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  • "Kan slankeoperasjon være noe for deg?" : en studie av hvordan private klinikker informerer om fedmekirurgi 
    Groven, Karen Synne; Hofmann, Bjørn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
  • Kan smerte og funksjon bidra til å diagnostisere temporomandibulær dysfunksjon? 
    Heggem Julsvoll, Elisabeth; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Robinson, Hilde Stendal (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Temporomandibulær dysfunksjon (TMD) er en samlebetegnelse for tilstander som kan gi symptomer fra kjeveledd og tyggemuskulatur (1, 2). De vanligste symptomene er smerter, endret bevegelsesmønster, funksjonsforstyrrelser ...
  • “Keeping on track” − Hospital nurses’ struggles with maintaining workflow while seeking to integrate evidence-based practice into their daily work: A grounded theory study 
    Renolen, Åste; Høye, Sevald; Hjaelmhult, Esther; Danbolt, Lars Johan; Kirkevold, Marit (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background: Evidence-based practice is considered a foundation for the provision of quality care and one way to integrate scientific knowledge into clinical problem-solving. Despite the extensive amount of research that ...
  • Key Concepts for assessing claims about treatment effects and making well-informed treatment choices 
    Oxman, Andrew David; Chalmers, Iain; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Background: The Informed Health Choices (IHC) Key Concepts are standards for judgement, or principles for evaluating the trustworthiness of treatment claims and treatment comparisons (evidence) used to support claims, and ...
  • Key determinants of induced abortion in women seeking postabortion care in hospital facilities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 
    Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Somda, Serge MA; Sundby, Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Introduction: Despite the universal recognition of unsafe abortion as a major public health problem, very little research has been conducted to document its precipitating factors in Burkina Faso. Our aim was to investigate ...
  • Kibong'oto: The History of Global Tuberculosis Control seen through Local Archives 
    Gradmann, Christoph; Mbuya, Alexander William (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Tuberculosis (TB) and its control have held an important place in global health since the return of the disease came up for discussion in the 1980s. However, this history is as a rule written from the archives of international ...
  • Kidney transplantation: an attractive and cost-effective alternative for older patients?—a cost–utility study 
    Heldal, Kristian; Midtvedt, Karsten; Lønning, Kjersti; Iversen, Tor; Hernæs, Kjersti Helene; Tsarpali, Vasiliki; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Bernklev, Tomm (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    In the elderly, kidney transplantation is associated with increased survival and improved health-related quality of life compared with dialysis treatment. We aimed to study the short-term health economic effects of ...
  • Kinematic and spatiotemporal gait characteristics in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain, asymptomatic pregnant and non-pregnant women 
    Christensen, Lene; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Jakobsen, Vidar Eivind; Stuge, Britt; Cabri, Jan Maria Hendrick; Robinson, Hilde Stendal (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Walking difficulties are common among pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain. This cross-sectional study investigated the influence of pelvic girdle pain, pregnancy and speed on spatiotemporal and trunk, pelvic ...
  • Klinikkens driftsmodeller og helsetjenestemarkedene - en karakteristikk av utviklingen 
    Berg, Ole Trond (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Helsevesenet har utviklet seg på en nokså organisk måte, i stor grad «nedenfra» eller innenfra, men slik at innslaget av re/konstruksjon ovenfra har tiltatt, spesielt etter styrings- og ledelsesrevolusjonen fra midt i ...
  • Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia 
    Legesse, Mengistu; Ameni, Gobena; Mamo, Gezahegne; Medhin, Girmay; Shawel, Dawit; Bjune, Gunnar; Abebe, Fekadu (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    Background Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) ...
  • Knowledge of cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis and its treatment in pastoral communities of the Afar region, Ethiopia 
    Legesse, Mengistu; Ameni, Gobena; Mamo, Gezahegne; Medhin, Girmay; Bjune, Gunnar; Abebe, Fekadu (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Infection with Mycobacterium bovis (Mb) predominantly causes cervical TB lymphadenitis (TBL). Raw milk is considered the main source of Mb infection and raw milk is a major food source for Afar ...
  • Knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma towards tuberculosis among pastoralists; Do they differ from sedentary communities? A comparative cross-sectional study 
    Sima, Bezawit Temesgen; Belachew, Tefera; Abebe, Fekadu (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 ...
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania 
    Nyangi, Chacha; Stelzle, Dominik; Mkupasi, Ernatus M.; Ngowi, Helena A.; Churi, Ayubu J.; Schmidt, Veronika; Mahonge, Christopher; Winkler, Andrea S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Background Taenia solium cysticercosis/taeniasis (TSCT) is reported to be endemic in pig producing areas around the world, causing significant disease burden and economic losses. ...
  • Knowledge, Perceived Risk and Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening Services among Men in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 
    Bugoye, Fidelis Charles; Leyna, Germana Henry; Moen, Kåre; Mmbaga, Elia John (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background. Late diagnosis of prostate cancer is common in low and middle income countries and contributes to high morbidity and mortality of the disease. Utilization of prostate cancer screening services plays a major ...
  • Kommunenes respons på Samhandlingsreformen 
    Olsen, Camilla Beck; Hagen, Terje P. (Research report / Forskningsrapport / PublishedVersion, 2015)
    Bakgrunn og formål: Kommunene fikk utvidet ansvar for forebygging, diagnostikk, behandling og habilitering/rehabilitering i forbindelse med innføring av Samhandlingsreformen fra 2012. Vi analyserer kommunenes respons på ...
  • Kostnader ved Masseundersøkelsen mot livmorhalskreft 
    Pedersen, Kine; Lönnberg, Stefan; Skare, Gry Baadstrand; Sørbye, Sveinung Wergeland; Burger, Emily; Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Bakgrunn: Forebygging står sentralt i norsk helsepolitikk, og observasjonsstudier tyder på at organisert screening har redusert forekomsten av livmorhalskreft i Norge. Samfunnets ressurser er imidlertid knappe. Hensikt: ...
  • Kvalitetsbasert finansiering 
    Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Kvalitetsbasert finansiering (KBF) er i skuddet. Kvaliteten på helsetjenestene er ikke god nok, og håpet er at riktig dose med økonomiske insentiver kan bidra til å heve den. Men, det å gi de korrekte insentiver er ikke ...
  • Lack of association between screening interval and cancer stage in Lynch syndrome may be accounted for by over-diagnosis; a prospective Lynch syndrome database report 
    Seppälä, Toni T; Ahadova, Aysel; Dominguez-Valentin, Mev; Macrae, Finlay; Evans, D. G; Therkildsen, Christina; Sampson, Julian; Scott, Rodney; Burn, John; Möslein, Gabriela; Bernstein, Inge; Holinski-Feder, Elke; Pylvänäinen, Kirsi; Renkonen-Sinisalo, Laura; Lepistö, Anna; Lautrup, Charlotte K; Lindblom, Annika; Plazzer, John-Paul; Winship, Ingrid; Tjandra, Douglas; Katz, Lior H; Aretz, Stefan; Hüneburg, Robert; Holzapfel, Stefanie; Heinimann, Karl; Valle, Adriana D; Neffa, Florencia; Gluck, Nathan; de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, Wouter H; Vasen, Hans; Morak, Monika; Steinke-Lange, Verena; Engel, Christoph; Rahner, Nils; Schmiegel, Wolff; Vangala, Deepak; Thomas, Huw; Green, Kate; Lalloo, Fiona; Crosbie, Emma J; Hill, James; Capella, Gabriel; Pineda, Marta; Navarro, Matilde; Blanco, Ignacio; ten Broeke, Sanne; Nielsen, Maartje; Ljungmann, Ken; Nakken, Sigve; Lindor, Noralane; Frayling, Ian; Hovig, Eivind; Sunde, Lone; Kloor, Matthias; Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka; Kalager, Mette; Møller, Pål (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Recent epidemiological evidence shows that colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to occur in carriers of pathogenic mismatch repair (path_MMR) variants despite frequent colonoscopy surveillance in ...
  • Lack of content overlap and essential dimensions – A review of measures used for post-stroke fatigue 
    Skogestad, Ingrid Johansen; Kirkevold, Marit; Indredavik, Bent; Gay, Caryl; Lerdal, Anners Vetle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Introduction Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is a highly prevalent and disabling condition. A major obstacle in PSF research is the lack of consensus on how to assess and diagnose fatigue after stroke. A wide variety of patient ...
  • Lack of cross-cultural validity of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 
    Verket, Nina Julie; Andersen, Marit Helen; Sandvik, Leiv; Tanbo, Tom Gunnar; Qvigstad, Erik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Introduction: The Endometriosis Health Profile-30 is a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life. Cross-cultural validation of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 has been ...