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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective Written action plans for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aim at early recognition of exacerbations and self-initiation of interventions. Previous research suggest underuse of COPD ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Community participation in in health programme planning, implementation and quality improvement was recently recommended in guidelines to improve use of skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: The role of health communication in vaccination programmes cannot be overemphasized: it has contributed significantly to creating and sustaining demand for vaccination services and improving vaccination coverage. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Little is known about factors associated with alcohol consumption and use of drugs with addiction potential in older adults. The aim of this study was to explore the association between ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background There is little knowledge about the consumption of alcohol among Chinese and Norwegian older adults aged 65 years and over. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors related to alcohol ...
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(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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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Clinicians at Norwegian community mental health centres assess referrals from general practitioners and classify them into three priority groups (high priority, low priority, and refusal) according ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Post-infectious fatigue syndrome (PIFS), also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome, is a complex condition resulting in physical, cognitive, emotional, neurological, vocational and/or role ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background 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 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Facilitating access to professional interpretation services is key to equitable hospital care for migrants with limited language proficiency; however, interpreter underuse has been documented. The factors that ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background New approaches to control healthcare expenditures and increase access to quality care are required by decision-makers in high-income countries. One strategy is to reallocate tasks from doctors ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study explores sociodemographic, clinical, and surgical factors in relation to pain trajectories during the first 3 days following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). 100 patients (mean age 63.5 ± 7.8 years and 93% female) ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background and purpose — Functional limitations after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are common. In this longitudinal study, we wanted to identify subgroups of patients with distinct trajectories of pain-related interference ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: In many low- and middle-income countries women are encouraged to give birth in clinics and hospitals so that they can receive care from skilled birth attendants. A skilled birth attendant (SBA) is a health ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Fake news and alternative facts have become commonplace in these so-called “post-factual times.” What about medical research - are scientific facts fake as well? Many recent disclosures have ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Sammendrag Bakgrunn: Fatigue er et fremtredende symptom som ofte rammer hjerneslagpasienter. Fatigue karakteriseres som vedvarende tretthet, utmattelse og redusert energikapasitet og assosieres ofte med nedsatt livskvalitet. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)The aim of this study was to address feasibility aspects of a multidisciplinary, family-centered rehabilitation intervention for persons with traumatic brain injury and their family. The study was done in preparation of a ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive neurological disease causing muscle wasting, gradual paralysis, respiratory failure. MND care is demanding, complex and involves a variety of care ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Collaboration between family caregivers and health professionals in specialised hospitals or community-based primary healthcare systems can be challenging. During the course of severe chronic disease, several ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)Increasing numbers of elderly people will lead to more elderly cancer patients in the palliative phase in the years to come. With health policy goals for patients to spend more time at home, the family becomes responsible ...