Background: This study follows a user involvement project in health care inspections of services for people with intellectual disabilities in three municipalities in Sør-Trøndelag. In these inspections users were interviewed ...

Stroke is a major cause of death worldwide, and a seriously disabling health condition often resulting in a persistent need for rehabilitation. New estimates show that there are between 11,000 and 12,000 people suffering ...

Background Governments in several countries attempt to strengthen user participation through instructing health‐care organizations to implement user participation initiatives. There is, however, little knowledge on the ...

Purpose: Explore managers’ experiences regarding employees with hearing impairments. Materials and methods: Individual interviews with ten managers having employees with hearing impairment. The interviews were analyzed ...

Hearing loss is a highly prevalent condition with an estimated 1.4 billion people worldwide and among the five leading causes of years lived with disability. In Scandinavia, the prevalence is estimated to 10 to 13 % among ...

Background: Several hospitals in Norway provide short self-referral inpatient treatment to patients with severe mental diagnosis. No studies have compared the experiences of patients who have had the opportunity to ...

Bakgrunn: Når et funksjonshemmet barn kommer til verden, fødes det ikke bare inn i en familie, men også inn i et helsevesen, og det trenger ofte ulike og sammensatte tjenester. Få studier er gjort på familier med barn med ...

Bakgrunn: Fysisk aktivitet er dokumentert med positive effekter på den psykiske helsen. Tilnærmingen kan både redusere og forebygge psykiatriske symptomer. Ved å undersøke arbeid med temaet i lys av organisasjonsteorier, ...

Background: Many people with morbid obesity have challenges with their mental health. Sustained weight reduction after conservative treatment has proven difficult to maintain due to, for example, lack of mental stability ...