Publications by authors named "Malin Henriksson"
Active school travel (AST) is an effective approach for increasing children's physical activity and independent mobility, but policy supporting AST is lacking. This study aims to explore children's experiences of AST to inform a policy recommendation. Photovoice methodology with a qualitative approach was applied, with children taking pictures on their way to school.
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- The study explored the effects of 12-week exercise interventions on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), work ability, and sick leave among anxiety disorder patients, with follow-up assessments after one year.
- Among 222 participants, those in the moderate/high-intensity exercise group showed significant improvements in HR-QoL and work ability compared to the control group after 12 weeks and at one year, particularly for those also taking antidepressants.
- Limitations included a high dropout rate, mostly early on, which is common in anxiety treatment studies; however, the findings suggest that higher intensity exercise can benefit anxiety patients' overall quality of life.
Background: Deficits in cognitive performance are reported in patients with anxiety disorders, but research is limited and inconsistent. We aimed to investigate cross-sectional associations between cognitive function, with focus on executive function, and anxiety severity in primary care patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders.
Methods: 189 Swedish patients aged 18-65 years (31% men) with anxiety disorders diagnosed according to Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview were included.
Background: There is a need for high-quality research regarding exercise interventions for persons with anxiety disorders. We investigate whether a 12-week exercise intervention, with different intensities, could reduce anxiety symptoms in patients with anxiety disorders.
Methods: 286 patients were recruited from primary care in Sweden.
Background: Anxiety disorders are common and associated with reduced quality of life, impaired physical and mental health and an increased economic burden for society. While evidence exists for the effectiveness of exercise treatment for depression, there is a need for high-quality randomized clinical trials (RCT) with a focus on anxiety disorders. Further research is also warranted regarding outcomes of cognitive function, other health-related variables, dose-response effects, work ability and potential mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: While risk of premature death is most pronounced among persons with severe mental illness, also milder conditions are associated with increased all-cause mortality. We examined non-psychotic mental (NPM) disorders and specific causes of natural death in a cohort of late adolescent men followed for up to 46 years.
Methods: Prospective cohort study of Swedish males (n=1 784 626) who took part in structured conscription interviews 1968-2005.
Background And Purpose: Although the incidence of stroke is on the decline worldwide, this is not the case for early stroke. We aimed to determine whether nonpsychotic mental disorder at the age of 18 years is a risk factor for early stroke, and if adolescent cardiovascular fitness and intelligence quotient might attenuate the risk.
Method: Population-based Swedish cohort study of conscripts (n=1 163 845) who enlisted during 1968 to 2005.
Background: In addition to hormone and DNA binding, interactions, including competition with other proteins, appear to be a critical component of transcriptional regulation by the estrogen receptor alpha (ER(alpha)). In vitro studies suggest that exon deletion (Delta exon) variant forms of ER(alpha) may also play an important role in determining the progression from hormone dependence to hormone independence in receptor positive tumors.
Methods: We investigated the presence of ERalpha mRNA and protein variants and their possible role in a moderately differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma grown in nude mice.