Følgeevaluering av omleggingen fra prosjekt "Raskere tilbake" til drift av Helse og arbeid-tilbud i spesialisthelsetjenesten

Dette er sluttrapporten i den forskningsbaserte følgeevalueringen av omleggingen fra "Raskere tilbake" til Helse og arbeid, som SINTEF og NTNU har gjennomført på oppdrag fra de fire regionale helseforetakene, under ledelse av Helse Sør-Øst RHF. Evalueringen har pågått fra desember 2018 til desember 2021, og bygger på et omfattende empirisk materiale bestående av både registerdata, spørreskjemaundersøkelse i to runder og intervju med en rekke aktører hvert av årene. Det overordnede målet med følgeevalueringen har vært å studere omleggingen av "Raskere tilbake"-ordningen og hvilke konsekvenser omleggingen har hatt på system-, tjeneste- og pasientnivå.publishedVersio

What is known about the health service use and follow-up of immediate family members bereaved by suicide? Scoping review protocol

Introduction Suicide remains a major public health issue around the world. People bereaved by suicide are a vulnerable group who are at considerable risk of developing mental and physical health problems, such as complicated grief, post-traumatic stress disorder or cardiovascular disease. Many unanswered questions remain, in particular, in terms of their use of healthcare services. This protocol describes how we aim to systematically scope the existing literature on the professional follow-up and health service use by families bereaved by suicide. The scoping review will help to identify research gaps in the literature and aid in the planning and commission of future research. We will provide a summary of research findings.Methods and analysis We will use the scoping review framework provided by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews will be used as a guide for reporting our results. We plan to conduct an extensive literature search using relevant health-related databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL) and Web of Science. Two independent reviewers will screen the articles in a two-stage process: (1) titles and abstracts and (2) full-text documents.Ethics and dissemination This scoping review will identify and consider only previously published research. Hence, no ethical approval is considered necessary. We will disseminate the results in a scientific journal and at conferences, as well as through user organisations for people bereaved by suicide and social media

Følgeevaluering av omleggingen fra prosjekt "Raskere tilbake" til drift av Helse og arbeid-tilbud i spesialisthelsetjenesten

Dette er sluttrapporten i den forskningsbaserte følgeevalueringen av omleggingen fra "Raskere tilbake" til Helse og arbeid, som SINTEF og NTNU har gjennomført på oppdrag fra de fire regionale helseforetakene, under ledelse av Helse Sør-Øst RHF. Evalueringen har pågått fra desember 2018 til desember 2021, og bygger på et omfattende empirisk materiale bestående av både registerdata, spørreskjemaundersøkelse i to runder og intervju med en rekke aktører hvert av årene. Det overordnede målet med følgeevalueringen har vært å studere omleggingen av "Raskere tilbake"-ordningen og hvilke konsekvenser omleggingen har hatt på system-, tjeneste- og pasientnivå

‘It’s not like real therapy’: young people receiving child welfare services’ experiences of video consultations in mental healthcare in Norway: a mixed methods approach

Abstract Background Video consultations has been suggested to lower the threshold for child and adolescent mental healthcare treatment. This study explores how young people receiving child welfare services experience video consultations in child and adolescent mental healthcare. The study is part of a larger Norwegian study of access to health services for this target group. Methods The study has a mixed methods design including qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey, with young people receiving child welfare services. The qualitative interviews included 10 participants aged 15–19. The survey included 232 participants aged 16–24 of which 36 reported having received video consultations in mental healthcare. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. The survey data was presented as frequencies to clarify the distribution of positive and negative perceptions of video consultation. Results The results show that the participants experienced video consultations as more superficial and less binding, compared to in-person sessions. They raised concerns of the therapeutic relationship, however some found it easier to regulate closeness and distance. In the survey several reported that their relationship with the therapist got worse, and that it was much more difficult to talk on screen. Moreover, a large proportion (42%) claimed that video consultations did not fit their treatment needs overall. However, a minority of the participants found it easier to talk to the therapist on screen. Conclusions The study reveals important weaknesses and disadvantages of online therapy as experienced by young people receiving child welfare services. It is particularly worrying that their criticism involves the relational aspects of treatment, as children receiving child welfare services often have relational experiences which make them particularly sensitive to challenges in relationships. This study shows that youth involvement in decision making of video consultations in therapy has been rare. Clinicians should be aware of these young people’s doubts regarding the quality of video consultations in child and adolescent mental health care. Further studies should examine how user involvement can be incorporated in video consultations in therapy and how this could improve experiences and the quality of video consultations

Use of Health Services and Support Resources by Immediate Family Members Bereaved by Suicide: A Scoping Review

The knowledge on health service use, systematic follow-up, and support for families bereaved by suicide remains scarce. This scoping review includes studies from 2010 to March 2022 that investigate the follow-up and support offered by health services, peer support services, and other resources available (e.g., internet-based resources) for families bereaved by suicide. We followed the scoping review framework provided by the Johanna Briggs Institute and performed a double-blinded screening process using Covidence. Data were extracted by four researchers and a thematic analysis was performed to summarize the results. The PRISMA Extension for Scoping reviews was used for reporting results. Of 2385 studies screened by title, 190 by abstract, and 93 by full-text reading, we included 63 original articles of which 24, 29 and 10 were quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods studies, respectively. The review shows that we have some knowledge about the need for, and experiences with, health services and support resources for immediate family members bereaved by suicide, but a lack of knowledge about their help-seeking behaviour, patient pathways, systematic follow-up, coordination between services, and long-term outcomes. We need more longitudinal observational studies of health service use and patient trajectories for people bereaved by suicide

Use of prescription medication prior to suicide in Norway

Abstract Background The use of psychotropic medications in relation to mental disorders is considered central to preventing suicide. However, few studies have addressed prescription patterns at different time points within the last year prior to suicide and compared these with those of the general population. Methods We use data covering the period from 2010 to 2011 from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry and the Norwegian Prescription Database to examine dispensing patterns of prescription medication within 12 months and within 30 days of suicide. Our data includes all registered suicides in Norway among individuals aged 15 years and older in 2011 (n = 594), 434 men and 160 women. Dispensing of prescription medication in the general population (n ≈ 4 million) are used for comparison. Results Dispensing of any prescription medication were high and varied from 95.6% for females and 83.2% for males within 12 months of suicide, to 64.4% for females and 47.2% for males within 30 days of suicide, respectively. The percentages with dispensed prescription medication increased with age. A similar sex and age pattern was observed for the dispensing of psychotropic medications. Within the last 30 days, close to one in two were dispensed psychotropic medications. The dispensing of antidepressants, hypnotics and sedatives was more common than the dispensing of other categories of psychotropics. The percentages with dispensed prescription medication among the population controls were considerably lower, in particular the dispensing of psychotropics. Conclusion Dispensing of prescription medications, including psychotropic medications, is common prior to suicide. The percentage with dispensed prescription medication increases with age and are higher for females than for males

Registered nurses’ exposure to workplace aggression in Norway : 12-month prevalence rates, perpetrators, and current turnover intention

Background Identifying occupational health hazards among Registered Nurses (RNs) and other health personneland implementing effective preventive measures are crucial to the long-term sustainability of health services. Theobjectives of this study were (1) to assess the 12-month prevalence rates of exposure to workplace aggression,including physical violence, threats of violence, sexual harassment, and bullying; (2) to identify whether theperpetrators were colleagues, managers, subordinates, or patients and their relatives; (3) to determine whetherprevious exposure to these hazards was associated with RNs’ current turnover intention; and (4) to frame workplaceaggression from an occupational health and safety perspective.Methods The third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III) was used to assess RNs’exposure to workplace aggression and turnover intention. A national sample of 8,800 RNs in Norway, representative ofthe entire population of registered nurses in terms of gender and geography, was analysed. Binary and ordinal logisticregression analyses were conducted, and odds for exposure and intention to leave are presented, with and withoutcontrols for RNs’ gender, age, and the type of health service they work in.Results The 12-month prevalence rates for exposure were 17.0% for physical violence, 32.5% for threats of violence,12.6% for sexual harassment, and 10.5% for bullying. In total, 42.6% of the RNs had experienced at least one of thesetypes of exposure during the past 12 months, and exposure to more than one of these hazards was common.Most perpetrators who committed physical acts and sexual harassment were patients, while bullying was usuallycommitted by colleagues. There was a strong statistical association between exposure to all types of workplaceaggression and RNs’ intention to leave. The strongest association was for bullying, which greatly increased the odds oflooking for work elsewhere.Conclusions Efforts to prevent exposure to workplace aggression should be emphasised to retain health personneland to secure the supply of skilled healthcare workers. The results indicate a need for improvements. To ensure thesustainability of health services, labour and health authorities should join forces to develop effective workplace