Showing papers by "Maja-Lisa Løchen published in 1991"
TL;DR: Self-reported arrhythmia may be a minor problem from a clinical point of view, but the findings suggest that attention should be paid to the psychological conditions and lifestyle of patients who report irregular heartbeats.
Abstract: In a survey, 19222 males and females aged 12–64 answered a question about sudden changes of heart rate or rhythm during the preceding year. The prevalence of reported arrhythmia was 12.4% in males and 17.2% in females.Multiple logistic regression was performed with self-reported arrhythmia as the dependent variable and psychological, lifestyle, and coronary risk factors as independent variables. The highest odds ratio for reported arrhythmia concerned poor compared with excellent health status; 3.86 in males and 2.98 in females. The relative risk for reported arrhythmia according to frequency of physician consultations was 2.28 in males and 1.70 in females, and odds ratios in both sexes were significant for psychological problems and smoking.The findings suggest that attention should be paid to the psychological conditions and lifestyle of patients who report irregular heartbeats. Self-reported arrhythmia may be a minor problem from a clinical point of view, but we still do not know its prognostic implica...
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TL;DR: The curriculum today aims at obtaining early involvement with patients by using the integrated model for teaching, which means no separation between preclinical and clinical periods and close patient contact throughout the whole curriculum.
Abstract: When the University of Tromso in northern Norway was founded in 1968, the region suffered from at serious lack of physicians and the health system was not efficient. It was believed that the establishment of a medical school would improve this situation. Half of the places would be reserved for students from northern Norway, and the curriculum would be designed particularly to adapt to the needs of society. The curriculum today aims at obtaining early involvement with patients by using the integrated model for teaching, which means no separation between preclinical and clinical periods and close patient contact throughout the whole curriculum. There is full integration between basic sciences and clinical medicine according to the organ-system model. Emphasis is put on teaching the students a scientific approach involving elective studies and a thesis based on independent study. The expectations of the planners of the medical school have, in the main, been fulfilled. Of the physicians now practising in northern Norway, the proportion who received their education in Tromso exceeds that of those educated at the other Norwegian medical schools. In addition, there are no serious vacancies in the primary health care service in the region.
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