Finnish inventory data of underwater marine biodiversity.

Since 2004, marine biodiversity inventory data have been systematically collected with diving, video, and benthic sampling methods in Finland. To date, this collection of data consists of more than 194 000 spatially explicit observations, covering more than 280 aquatic genera, representing mainly macroalgae, vascular plants, water mosses, and invertebrates. We describe the data collection and storage methods, data extraction from national databases, and provide potential users a curated, open-access version of the inventory data.

Impact of a Finnish reform adding new sickness absence checkpoints on rehabilitation and labor market outcomes: an interrupted time series analysis.

Objectives: In 2012, new checkpoints were introduced in the Finnish sickness absence system to improve early detection of long-term work disability and hasten return to work after illness. We examined whether the reform affected participation in rehabilitation and labor market outcomes over a one-year period.

Methods: We used interrupted time series analysis among persons who started receiving sickness allowance up to three years before and up to two years after the reform.

Use of outpatient healthcare services before and after the onset of unemployment: A register-based propensity score matched study from Finland.

Aims: The aim was to examine the use of outpatient healthcare services in different sectors of healthcare before and after the onset of unemployment and to study whether job loss affected the use of these services.

Methods: Longitudinal individual-level register-based data was utilized on all individuals living in the City of Oulu, Finland, who became unemployed in 2017 (N = 1,999), their propensity matched controls (N = 1,999), and unmatched controls (N = 58,459) in a quasi-experimental design. Use of outpatient healthcare services was examined in one-month periods from 12 months before to 12 months after the onset of unemployment.

Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation on the Use of Health Care Services in Finland: A Propensity Score Analysis.

Vocational rehabilitation may affect the frequency of health care use by improving the access or reducing the need for health care. We examined whether participation in rehabilitation effects the healthcare services use. Register-based data was utilized on all individuals aged 15-60 living in the city of Oulu, Finland, who started vocational rehabilitation in 2014-2015 (N = 784).

Use of outpatient and inpatient health care services by occupation-a register study of employees in Oulu, Finland.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine how the use of outpatient and inpatient health services differs by occupational groups, and whether the differences are explained by sociodemographic factors and health status.

Methods: We used register-based data on 25-64-year-old employees living in the city of Oulu, Finland, in 2018 (N = 61,848). Use of outpatient health care services (public, private and occupational health care) among men and women was analysed with negative binomial regression models, and use of inpatient health care with logistic regression models, using two occupational classifications: occupational group (1-digit level) and more detailed occupation (2-digit level).

Uptake of Tele-Rehabilitation in Finland amongst Rehabilitation Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged rehabilitation professionals to provide therapy through telepractice. The aims of this study were to investigate and compare the uptake of tele-rehabilitation (TR) in Finland amongst different rehabilitation professions during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as potential differences between professions in carrying out TR. In addition, the goal was to explore in more depth therapists' views about the features that work and challenges of TR.

Manual occupations with high all-cause mortality: The contribution of socioeconomic and occupational characteristics.

Aims: Most high mortality-risk occupations are manual occupations. We examined to what extent high mortality of such occupations could be explained by education, income, unemployment or industry and whether there were differences in these effects among different manual occupations.

Methods: We used longitudinal individual-level register-based data, the study population consisting of employees aged 30-64 at the end of the year 2000 with the follow-up period 2001-2015.

Mortality among seafarers: a register-based follow-up study.

Background: Seafarers are exposed to many occupational risk factors.

Aims: To study whether there are differences in mortality between seafarers and other employees, whether there are variations in seafarers' mortality between different seafaring occupations and whether these differences can be explained by sociodemographic factors.

Methods: A register-based study of all seafarers aged 25-64 years, resident in Finland in 2000 with minimum 5 years of cumulative seafaring experience on Finnish vessels and other employees, followed for mortality 2001-13.

The status of brown macroalgae Fucus spp. and its relation to environmental variation in the Finnish marine area, northern Baltic Sea.

A large-scale loss of the habitat-forming macroalgae Fucus vesiculosus was reported around the Baltic Sea in the 1980's, but only relatively local studies have reported its current status. We studied recent comprehensive mapping data in the Finnish marine area and compared reported Fucus occurrences in relation to its potential, to find out its current status on a larger scale. We also investigated the effects of water quality on Fucus occurrence and its depth penetration.

Clinical performance of large, all-ceramic CAD/CAM-generated restorations after three years: a pilot study.

Background: Adhesively luted all-ceramic restorations preserve and stabilize weakened tooth structure, but there is little published information about the clinical performance of large, all-ceramic restorations.

Methods: In this pilot study, the authors placed 58 large, single-tooth, all-ceramic restorations in 26 patients using a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, or CAD/CAM, system (CEREC 2, Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, Germany). They documented the maximum height of the restoration and remaining cementoenamel junction, or CEJ.

The SCGM1 System: subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring based on microdialysis technique.

The SCGM1 System is designed to allow continuous glucose monitoring in the subcutaneous interstitial fluid for up to 120 h. The system is based on the microdialysis technique and is composed of three components: (1) a disposable Cassette, which contains the microdialysis catheter (with the necessary tubes), an electrochemical flow-through sensor for glucose measurement, and the fluid reservoirs for both the microdialysis perfusate and a reagent solution containing glucose oxidase; (2) the Sensor Unit, which houses the Cassette and is worn by the patient using a belt pack; and (3) the Data Manager, with an integrated blood glucose meter for the calibration of the glucose signal. The Data Manager also has the option of displaying the continuous glucose signal.

[In-patient asthma education and self-management training in clinical practice--a national survey in Germany].

Background: According to international guidelines patient education is a key component of modern asthma-management. Especially in rehabilitation, patient training is considered essential for long-term treatment success. Based on growing empirical evidence for clinical efficacy of asthma self-management training, standardized education programs as well as guidelines and recommendations for quality management in health care practice have been developed.

A novel method for continuous online glucose monitoring in humans: the comparative microdialysis technique.

The aim of this study was to prove the feasibility of continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring in humans using the comparative microdialysis technique (CMT). The performance of the CMT was determined by comparing tissue glucose values with venous or capillary blood glucose values in healthy volunteers and type 1 diabetic subjects. The CMT is a microdialysis-based system for continuous online glucose monitoring in humans.