Publications by authors named "L Salomonsen"
Health anxiety (HA) refers to excessive worries and anxiety about harbouring serious illness based on misinterpretation of bodily sensations or changes as signs of serious illness. Severe HA is associated with disability and high health care costs. However, the impact of parental HA on excessive concern with their children's health (health anxiety by proxy) is scantly investigated.
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- The study aimed to compare disease activity and treatment outcomes among patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who are starting treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), considering factors like HLA-B27 status.
- A total of 1,250 TNFi-naive patients were analyzed, revealing that nr-axSpA patients had higher baseline pain and fatigue scores but lower C-reactive protein levels and physical function compared to AS patients.
- While nr-axSpA patients had shorter median treatment adherence (1.59 years) than AS patients (3.67 years), response rates were similar across both groups, with
Purpose: Serum level of under-carboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) is considered a sensitive measure of vitamin K status, and ucOC levels are associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk in elderly persons. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between ucOC and BMD in early menopausal women.
Methods: The data reported here come from the enrollment in a double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized trial comprising 334 healthy Norwegian women between 50 and 60 years, 1-5 years after menopause, not using warfarin or medication known to affect bone metabolism.
Use of complementary and alternative medicine at Norwegian and Danish hospitals.
BMC Complement Altern Med
January 2011
Background: Several studies have found that a high proportion of the population in western countries use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). However, little is known about whether CAM is offered in hospitals. The aim of this study was to describe to what extent CAM is offered in Norwegian and Danish hospitals and investigate possible changes in Norway since 2001.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Vitamin K2 may preserve bone strength and reduce fracture risk. In this randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial among healthy postmenopausal Norwegian women, 1 year supplementation of vitamin K2 in the form of Natto capsules had no effect on bone loss rates.
Introduction: Japanese studies indicate that vitamin K2 (menaquinone-7 (MK-7)) intake may preserve bone strength, but this has not been documented in Europeans.