Does dose matter? Parental attendance in a preventive intervention for anxious and sad children.

Background: International studies show increasing prevalence of anxiety and depression among children. Parents are vital for children in all aspects of life, also in supporting their offspring in promoting better mental health, life skills and reducing emotional difficulties. Therefore, involving parents in interventions aimed at preventing development of anxiety and depression is natural.

Adolescent Cancer Survivors and Their Parents' Experiences With the Transition Off Treatment to Survivorship: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Transitioning from active cancer treatment to survivorship represents a vulnerable yet underresearched phase for adolescents and their families. Knowledge of their support needs, the challenges they experience, and how they manage them are useful to inform tailored follow-up care. Thus, we aimed to explore their transition experiences.

Functional Family Therapy for families of youth (age 11-18) with behaviour problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a short-term family-based intervention for youth with behaviour problems. FFT has been widely implemented in the USA and other high-income countries. It is often described as an evidence-based program with consistent, positive effects.

Perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity in childhood cancer survivors and their parents: A large-scale interview study from the International PACCS Study.

Background: Physical activity (PA) may reduce risks of late effects in childhood cancer survivors, yet many have low activity levels. Using the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health for Children and Youths (ICF-CY) as a conceptual framework, we aimed to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to PA in young survivors and their parents.

Design/methods: We conducted individual, semi-structured interviews with 63 survivors, aged 9-18 years, ≥1-year off treatment, and 68 parents, recruited from three pediatric oncology departments in Norway and Denmark.

Perceptions of generic medicines and medication adherence after percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective multicentre cohort study.

Objective: To determine patient perceptions of generic medicines 2 and 6 months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and to determine whether these perceptions moderate medication adherence.

Design: Prospective multicentre cohort study with repeated measures of perceptions of generic medicines and medication adherence.

Setting: The CONCARD study conducted at seven large referral PCI centres in Norway and Denmark between June 2017 and May 2020.

The gap between expectations and reality: A qualitative study of psychosocial challenges of young childhood cancer survivors from the PACCS study.

Objective: In this sub-study from the 'PACCS' study, we explored the psychosocial experiences of children and adolescents in everyday life post-cancer treatment and the possible factors that can moderate these experiences.

Methods: This is a qualitative explorative study using semi-structured interviews with 43 childhood cancer survivors between the ages of nine and 18 from Norway and Denmark. We conducted a secondary thematic analysis using Malterud's systematic text condensation.

Prepared for survivorship? Multidisciplinary healthcare professionals' experiences with adolescents' transition off cancer treatment: A focus group study.

Purpose: Research indicates that re-entering everyday life after completed cancer treatment can be challenging for adolescents, and knowledge about how healthcare professionals prepare them is scarce. This study explored (a) healthcare professionals' experiences with adolescents with cancer transitioning off active cancer treatment; and (b) what healthcare professionals' do to prepare adolescents and their families for this transition; and c) their ideas to improve current practice.

Methods: We conducted 8 focus-group interviews with 56 multidisciplinary healthcare professionals working in paediatric oncology settings across Norway.

Change in toddlers' cortisol activity during a year in childcare. Associations with childcare quality, child temperament, well-being and maternal education.

Elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been found in toddlers in childcare. Measuring cortisol may provide an indication of children's experiences in childcare and help to adjust practices better to their needs. To the best of our knowledge, toddlers' cortisol levels in childcare have not yet been investigated longitudinally.

Exploring reported distress before and pain during needle insertion into a venous access port in children with cancer.

Background: Venous access port is commonly used during cancer treatment in children, yet little is known about how children experience such needle insertion procedures.

Aim: To study distress before and pain after venous access port needle insertion among children and adolescents with cancer. A second aim was to explore associations between their self-report of procedure-related distress and pain with proxy reports by parents and nurses.

From Observation to Action: Developing and Pilot-Testing a Communication Tool for Follow-up Consultations with Adolescent Cancer Survivors.

Efficient physician communication with adolescent cancer survivors (ACS) during follow-up consultations is important to enable survivors to take responsibility for their health. The present study had two aims: to develop a communication tool to enhance structured consultations and improve clinician communication in follow-up consultations, and to pilot-test the tool in physicians' consultations with ACS. Clinicians and communication experts collaborated closely to develop the 7 Memory Hooks (7MH) communication tool and a corresponding coding scheme for scoring communication behavior in consultations.

Parenting interventions for families with refugee backgrounds: a randomized factorial, mixed-methods design study protocol.

Background: Raising children in new social and cultural contexts can be challenging for parents. In order to help parents address these challenges, the Norwegian government has instituted a policy of mandatory parent training for families who settle in Norway as refugees. The Incredible Years (IY) and The International Child Development Programme (ICDP) have been widely adopted throughout Norway.

Study protocol of a factorial trial ECHO: optimizing a group-based school intervention for children with emotional problems.

Background: Youth mental health problems are a major public health concern. Anxiety and depression are among the most common psychological difficulties. The aim of this study is to evaluate an optimized version of a promising indicated group intervention for emotional problems.

"I have to do things differently now, but I make it work"-young childhood cancer survivors' experiences of self-management in everyday living.

Purpose: Living with late effects can affect young childhood cancer survivors' (CCSs) self-management (SM) abilities. In this study, we explored different approaches to SM of everyday life by young CCS.

Methods: This is a sub-study of a larger study on Physical Activity among Childhood Cancer Survivors (the PACCS study).

A Model of Intervention and Implementation of Quality Building and Quality Control in Childcare Centers to Strengthen the Mental Health and Development of 1-3-Year Olds: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Thrive by Three.

Background: Universal, high-quality childcare offers a unique opportunity to prevent developmental trajectories leading to mental health problems. Yet, growing evidence has shown that the process quality of Norwegian childcare centers varies considerably, and that research-based models for quality building are significantly lacking.

Objective: To examine whether a model for quality building in childcare centers, Thrive by Three, increases the quality of child-caregiver interactions, and promotes child development, well-being, and mental health.

A randomized controlled trial of a six-session cognitive behavioral treatment of emotional disorders in adolescents 14-17 years old in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Background: This study aims to investigate effectiveness of a 6-week, transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression in adolescents, the Structured Material for Therapy (SMART), in naturalistic settings of child and adolescent mental health outpatient services (CAMHS).

Methods: A randomized controlled trial with waiting list control (WLC) was performed at three community CAMHS in Norway. Referred adolescents (N = 163, age = 15.

Informed health choices intervention to teach primary school children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: process evaluation.

Background: We developed the informed health choices (IHC) primary school resources to teach children how to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments. We evaluated these resources in a randomised trial in Uganda. This paper describes the process evaluation that we conducted alongside this trial.

"What if I get ill?" perinatal concerns and preparations in primi- and multiparous women with bipolar disorder.

Background: Women with bipolar disorder have a high risk of illness relapse postpartum, including psychosis. The aim of the study was to explore how perinatal women with bipolar disorder relate to the risk. What are their concerns? How do they prepare for the dual demands of mood episodes and motherhood?

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted.

Hoarding in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: prevalence, clinical correlates, and cognitive behavioral therapy outcome.

Hoarding, common in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has specific clinical correlates and is associated with poor prognosis. However, there are few studies of hoarding in pediatric OCD. This study estimates the occurrence of hoarding symptoms in a sample of children and adolescents with OCD, investigating possible differences in demographic and clinical variables between pediatric OCD with and without hoarding symptoms.

Prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms in a multiethnic population and the role of ethnicity and integration.

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) may have adverse effects on both mother and child. The aims were to determine the prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms, PPDS, identify associations with ethnicity and with the level of social integration.

Method: Population-based, prospective cohort study of 643 pregnant women (58% ethnic minorities) attending primary antenatal care in Oslo.

Physical activity in pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms in a multiethnic cohort.

Introduction: There is strong evidence that postpartum depression is associated with adverse health effects in the mother and infant. Few studies have explored associations between physical activity in pregnancy and postpartum depression. We aimed to investigate whether physical activity during pregnancy was inversely associated with postpartum depressive symptoms, PPDS in a multiethnic sample.

Study protocol of an RCT of EMOTION: An indicated intervention for children with symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Background: High levels of anxiety and depression are common psychological symptoms among children and adolescents. These symptoms affect young people in multiple life domains and are possible precursors of long-term psychological distress. Despite relatively high prevalence, few children with emotional problems are referred for clinical treatment, indicating the need for systematic prevention.

A prospective population-based study of health complaints in adolescence and use of social welfare benefits in young adulthood.

Background: There is a lack of knowledge on how health problems in adolescence are connected to work marginalization in adulthood. The aim of this study was to study work marginalization in young adulthood, measured by use of long-term social welfare benefits, and its associations with self-reported health complaints, total symptom burden and self-rated general health at ages 15-16.

Methods: We linked data from a youth health survey conducted during 1999-2004 to data from Norwegian registries that followed each participant through February 2010.

Attachment security in young foster children: continuity from 2 to 3 years of age.

The present study investigated attachment patterns among 60 foster children (FC) and 42 comparison children (CC) at 2 years (T1) and again at 3 years (T2) of age, as well as stability from T1 to T2. Descriptive analyses, including cross-tabulation, were used to present attachment patterns, group differences and stability from T1 to T2. Most FC were securely attached at T1, and no group differences were identified; neither the FC nor CC differed from typical children in their attachment patterns.

The heritability of Cluster B personality disorders assessed both by personal interview and questionnaire.

Whereas the heritability of common personality traits has been firmly established, the results of the few published studies on personality disorders (PDs) are highly divergent, with some studies finding high heredity and others very low. A problem with assessing personality disorders by means of interview is errors connected with interviewer bias. A way to overcome the problem is to use self-report questionnaires in addition to interviews.