Living in the Present

Barns, Angela; Svanholm, Frida; Kjellberg, Anette; Thyberg, Ingrid; Falkmer, Torbjörn

doi:10.1177/2158244015616163

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“…Moreover, restriction in physical functioning or emotional distress reduced social participation and induced social isolation, consistent with other studies [13,32]. However, on the other hand, our study also confirms the importance of having social support for reorganizing household responsibilities, domestic tasks, and to resume pre-infection valued social activities [36][37][38]. In addition, negative social responses and behaviours, and lack of understanding were reported [39].…”

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“It’s very saddening, you keep on wondering when the symptoms will be over”: A qualitative study exploring the long-term chikungunya disease impact on daily life and well-being, 6 years after disease onset

Doran,

Duits,

Tami

et al. 2023

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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Background Long-term chikungunya is a mosquito-borne disease, characterized by disabling rheumatic symptoms persisting for years, after infection with the chikungunya virus. Previous studies focused on assessing the well-being of affected individuals from a quantitative perspective using generic instruments, and have reported physical and psychological impairment. However, a common critique is that generic instrument’s structured responses and pre-defined health domains selected by health professionals, may not capture the full extent of well-being impairment experienced by patients. This study aimed to explore in-depth to which extent long-term chikungunya disease impacts daily living and the physical, psychological, and social well-being from the experiences and perspective of affected individuals. Methodology/Principal findings Using open-ended questions, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 purposively selected individuals with long-term chikungunya disease, in Curaçao. Interview audio-recordings were transcribed verbatim. The data were thematically analyzed. Living with persistent rheumatic symptoms affected the participant’s daily living and well-being in several ways: experience of physical impact (restricted physical functioning and limitations in activities of daily life); experience of psychological impact (altered emotional state, fear of walking and running, psychosocial aspects of footwear adaptations, and uncertainty about disease progression and future health); and experience of social impact (social isolation and impaired relational maintenance, social dependency, challenges of social support, at-work productivity loss, and giving up leisure activities after work). Conclusions/Significance This study, the first of its kind, indicated that the adverse impact of long-term chikungunya disease is currently underreported. The persistent rheumatic symptoms had a negative effect on functional ability, which in turn impacted broad aspects of daily life and well-being, beyond what is captured by generic instruments. In the view of the findings, physical exercise programs including manual therapy, aerobics, resistance and stretching exercises, and orthopaedic footwear interventions in a multidisciplinary patient-centred approach may improve physical function and subsequently overall well-being.

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confidence: 91%

“It’s very saddening, you keep on wondering when the symptoms will be over”: A qualitative study exploring the long-term chikungunya disease impact on daily life and well-being, 6 years after disease onset

Doran,

Duits,

Tami

et al. 2023

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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A Climate Backlash: Comparing Populist Parties’ Climate Policies in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden

Vihma

Reischl

Andersen

2021

The Journal of Environment & Development

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The rise of authoritarian populism has disrupted the patterns of party competition in many Western societies. Related to this development, the current debates in the United States and European Union illustrate how empirical science on climate change may become intensely politicized, and all ambitious climate policies challenged in the contemporary political landscape. We set out an analytical framework with three ideal types of political strategies for opposing climate policies: climate science denialism, climate policy nationalism, and climate policy conservativism. Empirically, the article investigates populist resistance to ambitious climate change policy in the Nordic context, where countries have sought to assume global leadership in climate politics and have considerable public support for climate action. In an analysis of the evolving positions of populist parties in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden in recent elections, the article sheds light on the interconnection between populism and climate change policy.

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Mapping life on the margins

Chouinard¹

2018

Routledge Handbook of Health Geography

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Living in the Present

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“It’s very saddening, you keep on wondering when the symptoms will be over”: A qualitative study exploring the long-term chikungunya disease impact on daily life and well-being, 6 years after disease onset

“It’s very saddening, you keep on wondering when the symptoms will be over”: A qualitative study exploring the long-term chikungunya disease impact on daily life and well-being, 6 years after disease onset

A Climate Backlash: Comparing Populist Parties’ Climate Policies in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden

Mapping life on the margins

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