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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
Aging research is essential to identifying factors that influence healthy aging, with improved well-being and increased longevity for contemporary humans. Importantly, the rate of biological aging varies considerably between ...
Kommunikasjon i endringsprosesser – en utforskende sykehusstudie Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Abstract Background Increasing HIV testing coverage is a priority for countries struggling to curb the epidemic of HIV. Previous studies have shown an association between socio-economic status and testing uptake. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of domestic violence, with subgroups of physical, sexual and emotional violence, among men and women and to assess the association between any lifetime domestic violence (DV) and mental ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Introduction: Hargeisa Group Hospital, Somaliland, opened a neonatal unit in 2013. We aimed to study causes of admission, risk factors for neonatal death and post-discharge care to address modifiable factors.
Methods: ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background: Literature on physical performance in older adults across the cognitive spectrum remains inconclusive, and knowledge on differences between dementia subtypes is lacking. We aim to identify distinct physical-performance ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Accurate biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are essential for early diagnosis and intervention. Available biomarkers are not sufficient to permit the monitoring of AD progression over time, and additional biomarkers ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Diagnostic test evaluation includes measures of performance and assessment of operational characteristics. The latter focuses on end-user understanding of instructions to perform the test, ease ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
The concept of digital literacy has been defined in numerous ways over the last two decades to incorporate rapid technological changes, its versatility, and to bridge the global digital divide. Most approaches have been ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
In order to implement effective health policy reforms, knowledge of physician preferences, and hence, their responses to policy reforms is desirable. This thesis consists of three papers aiming to address fundamental ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Bacterial meningitis is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. Rapid identification of the aetiological agent of meningitis is essential for clinical and public health management and disease prevention given the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Sarcopenia is an age-related muscle disease primarily characterized by reductions in muscle strength that increases the risk of falls, fractures, cognitive impairment, and mortality. Exercise is currently ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract This article analyzes how trans health was negotiated on the margins of psychiatry from the late 1970s and early 1980s. In this period, a new model of medical transition was established for trans people in Norway. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
BAKGRUNN
Det har vært interesse knyttet til bruken av antibiotika under covid-19-pandemien. I denne artikkelen presenterer vi forbruket av systemisk antibiotika i Norge i pandemiperioden.
MATERIALE OG METODE
Totalt ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background: Recent systematic reviews and international guidelines recommend patient education, exercises, and weight control (if overweight) as first-line treatment for patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA). The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Aims:Alcohol consumption has been linked to colorectal cancer (CRC) and also to the high-densitylipoprotein cholesterol level (HDL-C). HDL-C has been associated with the incidence of CRC. The aimof this study was to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Primary care providers assume responsibility for patients with increasingly complex problems requiring interprofessional collaboration. Introducing interprofessional education in healthcare ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Hensikt: Identifisere verktøy som sykepleiere kan anvende til nevrologisk vurdering av voksne pasienter i sykehus, og hvordan disse kan anvendes på geriatriske pasienter ved en nevrokirurgisk avdeling. Bakgrunn: Jeg jobber ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objectives: Existing evidence suggests that drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a huge public health threat in high-burden TB countries such as Ethiopia. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Treating patients with acute poisoning by substances of abuse in a primary care emergency clinic has previously been shown to be a safe strategy. We conducted an economic evaluation of this ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Healthcare laws allow for exceptions from the consent requirement when patients are not competent to consent or pose a danger to themselves or others. In these cases, the use of coercion may be ...
Fra slankeeksperter til livsstilsmentorer: En kritisk diskursanalyse av Roede AS sine kursbøker Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective
A variety of measures are used for reporting levels of compulsory psychiatric hospitalisation. This complicates comparisons between studies and makes it hard to establish the extent of geographic variation. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Denne studien handler om hvordan ledere i spesialisthelsetjenestene opplever brukermedvirkning og hvilken erfaring de har med dette i sin virksomhetsutøvelse. Brukermedvirkning på systemnivå er lovregulert og ikke noe ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Exercise is a cornerstone in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The patients need long-term support to adhere to prescribed exercise, but this need cannot be met solely within the healthcare system. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Following an implementation plan based on dynamic dialogue between researchers and clinicians, this study implemented an evidence-based patient education program (tested in an RCT) into routine ...
Hva når pasienter med en psykoselidelse sier nei til pårørendesamarbeid? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Abstrakt Vil ein ved å innføre ulike forbetringstiltak i ein somatisk poliklinikk kunne få betre oversikt over og redusere ventelista utan auka ressursar? For å svare på problemstillinga vart det gjennomført eit ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Sammendrag Pasientbehandling innen psykisk helse og rus har de siste tiårene gradvis dreiet fra døgnbasert behandling til at det meste nå gis poliklinisk og ambulant. Denne studien ser på de økonomiske konsekvensene dette ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Et arbeidsmiljø består at ulike personer med ulik personlighet og ulike ferdigheter. Ikke sjeldent hører man om konflikter blant ansatte i samme arbeidsmiljø. I denne oppgaven undersøkes det om en spesiell metode for å ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Can the establishment of a local quality register contribute to increased knowledge about the quality of patient care?
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Implementation of Videoconferencing Psychotherapy Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect around 20% of the male population in their lifetime. The incidence of UTIs in men in the community is 0.9–2.4 cases per 1000 aged <55 years and 7.7 per 1000 aged ≥85 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective
To explore Nordic patients’ ranking of the importance of different aspects of general practice.
Design
Patients ranked the importance of 47 statements reflecting five quality domains: communication, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Migrants in Norway bear a higher burden of COVID-19 infections and hospitalization as compared to non-migrants. The aim of our study was to understand how migrants perceive their own health risk, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Persons with stroke are susceptible to psychosocial problems, and express disappointment at how health care professionals fail to meet their psychosocial needs following discharge to home. The responsibility ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background and Objective
Influenza-like illness (ILI) leads to a substantial disease burden every winter in Europe; however, oseltamivir is not frequently prescribed to ILI patients in the primary-care setting. An ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
In a multi-ethnic cohort of healthy pregnant women and their children, we found striking ethnic differences in overweight and thinness in children at age 4-5 years. Children with origin in the Middle East and North Africa ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract
Background
Multimorbidity and prolonged use of addictive medications are prevalent among older patients, and known to increase the risk of adverse drug events. Yet, the relationship between ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background and aims
Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have experienced changes to the routine management because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The aim of this study was to examine patients with IBD’s adherence ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective: Paths toward referral to involuntary psychiatric admission mainly unfold in the contexts where people live their everyday lives. Modern health services are organized such that primary health care services are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Relational and emotional problems, dysregulation, self-harming or substance abuse often characterize personality disorders (PD). In Norway, COVID-19 restrictions led to an abrupt shutdown of services from 12 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Depression is a common illness worldwide with potentially severe implications. Early identification of depressive symptoms is a crucial first step towards assessment, intervention, and relapse prevention. With an increase ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Aims and objectives
To evaluate the effectiveness of a psycho-educational intervention for shoulder and breast day surgery patients in decreasing pain intensity and pain interference with function and strengthening ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
To describe ethnic differences in concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins, and their changes, during pregnancy to postpartum.
Methods
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2020)
Correction to: BMC Med Ethics 2020, 21: 82
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-020-00522-1
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objectives To investigate if inflammation detected by MRI or ultrasound at rheumatoid arthritis (RA) onset is predictive of erosive progression or poor response to methotrexate monotherapy, and to investigate if subclinical ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This longitudinal study of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aimed to investigate changes in pain characteristics (i.e., occurrence, intensity, and interference) and covariates associated with pain ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background: Oral 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is the mainstay treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) and therapy with oral 5-ASA is associated with beneficial outcomes. We have examined factors associated with the persistence ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Phone nurses triage callers to Norwegian out-of-hours cooperatives to estimate the appropriate urgency and level of care for the caller. Many callers with mild symptoms of respiratory tract infections receive ...
Er covid-19 alvorlig? Det norske alvorlighetskriteriet for helseprioriteringer i møte med en pandemi
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Koronapandemien har synliggjort nødvendigheten av prioriteringer i helsetjenesten vår. Helseprioriteringer i Norge skal gjøres etter de tre kriteriene nytte, ressurs og alvorlighetsgrad. Nytte- og ressurskriteriene utgjør ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We introduce games consisting of two players where each player's payoff might be differently affected by changes in the decision variable of the rival. The games are classified into three categories: The high-conflict ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background and Objectives To prospectively investigate the long-term relationship between body mass index (BMI) in adolescents and young adults and risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) at the population level. Methods We used ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Past studies have found associations between obesity and healthcare costs, however, these studies have suffered from bias due to omitted variables, reverse causality, and measurement error.
...
The true opportunity costs of offering liver transplantation to patients with colorectal liver metastases: A discrete event simulation analysis. Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2021)
Background: The standard treatment for patients with non-resectable colorectal cancer with liver-only metastasis (CRLM) in Norway, is palliative chemotherapy. The prognosis is bleak, with a 5-year overall survival of around ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Bakgrunn: Innleggelse av perifert venekateter (PVK) er den vanligste kliniske invasive prosedyren sykepleiere rutinemessig utfører i sykehus. Åtti prosent av alle pasienter på sykehus har behov for et PVK. Likevel mislykkes ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused rapid changes in the healthcare system. Workforce reorganization, reduced standard of care and a lack of personal protection equipment (PPE) for health care workers ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background Young people with mental health challenges present a major global challenge. More than half of adults with mental disorders experience their onset before age 14, but early detection and intervention may change ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective: Elderly patients are frequently in need of antithrombotic therapy for reducing thrombotic events. The association between antithrombotic drugs and survival after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is, nevertheless, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective
This retrospective study aimed to describe the volume, severity, and injury mechanism of all hospital-admitted pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) at Oslo University Hospital (OUH), emphasizing consequences ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
The incidence of heart failure (HF) has declined in Europe during the past two decades. However, incidence estimates from registry-based studies may vary, partly because they depend on retrospective ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
There is evidence that empathy decreases as medical students go through clinical training. However, there are few in-depth studies investigating the students’ own experiences when trying to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objective: To evaluate muscle strength changes following partial meniscectomy or exercise therapy for degenerative meniscal tears and the relationship between baseline muscle strength and osteoarthritis progression. Methods: ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Standardized care plans have the potential to enhance the quality of nursing records in terms of content and completeness, thereby better supporting workflow, easing the documentation process, facilitating continuity of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Aim
To explore what competencies and skills Malawian nurses gained after participating in an institutional health and training programme in Norway and how they viewed these competencies applicable upon return to Malawi. ...
Relationship between Maternal and First Year of Life Dispensations of Antibiotics and Antiasthmatics
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Antibiotics are the most frequent prescription drugs used by pregnant women. Our objective was to investigate if the dispensation of antibiotics and antiasthmatics in children less than 1 year of age is associated with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Consistent participation in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with repeated fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is important for the success of the screening program. We investigated whether lifestyle ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background: Little is known about the association between physical fitness and the risk of injury or illness in ice hockey. The least-fit players may be more prone to injury and illness. Purpose: To examine the association ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have a reduced life expectancy with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a major contributor. Low educational attainment is associated with schizophrenia, as well as with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Purpose: To compare patients with a concomitant full-thickness cartilage lesion and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury to patients with an isolated ACL injury at 10–15 years post ACL reconstruction. Methods: This is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Aim Given the apparent link between gender and ethnicity, and the diversity and career opportunities in nursing, this study examined gender and ethnicity's influence on first-year nursing students' educational motivation ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Despite improvements, studies continue to report unsatisfactory provision of information before, during and after electroconvulsive treatment (ECT).
...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
The Norwegian Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life (the IA Agreement) aims to reduce sickness absence (SA) and increase work participation. Potential impacts of the IA Agreement have not ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objective The study aimed to investigate quality of care, resource use and patient outcome in management by an emergency response team versus standard care for critically ill medical patients in the emergency department ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Much has been written about gene modifying technologies (GMTs), with a particularly strong focus on human germline genome editing (HGGE) sparked by its unprecedented clinical research application in 2018, shocking the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background Female athletes might develop reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and amenorrhoea due to low energy intake. Objective To systematically review the literature of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Innreisekarantene er blitt brukt som smittevernstiltak i over 600 år. Da covid- 19 rammet vinteren 2020 hadde verdens stater ulik tilnærming til innreisekarantene. I Norge var vi tilbakeholdne med et slikt tiltak, mens man ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objectives Horizon scanning methodologies are employed in healthcare to identify and prioritise innovations at the early stages of development processes. To date, horizon scanning has been predominantly applied to early ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Clinicians, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), contend with limited economic and healthcare resources in deciding appropriate and feasible care for their patients. Some of the LMICs affected by COVID-19 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Bakgrunn: Økning i høysensitivt kardialt troponin T (hs-cTnT) sees i veneblod etter hard fysisk aktivitet hos friske personer, og er et uttrykk for myokard skade. Hos kolspasienter i hvile er nivået av hs-cTnT høyere enn ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Children in acute pain often receive inadequate pain relief, partly from difficulties administering injectable analgesics. A rapid-acting, intranasal (IN) analgesic may be an alternative to other ...
A cost-utility analysis of albumin usage in precision medicine for patients with end-stage liver cirrhosis Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2022)
Much health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic has been designed to persuade people more than to inform them. For example, messages like “masks save lives” are intended to compel people to wear face masks, not to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This study aims to assess rehabilitation needs and provision of rehabilitation services for individuals with moderate-to-severe disability and investigate factors influencing the probability of receiving rehabilitation ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
related to service organization in rehabilitation can influence study outcomes. This, in particular, is relevant, as contextual factors in rehabilitation are known to influence the participation and functioning of persons ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
BAKGRUNN: I februar 2021 vedtok Stortinget å avvikle kravet om obligatorisk helseattest for fornyelse av førerkort for bilførere over 80 år. Vedtaket angår eldre bilførere og trafikksikkerhet generelt og fastlegers ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objectives: Health technology assessments (HTAs) have been suggested as a strategy to bridge the evidence-to-policy gap in public health. It is unclear to what extent HTAs have been prepared to assist decisions to implement ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
(1) Background: Acute neck pain is common and usually managed by medication and/or manual therapy. General practitioners (GPs) hesitate to refer to manual therapy due to uncertainty about the effectiveness and adverse ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
A key issue in food governance and public administration is achieving coordinated implementation of policies. This study addressed this issue by systematically comparing the governance of animal welfare in Norway and Sweden, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2021)
Clinical information about patients is increasingly being stored in electronic form and has therefore become more easily shareable. Data are collected as part of clinical care but have multiple other potential uses in ...