Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Ekeberg, Øivind"
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ekeberg, Øivind; Skogstad, Laila; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Heir, Trond (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective Several studies have found that Healthcare workers are vulnerable to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few studies have made comparisons of healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs. ...
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Skogstad, Laila; Grimholt, Tine K.; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ekeberg, Øivind; Heir, Trond (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Abstract: Although concern affects one’s welfare or happiness, few studies to date have focused on peoples’ concerns during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. The aim of the study was to explore concerns in the Norwegian ...
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Skogstad, Laila; Bredal, Inger Schou; Bonsaksen, Tore; Heir, Trond; Ekeberg, Øivind; Grimholt, Tine Kristin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Concerns related to the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Norwegian population are studied in a cross-sectional web-survey conducted between 8 April and 20 May 2020. The qualitative thematic analysis of the ...
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Kan, Zhanna; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Siqveland, Johan; Hussain, Ajmal; Hanssen-Bauer, Ketil; Jensen, Pia; Heiervang, Kristin Sverdvik; Ringen, Petter Andreas; Ekeberg, Øivind; Hem, Erlend; Heir, Trond; Thapa, Suraj (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Little is known about psychiatric patients’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations of coping strategies, social support and loneliness with mental ...
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Bonsaksen, Tore; Heir, Trond; Skogstad, Laila; Grimholt, Tine K.; Ekeberg, Øivind; Lerdal, Anners; Schou-Bredal, Inger (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose Harmful use of alcohol is a major public health problem. While harm is often researched in the context of heavy drinking episodes, high-frequency drinking, even when drinking moderate quantities, constitutes a ...
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Vallersnes, Odd M; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective We have previously found that 9% of patients treated for acute poisoning by substances of abuse in a primary care emergency outpatient setting presented with a new poisoning within a week. We now ...
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Vallersnes, Odd Martin; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Objective: To chart follow-up of patients after acute poisoning by substances of abuse, register whether patients referred to specialist health services attended, and whether patients contacted a general practitioner (GP) ...
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Vallersnes, Odd M; Bjornaas, Mari A; Lund, Cathrine; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Young patients with acute poisoning by substances of abuse have increased mortality rates in the long term. In Oslo, Norway, most of these patients are treated at the Oslo Accident and Emergency ...
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Aasland, Olaf G; Hem, Erlend; Haldorsen, Tor; Ekeberg, Øivind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background To study the mortality pattern of Norwegian doctors, people in human service occupations, other graduates and the general population during the period 1960-2000 by decade, gender and age. The ...
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Vallersnes, Odd M; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Though substance use is a known risk factor for self-discharge, patients self-discharging during treatment for acute poisoning have not previously been described. We charted characteristics of ...
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Vallersnes, Odd Martin; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: Despite the excess mortality and morbidity associated with acute poisoning by substances of abuse, follow-up is frequently not organised. We assessed morbidity, including repeated poisoning, and follow-up after acute ...
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Bonsaksen, Tore; Heir, Trond; Skogstad, Laila; Lerdal, Anners; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Ekeberg, Øivind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Several studies have found that optimism is associated with better health. However, all those studies have investigated the subject in a specific context: gender, age group, diagnosis, situation, or population ...
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Bonsaksen, Tore; Skogstad, Laila; Heir, Trond; Ekeberg, Øivind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global health crisis. How well people cope with this situation depends on many factors, including one’s personality, such as dispositional optimism. The aim of the study was ...
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Vallersnes, Odd M; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Procedures for the clinical assessment of acute poisoning by substances of abuse should identify patients in need of hospital admission and avoid hazardous discharges, while keeping the observation ...
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Lund, Cathrine; Vallersnes, Odd Martin; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Hovda, Knut Erik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Most patients with acute poisoning are treated as outpatients worldwide. In Oslo, these patients are treated in a physician-led outpatient clinic with limited diagnostic and treatment resources, which reduces ...
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Vallersnes, Odd Martin; Jacobsen, Dag; Ekeberg, Øivind; Brekke, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background In Oslo, the majority of patients with acute poisoning are treated in primary care, at an emergency outpatient clinic with limited diagnostic and treatment resources. We describe the poisonings currently seen ...
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Heir, Trond; Skogstad, Laila; Bonsaksen, Tore; Lerdal, Anners; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Ekeberg, Øivind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background/Objective: The most common used instrument to measure optimism, both in psychological and medical research, is the Life Orientation Test- Revised (LOT-R). A multi-countries study using the future item from the ...
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Bonsaksen, Tore; Heir, Trond; Bredal, Inger Schou; Ekeberg, Øivind; Skogstad, Laila; Grimholt, Tine Kristin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden lockdown of society in March 2020 had a large impact on people’s daily life and gave rise to concerns for the mental health in the general population. The aim of the study was to examine ...
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Bredal, Inger Schou; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Bonsaksen, Tore; Skogstad, Laila; Heir, Trond; Ekeberg, Øivind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Ongoing COVID-19 studies pay little attention to the risk or protective factors related to psychological stress. Aims This study aims to estimate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and insomnia during ...
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Bonsaksen, Tore; Grimholt, Tine K; Skogstad, Laila; Lerdal, Anners; Ekeberg, Øivind; Heir, Trond; Schou-Bredal, Inger (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Multi-item rating scales for depression informs about the level of depression, but does not allow individuals to state by self-evaluation whether they feel depressed or not. The insider perspective ...