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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)
Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is frequently reported in pregnancy and impacts the women’s activity level. Both prevalence and severity of PGP is uncertain. Most women recover after delivery, but a considerable number develop ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Asymptomatic carriage has been recognised as an important risk factor for infection caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria. A 14% global prevalence of Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamase (ESBL) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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In 2003, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was introduced in China to re-establish health insurance for the country’s vast rural population. In addition, the coverage of NCMS has been ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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As part of the research project “End-of-life Communication in Nursing Homes. Patient Preferences and Participation”, we have studied how Advance Care Planning (ACP) is carried out in eight Norwegian ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
Today the practice of most medical disciplines is almost unrecognisable without modern radiology. Imaging technology is fascinating, is developing rapidly, and is without doubt beneficial, but there are also concerns about ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)
Hensikten med denne avhandlingen er å frembringe kunnskap om de erfaringer kvinner har gjort når den rutinemessige ultralydundersøkelsen viser noe unormalt med fosteret. Den visuelle fremstillingen av fosteret i mors liv ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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In 2012 the Norwegian Coordination Reform was implemented. The main motivation was to encourage municipalities to expand local, primary health care services. From 2012 to 2014, under the Municipal ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm), also referred to as meningococcus, is a human commensal colonising the oropharynx, transmittable by close contact between healthy people. The bacterium can act as an opportunistic pathogen and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
A meta-analysis of publicly available summary statistics on multiple sclerosis combined with three Nordic multiple sclerosis cohorts (21,079 cases, 371,198 controls) revealed seven sequence variants associating with multiple ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Objective: Recently there has been emerging clinical and research interest in the application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the treatment of anorexia nervosa ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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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 ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
Background: Renal recipients’ knowledge about post-transplant aspects is essential in terms of coping with short-term problems posed by transplantation and the long-term outcome. This requires patient education programs ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2012)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Artikkelen omhandler tilnærminger til leder- og ledelsesutvikling i helsevesenet. Vi vil definere begrepene lederutvikling og ledelsesutvikling, peke på betydningen av å tydeliggjøre forventet læringsutbytte, presentere ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: Our aim was to examine the impact of gestational diabetes (GDM), from before the GDM-diagnosis is made, on fetal growth trajectories, and to compare it in Europeans and South Asians; two ethnic groups with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Objective: To assess effects of a two year intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for patients with early- to mid-stage Huntington’s disease.
Design: A prospective intervention study.
Setting: One inpatient ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2009)
Background: The Lønning II white paper asks for more knowledge on clinical priorities in different areas of health care. This in particular goes for resources used in intensive care units. Thanks to improvements in medical ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Family members are important for support and care of their close relative after severe traumas, and their experiences are vital health care quality indicators. The objective was to describe the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Greater investment is required in developing new drugs and vaccines against malaria in order to eradicate malaria. These precious funds must be carefully managed to achieve the greatest impact. We evaluate existing efforts ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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The King’s Obesity Staging Criteria (KOSC) comprises of a four-graded set of health related domains. We aimed to examine whether, according to KOSC, patients undergoing bariatric surgery differed ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Aim To investigate variables associated with change in quality of life (QOL), measured by QUALID scale and three subscales; tension, sadness and wellbeing, among dementia patients in nursing homes.
Method A 10 months ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
Background. Two undeniable challenges facing modern medicine are the increasing problems of antimicrobial resistance and the lack of new antibiotics to combat infections. Alone these problems are serious, but the synergy ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
Flått (Ixodidae) er viktige sykdomsvektorer for dyr og mennesker. I rike, tempererte land er det de humanmedisinske aspektene som har mest oppmerksomhet, men i tropiske og subtropiske land har flåttbårne sykdommer enorme ...
Bounding the per-protocol effect in randomized trials: an application to colorectal cancer screening
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
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The per-protocol effect is the effect that would have been observed in a randomized trial had everybody followed the protocol. Though obtaining a valid point estimate for the per-protocol effect ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
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Mental disorders are strongly associated with excess suicide risk, and successful treatment might prevent suicide. Since 1990, and particularly after 1998, there has been a substantial increase ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Objectives Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity rates are particularly grim in conflict, post-conflict and other crisis settings, a situation partly blamed on non-availability and/or poor quality of emergency ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Few early intervention programs aimed at maternal and child health have been developed to be integrated in the existing Child Health Service in a country where the service is free, voluntary and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Being involved in serious patient injury is devastating for most doctors. During the last two decades, several efforts have been launched to improve Norwegian doctors’ coping with adverse events and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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What is good bioethics? Addressing this question is key for reinforcing and developing the field. In particular, a discussion of potential quality criteria can heighten awareness and contribute ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Family involvement for persons with psychotic disorders is under-implemented in mental health care, despite its firm scientific, economic, legal and moral basis. This appears to be the case in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Importance: Vitamin supplementation far exceeding recommended doses is popular in segments of the population. However, adverse effects can occur. In a previous secondary analysis of combined data from 2 double-blind ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
Det er lovpålagt for helsepersonell å sjekke om pasienter har forstått informasjonen, men det sies ikke noe om hvordan dette skal gjøres. I avhandlingen ”Hvis det fødes et sykt barn, hva tror du det skyldes?” En ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is ninth among the world high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, pastoralists being the most affected population. However, there is no published report whether the behavior related to TB are different ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Despite extensive publication of clinical guidelines on how to manage musculoskeletal pain and back pain in particular, these efforts have not significantly translated into decreases in work ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Antibiotic innovation has dwindled to dangerously low levels in the past 30 years. Since resistance continues to evolve, this innovation deficit can have perilous consequences on patients. A ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Dementia and physical morbidity are primary reasons for nursing home admission globally. However, data on physical morbidity in nursing home residents with and without dementia are scarce. The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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The main purposes in this cross-sectional study were to study the impact of pregnancy and pelvic girdle pain (PGP) on health related quality of life (HRQoL), by comparing the scores on different ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
Many financial, organizational, regulatory, ethical and societal challenges may hinder or delay the provision of personalized medicine (PM) to people.
PM aims to adapt prevention, diagnosis and treatment to the molecular ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This paper aims to enhance the understanding of how physiotherapy students develop professional ethical insight. The empirical data is based on participant observations and indepth interviews with first-year students ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Objective This study aimed to quantify how much of the adult social gradient in sick leave can be attributed to the mediating role of physical workload while accounting for the role of childhood and adolescent social ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
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Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with efforts to end child marriage, it is essential to provide adequate ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Infant mortality rates are still high in Ethiopia. Breastfeeding is regarded as the simplest and least expensive strategy for reduction of infant mortality rates. Community-based educational and ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
Background: Shoulder pain is a common cause of disability and lost work days. Rotator cuff disease, impingement syndrome or subacromial pain are similar labels used to describe the most common shoulder diagnosis. Similar ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
Widespread use of antibiotics leads to development of antimicrobial resistance, an increasing threat to health worldwide. The strategy of delayed antibiotic prescribing reduces antibiotics use for respiratory tract infections ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Artikkelen analyserer drivkrefter bak tilpasninger til EU. Fokus er på Norges handelsrelasjoner med EU på mat- og landbruksfeltet. Dette er felt som delvis omfattes av EØS-avtalen (matvarereguleringer) og delvis er holdt ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
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Controversies arise over abortion, assisted dying and conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards these bioethical ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2019)
The escalation of conflict in the Middle East coincides with an emerging trend of attacks on healthcare. Protection of health personnel, health services and humanitarian workers is no longer respected. This compromises the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Sammendrag Innføringen av samhandlingsreformen har initiert et behov for å tenke nytt både i kommunehelsetjenesten og i spesialisthelsetjenesten. Den enkelte pasient skal få et mer helhetlig tilbud, og kommunene har fått ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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The double burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is a significant public health problem in low and middle income countries. However, despite the known synergy between the two ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a previously identified modification of Viennese method of perineal protection remains most effective for reduction of perineal tension in cases with substantially ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Low back pain (LBP) is the most common reported musculoskeletal disorder, with large prevalence numbers and high costs. Focus on early identification of patients at risk of developing chronic LBP ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often associated with life-long medical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes. Although long-lasting disabilities are expected, research on effective ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Helsetjenestene innehar mulighet til å bruke makt for å hjelpe mennesker i sårbare livssituasjoner. Dette gir også mulighet til maktmisbruk. Det er mange eksempler fra historien som viser at det har fart galt av sted, og ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Aims: To analyse whether the Norwegian Central Government’s goal of subsidizing 12,000 places in nursing homes or sheltered housing using an earmarked grant was reached and to determine towards which group of users the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background: Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in assessing the relationship between exposure to radon at home and the risk of childhood cancer. Previous studies have produced conflicting results, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Physical activity may reduce the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes; however, compared to non-pregnant women, a lower proportion of pregnant women meet the physical activity guidelines. Our ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Very preterm (VPT) children, with a birth weight below 1500 g or delivered before 32 weeks of gestational age, are at increased risk of poorer long-term health outcomes and higher rates of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
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Multilevel uncertainty exists in the treatment of devastating brain injury and variation in end-of-life decision-making is a concern. Cognitive and emotional doubt linked to making challenging ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Vi mangler kunnskap om ledelsens rolle i å støtte innføring av systematisk etikkarbeid i kommunal helse- og omsorgstjeneste. Studien undersøker hvordan lederforankring har påvirket innføring av faste møteplasser for etisk ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Frail residents in the nursing home sector call for extra care in prescribing. The Norwegian General Practice Nursing Home (NORGEP-NH) list of 34 explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objective: To determine how health-related rehabilitation services have been described in recently pub-lished randomized clinical trials, using the International Classification System for Service Organization in Health-Related ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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People with deliberate self-poisoning and personality disorders are in increased risk for suicide. Intention and psychiatric features are important factors in a psychiatric evaluation and for ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
Financial incentives in the health care sector are one important tool that has been employed to achieve objectives such as better access to- and efficient use of resources. However, in order to effectively use financial ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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To report on our experience using a simple optional form to facilitate communication on late effects between the patients and the oncologists during outpatient follow-up and to detail on the spectrum of challenges ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
In this thesis we aimed to evaluate the method and the efficacy of acupuncture treatments for infantile colic.
We did a pilot study and then carried out a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. We did a systematic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Primary objectives: To assess longitudinal trajectories of overall disability after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to examine whether those trajectories could be predicted by socio-demographic and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Measuring the size of the infectious pool of tuberculosis (TB) is essential to understand the burden and monitor trends of TB control program performance. This study applied the concept of TB ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Understanding stakeholders’ (parents’, communities’ and health workers’) perspectives of communication about childhood vaccination, including their preferences for its format, delivery and content, is an important ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Science and technology have vastly expanded the realm of medicine. The numbers of and knowledge about diseases has greatly increased, and we can help more people in many more ways than ever before. At the same time, the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Purpose: This exploratory study is situated in a critical tradition. It aims to describe and analyse the reliance on percentage assessments of functional capacity among a group of young adults in rehabilitation after serious ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Objective This study aimed to evaluate if sustained trapezius muscle activity predicts neck and shoulder pain over a 2.5-year period.
Methods Forty young adults (15 hairdressers, 14 electricians, 5 students and 6 with ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2015)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background The aim of the study was to investigate nurses’ and care workers’ experiences of spiritual needs among residents with dementia in nursing homes. Nurses claim to practice holistic nursing. Nevertheless, there is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
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There has been an increased interest in recruiting health professionals with a clinical background to management positions in health care. We know little about the factors that influence individuals’ ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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The wide use of healthy persons as kidney donors calls for awareness of risks associated with donation. Live kidney donation may impair quality of life (QOL) and result in fatigue. Long-term data ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
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Diabetes mellitus places a considerable burden on patients in terms of morbidity and mortality and on society in terms of costs. Costs related to diabetes are expected to increase due to increasing ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
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In 2001, the Norwegian authorities and major labour market partners signed an agreement regarding ‘inclusive working life’ (IW), whereby companies that participate are committed to reducing ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk during pregnancy is required to plan management. Although there are many ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Aim: There is a lack of studies on frailty prevalence and the association between frailty and mortality in a Norwegian general population. Findings regarding sex differences in the association between frailty and mortality ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2015)
Background: Spiritual care is included in nurses’ holistic care. Descriptions of spirituality in research highlight humans search for the sacred, experiences of self-transcendence and connectedness (to self, to others and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in, and associations between, sense of coherence (SOC) and emotional distress in women who participated in an accredited motivational program (VINN) in correctional ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
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Previous research indicates that people with osteoarthritis (OA) are not receiving the recommended and optimal treatment. Based on international treatment recommendations for hip and knee OA and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
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The optimal setting and content of primary health care rehabilitation of older people is not known. Our aim was to study independence, institutionalization, death and treatment costs 18 months ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
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Chronic headache (headache ≥ 15 days/month for at least 3 months) affects 2–5% of the general population. Medication overuse contributes to the problem. Medication-overuse headache (MOH) can be ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
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Norway is experiencing an increase in overweight/obese adults, with immigrants from developing countries carrying a heavy burden. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of overweight ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background In order to plan and improve provision of comprehensive care in Huntington’s disease (HD), it is critical to understand the gaps in healthcare and social support services provided to HD patients. Research has ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Psychosis can be associated with acute recreational drug and novel psychoactive substance (NPS) toxicity. However, there is limited data available on how common this is and which drugs are most ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
A pessimistic view of the impact of armed conflicts on the control of infectious diseases has generated great interest in the role of conflicts on the global TB epidemic. Nowhere in the world is such interest more palpable ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Ethically challenging critical events and decisions are common in nursing homes. This paper presents nursing home doctors’ descriptions of how they include the patient and next of kin in end-of-life ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
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Weight loss and increased physical fitness are established approaches to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. We studied the reduction in BMI z-score associated with improvement in cardiometabolic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background Two themes consistently emerge from the broad range of academics, policymakers and opinion leaders who have proposed changes to the World Health Organization (WHO): that reform efforts are too slow, and that ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Objective: To assess the effects of an intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for patients with early to mid-stage Huntington’s disease.
Design: A prospective intervention study.
Setting: Two Norwegian ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
This project aimed to assess the associations between various hearing disorders in childhood and hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness in adulthood. Especially, we examined childhood otitis media and childhood sensorineural ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Background
Despite Malawi government’s policy to support women to deliver in health facilities with the assistance of skilled attendants, some women do not access this care.
...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background Uncertainty exists with regards to the extent of prevalence and health care use for musculoskeletal disorders in Norway. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal disorders ...