Are Speech Sound Difficulties Risk Factors for Difficulties in Language and Reading Skills? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Children with speech sound difficulties often require educational psychology services, yet systematic reviews examining the association between these difficulties and language or reading problems are lacking. This meta-analysis examines whether these children are at higher risk of language and reading difficulties compared to their peers.

Method: The study analyzed 290 effect sizes from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that compared language and reading skills between children with speech sound difficulties and controls.

Recognizing and acknowledging end-of-life for patients with cancer - a balancing act. A qualitative study of doctors' and nurses' experiences.

Purpose: Doctors and nurses are central in the challenging task of end-of-life (EOL) care, and this study aims to explore and describe doctors' and nurses' experiences of recognition and acknowledgment of the end of life for patients with cancer.

Methods: A qualitative, explorative research design with individual interviews was carried out based on a semi-open interview guide. A total of 6 doctors and 6 nurses working in medical or surgical departments at a Norwegian University hospital were interviewed.

Predicting Later Spelling from Kindergarten Spelling in U.S., Australian, and Swedish Children.

Purpose: Using data from 1,868 children from the US, Australia, and Sweden who took a 10-word spelling test in kindergarten and a standardized spelling test in Grades 1, 2, and (except for the Australian children) Grade 4, we examined two questions. First, does the quality of a child's errors on the kindergarten test help predict later spelling performance even after controlling for the number of correct responses on the kindergarten test? Second, does spelling develop at a faster pace in Swedish than in English?

Method: We measured kindergarten error quality based on the number of letter additions, deletions, and substitutions needed to transform each error into the correct spelling. Using mixed-model analyses, we examined the relationship of this and other variables to later spelling performance.

Organizational structures influencing timely recognition and acknowledgment of end-of-life in hospitals - A qualitative study of nurses' and doctors' experiences.

Purpose: Healthcare personnel's timely recognition and acknowledgment of end-of-life (EOL) is fundamental for reducing futile treatment, enabling informed decisions regarding the last days or weeks of life, and focusing on high-quality palliative care. The aim of this study is to explore and describe nurses' and doctors' experiences of how organizational structures in hospitals influence timely recognition and acknowledgment of EOL.

Methods: A qualitative explorative design was applied, with data collected through 12 individual in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide.

Identification of unknown impurities J, RRT 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 and 3.4 in tetralysal® capsules.

Tetralysal® is a Galderma oral drug product (DP) marketed for the treatment of acne. Tetralysal® is sold in capsules containing either 150 mg or 300 mg of the drug substance. In the British Pharmacopoeia monograph for Lymecycline Capsules, the impurities already specified in the drug substance (A-G), visible in the European Pharmacopoeia 〈1654〉, are also specified together with an unidentified impurity at RRT 1.

Health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity.

Purpose: This study aimed to describe health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity when attempting to support them in their lifestyle change processes. For many of those affected by obesity, the condition becomes lifelong and causes existential concerns. The health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity may influence central aspects of their practice and their patients' well-being.

Cancer survivorship: existential suffering.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore and describe existential experiences after cancer treatment.

Method: An exploratory phenomenological hermeneutical design was used following in-depth interviews with 21 people.

Results: The study revealed experiences of multifaceted suffering in the form of limitations in everyday life, inner struggles, and bearing the burden alone.

Living With Obesity: Expressions of Longing.

Those who are obese experience complex moral distress. The norm in Western societies is to be slim, and people living with obesity experience challenges under the gaze of society. They feel great vulnerability and the available treatments seldom meet individual needs.

Life after cancer treatment - existential experiences of longing.

The study aimed to gain insight into existential longing as experienced by people treated for cancer. An exploratory phenomenological-hermeneutical design was used, and data were collected through in-depth interviews with 21 people recruited from a cancer organization. Three themes emerged: longing to be oneself, longing for relief from suffering, and longing for rootedness.

Homeworld/Alienworld: a qualitative study about existential experiences after cancer treatment.

Background: As a group, cancer survivors experience significant vulnerability and existential challenges. The biomedical approach dominating health care is insufficient to meet such existential challenges in an individualistic, holistic way.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the existential experiences of those treated for different cancers.

Aspects of well-being when struggling with obesity.

We aimed to gain deeper insight into how people struggling with obesity handle their life situation by addressing how well-being might unfold. For many people, obesity becomes a lifelong condition characterized by repeated weight fluctuations while their weight increases gradually. From an existential perspective, constantly waiting for weight loss can cause an experience of not reaching one's full potential.

Putting life on hold: lived experiences of people with obesity.

Obesity presents challenges in everyday life, one of which involves the existential aspects of living life as a person with obesity. There is a need for understanding the existential experiences, but there is limited in-depth research about these experiences of people with obesity. The aim of this study was to gain deeper insight into the existential experiences of people dealing with obesity.

Living with obesity - existential experiences.

: The aim was to gain in-depth understanding about individuals' existential experiences of living with obesity. : People living with obesity face great vulnerability and existential challenges. The different treatments offered do not seem to meet the individual needs of persons with obesity.

Nurses' experiences with health care in pain clinics: A qualitative study.

Background: Recent research has focused on the effectiveness of different treatment regimens in pain clinics, where a call for more multifaceted treatment has been highlighted. Less attention has been paid to improvements within pain clinics, and how registered nurses-who usually play a key role-perceive and experience the accessibility, treatment options and follow-up offers at public pain clinics.

Objective: The overall aim was to explore and describe how nurses experience health care provided to patients with chronic non-cancer pain at pain clinics.

Mind the Gaps: A Qualitative Study Combining Patients' and Nurses' Reflections on Pain Care.

Chronic noncancer pain is a serious health problem, one that is often associated with physical debility and emotional suffering. Although chronic noncancer pain is one of the primary reasons that people seek medical care, a significant body of evidence indicates that chronic pain is underdiagnosed and undertreated. There is a consensus among professional stakeholders in pain care that there is a need to strengthen quality, capacity, and competence in pain management at all levels of health care.

Living with chronic pain: Patients' experiences with healthcare services in Norway.

Aim: To explore the experiences with healthcare received by people living with chronic nonmalignant pain in Norway.

Design: A descriptive and explorative qualitative design.

Methods: A total of 18 individual semistructured interviews was conducted in 2015.

Risk Factors for Complications following Introduction of Radical Surgery for Colon Cancer: A Consecutive Patient Series.

Background: Rectal cancer surgery is standardized, resulting in improved survival. Colon cancer has fallen behind and therefore more radical surgical techniques have been introduced. One technique is complete mesocolic excision.

Living a meaningful life with chronic pain - further follow-up.

Living a meaningful life with chronic pain seems to depend on the patient having the leading role in their own life. Adequate assistance from healthcare professionals should be balanced during changing circumstances. Successful follow-up demands an independent biopsychosocial-spiritual-existential perspective, where patient-centered care and a focus on resilience go together.

Next of kin's experiences of information and responsibility during their older relatives' care transitions from hospital to municipal health care.

Aims And Objectives: To gain an understanding of how next of kin experience the transition of their older relatives from hospital to municipal health care.

Background: During the care transition of their older relatives, next of kin experience a period of ill-defined roles and expectations. Successful transition lays the ground for postdischarge treatment and care, in which next of kin have important roles.

Older patients' experiences during care transition.

Background: A fragmented health care system leads to an increased demand for continuity of care across health care levels. Research indicates age-related differences during care transition, with the oldest patients having experiences and needs that differ from those of other patients. To meet the older patients' needs and preferences during care transition, professionals must understand their experiences.

The Concept of "Metaemotion": What is There to Learn From Research on Metacognition?

We first present a selection of vignette examples from empirical psychological research to illustrate how the phenomenon of metaemotion (Gottman, Katz, & Hooven, 1996; Mendonça, 2013) is studied within different domains of psychology. We then present a theoretical distinction which has been made between three facets of metacognition, namely metacognitive experiences, metacognitive knowledge, and metacognitive strategies (e.g.

Challenges and outcome of surgery for bowel obstruction in women with gynaecologic cancer.

Introduction: Bowel obstruction is associated with a reduction in quality of life and survival among cancer patients, and the entity is traditionally treated by general surgeons without dedication to the different malignancies that cause bowel obstruction or to palliation. This study aims to identify and improve outcome of bowel obstruction in women with a history of a gynaecologic cancer.

Methods: Women operated for bowel obstruction were screened for a history of gynaecologic cancer and their records were reviewed.

Loneliness, loss, and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes--a mixed-methods study.

Background: Loneliness is a significant psychosocial effect following a cancer diagnosis and may prevent people from engaging in social activities, thus creating difficulties in interpersonal relationships. This study investigated loneliness and social support among cognitively intact nursing home residents with cancer by using a quantitatively driven mixed-methods design with sequential supplementary qualitative components.

Methods: The quantitative component consisted of face-to-face interviews of 60 nursing home residents (≥65 years) using the one-item Loneliness Scale and the Social Provisions Scale.

Suffering and mental health among older people living in nursing homes-a mixed-methods study.

Background. Knowledge about mixed-methods perspectives that examine anxiety, depression, social support, mental health and the phenomenon of suffering among cognitively intact NH residents is scarce. We aimed to explore suffering and mental health among cognitively intact NH residents.