Clinical trials

The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a category Neonatal intensive care unit? * Is the PoP-intervention acceptable for parents of preterm infants and health care personnel working in Neonatal intensive care unit? Parents of preterm infants and health care personnel will be asked to follow a protocol of a feeding strategy based on the preterm infants development and cues throughout the NICU-stay.

The Norwegian government is implementing the Nurse Family Partnership program (NFP) to combat child abuse and social inequality. This study will examine NFP with an individually randomized controlled parallel-group trial. The study will enroll 700 mothers over three years, with half receiving NFP services and the other half receiving standard care. The primary outcome is violence towards mothers and their children, assessed through questionnaires and observation tests. The study will also evaluate the program's effects on various health-related outcomes using administrative data. Cost-effectiveness analyses will be conducted to compare NFP to existing services and improve its delivery efficiency.

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is reported by as much as 80 % of patients following an amputation. There is increasing knowledge of the relation between PLP and maladaptive changes in brain cortical regions. Research has shown that the sight of an "intact arm" moving in a mirror may reverse maladaptions (Mirror-therapy, MT) and reduce PLP. The current project will implement a digital and modernized version of MT, i.e. Intensive Visual Simulation Therapy (IVS-T). Pilot studies have shown promising results on pain reduction in people with phantom limb pain when using IVS-T. However, there is a lack of RCT studies on this patient population. This study is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the effectiveness of IVS-T compared with usual care in person with unilateral upper- or lower limb amputation with chronic phantom limb pain. The primary aim of the study is to investigate if IVS treatment is superior to usual care in reducing phantom limb pain intensity after 2 months of treatment in unilateral amputees with moderate to severe PLP. The study will furthermore explore quality of life, analgesic consumption, phantom pain characteristics, mobility, and disability. In addition, the study utilizes brain imagery during treatments to investigate neural plasticity and the association between PLP and maladaptive cortical changes.

Study Title: Support Groups - a model for social inclusion and reduction of bullying in school Study Design: Cluster Randomized Controlled trial (CRCT) Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a support group intervention using a solution-focused approach among school children in 5th-7th grade in southeastern Norway Intervention: Peer support groups with a solution-focused approach Study Population: School Children

The aim of COMPRESSED is to investigate the potential consequences of a compressed work schedule within the municipal health, care and welfare services.