Experiences of rehabilitation coordination among people on sick leave with mental health problems.

Purpose: Return to work often requires collaboration between different stakeholders. Rehabilitation coordination is a resource in coordinating efforts during sick leave to facilitate return to work. The purpose of the present study was to describe how people at risk for sick leave or on sick leave with mental health problems experienced rehabilitation coordination.

Work-related stress is associated with low work ability, but not with poor self-rated health: A cross-sectional study in primary healthcare.

Background: People seeking care at primary healthcare centres may be exposed to work-related stress, increasing the risk of future sick leave. Thus, it is important to identify work-related stress, and to explore how stress relates to work ability and health.

Objective: To investigate the association between work-related stress and a) work ability, and b) self-rated health, among working women and men seeking care for physical or mental health complaints.

Reaching for connection: a qualitative study of communication and interaction in video-based physiotherapy.

Objective: Digital technology has become increasingly relevant in physiotherapy, but little is known about communication and interaction in video-based physiotherapy. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the experiences among patients and physiotherapists, of communication and interaction in digital, video-based physiotherapy.

Methods: A qualitative interview study with a phenomenological approach was conducted.

Belief, hope and help from others: a qualitative study on what facilitates physical activity in people with depression.

Introduction: Worldwide, there are more than 264 million people with depression, which is the second-leading cause of years lived with disability. Physical activity can be useful in both preventing and treating mild to moderate depression, but few studies have explored patients' experience of physical activity.

Purpose: To explore experiences of facilitators to initiate and maintain regular physical activity in people with depression.

Women's experiences of physical therapy treatment for vulvodynia.

Introduction: Vulvodynia is a common and complex pain syndrome with a negative impact on quality of life and sexual health. Physical therapy is still an underexplored treatment for vulvodynia. Women's experiences of their physical therapy treatment might shed light on meaningful aspects and essential keys to facilitate change.

Experiences of pain debut and healthcare received in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Background: Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) is the occurrence of chronic pelvic pain when there is no proven infection or other obvious local pathology that may account for the pain. It is often associated with negative cognitive, behavioural, sexual or emotional consequences, as well as with symptoms of lower urinary tract, sexual or bowel dysfunction. As there is a close link between psychosocial factors and the development of myofascial pain syndromes it is important for healthcare professionals to have knowledge of how the pain begins and the activities at the debut of the symptoms.

Measurement properties of the Swedish clinical outcomes in routine evaluation outcome measures (CORE-OM): Rasch analysis and short version for depressed and anxious out-patients in a multicultural area.

Introduction: The Swedish version of the patient-reported Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measures (CORE-OM) has demonstrated high reliability and acceptable convergent validity in explanatory factor analyses. However, the fundamental scale properties have not yet been validated according to item response theory. The aim of this study was to analyze the measurement properties of the Swedish CORE-OM in a cohort of psychiatric out-patients with depression and anxiety in a multicultural area and to explore combinations of items based on shorter versions of the scale (CORE-10, CORE-6D) to improve measurement properties.

Anxiety severity and cognitive function in primary care patients with anxiety disorder: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Deficits in cognitive performance are reported in patients with anxiety disorders, but research is limited and inconsistent. We aimed to investigate cross-sectional associations between cognitive function, with focus on executive function, and anxiety severity in primary care patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders.

Methods: 189 Swedish patients aged 18-65 years (31% men) with anxiety disorders diagnosed according to Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview were included.

Effects of exercise on symptoms of anxiety in primary care patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: There is a need for high-quality research regarding exercise interventions for persons with anxiety disorders. We investigate whether a 12-week exercise intervention, with different intensities, could reduce anxiety symptoms in patients with anxiety disorders.

Methods: 286 patients were recruited from primary care in Sweden.

Exploring clinical reasoning in Austrian mental health physiotherapy: the physiotherapist´s perspective.

Introduction: In mental health physiotherapy, there is a lack of research investigating the assumptions and clinical reasoning strategies of the professionals. A critical view on what is taken for granted within physiotherapy promotes professional development.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the essence of clinical reasoning of Austrian mental health physiotherapists, and to illuminate the meaning of their experiences.

Medical Defibulation as a Possibility-the Experiences of Young Swedish- Somali Women.

: Infibulation is the most pervasive form of female genital cutting. Infibulated women face difficulties such as obstruction of urine and menstrual blood flow, sexual problems, and birth complications, and may therefore need medical defibulation. This study explores the lived experiences of young migrant women from Somalia and their views on undergoing medical defibulation in Sweden.

A short work-directed rehabilitation to promote work capacity while depressed and anxious: a qualitative study of workers' experiences.

Purpose: Most people with common mental disorders are working despite symptoms. This study explores individuals' experiences of a work-directed rehabilitation, provided by occupational therapists and physiotherapists, aiming to promote work capacity in persons with common mental disorders.

Methods: A qualitative content analysis was used, and 11 women and 8 men with depression or anxiety disorder were interviewed.

Work-directed rehabilitation or physical activity to support work ability and mental health in common mental disorders: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate feasibility and potential effectiveness of work-directed rehabilitation in people with common mental disorders.

Design: Pilot randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Primary healthcare, Sweden.

Goal-setting in physiotherapy: exploring a person-centered perspective.

: To analyze definitions and related requirements, processes, and operationalization of person-centered goal-setting in the physiotherapy research literature; to discuss those findings in relation to underlying principles of person-centeredness; and to provide an initial framework for how person-centered goal-setting could be conceptualized and operationalized in physiotherapy. : A literature search was conducted in the databases: CINAHL, PubMed, PEDro, PsycINFO, REHABdata and Scopus. A content analysis was performed on how person-centered goal-setting was described.

Support to informal caregivers of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study of caregivers' and professionals' experiences in Swedish hospitals.

Objectives: Informal caregivers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience a heavy caregiver burden, but few studies have explored what support they need. The aim of this study was to describe perceptions of healthcare support to informal caregivers, both from the family caregiver's and the staff's perspective.

Design: A qualitative interview study involving semi-structured interviews and analysed with content analysis.

Effects of exercise on symptoms of anxiety, cognitive ability and sick leave in patients with anxiety disorders in primary care: study protocol for PHYSBI, a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Anxiety disorders are common and associated with reduced quality of life, impaired physical and mental health and an increased economic burden for society. While evidence exists for the effectiveness of exercise treatment for depression, there is a need for high-quality randomized clinical trials (RCT) with a focus on anxiety disorders. Further research is also warranted regarding outcomes of cognitive function, other health-related variables, dose-response effects, work ability and potential mechanisms.

Anxiety management: Participants' experiences of a physiotherapeutic group treatment in Swedish psychiatric outpatient care.

Anxiety disorders are among the most persistent mental health syndromes. There is extensive research showing effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy interventions targeting anxiety, while knowledge is still sparse for other treatment options. The aim of this study was to explore how participants with anxiety disorders experience a physiotherapeutic group treatment in psychiatric outpatient care, and their perceived ability to manage anxiety within two months after participating in the treatment.

Strategies to keep working among workers with common mental disorders - a grounded theory study.

Purpose: Most people with common mental disorders (CMDs) are employed and working, but few studies have looked into how they manage their jobs while ill. This study explores workers' experiences of strategies to keep working while suffering from CMDs.

Methods: In this grounded theory study, we interviewed 19 women and eight men with depression or anxiety disorders.

Working in dissonance: experiences of work instability in workers with common mental disorders.

Background: Common mental disorders have a negative impact on work functioning, but less is known about the process when the functioning starts to destabilize. This study explores experiences of work instability in workers with common mental disorders.

Methods: A grounded theory study using a theoretical sampling frame, individual in-depth interviews and a constant comparative analysis conducted by a multidisciplinary research team.

"Crawling Out of the Cocoon": Patients' Experiences of a Physical Therapy Exercise Intervention in the Treatment of Major Depression.

Background: Although the effectiveness of physical exercise for depression has been studied for many years, few studies have described patients' experiences of what exercise means to them, beyond the biological focus. Moreover, exercise as a treatment for depression is rarely explored in a physical therapy context.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore a physical therapy exercise intervention, as experienced by people with major depression.