University students enrolled in a selected university in Stockholm, studying on a full-time educational program with at least one academic year left before graduation.
There is no intervention. The exposures are repeated measures, 5 times (every three months), using web-based self-report questionnaires during one academic year. Also weekley SMS are used to measure depression, anxiety and pain intensity.

Mental Health Issue

Musculoskeletal Pain

All students invited to participate in the study answer the question about gender identity - female, male or other. All analyses with regard to gender in the study are based on self-representation based on these three categories.

Web-based self-report questionnaires based on well established instruments.

Web-based self-report questionnaires

Group conversation with open-ended questions with 7-10 students/group on topics relevant to the aim of the study.

Focus Group Interviews

Sophiahemmet University

Sustainable UNiversity Life (SUN) Study

Sustainable UNiversity Life (SUN): Mental Illness and Pain Conditions Among Students - a Cohort Study to Identify Modifiable Risk and Prognostic Factors

Repeated measures with web-based questionnaires, 5 times (every 3 months), over one year. Outcome measures: Musculoskeletal pain will be measured with the The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). The NMQ measure musculoskeletal symptoms, and pain intensity in nine body areas: neck, shoulder, elbow, wrists/hands, upper back, lower back, hips/thighs/buttocks, knees, ankle/feet. The questions were modified to assess previous month rather than the previous 12 months as per the original NMQ. No symptoms = a pain score of 0, while the participants who report musculoskeletal symptoms also report average pain intensity over the last month, on a scale from 0 (no complaints), to 9 (pain 'worst possible'). Weekly text messages measure levels of pain.

Repeated measures with web-based questionnaires, 5 times (every 3 months), over one year. Outcome measures: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21). DASS-21 includes three subscales (range 0-3, score 0-63, higher scores = more symptoms) to measure depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in nonclinical populations. Weekly text messages measure levels anxiety and depression.

Web-based questionnaires comparing students entering the study before the Covid-19 pandemic and after. Outcome measures: Musculoskeletal pain will be measured with the The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). The NMQ measure musculoskeletal symptoms, and pain intensity in nine body areas: neck, shoulder, elbow, wrists/hands, upper back, lower back, hips/thighs/buttocks, knees, ankle/feet. The questions were modified to assess previous month rather than the previous 12 months as per the original NMQ. No symptoms = a pain score of 0, while the participants who report musculoskeletal symptoms also report average pain intensity over the last month, on a scale from 0 (no complaints), to 9 (pain 'worst possible'). Weekly text messages measure levels of pain.

Web-based questionnaires comparing students entering the study before the Covid-19 pandemic and after. Outcome measures: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21). DASS-21 (3 subscales, range 0-3, score 0-63, higher scores = more symptoms) to measure depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in nonclinical populations. Weekly text messages measure levels of anxiety and depression.

Parallell studies in Norway and Canada have been planned for cross-cultural comparisons with merged data sets.

Karolinska Institutet

Forte

Attend three 2-hour sessions held over two consecutive days

Neurofibromatosis

The ACT workshops will consist of a patient program and a corresponding parent program, each focusing on helping participants cope with the patient s pain more effectively using ACT techniques

scoliosis/huvudvärk

Sustainable UNiversity Life (SUN) Study

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults With Neurofibromatosis and Chronic Pain

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine

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