Danish men's experiences of cardiovascular screening and their views on preventive cardiovascular medication: A qualitative explorative nurse study.

Objectives: This study explored Danish men's experience of participating in a screening program for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and their perceptions of preventive medication for CVD before and after participation in the screening program.

Methods: An exploratory phenomenological-hermeneutical study. Fifteen men from a cardiovascular screening program for men aged 65-74 years participated.

Long-term effectiveness and trajectories of change after treatment with SMART, a transdiagnostic CBT for adolescents with emotional problems.

Background: There is a need for long-term effectiveness trials of transdiagnostic treatments. This study investigates the effectiveness and diagnosis-specific trajectories of change in adolescent patients attending SMART, a 6-week transdiagnostic CBT for anxiety and depression, with 6-month follow-up.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial with waiting list control (WLC) was performed at three child and adolescent mental health outpatient services (CAMHS) in Norway.

From Suspicion to Recognition-Being a Bystander to a Relative Affected by Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Within cardiac research, an overwhelming number of studies have explored factors related to pre-hospital delay. However, there is a knowledge gap in studies that explore the bystander's experiences or significance when an individual is affected by acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We conducted an interview study with 17 individuals affected by ACS and the bystander(s) involved and performed a qualitative thematic analysis.

CORE-OM as a routine outcome measure for adolescents with emotional disorders: factor structure and psychometric properties.

Background: Instruments for monitoring the clinical status of adolescents with emotional problems are needed. The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) according to theory measures problems/symptoms, well-being, functioning and risk. Documentation of whether the theoretical factor structure for CORE-OM is applicable for adolescents is lacking.

Randomised trial of telephone counselling to improve participants' adherence to prescribed drugs in a vascular screening trial.

A total of 1446 participants, 65- to 74-year-old men diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or high blood pressure (HB) in the Viborg Vascular (VIVA) screening trial, were consecutively included and randomised to a telephone counselling (TC) or no TC 3 months after being screened positive. Data from VIVA were linked to data from Danish registers from 2007 to 2016. The primary outcome was a composite outcome of proportion of days covered by statin, antithrombotic drugs and antihypertensive agents and for each specific drug class at 6-month follow-up.