Benefits and drawbacks of videoconferencing in eldercare from care workers' perspectives.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine how care workers' characteristics are related to the perceived benefits and drawbacks of using videoconferencing in the care of older people. The factors chosen for this study are: age, education, perceived information and communication technology (ICT) support, interest in technology, ICT skills and possible prior experience of using videoconferencing tools.

Methods: Our data source was the second wave (2021) of the University of Jyväskylä survey on elder care work ( = 3607), collected from four large trade unions in Finland.

Field Trials of an Autonomous eDNA Sampler in Lotic Waters.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has become a transformative technology, but sample collection methods lack standardization and sampling at effective frequencies requires considerable field effort. Autonomous eDNA samplers that can sample water at high frequencies offer potential solutions to these problems. We present results from four case studies using a prototype autonomous eDNA sampler as part of the U.

Outbreak of in hospital linked to a fava bean product, Finland, 2015 to 2019.

is a bacterium widely distributed in the environment. Listeriosis is a severe disease associated with high hospitalisation and mortality rates. In April 2019, listeriosis was diagnosed in two hospital patients in Finland.

Predictors of short-term response and the role of heavy alcohol use in treatment of depression.

Background: Depression and alcohol use disorders frequently co-occur. However, research on psychosocial interventions for treating this dual pathology is limited. The Ostrobothnian Depression Study (ODS) aimed to increase the systematic use of evidence-based methods, particularly among patients with comorbid depression and substance use in a naturalistic setting.

Genetic risk scores associated with temperament clusters in Finnish depression patients.

Objective: Cloninger's temperament dimensions have been studied widely in relation to genetics. In this study, we examined Cloninger's temperament dimensions grouped with cluster analyses and their association with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This study included 212 genotyped Finnish patients from the Ostrobothnia Depression Study.