Home-based training technology for persons with dementia: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators for mobility-based training at home.

Background: Physical training is increasingly used in rehabilitation for older people with dementia and several studies have documented positive results. Currently, welfare nations promote motion-based technology (MBT) at home to replace group training in various rehabilitation interventions. Research on the use of MBT by people with dementia is sparse.

Cross-sectorial collaboration in return to work interventions: perspectives from patients, mental health care professionals and case managers in the social insurance sector.

Purpose: Common mental disorders (CMD) are major causes of sick leave and have huge negative impacts on psychosocial well-being and to overall society. The return to work (RTW) process involves various welfare sectors, but often lack collaboration across these sectors and may cause uneven RTW processes. This study reports from an intervention aimed to increase collaboration between the mental health care system (MHCS) and the social insurance sector (SIS).

Motion-Based Technology for People With Dementia Training at Home: Three-Phase Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility and Efficacy.

Background: Persons with dementia tend to be vulnerable to mobility challenges and hence face a greater risk of fall and subsequent fractures, morbidity, and mortality. Motion-based technologies (MBTs), also called sensor-based technologies or virtual reality, have the potential for assisting physical exercise and training as a part of a disease management and rehabilitation program, but little is known about its' use for people with dementia.

Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of MBT physical training at home for people with dementia.

Use of information communication technology and stress, burnout, and mental health in older, middle-aged, and younger workers - results from a systematic review.

The aim of this systematic review is to summarise quantitative studies in occupational settings observing the association between Information communication technology (ICT) and stress, and burnout, considering age as an effect modifier. A systematic review using PRISMA guidelines was conducted through the following bibliographic databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Psycinfo, and the Cochrane Library. Inclusion criteria were occupational settings and content relevant to our research question.

European University Students' Experiences and Attitudes toward Campus Alcohol Policy: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Many studies indicate that a substantial part of the student population drinks excessively, yet most European universities do not have an alcohol policy. In the absence of an alcohol guideline at universities and the easy access to alcohol sold at the student cafeteria, for instance, this has the potential to place students at risk of overconsumption, which has adverse health consequences.

Objectives: Therefore, our study objectives were to explore and compare university students' experiences and attitudes toward alcohol policy on their campus using a qualitative approach.

Perceptions and Practices of Physical Activity Among Colombian Overweight/Obese Schoolchildren.

The purpose of this study was to explore the contexts that shape obese children's engagement in physical activity (PA) focusing on children's perceptions. The qualitative design consisted of non-participant observations, and unstructured and semi-structured focus group and individual interviews. Data were analyzed by use of conventional content analysis.

Students' drinking behavior and perceptions towards introducing alcohol policies on university campus in Denmark: a focus group study.

Background: High alcohol consumption among university students is a well-researched health concern in many countries. At universities in Denmark, policies of alcohol consumption are a new phenomenon if existing at all. However, little is known of how students perceive campus alcohol policies.

Work reintegration after long-term sick leave: domains of influence on co-workers' ability to be supportive.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify domains of influence on co-workers' ability to be supportive of returning worker during the work reintegration (WR) process.

Methods: An ethnographic study design was chosen involving fieldwork at four different workplaces, at an emergency care service, a waste disposal company and at two nursing homes. Qualitative methods for inquiry were used including participant observation, individual- and group interviews of 30 participants.

Betwixt and between: workplace perspectives on work reintegration in the eldercare sector in Denmark.

Purpose: Contemporary return-to-work (RTW) policies in Denmark and other welfare nations recommend employees on long-term sick leave, due to physical or mental health problems, to RTW gradually. Factors that influence the process of work reintegration (WR) is well documented, however, co-workers experiences of this process are a rather new research topic. Moreover, in the context of the present research, no studies have so far explored the workplace as an arena for social interaction.

Attitudes towards sickness absence and sickness presenteeism in health and care sectors in Norway and Denmark: a qualitative study.

Background: In the health and care sector, sickness absence and sickness presenteeism are frequent phenomena and constitute a field in need of exploration. Attitudes towards sickness absence involve also attitudes towards sickness presenteeism, i.e.

Getting the pain right: how low back pain patients manage and express their pain experiences.

Purpose: Biopsychosocial interventions in low back pain (LBP) rehabilitation aim at preparing patients to accept and manage their pain conditions and to encourage them to maintain their everyday life routines. Although such approaches have demonstrated a positive effect, for example, in relation to return to work (RTW), few studies have explored how social contexts influence how pain is being managed. Using a theoretical approach that addresses pain as social performance, we illustrate how pain is expressed and managed in three different contexts: at the clinic, at home and at work.

Capturing contrasted realities: integrating multiple perspectives of Danish community life in health promotion.

Communities in health literature are often treated as homogeneous entities, in which community members are believed to share needs, goals, resources and social and cultural values. This perception of community is too narrow to grasp the complexity and dynamics of community life and neglect the different ways community members use, perceive and interact in their community. In this study, we outline a theoretical approach that embraces community diversity, by focusing on how community life is being practiced by its members and how they interact with each other.

"A good spot": Health promotion discourse, healthy cities and heterogeneity in contemporary Denmark.

Health promotion at a community level has gained popularity in recent decades within and outside academic environments. The health promotion discourse is part of a wider political discourse, aimed at empowering individuals to take control of their own lives and enabling them to be engaged, responsible and active citizens in their own communities. Key values of the discourse, deriving from a democratic and individualistic culture, are evident in how local authorities develop and implement policies aimed at promoting population health and wellbeing.