Publications by authors named "M Morland"
Aim: To explore and gain a broader understanding of residents' viewpoints and experiences of spiritual care when living in a nursing home.
Design: A qualitative hermeneutical interview study inspired by Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics.
Methods: Thirty-eight individual interviews of 14 male and 24 female residents; of these, 24 had a dementia diagnosis.
Long-term prognosis for patients admitted to a medical intermediate care unit.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
June 2021
Background: The intermediate care unit at Akershus University Hospital treats patients with incipient or manifest organ failure. Selecting patients who might benefit from treatment in an intermediate care unit is challenging. Few data are available on long-term survival of patients treated in medical intermediate care units and on how assumed favourable and unfavourable prognostic factors predict long-term survival in this population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBone health in elite Norwegian endurance cyclists and runners: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
December 2018
Background: Athletes who compete in non-weight-bearing activities such as swimming and cycling are at risk of developing low bone mineral density (BMD). Athletes in long-distance running are at risk of low BMD.
Objective: (1) To evaluate the bone health in Norwegian male and female national elite road cyclists and middle-distance and long-distance runners, and to identify cases of low BMD.
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 1,369 hospitalizations were analyzed, with pneumonia, COPD, and sepsis being the most common causes, revealing a 13% in-hospital mortality rate and 14% within a year.
- * Key factors predicting mortality included the severity of illness, age, and underlying comorbidities, with the hospital's risk-adjusted mortality ratio meeting quality standards for intensive care.