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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
To increase labor monitoring and prevent neonatal morbidity and mortality, a new wireless, strap-on electronic fetal heart rate monitor called Moyo was introduced in Tanzania in 2016. As part of the ongoing evaluation of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Uncertainty exists regarding the relation of body size and weight change with dementia risk. As populations continue to age and the global obesity epidemic shows no sign of waning, reliable quantification of such associations ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background
Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh, with outbreaks reported annually. Currently, the majority of epidemic cholera reported globally is El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae isolates of the serogroup O1. However, in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Rationale, aim, and objective
An increasing number of patients are on sick leave from work due to fatigue‐ and pain‐related symptoms that could indicate burnout. The aetiology is unknown, and recently, it has been ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Introduction:
The Endometriosis Health Profile-30 is a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life. Cross-cultural validation of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 has been ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Objectives
Social and cultural aspects are rarely assessed in health technology assessments (HTA), despite being part of most HTA definitions. One hypothesis for the reason why they are hardly considered in HTA is that ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Providing high quality and user oriented information about mammographic screening is no easy task, as screening has been subject to heated professional and public debates. Although the information has to be developed and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The drug Primodos and other hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs) remained on the British market for about a decade after they were first implicated, in 1967, as a possible cause of birth defects. In November 2017, an expert ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In research on traffic injury prevention, young male drivers willing to take risks are known as “young problem drivers” and have been identified as the greatest road safety challenge. This intersectional study draws on ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited disorder of haem metabolism characterized by life‐threatening acute neurovisceral attacks due to the induction of hepatic δ‐aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background: Neurological disorders are increasingly recognised as major causes of death and disability worldwide. The aim of this analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Seizures and their consequences contribute to the burden of epilepsy because they can cause health loss (premature mortality and residual disability). Data on the burden of epilepsy are needed for health-care ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background
Health literacy (HL) is a multidimensional concept with significance for self‐management and health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, research with a multidimensional perspective ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Formål: Å oppsummere og vurdere vitenskapelig litteratur om hvilke kunnskaper og ferdigheter personalet i sykehjem har om god ernæringspraksis. Teoretisk forankring: Helsedirektoratets normer og regler for god ernæringspraksis. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
The aim was to estimate the prevalence of harmful alcohol use in relation to socio-demographic characteristics among acutely ill medical patients, and examine identification measures of alcohol use, including ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Objectives: To estimate the number needed to screen (NNS) and the number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one tuberculosis (TB) case in the Norwegian immigrant latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening programme and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objective
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of substance use in the Norwegian general population and examine whether the risk of various psychiatric or somatic diseases varied according to alcohol- and substance ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major global health challenge. Extant literature shows that CSA is prevalent in Kenya. As a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
De siste årene er tavlemøter ved risikotavler blitt innført i stort omfang ved norske sykehusavdelinger. Dette har kommet som en følge av pasientsikkerhetsprogrammet ««I trygge hender 24-7»», som er initiert av Helsedirektoratet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In Africa, urbanization is happening faster than ever before which results in new implications for transmission of infectious diseases. For the zoonotic parasite Taenia solium, a major cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Kirurgiske fremskritt har blitt preget av kikkhullskirurgi de tre siste 10 årene1. Denne utviklingen har videreforedlet tanken om kirurgisk dagbehandling – dagkirurgi. Det betyr at antall inngrep og forskjellig antall ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background and aims
Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is increasing in developing countries. Different definitions of MS lead to discrepancies in prevalence estimates and applicability. We assessed the prevalence of MS as defined ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
In an analysis of artificially intelligent systems for medical diagnostics and treatment planning we argue that patients should be able to exercise a right to withdraw from AI diagnostics and treatment planning for reasons ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background:
As new gene-related treatment options for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are being developed, precise information about the patients’ genetic diagnosis and knowledge about the diversities of natural history ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Objectives:
To compare neuropsychological performances between patients with and without intracranial abnormalities after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and assess the relationship between demographics, injury severity, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
The lifetime prevalence of sexual assault was examined in a representative sample of the general Norwegian adult population (n = 1,792), in addition to the association between sexual assault and health, quality of life, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background: There is increasing concern around the use of antibiotics in animal food production and the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance within the food chain. In many low and middle-income countries, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Traumatic brain injury patients frequently undergo tracheal intubation. We aimed to assess current intubation practice in Europe and identify variation in practice. We analysed data from patients with traumatic brain injury ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Purpose
Norway has among the highest incidence rates of fractures in the world. Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) and trabecular bone score (TBS) provide information about fracture risk, but their importance have not ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background: Subjective impairment in memory and instrumental activities in daily living (IADL) are associated with future cognitive decline and poorer mental health in older adults, but their association with mortality is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Pasientene som legges inn på sykehjem er mer skrøpelig og har høyere omsorgsbehov enn tidligere. Omtrent 25 prosent av de ansatte i sykehjem er ufaglærte og det er et stort behov for kompetanseheving i fremtiden for å sikre ...
Comparison between the actual costs of readmissions and reimbursements at Diakonhjemmet Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Diakonhjemmet hospital in Oslo recorded the highest readmission rate in Norway. Although readmission rates are frequently used as a quality indicator and often regarded as an economic burden to the health-care ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Recent epidemiological evidence shows that colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to occur in carriers of pathogenic mismatch repair (path_MMR) variants despite frequent colonoscopy surveillance in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
More knowledge is needed on how to reduce the prevalence of formal and informal coercion in Norwegian mental health care. To explore possible reasons for the widespread differences in coercive practice in psychiatry and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This was a validation study of the Norwegian version of The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS). ICCAS consists of 20 retrospective pre- and post-questions, where respondents rate their ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Patients with advanced cancer are prone to develop different opportunistic oral infection due to anti-cancer treatment or the malignancies themselves. Studies of oral fungal samples show an ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background
A sizeable body of research has demonstrated a relationship between organizational change and increased sickness absence. However, fewer studies have investigated what factors might mitigate this relationship. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a prevalent and disabling condition in women that may be associated with reduced quality of life and impairment of physical functioning. Aim To investigate whether women with PVD ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
External inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a narrative synthesis of research literature to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Understanding mechanisms of cavitation in tuberculosis (TB) is the missing link that could advance the field towards better control of the infection. Descriptions of human TB suggest that postprimary TB begins as lipid ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Purpose The stage-specific survival of young breast cancer patients has improved, likely due to diagnostic and treatment advances. We addressed whether survival improvements have reached all socioeconomic groups in a country ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background: Medication administration and management in nursing homes can occur during all phases of the medication process. The aim of this study was to investigate if an introduction of a systematic use of huddle board ...
Comparative treatment costs for patients with acute myocardial infarction between Finland and Norway
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous studies on patients with acute myocardial infarction have found that Finland has higher hospital costs per patient than Norway for the first hospital episode (HEP), while Norway has higher costs during the first ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of organizational challenges when decision-makers try to comply with technological developments and increasing demands for a more rational distribution ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Objective To explore the impact of a training intervention on obstetric anal sphincter injuries’ (OASIS) detection rate.
Design Prospective quality improvement interventional study.
Setting Six secondary and tertiary ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Introduction and hypothesis
In Palestine, episiotomy is frequently used among primiparous women.This study assesses the effect of training birth attendants in applying bimanual perineal support during delivery by either ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background: Many drugs with dose-dependent effects on hemodynamic variables are metabolized by cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). The aim of this study was to compare prescribed dosages and hemodynamic responses of such drugs ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Education institutions promptly implemented a set of steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among international Chinese students, such as restrictive physical exercise, mask wear, daily health ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Early disruption of the microbial community may influence life-long health. Environmental toxicants can contaminate breast milk and the developing infant gut microbiome is directly exposed. We ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background
Epigenetic clocks have been recognized for their precise prediction of chronological age, age-related diseases, and all-cause mortality. Existing epigenetic clocks are based on CpGs from the ...
Are Estimated Costs of Medicinal Products Accurate? Review of Single Technology Assessments in Norway from Years 2009-2016 Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2020)
Similar family‐based cancer and genealogy data from Norway and Utah allowed comparisons of the incidence of testicular cancer (TC), and exploration of the role of Scandinavian ancestry and family history of TC in TC risk. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background: The number of rejected images is an indicator of image quality and unnecessary imaging at a radiology department. Image reject analysis was frequent in the film era, but comparably few and small studies have ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Sufferers from burnout might experience a sincere bonding to their lost lifeworld, which can result in their holding on to their previous worlds while simultaneously trying to unleash themselves. In this article, four ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often affects the individual’s ability to work, reducing employment rates post-injury across all severities of TBI. The objective of this multi-country study was to assess the most ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Introduction: Postpartum depression is a prevalent disorder with negative consequences for women, infants, and the family as a whole. Most studies of this disorder have been conducted in Western countries, and studies from ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background/Purpose
The need for transitional care has gained increased focus in the treatment of patients with congenital colorectal disorders. We aimed to acquire in-depth knowledge about the experiences of adult ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
In many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Malawi, antenatal care (ANC) services do not deliver sufficient nutrition awareness to improve adequate dietary intake in pregnancy. We therefore ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The Nordic countries have comprehensive, population-based health and medical registries linkable on individually unique personal identity codes, enabling complete long-term follow-up. The aims of this study were to describe ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
The epidemic of COVID‐19 appears to be reshaping the world, separating before and after, present and past. Its perceived novelty raises the question of what role the past might play in the present epidemic and in responses ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Reducing the economic impact of hip fractures (HF) is a global issue. Some efforts aimed at curtailing costs associated with HF include rehabilitating patients within primary care. Little, however, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Most donors of external financing for health use allocation policies to determine which countries are eligible to receive financial support and how much support each should receive. Currently, most of these policies place ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Formål: Hensikten med denne masterstudien er å kartlegge ergoterapeuter og fysioterapeuter i Norge sine synspunkt og praksis når det gjelder anbefaling av elektriske rullestoler til barn under fire år med funksjonsnedsettelser. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background
Globally, new nurse practitioner roles have been introduced into interdisciplinary teams. Research indicates that agreement among the different healthcare providers regarding one another’s role and scope of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Sammendrag: Masteroppgaven består av to deler; en artikkel og en refleksjonsoppgave. Formål: Studiens hensikt var å undersøke sykepleieres syn på og erfaringer med bruk av kunnskapsbaserte fagprosedyrer i hjemmesykepleien. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objectives The use of psychoactive prescription medication is increasing in the general population. This is a cause for concern, particularly among the elderly, where physiological changes related to senescence increase ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Rural areas have increased injury mortality with a high pre-hospital death rate. Knowledge concerning the impact of psychoactive substances on injury occurrence is lacking for rural arctic Norway. These ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objective Inspections and other forms of external assessment may contribute to positive changes in the health services, but the mechanisms of such change remain unclear. We did a study to explore how external inspections ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The distributions of income and health within and across countries are changing. This challenges the way donors allocate development assistance for health (DAH) and particularly the role of gross national income per capita ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Helsevesenet har utviklet seg på en nokså organisk måte, i stor grad «nedenfra» eller innenfra, men slik at innslaget av re/konstruksjon ovenfra har tiltatt, spesielt etter styrings- og ledelsesrevolusjonen fra midt i ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objective The European Society of Cardiology 0/1-hour algorithm for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) has demonstrated high rule-out safety in large hospital validation cohorts. We aimed to validate the algorithm ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Head and neck cancers are malignancies that arise in pharynx, larynx, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity and oral cavity. Oral cancers account for 40% of head and neck cancers and consist of malignancies arising from buccal ...
Bruk av Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment til skrøpelige eldre i sykehus, - et tilbud for alle eldre på tvers av behandlende enheter? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / SubmittedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
“Translation” has emerged in the previous decades as a key word in disciplines such as history, anthropology and science and technology studies (STS). Moreover, from around 2000 it has become institutionalized in medicine, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This article explores the adaptation of Norway and Sweden to one of the major challenges to global public health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Guided by assumptions derived from institutional theory, the article ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) recommends grip strength and chair stand tests to be used as primary defining measures. It is unclear how either test affects prevalence estimates. ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
In this chapter, Bragstad and Foss highlight key methodological challenges and lessons learned when studying complex care transitions from a quantitative perspective. Key challenges with regard to designing and planning ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Bakgrunn Den forventede økningen i eldrebefolkningen, og Samhandlingsreformens krav om at kommunen skal ta imot utskrivningsklare pasienter raskere, skapte et initiativ til å omstille deler av sykehjemsdriften i Oslo ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Formål: Med en økende andel eldre i befolkningen vil antallet personer med kognitiv svikt og demens øke. Det er behov for gode, valide verktøy som kan brukes ved screening av pasienter med mistenkt kognitiv svikt og demens. ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
Amfetamin og helse i et åpent rusmiljø. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Creating a Dementia-Friendly Municipality: A Case Study Approach to the Implementation of Dementia Plan 2020 in Norwegian Municipalities Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
BAKGRUNN. Med det økende behovet grunnet befolkningsutviklingen i det siste har problemstillingen om å forbedre omsorgstilbudet til personer med demens blitt et viktig tema på verdensbasis. Flere land har utviklet nasjonale ...
Påvirker tilpasningskurs for yrkesaktive hørselshemmede deres arbeidslivsdeltakelse og livskvalitet? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Sjekkliste som et kvalitetsforbedrende tiltak ved postoperative pasientoverføringer Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This is a response to a short communication on our research presented in Solbrække et al. (Med Health Care Philos 20(1):89–103, 2017), which raises a series of serious allegations. Our article explored the rise of ‘the ...
The Cost-Effectiveness of Biological Therapies in Adult Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis in Norway Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: As a response to the criticisms evidence-based practice currently faces, groups of health care researchers and guideline makers have started to call for the appraisal and inclusion of different kinds of knowledge ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may, in some patients, be characterized by recurring acute exacerbations. Often these exacerbations are associated with airway infections. As immunoglobulins (Ig) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Tittel: Dimensjonering av KAD Aker i 2020-2040 Problemstilling: Hva vil fremtidig behov for kapasitet i KAD Aker være, gitt at dagens bruk av KAD senger er korrekt. Design: Gjennom en «bare alder» metode fremskrives ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objectives: Over the past few decades, there has been an improvement in the rate of disability progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, and most studies relate this evolvement to the introduction of disease-modifying ...