Anders Meland

Norwegian version of this page Department of Sport and Social Sciences

Head Engineer

Email: andersme@nih.no
Phone: +4723262443
Mobile phone: +4795227021

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Research

Attention, cognition, executive functioning, fatigue, stress-reduction, mental training in high performance environments

Teaching

Perception, Cognition, Psychophysiology, Simulation, Mental training strategies

Short biography

Anders Meland has a PhD in sports psychology from NIH (2016), in addition to higher military officer training at the Norwegian Naval Academy. Meland is responsible for concept development in the sports psychology lab at NIH (20%) and employed as a sport psychology consultant at Olympiatoppen (20%) and senior advisor at Norges Bank Investment Management (60%). He has many years of experience with the use of attentional training across high performance environments, and worked 10 years as a human factors specialist at the Norwegian Institute of Aviation Medicine

Svendsen, Karianne; Leithe, Sigrid; Trewin-Nybråten, Cassia Bree; Balto, Aina; Solberg Nes, Lise & Meland, Anders [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2024). How Did Breast Cancer Patients Fare during Different Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Norway Compared to Age-Matched Controls? Cancers. ISSN 2072-6694. 16(3), p. 1–17. doi: 10.3390/cancers16030602. Full text in Research Archive
Børøsund, Elin; Meland, Anders; Eriksen, Hege Randi; Rygg, Christine Marie; Ursin, Giske & Solberg Nes, Lise (2023). Digital Cognitive Behavioral- and Mindfulness-Based Stress-Management Interventions for Survivors of Breast Cancer: Development Study. JMIR Formative Research. ISSN 2561-326X. 7(1), p. 1–12. doi: 10.2196/48719. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Background: Psychosocial stress-management interventions can reduce stress and distress and improve the quality of life for survivors of cancer. As these in-person interventions are not always offered or accessible, evidence-informed digital stress-management interventions may have the potential to improve outreach of psychosocial support for survivors of cancer. Few such digital interventions exist so far, few if any have been developed specifically for survivors of breast cancer, and few if any have attempted to explore more than 1 distinct type of intervention framework. Objective: This study aimed to develop 2 digital psychosocial stress-management interventions for survivors of breast cancer; 1 cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention (CBI), and 1 mindfulness-based intervention (MBI). Methods: The development of the CBI and MBI interventions originated from the existing StressProffen program, a digital stress-management intervention program for survivors of cancer, based on a primarily cognitive behavioral therapeutic concept. Development processes entailed a multidisciplinary design approach and were iteratively conducted in close collaboration between key stakeholders, including experts within psychosocial oncology, cancer epidemiology, stress-management, and eHealth as well as survivors of breast cancer and health care providers. Core psychosocial oncology stress-management and cancer epidemiology experts first conducted a series of workshops to identify cognitive behavioral and mindfulness specific StressProffen content, overlapping psychoeducational content, and areas where development and incorporation of new material were needed. Following the program content adaptation and development phase, phases related to user testing of new content and technical, privacy, security, and ethical aspects and adjustments ensued. Intervention content for the distinct CBI and MBI interventions was refined in iterative user-centered design processes and adjusted to electronic format through stakeholder-centered iterations. Results: For the CBI version, the mindfulness-based content of the original StressProffen was removed, and for the MBI version, cognitive behavioral content was removed. Varying degrees of new content were created for both versions, using a similar layout as for the original StressProffen program. New content and new exercises in particular were tested by survivors of breast cancer
Meland, Anders; Hoebeke, Elena; Pensgaard, Anne Marte; Fonne, Vivianne; Wagstaff, Anthony Sverre & Gaden Jensen, Christian (2021). A Sense of Fellowship: Mindfulness Improves Experienced Interpersonal Benefits and Prosociality in A Military Aviation Unit. The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology. ISSN 2472-1840. 31(2), p. 162–179. doi: 10.1080/24721840.2020.1865818. Full text in Research Archive
Pradhan, Gaurav N.; Ottestad, William Arne; Meland, Anders; Kåsin, Jan Ivar; Høiseth, Lars Øivind & Cevette, Michael J. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Oculometric Feature Changes During Acute Hypoxia in a Simulated High-Altitude Airdrop Scenario. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. ISSN 2375-6314. 92(12), p. 928–936. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.5930.2021. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
BACKGROUND: Severe acute hypoxia results in a rapid deterioration of cognitive functioning and thus poses a risk for human operations in high altitude environments. This study aimed at investigating the effects of oxygen system failure during a high-altitude high-opening (HAHO) parachute jump scenario from 30,000 ft (9144 m) on human physiology and cognitive performance using a noncontact eye-tracking task. METHODS: Nine healthy male volunteers (ages 27–48) were recruited from the Norwegian Special Operations Commandos. Eye-tracking data were collected to derive information on cognitive performance in the context of rapid dynamic changes in pressure altitude while performing a modified King-Devick test. The baseline data was collected at 8000 ft (2438 m) while breathing 100% oxygen during decompression. For every test, the corresponding arterial blood gas analysis was performed. RESULTS: The study subjects endured severe hypoxia, which resulted in significant prolongations of fixation time (range: 284.1–245.6 ms) until 23,397 ft (131 m) and fixation size (range: 34.6–32.4 mm) until 25,389 ft (7739 m) as compared to the baseline (217.6 ± 17.8 ms and 27.2 ± 4.5 mm, respectively). The increase in the saccadic movement and decrease in the saccadic velocity was observed until 28,998 ft and 27,360 ft (8839 and 8339 m), respectively. DISCUSSION: This is the first study to investigate cognitive performance from measured oculometric variables during severe hypobaric hypoxia in a simulated high-altitude airdrop mission scenario. The measurement of altered oculometric variables under hypoxic conditions represents a potential avenue to study altered cognitive performance using noncontact sensors that can derive information and serve to provide the individual with a warning from impending incapacitation.

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Børøsund, Elin; Meland, Anders; Eriksen, Hege Randi; Rygg, Christine Marie; Ursin, Giske & Solberg Nes, Lise (2023). CBT- and Mindfulness-based Support for Breast Cancer Survivors: Development of two Digital Stress-management Interventions.
Svendsen, Karianne; Nes, Lise Solberg; Meland, Anders; Larsson, Ine Marie; Gjelsvik, Ylva M. & Børøsund, Elin [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2023). Coping After Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Management eHealth Interventions. JMIR Research Protocols. ISSN 1929-0748. 12. doi: 10.2196/47195. Full text in Research Archive
Akter, Rokshana; Larose, Tricia Lynn Lois; Sandvik, Jannicke; Fonne, Vivianne; Meland, Anders & Wagstaff, Anthony Sverre (2022). Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Associated Factors in Military Search and Rescue Personnel.
Akter, Rokshana; Larose, Tricia L; Sandvik, Jannicke; Fonne, Vivianne; Meland, Anders & Wagstaff, Anthony Sverre (2021). Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Associated Factors in Military Search and Rescue Personnel. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. ISSN 2375-6314. 92(12), p. 975–979. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.5946.2021.

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Published Oct. 17, 2023 1:08 PM - Last modified Dec. 13, 2023 2:34 PM