility study of a novel dance-based rehabilitation method in severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj 2021; 35:335-344. [PMID: 33476199 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2021.1873420] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Objective: Dance is a versatile and multimodal rehabilitation method, which may be useful also in traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. Here, we assessed the feasibility and preliminary effects of a novel dance-based intervention called Dual-Assisted Dance Rehabilitation (DARE).Method: This is a feasibility study with a cross-over design where 11 persons with severe/extremely severe TBI received a 12-week (2 times/week) DARE program. Motor and neuropsychological tests and questionnaires measuring mood, executive functions, and quality of life were performed at baseline, 3-month, and 6-month stage. Self-perceived benefits were assessed with a post-intervention questionnaire.Results: Acceptability of and adherence to DARE were encouraging: 91% were fully consistent with protocol, and adherence to DARE sessions was 83-100%. Pre-post treatment effects sizes were medium-large for self-reported depression (BDI-II: d = 1.19-1.74) and executive deficits (BRIEF-A: d = 0.43-1.09) and for test-assessed trunk movement control (TIS: d = 0.47-0.76) and cognitive functioning (WAIS-IV subtests: d = 0.34-0.89). Other outcome measures did not show similar positive effect sizes. Self-perceived benefits were largest for mobility and cognition.Conclusion: Dance-based rehabilitation is a feasible and promising method in severe TBI and its efficacy should be assessed with a larger clinical trial.
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- Teppo Särkämö
- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Dance Rehabilitation Association, Helsinki, Finland
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- Validia Rehabilitation Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Finnish Dance Rehabilitation Association, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,EazyeM Ltd, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Validia Rehabilitation Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,ProNeuron, Espoo, Finland
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Validia Rehabilitation Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Eriksson H, Koskinen S, Nuotio K, Heikkilä H, Vikatmaa P, Silvennoinen H, Valanne L, Mäyränpää M, Kovanen P, Soinne L, Lindsberg P, Ijäs P. Predictive Factors for Pre-operative Recurrence of Cerebrovascular Symptoms in Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis. J Vasc Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Koskinen S, Pajakoski E, Fuster P, Ingadottir B, Löyttyniemi E, Numminen O, Salminen L, Scott PA, Stubner J, Truš M, Leino-Kilpi H. Analysis of graduating nursing students' moral courage in six European countries. Nurs Ethics 2020; 28:481-497. [PMID: 33118442 PMCID: PMC8182296 DOI: 10.1177/0969733020956374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Background: Moral courage is defined as courage to act according to one’s own ethical
values and principles even at the risk of negative consequences for the
individual. In a complex nursing practice, ethical considerations are
integral. Moral courage is needed throughout nurses’ career. Aim: To analyse graduating nursing students’ moral courage and the factors
associated with it in six European countries. Research design: A cross-sectional design, using a structured questionnaire, as part of a
larger international ProCompNurse study. In the questionnaire, moral courage
was assessed with a single question (visual analogue scale 0–100), the
questionnaire also covered several background variables. Participants and research context: The sample comprised graduating nursing students (n = 1796) from all
participating countries. To get a comprehensive view about graduating
nursing students’ moral courage, the views of nurse managers (n = 538) and
patients (n = 1327) from the same units in which the graduating nursing
students practised were also explored, with parallel questionnaires. Ethical considerations: Ethical approvals and research permissions were obtained according to
national standards in every country and all participants gave their informed
consent. Results: The mean of graduating nursing students’ self-assessed moral courage was 77.8
(standard deviation 17.0; on a 0–100 scale), with statistically significant
differences between countries. Higher moral courage was associated with many
factors, especially the level of professional competence. The managers
assessed the graduating nursing students’ moral courage lower (66.5;
standard deviation 18.4) and the patients slightly higher (80.6; standard
deviation 19.4) than the graduating nursing students themselves. Discussion and conclusions: In all countries, the graduating nursing students’ moral courage was assessed
as rather high, with differences between countries and populations. These
differences and associations between moral courage and ethics education
require further research.
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- 88179International University of Catalonia, Spain
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- 63541University of Iceland and Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
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Koskimies E, Koskinen S, Leino-Kilpi H, Suhonen R. The informational privacy of patients in prehospital emergency care-Integrative literature review. J Clin Nurs 2020; 29:4440-4453. [PMID: 32891066 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15481] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the informational privacy of patients in prehospital emergency care based on the existing literature. BACKGROUND Informational privacy, a central value in health care, is strongly connected to patients' safety and quality of care. However, its realisation faces challenges in the unique context of prehospital emergency care. DESIGN Integrative literature review. METHODS Systematic searches of the CINAHL, MEDLINE and Cochrane library databases (n = 1588) and a manual search of the reference lists of the included articles (n = 0) were conducted in August 2019. In the article selection, specified inclusion and exclusion criteria were used. Two Joanna Briggs Institute quality appraisal tools were used. Ultimately, 11 studies were included. Analysis was conducted by using content analysis. Overall, process of the review was guided by PRISMA checklist. RESULTS The number of primary research studies related to informational privacy in prehospital emergency care is limited and mainly focused on privacy and confidentiality. The informational privacy was described from three aspects (a) information control by patients, (b) information protection by healthcare professional and (c) concepts related to informational privacy. The realisation of patients' informational privacy varied. Factors related to the realisation were related to the paramedics, the prehospital emergency care work and the patients. CONCLUSION More research specifically focused on informational privacy in prehospital emergency care is needed. Paramedics' understanding of informational privacy and its protection is essential to enhance the realisation of patients' informational privacy. Therefore, a response is required to their need for more education concerning informational privacy. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Paramedics' attention should be drawn to the identified factors related to the realisation of informational privacy and its use in clinical practice in order to continue to provide high-quality prehospital emergency care.
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- Eini Koskimies
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Welfare Division, Turku University Hospital and City of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Suikkala A, Leino-Kilpi H, Katajisto J, Koskinen S. Nursing student-patient relationship and related factors-A self-assessment by nursing students. J Clin Nurs 2020; 29:4030-4044. [PMID: 32696592 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To describe the nursing student-patient relationship in terms of three types of relationships-mechanistic, authoritative and facilitative-and analyse the factors related to the type of relationship. BACKGROUND As future professionals, nursing students have a central role in facilitating patient autonomy while working in partnership with patients. Supporting student-patient relationship throughout the nursing education may result in positive outcomes for both students and patients. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. METHODS The data were collected from a convenience sample of Finnish nursing students using a structured web survey. Statistical data analysis was performed using chi-square test, two-sample t test, one-way analysis of variance and multinomial logistic regression. The STROBE Statement - Checklist for cross-sectional studies was used (Appendix S1). RESULTS Students most often assessed their relationship with the patients as facilitative, followed by authoritative and mechanistic relationships. The results revealed three predictors for facilitative relationship: students' older age, long enough contact time with the patient and higher competence in ensuring quality. In authoritative and facilitative relationships, students had significantly more positive perceptions of the contextual factors and consequences of the relationship and higher ratings of self-assessed competence levels than students in a mechanistic relationship. CONCLUSIONS It seems that the facilitative student-patient relationship is connected to the professional competence of nursing students, especially in the area of ensuring the quality of patient care. Therefore, sustaining clinical learning environments and pedagogical approaches that value and support facilitative relationships in students' clinical learning should be enhanced. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Efforts aimed at contributing to facilitative student-patient relationships have a crucial role in shaping students' competency and in promoting high-quality patient care. Thus, supervision of students organised around establishing mutual student-patient relationships with the preceptors acting as facilitators will benefit both students and patients.
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- Arja Suikkala
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Peltonen K, Launes J, Koskinen S, Vartiainen M, Pajunen S, Pertab J, Laitala T, Hokkanen L. On‐field signs of concussion predict deficits in cognitive functioning: Loss of consciousness, amnesia, and vacant look. Transl Sports Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/tsm2.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Kati Peltonen
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Neurosciences Institute Intermountain Medical Center Murray UT USA
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- Institute of Biomedicine University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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Morales-Muñoz I, Koskinen S, Partonen T. Differences in clinical and cognitive variables in seasonal affective disorder compared to depressive-related disorders: Evidence from a population-based study in Finland. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 44:9-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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AbstractBackground:Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression with seasonal pattern. Although it involves some idiosyncratic symptoms, it can overlap with other depressive disorders such as major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymia. We aimed to characterize the differences in specific cognitive and clinical symptoms between SAD and depressive-related disorders.Methods:In total, 4554 Finnish subjects from the population-based Health 2011 Survey were interviewed with the Munich version of Composite International Diagnostic Interview (M-CIDI) and filled in the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ). From this sample for our analysis, we included those participants who fulfilled the criteria for SAD (n = 171), MDD (n = 153) or dysthymia (n = 84) and their 816 psychologically healthy controls matched by age and gender. In addition to M-CIDI and SPAQ, the Beck Depression Inventory, the General Health Questionnaire, an abbreviated version of the Mini-Mental State Examination, the category verbal fluency test, and the CERAD 10-word list were used.Results:Subjects with dysthymia showed major deficits in both clinical and cognitive domains compared to MDD, SAD and healthy controls. Although clinical comorbidity was mild in SAD, these participants showed similar cognitive deficits to dysthymic subjects and greater impairments than MDD.Conclusions:SAD subjects show a differential clinical and cognitive profile compared to other depressive-related disorders. Although less severe clinical symptoms are found in these individuals, some cognitive impairment already appears in subjects with SAD recruited from a population-based study.
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Siponkoski ST, Martínez-Molina N, Kuusela L, Laitinen S, Holma M, Ahlfors M, Jordan-Kilkki P, Ala-Kauhaluoma K, Melkas S, Pekkola J, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Laine M, Ylinen A, Rantanen P, Koskinen S, Lipsanen J, Särkämö T. Music Therapy Enhances Executive Functions and Prefrontal Structural Neuroplasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Neurotrauma 2020; 37:618-634. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sini-Tuuli Siponkoski
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki Central University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Musiikkiterapiaosuuskunta InstruMental (Music Therapy Cooperative InstruMental), Helsinki, Finland
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- Ludus Oy Tutkimus- ja kuntoutuspalvelut (Assessment and Intervention Services), Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology and Brain Injury Outpatient Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki Central University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Neurology and Brain Injury Outpatient Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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von Steinbüchel N, Meeuwsen M, Zeldovich M, Vester JC, Maas A, Koskinen S, Covic A. Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life after Traumatic Brain Injury between Varying Patient Groups: Sensitivity of a Disease-Specific (QOLIBRI) and a Generic (SF-36) Instrument. J Neurotrauma 2020; 37:1242-1254. [PMID: 31801408 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/28/2022] Open
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Factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients after traumatic brain injury (TBI) include severity of initial injury, different grades of trauma recovery, sociodemographic status, and psychological characteristics. Yet, sensitivity of HRQOL instruments to such effects is often underexplored. Thus, we aimed to compare the capacity of the disease-specific QOLIBRI (Quality of Life after Brain Injury) and the generic Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey(SF-36) to detect significant differences in HRQOL between patients. Patients (n = 795) completed HRQOL, sociodemographic, clinical, psychological, and health status questionnaires. Univariate (Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney) and multi-variate (Wei-Lachin) non-parametric analyses were conducted using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney approach to compare the sensitivity of the QOLIBRI and the SF-36. For both instruments, HRQOL was particularly influenced by patients' reliance on others, depression, anxiety, and recovery status, whereas smaller effects were found for living arrangements and participation in leisure activities. Both HRQOL instruments were sensitive to group differences, but the QOLIBRI was able to detect a greater number of and finer differences between specific patient groups, which is particularly important in clinical and therapeutic contexts. This finding is likely explained by the QOLIBRI's greater specificity to disease-specific aspects of consequences of TBI. This head-to-head HRQOL instrument comparison resulted in a recommendation for the use of the QOLIBRI when detailed insight in the subjective consequences and impact of TBI on patients is required.
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- Nicole von Steinbüchel
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Kukkonen P, Leino‐Kilpi H, Koskinen S, Salminen L, Strandell‐Laine C. Nurse managers' perceptions of the competence of newly graduated nurses: A scoping review. J Nurs Manag 2019; 28:4-16. [DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- University of Turku Turku Finland
- Turku University Hospital Turku Finland
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Koponen P, Reinikainen J, Tolonen H, Laatikainen T, Jousilahti P, Koskinen S. Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in Finland by different data sources. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Population level information on the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes is needed to support planning and evaluation of preventive activities and care. Population based health examination surveys (HES) can provide valid information, but they are time consuming and expensive. Administrative registers on hospitalizations and out-patient visits could provide information faster and at less cost.
The aim of this study is to estimate how comparable prevalence estimates of type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension and their combination are based on data from the Finnish national health examination survey (FinHealth 2017) and data from administrative hospital and primary care registers in Finland.
Methods
Survey data were linked to care registers using personal identity codes. Survey based hypertension was defined as SBP≥140 mmHg or DBP≥90 mmHg or self-reported use of antihypertensive medications; and T2D as HbA1c ≥48 mmol/mol or self-reported us of diabetes medications. Corresponding indicators from care registers were: hypertension and T2D as a reason for care or visit or having received prescription for diabetes medication (using ICD-10, ICPC and ATC codes).
Results
For hypertension, survey data provided the prevalence of 43 % while only 12 % of individuals were identified as hypertensives in the register data. The prevalence of T2D was 9 % in both data sources. The prevalence of having both hypertension and T2D was 7 % based on survey data and 3 % based on register data. Agreement between survey and register data was lower for hypertension (Cohen’s kappa 0.23) than for T2D (0.84).
Conclusions
Register data provided lower prevalence for hypertension than the survey data. For diabetes, similar prevalences were observed. As there are limitations in the coverage of register data more reliable population level information can be obtained from HES.
Key messages
Health examination surveys cover persons with undiagnosed problems and conditions omitted in national registers. Hypertension and T2D should be monitored with both register and survey data.
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- P Koponen
- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Background
Young adulthood is a pivotal period for many lifestyle factors becoming established and later affecting health. However, current knowledge on key lifestyle factors among young adults is limited. This study aimed to examine the lifestyle of Finnish young adults and the changes in their lifestyle between the years 2000 and 2017. Further, the accumulation of health promoting and endangering lifestyle factors was evaluated.
Methods
The study is based on nationally representative data on young adults (aged 18 − 29 years) from the Health 2000 Survey (n = 1894; 90% participated) and the FinHealth 2017 Study (n = 1162; 54% participated). Lifestyle factors were assessed in the interview and by questionnaires. The five key lifestyle factors (use of vegetables, smoking, physical activity, sleep and alcohol consumption) were dichotomized for the evaluation of the accumulation. Weighted prevalences were analyzed by logistic regression taking into account the sampling design and non-response.
Results
In 2017, 32% (95% CI 25, 41) and 52% (95% CI 45, 60) of young men and women used fresh vegetables daily, respectively. In men, the prevalence had decreased in 2017 compared to 2000 (p < 0.01). The prevalence of daily smoking had decreased (p < 0.01) being 11% in both sexes in 2017. In men, the prevalence of the daily use of snuff had increased from 3% (95% CI 2, 5) to 8% (95% CI 5, 14) in 2017 (p = 0.01). In both years, three out of four were physically active at leisure-time and nine out of ten slept at least six hours per day. In 2017, half of the young adults reached 4 to 5 (maximum) health promoting factors whereas 17% (95% CI 11, 24) of men and 12% (95% CI 8, 18) of women reached only 0 to 2.
Conclusions
There have been both favourable and unfavourable changes in the lifestyle of young adults during the last decades. The accumulation of health promoting and endangering lifestyle factors was observed indicating needs to versatilely prevent risks for major public health problems.
Key messages
Many health-endangering lifestyle factors are comparatively common in young adults. It is important to prevent the accumulation of health-endangering lifestyle factors in young adulthood to lower the risks for major public health problems in future.
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- T Jääskeläinen
- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Jousilahti P, Laatikainen T, Harkanen T, Borodulin K, Harald K, Koskinen S, Mannisto S, Peltonen M, Sundvall J, Valsta L, Vartiainen E. P6222Changes in main CVD risk factors in Finland 1992–2017. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Systematic monitoring of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors started in eastern Finland already in the 1970s as part of the North Karelia Project. Later on risk factor monitoring was extended to other parts of the country.
Purpose
In this study we report the trends of main CVD risk factors in Finland from 1992 to 2017.
Methods
Study population consists of a population-based random sample of 31 402 men and women aged 25–64 years who participated in the FINRISK Studies from 1992 to 2012, and in the FinHealth Study in 2017. Data collection was done every five years. Participation rate decreased from 76% in 1992 to 56% in 2017. Study protocol included self-reported questionnaire data on smoking and other health behavior, measurements of height, weight and blood pressure, and venous blood sample for laboratory analysis. Blood pressure was measured two times, and the average of the measurements was calculated, total serum cholesterol was analyzed using enzymatic method, and LDL cholesterol was calculated using Friedewald formula.
Results
Smoking prevalence, mean blood pressure and total and LDL cholesterol levels declined markedly during the 25 year follow up but BMI, waist circumference and prevalence of obesity increased (table).
CVD risk factor change from 1992 to 2017 Risk factor Men 1992 Men 2017 p value Women 1992 Women 2017 p value Smoking (%) 36.7 20.6 <0.001 25.9 16.5 <0.001 SBP (mmHg) 136.6 131.2 <0.001 130.3 124.5 <0.001 DBP (mmHg) 82.7 81.6 <0.001 78.6 77.8 <0.001 Chol (mmol/L) 5.66 5.17 <0.001 5.42 5.18 <0.001 LDL chol (mmol/L) 3.54 3.16 <0.001 3.26 3.03 <0.001 BMI (kg/m2) 26.2 27.2 <0.001 25.1 26.4 <0.001 WC (cm) 92.8 96.1 <0.001 79.2 86.2 <0.001 Obesity (%) 15.7 23.2 <0.001 14.8 22.7 <0.001
Conclusions
The levels of main traditional CVD risk factors have markedly decreased among the Finnish population during the last 25 years but in the same time, obesity has become a major public health challenge.
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- P Jousilahti
- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL, Helsinki, Finland
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Vartiainen MV, Peltonen K, Holm A, Koskinen S, Iverson GL, Hokkanen L. Preliminary normative study of ImPACT® in Finnish professional male ice hockey players. Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2019; 28:53-59. [PMID: 31043082 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2019.1592175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Assessment of cognition is an important part of concussion management. The common paradigm of baseline and postinjury evaluations is recommended but due to the often lacking baseline data, reliable normative values are needed. The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT®) battery is a widely used method of cognitive assessment offering several language options. There are few comparative studies between language groups on this test battery. ImPACT was administered at baseline to 184 Finnish male Professional Ice Hockey league players. The performance of the Finnish sample differed from previously published English and Czech language samples on the Visual Motor Speed and Reaction Time composites with medium effect-sizes (d = 0.38-0.52). Age, but not education or prior concussions, was associated with ImPACT performance. ImPACT performance is not uniform across language and culture groups and the findings highlight the need for language-specific norms. Finnish reference values for ImPACT for ages <20, 20-26, and >26 are presented. A similar approach is encouraged for other languages.
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- Matti V Vartiainen
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Health and Welfare, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Pori, Finland.,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,MassGeneral Hospital for Children™ Sport Concussion Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Home Base, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Kullberg-Turtiainen M, Vuorela K, Huttula L, Turtiainen P, Koskinen S. Individualized goal directed dance rehabilitation in chronic state of severe traumatic brain injury: A case study. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01184. [PMID: 30805564 PMCID: PMC6374582 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Few long-term studies report late outcomes after severe traumatic brain injury. New rehabilitation techniques are needed for this heterogenous patient group. We present a dance intervention six and half years after an extreme severe TBI including excessive diffuse axonal injury, which disconnects the brain networks. Given the fact, that efficient brain function depends on the integrated operation of large-scale brain networks like default mode network (DMN), we created an intervention with multisensory and multimodal approach and goal-directed behavior. The intervention lasted four months including weekly one-hour dance lessons with the help of a physiotherapist and dance teacher. The measures included functional independence measure (FIM), repeated electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis of three subnets of DMN and clinical evaluations and observations. The results showed clear improvement after the intervention, and FIM stayed in elevated level during several years after the intervention. We present suggestion for further studies using larger patient groups.
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- University of Helsinki, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
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Alenius M, Koskinen S, Hallikainen I, Ngandu T, Lipsanen J, Sainio P, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Hänninen T. Cognitive Performance among Cognitively Healthy Adults Aged 30-100 Years. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra 2019; 9:11-23. [PMID: 31043960 PMCID: PMC6477494 DOI: 10.1159/000495657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background/Aims To detect cognitive decline in older adults, measures of verbal fluency and verbal memory are widely used. Less is known about performance in these measures in younger persons or according to education level and gender. We investigated cognitive performance according to age, education and gender among cognitively healthy adults aged 30–100 years. Methods The study population comprised 4,174 cognitively healthy persons participating in the nationally representative Finnish Health 2011 survey. Cognitive assessment included verbal fluency, word list memory, word list recall and word list savings from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease neuropsychological battery. Results Total variance in the cognitive test performance explained by age, education and gender varied from 12.3 to 31.2%. A decreasing trend in cognitive performance existed in all subtests by advancing age, with differences appearing between 50 and 55 years. Persons with the highest-education level performed best for all measures. For the participants < 55 years, education explained part of the variance, while age and gender did not. Conclusions When assessing cognition, age and education should be accounted for in more detail in research and clinical practice. Additionally, the cohort effect and its potential impact on the renewal cycle of future normative values for cognitive tests should be considered.
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- Minna Alenius
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Aging, Disability and Functioning Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Department, Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Koponen P, Lundqvist A, Sääksjärvi K, Borodulin K, Sainio P, Palosaari T, Koskinen S. Significant educational differences in population health observed in the FinHealth 2017 Survey. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- P Koponen
- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institue for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Borodulin K, Koponen P, Lundqvist A, Sääksjärvi K, Tolonen H, Palosaari T, Koskinen S. Changes in key chronic disease risk factors in Finland 2011–2017. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.143] [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] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- K Borodulin
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Koskinen S, Sainio P. Work ability in Finland: earlier positive time trend has reversed. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Koskinen
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- A Lundqvist
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Sääksjärvi K, Koponen P, Tolonen H, Koskinen S, Lundqvist A, Kontto J, Borodulin K. How to increase participation in health examination surveys? Findings from the FinHealth 2017 Survey. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.695] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- K Sääksjärvi
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Sainio P, Stenholm S, Valkeinen H, Vaara M, Heliövaara M, Koskinen S. Is the decreasing trend of mobility limitations in the older Finnish population reversing? Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- P Sainio
- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Suikkala A, Koskinen S, Leino-Kilpi H. Patients’ involvement in nursing students’ clinical education: A scoping review. Int J Nurs Stud 2018; 84:40-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Peltonen K, Vartiainen M, Laitala-Leinonen T, Koskinen S, Luoto T, Pertab J, Hokkanen L. Adolescent athletes with learning disability display atypical maturational trajectories on concussion baseline testing: Implications based on a Finnish sample. Child Neuropsychol 2018; 25:336-351. [DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2018.1474865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Kati Peltonen
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Neurosciences Institute, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Rask S, Elo IT, Lilja E, Koskinen S, Koponen P, Castaneda AE. Explanations for health differences in Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants in Finland. Eur J Public Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx187.304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Rask
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Philadelphia, United States
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Biersma EM, Jackson JA, Hyvönen J, Koskinen S, Linse K, Griffiths H, Convey P. Global biogeographic patterns in bipolar moss species. R Soc Open Sci 2017; 4:170147. [PMID: 28791139 PMCID: PMC5541534 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A bipolar disjunction is an extreme, yet common, biogeographic pattern in non-vascular plants, yet its underlying mechanisms (vicariance or long-distance dispersal), origin and timing remain poorly understood. Here, combining a large-scale population dataset and multiple dating analyses, we examine the biogeography of four bipolar Polytrichales mosses, common to the Holarctic (temperate and polar Northern Hemisphere regions) and the Antarctic region (Antarctic, sub-Antarctic, southern South America) and other Southern Hemisphere (SH) regions. Our data reveal contrasting patterns, for three species were of Holarctic origin, with subsequent dispersal to the SH, while one, currently a particularly common species in the Holarctic (Polytrichum juniperinum), diversified in the Antarctic region and from here colonized both the Holarctic and other SH regions. Our findings suggest long-distance dispersal as the driver of bipolar disjunctions. We find such inter-hemispheric dispersals are rare, occurring on multi-million-year timescales. High-altitude tropical populations did not act as trans-equatorial 'stepping-stones', but rather were derived from later dispersal events. All arrivals to the Antarctic region occurred well before the Last Glacial Maximum and previous glaciations, suggesting that, despite the harsh climate during these past glacial maxima, plants have had a much longer presence in this southern region than previously thought.
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- E. M. Biersma
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History (Botany) and Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 7, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
- National Antarctic Research Center, Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Tiainen K, Stenholm S, Strandberg T, Jula A, Koskinen S. DIABETES AS A PREDICTOR OF MUSCLE STRENGTH DECLINE AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGE 55 AND OLDER. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.5087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- K. Tiainen
- School of Health Sciences and Gerontology Research Center,University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland,
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- School of Health Sciences and Gerontology Research Center,University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland,
- Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland,
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- Institute of Health Sciences/Geriatrics, University of Oulu and Unit of General Practice, Oulu University of Hospital, Oulu, Finland,
- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland,
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- Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Tobiasz-Adamczyk B, Galas A, Zawisza K, Chatterji S, Haro J, Ayuso-Mateos J, Koskinen S, Leonardi M. GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLDER AGE. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- B. Tobiasz-Adamczyk
- Department of Medical Sociology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland,
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- Department of Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland,
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- Department of Medical Sociology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland,
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- Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland,
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM; Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa, Madrid, Spain,
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland,
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- Fondazione IRCCS, Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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Rajavaara P, Rankinen S, Laitala ML, Vähänikkilä H, Yli-Urpo H, Koskinen S, Anttonen V. The influence of general health on the need for dental general anaesthesia in children. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2017; 18:179-185. [PMID: 28343266 DOI: 10.1007/s40368-017-0284-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AIM To analyse the occurrence and causes of dental general anaesthesia (DGA) in healthy and medically compromised children, and to investigate if there are differences between those groups considering factors associated with DGA and DGA procedures. METHODS The data was collected from medical records of children under 7 years of age treated under DGA in the years 2009 and 2010 at the Oulu University Hospital, Finland. The children were divided into two groups: 0-35-month-olds and ≥36-month olds. Background information (year, age, gender, dental diagnosis, health) and the procedures performed were registered. The procedures were analysed considering the child's age and tooth types. RESULTS The number of children treated under DGA increased between 2009 (58) and 2010 (82), particularly in the group of healthy children. The two main diagnoses leading to DGA were dental caries and dental fear. Dental caries as the first dental diagnosis leading to DGA was more common among the medically compromised children (61.5%) compared to the healthy children (38.6%). The procedures performed were similar among the two groups. However, they varied between the age groups and tooth types and even between upper and lower teeth. The medically compromised children had been treated more frequently under DGA in the past. CONCLUSIONS The threshold for treating medically compromised children under DGA seems to be lower than for healthy children. However, the occurrence of DGA among healthy children has increased recently. To avoid unnecessary DGA, the control of caries should be carried out according to individual needs and independent of whether the child is healthy or has a chronic disease.
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- P Rajavaara
- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Paediatric Dentistry, Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5281, 90014, Oulu, Finland. .,Dental Teaching Unit and Unit of Specialised Care, Oral Health Care, Municipal Health Centre, Aapistie 3, P.O. Box 8, 90015, Oulu, Finland.
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Paediatric Dentistry, Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5281, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Paediatric Dentistry, Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5281, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5281, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, OYS, P.O. Box 21, 90029, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Paediatric Dentistry, Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5281, 90014, Oulu, Finland.,Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, OYS, P.O. Box 21, 90029, Oulu, Finland
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