The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS): a design study.

Background: Effective public health initiatives should be founded on a comprehensive and robust understanding of health-related factors including societal and community contexts. The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS) aims for insights into the adult population on topics relevant for planning public health practices at county and municipality levels.

Methods: The NCPHS includes a core questionnaire on public health-related topics and demographics, including indicators of socio-economy, with additional optional questions and scales varying across data collections.

A cross-sectional study of the relationship between injuries and quality of life, psychological distress, sleeping problems, and global subjective health in adults from three Norwegian counties.

Background: Studies examining associations between injuries and outcomes like quality of life and psychological distress are important to understand a broader range of possible consequences of injuries for population health.

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine associations between self-reported injury and quality of life, psychological distress, sleeping problems, and global subjective health.

Methods: The sample was drawn from the Norwegian National Population Register.

The Importance of Symptom Reduction for Functional Improvement after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression: A Causal Mediation Analysis.

Introduction: The temporal relationship between symptoms and functioning in the context of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression is not fully understood, and there are few high-quality studies that have examined to what extent late intervention effects of CBT on functioning are mediated by initial intervention effects on symptoms while accounting for the initial effects on functioning and vice versa.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate whether intervention effects on symptoms and functioning at 12-month follow-up were mediated by intervention effects on these outcomes at 6-month follow-up.

Methods: Participants with anxiety and/or mild-to-moderate depression were randomly assigned to a primary mental health care service (n = 463) or treatment-as-usual (n = 215).

Client predictors of therapy dropout in a primary care setting: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Therapy dropout poses a major challenge. Considerable research has been conducted on predictors of dropout, however none in the context of primary mental health services in Norway. The purpose of this study was to investigate which client characteristics can predict dropout from the service Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC).

Moderators of treatment effect of Prompt Mental Health Care compared to treatment as usual: Results from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: In this exploratory study, we investigated a comprehensive set of potential moderators of response to the primary care service Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC).

Methods: Data from an RCT of PMHC (n = 463) versus treatment as usual (TAU, n = 215) were used. At baseline mean age was 34.

Long-term outcomes at 24- and 36-month follow-up in the intervention arm of the randomized controlled trial of Prompt Mental Health Care.

Background: Whether long-term symptom improvement is maintained after treatment in services such as the Norwegian Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC) and the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is not yet known. In this prospective study, we investigate whether improvements observed at 6-month follow-up are maintained at 24- and 36-month follow-up among clients who received PMHC.

Method: Data from the treatment arm of the randomized controlled trial of PMHC were used (n = 459).

Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults' psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the pandemic continues, many older adults are facing prolonged isolation and stress while having less access to traditional ways of coping. There is widespread concern that the situation is increasingly taking its toll on older adults' psychological and social well-being. We use linear mixed models to examine psychosocial impacts and predictors thereof among older Norwegians in early and later stages of the pandemic.

Exploring the temporal associations between avoidance behavior and cognitions during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy for clients with symptoms of social anxiety disorder.

Objectives: In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD), avoidance behavior (AB) and cognitions (COG) are two important targets of intervention, but so far no studies have directly examined their relative importance. By means of cross-lagged panel models (CLPM), we examined their temporal associations and impacts on outcome in clients with symptoms of SAD while addressing typical methodological challenges.

Method: We used data from the first six therapy sessions in a sample of 428 primary care clients (mean [SD] age = 34.

Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian Version of the Cognitive Therapy Adherence and Competence Scale (CTACS) and Its Associations With Outcomes Following Treatment in IAPT Norway.

No studies have examined the underlying structure or predictive validity of the Cognitive Therapy Adherence and Competence Scale (CTACS). Examining the structure of the CTACS is of great relevance because it could provide information on what constitutes competence in CBT, and whether some underlying factors are more important for predicting treatment outcomes than others. This study investigates the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of CTACS and its associations with treatment outcomes in a sample of primary care clients who received CBT for anxiety and/or depression.

Locked and lonely? A longitudinal assessment of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Aims: There are concerns that lockdown measures taken during the current COVID-19 pandemic lead to a rise in loneliness, especially in vulnerable groups. We explore trends in loneliness before and during the pandemic and differences across population subgroups.

Methods: Data were collected via online questionnaires in June 2020 and four to eight months prior in two Norwegian counties (=10,740; 54% women; age 19-92 years).

Social anxiety and agoraphobia symptoms effectively treated by Prompt Mental Health Care versus TAU at 6- and 12-month follow-up: Secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC, Norwegian adaption of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) has shown effects on symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to treatment as usual (TAU). In this secondary analysis, we examine the effectiveness of PMHC among clients presenting with symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and/or agoraphobia on core symptoms at 6- and 12-month follow-up.

Methods: Randomized controlled trial in two PMHC sites (70:30 ratio PMHC:TAU).

Long-term outcomes of Prompt Mental Health Care: A randomized controlled trial.

Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC, Norwegian adaptation of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) is found successful in alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression. Here, we investigate whether improvement is maintained over time. A randomized controlled trial was conducted in two PMHC sites from November 2015 to August 2017, randomly assigning 681 adults with anxiety and/or mild to moderate depression (70:30 ratio: PMHC n = 463, TAU n = 218).

Process evaluation of Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC): the Norwegian version of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

Background: Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC) is the Norwegian adaptation of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Thus far, evaluations of PMHC have mostly focused on the effectiveness, rather than on contextual and implementation processes. Therefore, the objective of this study was to do a process evaluation and examine: 1) To what extent do the services follow guidelines provided by the Norwegian Directorate of Health (NDH), 2) what the therapists experienced as important barriers and facilitators in implementing the service, and 3) client treatment satisfaction and its associations with baseline variables.

Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC): work participation and functional status at 12 months post-treatment.

Background: Anxiety and depression are associated with substantial functional impairment. Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC), the Norwegian adaptation of IAPT is currently piloted across Norway, as a means to improve access to evidence-based care for adults with anxiety disorders (including subthreshold cases) and minor to moderate depression. The aims of the current paper were to examine the change in work status and functional status from pre- to post-treatment and 12 months post-treatment among clients at the first 12 PMHC pilot sites, and whether degree of change differed across sociodemographic characteristics.

Effectiveness of Prompt Mental Health Care, the Norwegian Version of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The innovative treatment model Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and its Norwegian adaptation, Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC), have been evaluated by cohort studies only. Albeit yielding promising results, the extent to which these are attributable to the treatment thus remains unsettled.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of the PMHC treatment compared to treatment as usual (TAU) at 6-month follow-up.

Alcohol consumption, life satisfaction and mental health among Norwegian college and university students.

Objective: High-level alcohol consumption is common in, and central to, the student community. Among adults, high-level alcohol consumption, and sometimes also low, has been associated with poorer social integration and mental health. We aimed to investigate how alcohol consumption relates to life satisfaction and mental health among students in higher education.

Twelve Months Post-treatment Results From the Norwegian Version of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

Objectives: Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC) is the Norwegian version of the England's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Both programs have been associated with substantial symptom reductions from pre- to post-treatment. The present study extends these findings by investigating symptom levels at 12 months post-treatment, as well as treatment outcome in relation to low- vs.

[How should recruitment to public health surveys be conducted?].

Background: The aim of the public health survey in the Norwegian counties is to obtain information that is useful for public health work. In 2018, two parallel data collection processes were undertaken in Hordaland county. Both samples were drawn randomly from the National Population Register, but one of these was limited to users of the helsenorge.

Sexual harassment and assault among university students in Norway: a cross-sectional prevalence study.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to provide estimates of both overall and specific forms of sexual harassment among male and female college and university students.

Design And Setting: Data stem from a recent national student health survey from 2018 for higher education in Norway (the SHoT study ()).

Participants: 50 054 full-time students (69.

Unravelling the Prospective Associations Between Mixed Anxiety-Depression and Insomnia During the Course of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Objective: Previous studies have suggested that there is a reciprocal relationship between anxiety/depression and insomnia. However, little is known about the prospective relationships between these constructs across the course of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The aim of the study was to examine these relationships in clients who received short-term CBT in a primary care setting.

Prompt mental health care, the Norwegian version of IAPT: clinical outcomes and predictors of change in a multicenter cohort study.

Background: Prompt mental health care (PMHC) is a Norwegian initiative, inspired by the English 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapy' (IAPT), aimed to provide low-threshold access to primary care treatment for persons with symptoms of anxiety and depression. The objectives of the present study are to describe the PMHC service, to examine changes in symptoms of anxiety and depression following treatment and to identify predictors of change, using data from the 12 first pilot sites.

Methods: A prospective cohort design was used.