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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
The founding disciplines of HTA are clearly scientific, and have been firmly based among the natural sciences. However, common definitions of HTA indicate that HTA is something more than the “pure application of science”. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Childhood obesity is a growing problem worldwide. Recent research suggests that the gut microbiota may play an important and potentially causal role in the development of obesity and may be one mechanism that explains the ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2024)
In many countries, general practitioners (GPs) play a fundamental role in primary healthcare services. Owing to their prominent role in healthcare, the increasing difficulty many Nordic countries experience in recruiting ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Obstetric fistula is among the most devastating maternal morbidities that occur as a result of prolonged, obstructed labor. Usually, the child dies in a large number of the cases. Moreover, some ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
METHODS: We used results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 for all-cause mortality, cause-specific mortality, and non-fatal disease burden to derive HALE and DALYs by sex for 195 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
Background: The conventional method for modeling of the five-level EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) health state values in national valuation studies is an additive 20-parameter main-effects regression ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Spørsmålet om hvilke helsetjenester som bør omfattes av et offentlig ansvar, og hvilke tjenester som bør kunne overlates til markedet for private ytelser, er sentralt i den helsepolitiske debatten. I denne artikkelen ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Unlike in developed countries, the clinical effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) is not well-studied in the African context. Thus, this study sought to determine effects of DSME on clinical ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Sammendrag Formål: Formålet med denne opgave er at undersøge responsiviteten til Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) som mål for selvrapporteret sygdomsbelastning hos patienter med reumatoid artrit. Teoretisk ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Abstract: Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has reached alarming rates in Mexico. To combat the growing obesity problem, Mexico introduced ENSOD in 2013. An integral strategy that includes a tax on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Background: Despite multiple reforms in the Norwegian health care sector with the aim of cost containment and improving efficiency in the sector, health care expenditure appear to be on the rise. This study seeks to ...
Obesity and labour market outcomes in Norway. An association study of obesity and employment status Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that the obese face a poorer labour market outcome compared to non-obese. Obese have an overall lower wage rate, they are more likely to be unemployed and when they are unemployed, they are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background
Overweight and obesity are public concerns with risk of adverse health outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is lower in adolescents than children in general. An increase in body mass index (BMI) is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Studiesykepleier - en rolle i klem En utforskende intervjustudie om studiesykepleieres erfaringer med sin rolle og funksjon Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Sammendrag: Masteroppgaven består av to deler, en artikkel og en refleksjonsoppgave. Formål: Målet med artikkelen var å undersøke hvilke erfaringer sykepleiere beskriver knyttet til å ha en rolle og funksjon som studiesykepleier. ...
Bidra med oppsummert kunnskap om hvordan systematiske metoder for smertevurdering kan implementeres i sykehjem. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
SAMMENDRAG: Formål: Å bidra med oppsummert kunnskap om forhold og strategier som kan påvirke implementering av systematiske metoder for smertevurdering i sykehjem. Teoretisk forankring: Smerter hos de eldre pasientene på ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Telephone triage has been established in many countries as a response to the challenge of non-urgent use of out-of-hours primary care services. However, limited evidence is available regarding ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Formål: Hensikten med denne masteroppgaven er å evaluere implementeringen av et nytt pasientforløp kalt fast-track for hoftebrudd på Oslo universitetssykehus (OUS), Ullevål. Teoretisk forankring: Det ble tatt utgangspunkt ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
We aimed to evaluate the impact of recommending supplementation to pregnant women with serum ferritin (SF) < 20 µg/L in early pregnancy on use of supplements, and to explore which factors were ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This positional paper explores the role of personal networks (family and friends) in caring for people with mental health problems. Since the eighties, major changes have been made in the organization and focus of professional ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Health literacy (HL) – the ability to seek, understand and utilize health information – is important for good health. Suboptimal HL has been associated with poorer health outcomes in other chronic conditions, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Formål: Gynekologisk kreft og seksualitet er et tema det ser ut til å være lite kvalitativ forskning på. Hvordan helsepersonell opplever de kommunikative møtene med gynekologiske kreftpasienter er i enda mindre grad belyst, ...
Helserelatert livskvalitet etter radikal cystectomi med urinavledning - Seksuell funksjon, et multi-dimensjonalt konsept Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Sammendrag: Formål: Masteroppgaven består av to deler, en artikkel og en refleksjonsoppgave. I artikkelen utforskes den helserelaterte livskvaliteten (HRQoL) hos blærekreftpasienter etter radikal cystectomi og sammenligner ...
Introduksjon av en ernæringsapplikasjon i miljøarbeidertjenesten: erfaringer fra brukere og ansatte Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Formålet med masteroppgaven er todelt: (1) å utforske personer med utviklingshemming og helsepersonells erfaringer med bruk av ernæringsapplikasjonen APPETITus som et ernæringsverktøy, og (2) å drøfte hvilke metodologiske ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Tittel Intradialytisk trening hos kroniske hemodialysepasienter-en pilotstudie. Bakgrunn: Hemodialysepasientene har betydelig lavere fysisk yteevne, muskelstyrke og livskvalitet sammenlignet med aldersfriske. Hemodialyse ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The cervical cancer screening program in Norway is introducing HPV detection as the primary test. HPV is more sensitive compared to cytology and is expected to improve detection against cervical cancer. This ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Bakgrunn: Smerte er vanlig hos arbeidstakere i den vestlige delen av verden. Et av hovedmålene til den norske regjeringen innenfor helse og velferd er å stimulere til å ha flest mulig i jobb (nærvær). Hvordan personer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Formål
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) er en alvorlig tilstand med sterk kvalme og oppkast som kan føre til sykehusinnleggelse. Målet med studien var å estimere assosiasjonen mellom frekvens av fysisk aktivitet på fritiden ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Cancer screening provides an opportunity to increase awareness of cancer-preventive lifestyle behaviors such as nonsmoking, physical activity, low alcohol consumption, and a healthy diet. We tested the effect ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
Traumatic events by young people can adversely affect their psychological and social well-being when left untreated. This can result in high costs for society. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether trauma-focused ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this article four literary works that thematise cancer are analysed in light of two recent trends in society: (1) the emergence of the bodily turn and the writing of one’s cancer experience through illness narratives, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The main objectives of this study were to investigate the association between childhood violence and psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami adults, and to explore a possible ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Within the EU, regulators are obliged to take ethical issues into consideration during marketing authorization deliberation. The goal of this manuscript is to identify what kinds of ethical issues regulators ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Although pain control for hospitalized patients is a central issue for all health care providers, nurses' knowledge, and attitudes are the major barriers. Educational program is a strategy to improve nurses' ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Bakgrunn: Underernæring forekommer hyppig blant sykehjemspasienter. Dersom tilstanden ikke behandles er de negative konsekvensene mange. Underernæring gir økt risiko for morbiditet og mortalitet, nedsatt kognitiv, fysisk ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Objectives Despite the negative influence of fatigue on quality of life in patients who undergo lung cancer surgery, little is known about the possible predictors of postoperative fatigue. The aim of this study was to ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Children with rheumatic diseases (RDs) have experienced substantial improvements in symptom burden and physical function due to new medical treatments. However, this treatment usually requires weekly subcutaneous injections ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Importance: Evidence on the relative benefits and harms of primary high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing is needed to inform guidelines.
Objective: To inform the US Preventive Services Task Force by modeling the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background
Few studies have focused on post-discharge ambulatory care for stroke patients and subsequent differences in readmission and mortality rates. Identifying groups at higher risk according to services ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
Background and aims: During the last decades, substantial progress has been made in both medical and surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to determine the use of anti-TNFs and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2019)
Rationale, aims, and objective
Telemedicine applications, such as a mobile radiography service, provide a new way of organizing healthcare services. In order to provide safe and personalised care for nursing home residents ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This paper provides an analysis of the statement, made in many papers and reports on the use of gene editing in humans, that we should only use the technology when it is safe. It provides an analysis of what the statement ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
An accepted version of a chapter published in The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy (2018), eds. Lever, A. & Poama, A.
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
I løpet av de siste tiårene har det vært en rask utvikling i metoder for å finne effekter av ulike reformer. Dette kapittelet vil vise hvordan noen av disse metodene kan brukes for å analysere effekten av samhandlingsreformen ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
Background
Innovation through an open source model has proven to be successful for software development. This success has led many to speculate if open source can be applied to other industries with similar ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article critically considers the question of whether an increase in legal recognition of patient autonomy culminating in the decision of the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board in 2015 has led to ...
Users’ experiences with an interactive Evidence to Decision (iEtD) framework: a qualitative analysis
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background
Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks bring clarity, structure and transparency to health care decision making. The interactive Evidence to Decision (iEtD) tool, developed in the context of the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Hensikt: Å oppsummere evidensbasert kunnskap som kan bidra til en klinisk praksis der underernæring identifiseres og ernæringsstatus rutinemessig ivaretas hos eldre pasienter innlagt i alderspsykiatrisk sykehusavdeling. ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: To examine how individuals experience the process and consequences of receiving a diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).
Methods: A systematic literature search of qualitative studies up to May 2016 was ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate mortality in women in Burkina Faso in the 4 years following a life-threatening near-miss obstetric complication and to identify the medical, social and health-care-related causes of death.
METHODS: ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Objective: Needle acupuncture in small children has gained some acceptance in Western medicine. It is controversial, as infants and toddlers are unable to consent to treatment. We aimed to assess its efficacy for treating ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The purpose of the present study was to test if one bout of moderate exercise performed in either the fasted or the postprandial state affects glucose values measured over 22 hours. Twelve participants diagnosed with ...
Covid-19 vaksineprioriteringen, seks sykepleieres meninger og erfaringer Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Covid-19 pandemien har de siste årene gjort det utfordrende å arbeide som helsepersonell. Når det endelig kom vaksiner som kunne hjelpe mot å få virussykdommen var det ikke nok vaksiner til alle, og dermed måtte myndighetene ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background: The ‘ Communicate to vaccinate ’ (COMMVAC) project builds research evidence for improving communication with parents and communities about childhood vaccinations in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
In this paper we present a longitudinal perspective of exchange of information providers in hospital and home health care. More specifically we address how this practice has changed over the last six years. In three different ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are zoonotic parasites of public health importance. Data on their occurrence in humans and animals in western Europe are incomplete and fragmented. In this study, we aimed to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Increased mortality has been observed in mothers and fathers with male offspring but little is known regarding specific diseases. In a register linkage we linked women born 1925–1954 having survived to age 50 (n = 661,031) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
rVSV-ZEBOV is a recombinant, replication competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based candidate vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebolavirus. We tested the effect of rVSV-ZEBOV in preventing Ebola ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Bakgrunn: Gruppebaserte lærings- og mestringstilbud arrangeres for å øke mestringskompetansen og forebygge komplikasjoner ved diabetes type 2. Det er imidlertid usikkert hvorvidt tilbudet er attraktivt for alle. Internasjonale ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: To explore reasons for attending a general emergency outpatient clinic versus a regular general practitioner (RGP).
Design: Cross-sectional study using a multilingual anonymous questionnaire.
Setting: Native ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
This article aims to present a motivational program addressing rehabilitative needs specific to convicted women. The article shows how Antonovsky's theory of Salutogenesis, its main concepts of Sense of Coherence and General ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background and Objective: Adolescents are frequent media users who access health claims from various sources. The plethora of conflicting, pseudo-scientific, and often misleading health claims in popular media makes critical ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Identifying facilitators and barriers to local implementation of the Public Health Plan for Oslo 2017-2020: A qualitative study Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background: Although patients with head and neck cancer are at increased risk for depressive symptoms compared with other cancer patients, few longitudinal studies have evaluated changes in and predictors of this symptom ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2012)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Patients with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are thought to incur additional costs for hospitals due to longer stay and contact isolation. The aim of this study was to assess the costs associated with ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)
Quality of life (QoL) assessment is an important aspect of nursing care. With increased older adult longevity, nurses are attending to lifestyles issues that accompany the QoL of both healthy and sick adults. Though the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Amyoplasi er en medfødt, sjelden tilstand, karakterisert ved typiske feilstillinger samt nedsatt muskelmasse og muskelkraft fordi muskelcellene er erstattet av fibrøst bindevev og fett. Formålet med studien var å beskrive ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
Purpose
To describe the clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in a nationwide cohort of patients with giant prolactinomas.
Methods
...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Introduction: Inspections are widely used in health care as a means to improve the health services delivered to patients. Despite their widespread use, there is little evidence of their effect. The mechanisms for how ...
Helseatferd hos ungdom og voksne med medfødt hjertefeil. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Bakgrunn: Kvinner med brystkreft som gjennomgår strålebehandling har økt risiko for å utvikle depressive symptomer. Likevel har få studier undersøkt endringer i depressive symptomer, og hva som predikerer depressive symptomer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
I denne artikkelen tar vi utgangspunkt i en artikkel publisert av Terje Hagen og Signy Vabo i 2005, hvor de analyserte effekten av bestemte politiske og administrative trekk ved den enkelte kommune og den samme kommunens ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Background The Norwegian breast cancer screening program started in 2005 inviting all Norwegian women aged between 50 and 69 to attend biennial mammography screening. More than 10 years after its implementation, the high ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Summary Points:
The current business model for antibiotics is plagued by market failures and perverse incentives that both work against conservation efforts and provide insufficient rewards to drive the development of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Almost half of the European Union (EU)’s population is exposed to road traffic noise above levels that constitute a health risk. Associations between road traffic noise and impaired sleep in adults have consistently been ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The emerging concept of systems medicine (or ‘P4 medicine’—predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory) is at the vanguard of the post-genomic movement towards ‘precision medicine’. It is the medical application ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Formål: Studiens hensikt er å undersøke hvordan offshoresykepleiere med forskjellig bakgrunn vurderer sin egen kompetanse, og om forskning kan gi noen svar på hvilken bakgrunn som er best for å oppfylle myndighetenes krav. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background
The pH of the human gastric mucosa varies around 2.5 so that only bacteria with strong acidic stress tolerance can colonize it. The ulcer causing Helicobacter pylori thrives in the gastric mucosa. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Artikkel; Is the Échelle Douleur Inconfort Nouveau-Né (EDIN) pain scale suitable for preterm neonates on ventilator support? A validation study
Refleksjonsoppgave; Hvorfor er det så vanskelig å sikre optimal smertelindring ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
High dietary salt intake is associated with increased blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The migration of Somalis from East Africa to Norway may have altered their dietary habits, making them ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Somali population in the horn of Africa is one of the hardest affected by civil war, social unrest, draught and displacement in the African continent. Morbidity, age-specific mortality and malnutrition ratios are high ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
Patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) need tailored multidisciplinary healthcare to maintain and optimize function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aims of this thesis were to describe the levels and ...