Do WHO criteria for gestational diabetes fit a rural population in Tanzania? - A follow-up study assessing mother and child health six years after a pregnancy diagnosed with gestational diabetes.

Aims And Methods: In low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) consequences of gestational diabetes (GDM) is understudied. Using a prospective cohort of mothers (n = 197)and children (n = 251), from rural north-eastern Tanzania, we assessed prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D) prevalence six years after a pregnancy with/without GDM.

Results: The prevalence of prediabetes (49.

Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises.

Focusing on cultural narratives about men's midlife crises, this article explores the more subtle forms that medicalization takes by broadening and re-orientating the concept of successful ageing away from strictly political, medical or/and sociological discussions of health and ageing and towards cultural representations of masculinity, optimization and the handling of a personal crisis. Using two examples; the British comedy Swimming with Men (2018) and the novel Doppler (2014) by Erlend Loe the article discusses the entanglement of masculinity, crisis and ageing and in doing so argues that cultural narratives about men's midlife crises do more than merely comment on already existing understandings of ageing and should in fact be understood as important components in the ongoing medicalization of middle-aged masculinities.

Barriers and challenges in the process of including critically ill patients in clinical studies.

Background: Clinical research in severely ill or injured patients is required to improve healthcare but may be challenging to perform in practice. The aim of this study was to analyse barriers and challenges in the process of including critically ill patients in clinical studies.

Methods: Data from critically ill patients considered for inclusion in an observational study of venous thromboembolism in Norway were analysed.

Effects of a soft prefabricated thumb orthosis in carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.

Aims: To explore the feasibility and assess the effect of a prefabricated soft thumb-base orthosis on pain, hand strength, and activity performance in persons with osteoarthritis of the CMC joint.

Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 29 patients received hand exercises only (control group) and 30 patients received hand exercises and an orthosis (orthosis group). The primary outcome was pain, while secondary outcomes included grip and pinch strength, and self-reported symptoms and activity performance.

Self-management strategies to support performance of daily activities in hand osteoarthritis.

Aims: The main aim of this study was to explore self-management strategies in persons with hand osteoarthritis (HOA).

Methods: Self-management strategies were explored in semi-structured interviews, in which 125 participants described strategies, use of devices or equipment, and advice they would give to people with HOA concerning how to manage their daily life.

Results: The participants made a total of 483 statements, which were classified into 27 discrete strategies, and thereafter grouped into 13 broader strategies within three categories: general behavioural strategies, HOA-specific behavioural strategies, and cognitive strategies.

Grip force and pinch grip in an adult population: reference values and factors associated with grip force.

Objectives: To establish reference values of grip force and pinch grip in 10-year age-spans of an adult population, and to explore personal and activity factors associated with grip force.

Methods: The study has a cross-sectional design. A total of 566 participants, aged 20-94 years, were recruited from a variety of settings.