Feasibility of high-intensity training in asthma.

High-intensity interval training is an effective and popular training regime but its feasibility in untrained adults with asthma is insufficiently described. The randomized controlled trial 'EFFORT Asthma' explored the effects of behavioural interventions including high-intensity interval training on clinical outcomes in nonobese sedentary adults with asthma. In this article we present a sub analysis of data aiming to evaluate if patients' pre-intervention levels of asthma control, FEV1, airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) predicted their training response to the high-intensity interval training program, measured as increase in maximal oxygen consumption (VOmax).

Learning to live with a permanent intestinal ostomy: impact on everyday life and educational needs.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to explore the impact of a permanent stoma on patients' everyday lives and to gain further insight into their need for ostomy-related education.

Subjects And Setting: The sample population comprised 15 persons with permanent ostomies. Stomas were created to manage colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.

Impact of a temporary stoma on patients' everyday lives: feelings of uncertainty while waiting for closure of the stoma.

Aims And Objectives: To examine patients' experiences of impact of a temporary stoma on their everyday life. Furthermore, we wanted to generate new knowledge and comprehension of learning how to live with a temporary stoma.

Background: There are many aspects, largely unexplored, that may influence patients' adaptation to life with a stoma.