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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 informed consent for surgical procedures by elderly patients with inability to consent: a retrospective chart review from an academic medical center in Norway 
    Dahlberg, Jorgen; Dahl, Vegard; Forde, Reidun; Pedersen, Reidar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Respect for patient autonomy and the requirement of informed consent is an essential basic patient right. It is constituted through international conventions and implemented in health law in ...
  • The language of percentages: Ranking Bodies, Shaping Realities, and Limiting Opportunities 
    Svendby, Rannveig; Romsland, Grace Inga; Moen, Kåre (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Purpose: This exploratory study is situated in a critical tradition. It aims to describe and analyse the reliance on percentage assessments of functional capacity among a group of young adults in rehabilitation after serious ...
  • The language of work disability. A study of medical certificates written by Norwegian general practitioners 
    Aarseth, Guri (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
    Background: About 10% of the Norwegian population between 18 and 67 years of age receive disability insurance. Norwegian general practitioners (GPs) are required to act as experts in matters relating to disability insurance ...
  • Lay beliefs of TB and TB/HIV co-infection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study 
    Gebremariam, Mekdes K; Bjune, Gunnar A; Frich, Jan C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Knowledge about lay beliefs of etiology, transmission and treatment of TB, and lay perceptions of the relationship between TB and HIV is important for understanding patients' health seeking ...
  • Leadership development programs for physicians: a systematic review 
    Frich, Jan C; Brewster, Amanda L.; Cherlin, Emily J.; Bradley, Elizabeth H. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background: Physician leadership development programs typically aim to strengthen physicians’ leadership competencies and improve organizational performance. We conducted a systematic review of medical literature on physician ...
  • Leadership in Norwegian hospitals: a qualitative study of clinical managers´ pathways, identities, and influence strategies 
    Spehar, Ivan (Doctoral dissertation / Doktoravhandling, 2015)
    Clinicians have a central role in the design, implementation, and improvement of care, and they exercise a key role in treatment decisions with implications for overall budgets. Increasing expectations to health care, ...
  • Leadership, staffing and quality of care in nursing homes 
    Havig, Anders K; Skogstad, Anders; Kjekshus, Lars E; Romøren, Tor I (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Leadership and staffing are recognised as important factors for quality of care. This study examines the effects of ward leaders' task- and relationship-oriented leadership styles, staffing ...
  • Leading during change: the effects of leader behavior on sickness absence in a Norwegian health trust 
    Bernstrøm, Vilde H; Kjekshus, Lars E (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    Background Organizational change often leads to negative employee outcomes such as increased absence. Because change is also often inevitable, it is important to know how these negative outcomes could be ...
  • Leder- og ledelsesutvikling i helsevesenet – en oversikt 
    Frich, Jan C; Sjøvik, Hege; Spehar, Ivan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Artikkelen omhandler tilnærminger til leder- og ledelsesutvikling i helsevesenet. Vi vil definere begrepene lederutvikling og ledelsesutvikling, peke på betydningen av å tydeliggjøre forventet læringsutbytte, presentere ...