The main aim was to investigate the relative roles of mental distress and intrinsic motivation for relapse after inpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, while adjusting demographics treatment variables.The study is based on a prospective multicenter with baseline gross sample 607 patients SUD (response rate = 84%) admitted an stay at one five specialized centers in Norway. analytical consisted illicit drug (n 374) who took part follow-up interview three months discharge from 249)...

The present study investigated cross‐cultural differences in road traffic risk perception, sensitivity and willingness Norway, Russia, India, Ghana, Tanzania Uganda. Differences driver attitudes behaviour were also examined. An additional aim was to test whether the constructs explained variation risky these countries. To obtain aims, a questionnaire survey conducted among randomly obtained representative sample of Norwegian public (n = 247). Stratified samples established Russia 245), India...

Dropout from inpatient treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) is an ongoing challenge. The aim of this study was to identify demographic, use, and psychological factors that predict dropout postdetoxification SUD treatment.A total 454 patients 5 centers in Central Norway were consecutively included naturalistic, prospective cohort study.A 132 (28%) did not complete the planned stay (dropped out). Cox regression analysis showed higher levels intrinsic motivation changing personal reduced...

Promoting bicycling has several health benefits at the individual- and population-level. However, safety concerns for bicyclists is one of main hindrances bicycling. Little work explored aberrant riding behavior, to best our knowledge, no instrument that measures behavior among been reported in literature. This study reports psychometric properties a newly designed measurement instrument, Bicycle Rider Behavior Questionnaire (BRBQ) follows methodological approaches motorized vehicle user...

Abstract The present study aims to investigate differences in road safety attitudes, driver behavior, and traffic risk perception between Turkey Norway. A questionnaire survey was conducted among a sample of Norwegian (n = 247) Turkish 213) users. results show that respondents perceived be higher than respondents. reported safer attitudes towards drinking driving respondents, while Norwegians speeding. lower frequency speeding behaviors whereas driving. Traffic related but not were discussed...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relative role religiosity for alcohol abstention and consumption levels among individuals aged 40 years or above. Method: A two-wave prospective survey conducted Norwegians 80 (Time 1 in 2002/2003, Time 2 2007/2008). analytical sample constituted those who responded questionnaire at both time points (n = 2671). Results: findings showed that religiousity strongly associated with less while adjusting demographics health variables. results...

Although several previous studies have focused on pedestrian safety, most of the urban roads. This study investigated accident data among 1358 pedestrians from 2012 to 2018 urban, suburban, and rural roads in 16 cities Gilan province Iran using structural equation modelling (SEM). Factor analysis showed that four exogenous latent variables had a significant relationship with fatal accidents pedestrians. Factors related (coefficient: 0.968), vehicles 0.632), humans 0.306), environment 0.194)...

Electric vehicles (EVs) can play an ancillary role in energy and electricity system management. Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology allows EV batteries to be discharged back into the grid. This enables charging when prices are low there is abundance of grid discharging costs high load The current study estimates combination financial compensation (FC) incentives (reduction monthly bill) minimum guaranteed charge (MC) that would needed increase acceptance V2G among Norwegians. Estimating a...