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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2005)Gjennom kvalitative intervjuer med kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter studeres utfordringer i møtet med legen og dagliglivet. Det ‘(tro)verdighetsarbeidet’ pasientene utfører synliggjøres og analyseres; et arbeid som peker ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2007)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2007)Arvelig høyt kolesterol, familiær hyperkolesterolemi (FH), er en genetisk tilstand som er forbundet med øket risiko for hjertesykdom. Målsettingen i denne avhandlingen er å utforske hvordan personer med FH opplever og ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Maternal mortality is the vital indicator with the greatest disparity between developed and developing countries. The challenging nature of measuring maternal mortality has made it necessary to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background Decisions on disability pensions are based, among others, on medical reports. The way these medical assessments are performed is largely unclear. The aim of the study was to determine which ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Bullying is a widespread and serious problem that might influence both mental and psychical well being as well as school performance and social life. The aim of this study was to describe the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2004)Background The objective of the study was to compare the prevalence and severity of musculo-skeletal pain between two socioeconomically contrasting areas in Oslo, Norway, and to explore possible explanatory ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background Over the last few years the number of immigrants from the non-western parts of the world living in Oslo, has increased considerably. We need to know if these immigrants are satisfied with the ...
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Norwegian Physicians' Knowledge of and Opinions about Evidence-Based Medicine: Cross-Sectional Study (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Objective To answer five research questions: Do Norwegian physicians know about the three important aspects of EBM? Do they use EBM methods in their clinical practice? What are their attitudes towards EBM? Has EBM in their ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2008)Activities of Daily Living (ADL) are among the first achievements in childhood, and provide a sense of mastery, independence and social approval for the child. Self-dependence in everyday living skills is important to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) in knee(s). However, the relationship between obesity and OA in hand(s) and hip(s) remains controversial and needs further ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background In this study, we wanted to investigate the relationship between background variables, communication skills, and the bio-psychosocial content of a medical consultation in a general practice ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background An increasing proportion of immigrants to Western countries in the past decade are from war affected countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of war experience among ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Persons of Pakistani origin living in Oslo have a much higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism but similar bone mineral density compared with ethnic Norwegians. ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2008)While traffic-related particulate air pollution has been associated with both exacerbation and development of asthma and allergic diseases, little is known about the health effects of wood smoke particles.<br> The purpose ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in the Horn of Africa with Ethiopia being the most affected where TB cases increase at the rate of 2.6% each year. One of the main contributing ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background Delay in start of tuberculosis (TB) treatment has an impact at both the individual level, by increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality, and at the community level, by increasing the risk of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Lateral epicondylitis is a painful condition responsible for loss of function and sick leave for long periods of time. In many countries, the treatment guidelines recommend a wait-and-see policy, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background Knowledge of how work demands vary between different practice areas could give us a better understanding of the factors that influence the working conditions in the health services, and could ...