Lotta Fernros’s research while affiliated with Karolinska Institutet and other places

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Fig. 1 Flow chart of recruitment of individuals from the training centre MBM/BE. SG Study group, CG control group  
Improving quality of life using compound mind-body therapies: Evaluation of a course intervention with body movement and breath therapy, guided imagery, chakra experiencing and mindfulness meditation
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Anna-Karin Furhoff

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Assess changes in quality of life and in sense of coherence (SOC), after an intervention involving a self-development course using mind-body medicine (MBM) activities. A questionnaire study using a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument, the SWEDQUAL, with 13 subscales and scores ranging from 0 to 100, combined with the SOC-13 scale, healthcare utilisation, medication and sick listing data. A training centre for MBM. Eligible course attendants (study group, SG, n = 83) assessed their HRQOL before and 6 months after a 1-week course. A control group (CG) of individuals who had previously attended the course (n = 69), matched for age, sex and length of course time to the SG, also made assessments. Changes in HRQOL and SOC in SG and CG. Of the 13 HRQOL subscales, eight showed clinically significant improvement in the SG (>9%, p < 0.01), namely, General health perceptions (9%), Emotional well-being [negative (45%) and positive (26%)], Cognitive functioning (24%), Sleep (15%), Pain (10%), Role limitation due to emotional health (22%) and Family functioning (16%). Sexual, marital and physical function and role in the SG as well as all CG scores were similar to average population values. The assessed SOC also improved in the SG after intervention (p < 0.01), challenging previous statements of 'the stableness of SOC'. Use of psychotropic medication was slightly reduced in the younger aged SG participants after intervention. This group of men and women (SG), starting from a clinically significant low health assessment, had improved their HRQOL and SOC after the course intervention.

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Table 3 . Sociodemographic and medical data among the study group compared to official Swedish population statistics in 1999-2000 (National Board of Health and Welfare, National Social Insurance Board and Statistics Sweden) 
Quality of life of participants in a mind-body-based self-development course: A descriptive study

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A cross-sectional survey of quality of life of people attending a self-development course involving psychophysiological mind-body medicine (MBM) activities. A questionnaire study using a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument, the SWED-QUAL, with 13 subscales scored 0-100, and questions about utilisation of alternative and standard health care, medication and sick leave. A training centre for MBM, established 15 years ago. One hundred and seven eligible course attendants (response rate 88%, age 20-70 years) during the year 2000 assessed their HRQoL just before entering the course. Attendance was self-initiated, without referral. The results on HRQoL were compared with those of control subjects from the general Swedish population. Six of the thirteen HRQoL subscales were strongly and significantly reduced (p < 0.0001) in the study group: Negative affectivity, Role limitation due to emotional health, Positive affectivity, Cognitive functioning, Family functioning and Marital functioning. Long-term sick leave (>6 months) was three times as frequent in the study group as in the general population. Use of psychotropic medication was slightly increased compared to the general population, at least among the younger male participants. The education level was high, health care utilisation was average and body functioning was good. This group of well-educated men and women gave their emotional health an unexpectedly low rating, on a par with that given by people with chronic diseases.


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... The aim of this review was therefore to look at the positive effects and adverse effects/side effects including adverse event of intensive clinical holistic therapy. We have already documented the experience with this kind of medicine in our own clinic in Denmark (62)(63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69), at the center for holistic mind-body medicine and clinical medicine in Sweden established by Bengt Stern (70)(71)(72)(73)(74). In this paper we want to document the experiences with this kind of therapy as practiced in United Kingdom and Germany. ...

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Positive effects, side effects, and adverse events of clinical holistic medicine. A review of Gerda Boyesen's non- pharmaceutical mind-body medicine (biodynamic body- psychotherapy) at two centers in the United Kingdom and Germany SIDE EFFECTS AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 282
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE USING MIND-BODY THERAPIES The evaluation of a course intervention for personal self-awareness and development
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... The subscale score at baseline for "physical functioning" was comparatively high in all three groups; probably due to their relatively young age and that they were previously healthy. The results are in accordance with earlier findings in a group of persons experiencing emotional ill-being and attending a mind-body-medicine course [67]. Furthermore, previous findings have shown that emotional and cognitive functions are much more readily affected than physical function in a stressful situation [68]. ...

Quality of life of participants in a mind-body-based self-development course: A descriptive study

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... Described in the ancient Raja Yoga, the seven chakras are the main energy centres of the body-a complex network of energy channels. 5,6 They are supposed to hold the spiritual nervous system and are responsible for the harmony that exists between the physical body, mind and spirit. The medical background of these seven chakras is related to the seven important neural plexuses in the human body. ...

Improving quality of life using compound mind-body therapies: Evaluation of a course intervention with body movement and breath therapy, guided imagery, chakra experiencing and mindfulness meditation

Quality of Life Research