Effect of interactive digital counselling on risk factors and lifestyle in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Digital counselling has gained paramount importance for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients' treatment in recent years. It has been shown to provide a multitude of benefits, including improved risk factors and enhanced lifestyles. No previous reviews have emphasized the interactiveness of digital counselling.

Polio Survivors' Experiences of Acute Phase Care After the Isolation Phase in the 1950s and 1960s in Finland.

The aim of this study was to describe the childhood experiences of polio patients after the isolation phase of the disease in post-war Finland in the 1950s and 1960s. Qualitative empirical research was conducted. Interview material was gathered through theme-based written interviews, and the data were analyzed using reflective thematic analysis.

Practices for promoting a child's best interests in paediatric rehabilitation - Perspectives of professionals and parents.

Practices for promoting a child's best interests in rehabilitation are not sufficiently understood. This study describes the practices from the perspectives of professionals and parents of children with disabilities. We conducted 11 interviews: 5 in focus groups with professionals ( = 27 [69%]), 3 with parents ( = 9 [23%]), and 3 individual interviews of paediatric neurologists ( = 3 [8%]).

The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among Finnish medical and midwifery students: A web-based study.

Introduction: Many elements of life can affect sexual health; thus, healthcare professionals require good knowledge of sexual medicine to encounter patients with these issues. We aimed to study final-year medical and midwifery students' self-reported knowledge of factors associated with sexuality and their knowledge of how to evaluate and treat/counsel patients with sexual problems. In addition, educational interests regarding sexual medicine were assessed.

Wagner diagram for modeling Opathway-calculation and graphical display by the Helsinki OPathway Tool.

Maximal Ouptake (V˙O2max) reflects the individual's maximal rate of Otransport and utilization through the integrated whole-body pathway composed of the lungs, heart, blood, circulation, and metabolically active tissues. As such,V˙O2maxis strongly associated with physical capacity as well as overall health and thus acts as one predictor of physical performance and as a vital sign in determination of status and progress of numerous clinical conditions. Quantifying the contribution of single parts of the multistep Opathway toV˙O2maxprovides mechanistic insights into exercise (in)tolerance and into therapy-, training-, or disuse-induced adaptations at individual or group levels.

Consumer involvement and guiding frameworks in mental healthcare: An integrative literature review.

Perspectives of healthcare have, in past decades, focused more on active citizenship, human rights and empowerment. Healthcare consumer involvement as a concept is still unstructured and consumers have no apparent opportunities to participate in their care processes. The focus is often on the expertise of professionals, even if mental health consumers are willing to become involved and have sufficient decisional capacity.

Attitudes and practice patterns of Finnish obstetrician-gynecologists regarding patients' sexual problems.

Objective: Female sexual problems are common but are not routinely assessed in obstetrician-gynecologist appointments. Therefore, we evaluated obstetrician-gynecologists' attitudes and practice patterns regarding their patients' sexual problems.

Study Design: A web-based questionnaire was used to collect information from each respondent on gender, age, education, occupational status, and the total number of patients treated per day and sexual issues dealt with per day.

Role of physical activity in the relationship between recovery from work and insomnia among early childhood education and care professionals: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between recovery from work and insomnia and the role of objectively measured leisure-time physical activity and occupational physical activity in this association.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting And Participants: Study with female early childhood education and care professionals (N=224) in Finland was conducted between April 2017 and September 2018.

Patient perception of labor support behaviors provided by Finnish midwives.

Background: Almost all births in Finland occur in hospitals, but the concept of labor support behavior is not well-known among Finnish midwives.

Objective: The primary aim was to increase perceived labor support as measured by BANSILQ.

Methods: This study was tailored to evaluate the impacts of short on-the-job training interventions for midwives (n=70) in labor support given to mothers.

Perspective of radiography science - a document analysis of dissertations.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to clarify the perspective of radiography science as an academic discipline. A discipline can be studied by discovering the collective use of concepts, especially core concepts. We have previously identified the core concepts as clinical practices in radiography, radiographers' profession, safe and high-quality radiation use, and technology in radiography.

Nurses' experiences of competence in lifestyle counselling with adult patients in healthcare settings: A qualitative systematic literature review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify and synthesise nurses' experiences of competence in lifestyle counselling with adult patients in healthcare settings.

Background: Modifiable lifestyle risk behaviours contribute to an increased prevalence of chronic diseases worldwide. Lifestyle counselling is part of nurses' role which enables them to make a significant contribution to patients' long-term health in various healthcare contexts, but requires particular competence.

'I'm a bit of an invisible worker' - Health care and social sector students' experiences of casual and temporary agency work.

Objectives: In the wake of national and global personnel shortages, it is becoming increasingly common for students to undertake casual and temporary agency work in the health care and social sectors. This phenomenon can have both advantages and disadvantages for these workers. The objective of this study was to describe health care and social sector students' experiences of such work.

Association between game metrics in a simulation game and nursing students' surgical nursing knowledge - a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Simulation games are effective for acquiring surgical nursing knowledge during education by offering possibilities to learn theoretical knowledge through practical patient scenarios, thus preparing students for demanding surgical nursing care. Game metrics stored in the game system enable assessment of students' behaviour while gameplaying. Combining game metrics with the assessment of a student's surgical nursing knowledge allows versatile information to be obtained about the student's learning outcomes.

Perceptions of learning and teaching human movement in physiotherapy: A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies.

Purpose: Human movement is essential for health and well-being. Understanding human movement is pivotal in physiotherapy, but also an important element of physiotherapy education. This review identified, critically appraised, and synthesized the available evidence on learning and teaching human movement in physiotherapy as perceived by students, therapists, and instructors.

Applicants' success in the ethics entrance exam: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Student selection is the first step in recruiting future social and healthcare professionals. Ethically competent professionals are needed in social and healthcare. It is important to select applicants who have the best possible abilities to develop their ethical competence in the future.

Exhaust particle number and composition for diesel and gasoline passenger cars under transient driving conditions: Real-world emissions down to 1.5 nm.

Recent recommendations given by WHO include systematic measurements of ambient particle number concentration and black carbon (BC) concentrations. In India and several other highly polluted areas, the air quality problems are severe and the need for air quality related information is urgent. This study focuses on particle number emissions and BC emissions of passenger cars that are technologically relevant from an Indian perspective.

A Security Framework for Increasing Data and Device Integrity in Internet of Things Systems.

The trustworthiness of a system is not just about proving the identity or integrity of the hardware but also extends to the data, control, and management planes of communication between devices and the software they are running. This trust in data and device integrity is desirable for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, especially in critical environments. In this study, we developed a security framework, IoTAttest, for building IoT systems that leverage the Trusted Platform Module 2.

Factors helping pregnant multiparas cope with fear of birth: A qualitative study.

Objective: This study describes factors helping pregnant multiparas cope with their fear of birth and aims to contribute insight into measures that could be taken to support and develop care for multiparas with fear of birth.

Methods: Purposive sampling was used for collecting data from closed discussion forums. An electronic questionnaire included structured background questions and qualitative open-ended questions related to the factors multiparas had found helped them cope with their fear of birth.

Introducing standard patient-reported measures (PRMs) into routine maternity care: A pre-implementation qualitative study on women's perspectives in Finland.

Background: Systematically using standard patient-reported measures (PRMs) in clinical routines is trending. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has developed condition-specific standard sets of patient-centred measures, one of which is the Pregnancy and Childbirth Standard (PCB) set, where standard PRMs are included. There is limited knowledge on the use of ICHOM PCB set-included PRMs (ICHOM-PCB-PRMs) in routine care.

Breast cancer screening and immigrant women-A scoping review of attendance, knowledge, barriers and facilitators.

Aim: The aim of this study was to summarize the latest research reports about immigrant women and attendance in breast cancer screening.

Design: Scoping review.

Methods: Literature searches were made in CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Oatd and Oalster.

Paraproteins and electrolyte assays: exclusion effect and effect of paraprotein elimination.

Paraproteins are a potential source of error for electrolyte analyses. The exclusion effect itself causes a discrepancy between direct and indirect ion selective electrode assays (dISE and iISE, respectively). We tested the applicability of different pretreatment methods and the difference of dISE and iISE with paraprotein-rich samples.