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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Cluster randomized controlled trials are often used in research in primary care but creates challenges regarding biases and confounders. We recently presented a study on low back pain from primary ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background The literature suggests that person-centred care can contribute to quality of life and wellbeing of nursing home residents, relatives and staff. However, there is sparse research evidence on how ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of complications for mother and child. Few studies are done in ethnic minorities. We wanted to identify the prevalence of depression in pregnancy and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Armed conflict has been described as an important contributor to the social determinants of health and a driver of health inequity, including maternal health. These conflicts may severely reduce ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Systems for monitoring effectiveness and quality of rehabilitation services across health care levels are needed. The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot test a quality indicator set ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Nursing home (NH) patients have complex health problems, disabilities and needs for Advance Care Planning (ACP). The implementation of ACP in NHs is a neglected research topic, yet it may optimize ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background There is a lack of knowledge about the pattern of symptom reporting in the general population as most research focuses on specific diseases or symptoms. The number of musculoskeletal pain sites ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The exportation of unethical practices to low- and middle-income countries (“Ethics Dumping”) has been conceived as a prevalent practice which needs to be examined more closely. Such a practice ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Computerised clinical decision support (CDS) can potentially better inform decisions, and it can help with the management of information overload. It is perceived to be a key component of a ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Knowledge about important factors in reduction of burnout is needed, but there is a dearth of burnout intervention program studies and their effects among physicians. The present three-year ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2015)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)In this paper, we explore how younger women in Norway construct their embodiment and sense of self after hysterectomy. To do this, we conducted in-depth interviews with eight ethnic Norwegian women aged between 25 and 43 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Mobile health interventions are increasingly used in health care. The level of acceptability may indicate whether and how such digital solutions will be used. Objective: This study aimed to explore associations ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Immigrants face barriers in accessing healthcare services in high-income countries. Inequalities in health and access to healthcare services among immigrants have been previously investigated. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Accreditation is increasingly important worldwide; however, some industries have higher accreditation rates than others. We suggest a duopoly model to discuss how market characteristics affect the incentive for firms to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the African meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa comprising 22 countries from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, large epidemics of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis have occurred periodically. ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Regarding the recently published review ”Looking for new treatments of Infantile Colic“ by Savino et al. we want to add that positive effects of acupuncture have been demonstrated to release pain and agitation and that ...
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(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 ...