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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)This thesis is investigating if the risk of childhood leukemia and cancer in the central nervous system (CNS) increases in relation to high levels of indoor radon concentrations at home or low parental socioeconomic status. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background and aims: There is a gap in knowledge regarding effective rehabilitation service delivery in the post-acute phase after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Recently, Gutenbrunner et al. proposed a classification system ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Conducting systematic reviews is time-consuming but crucial to construct evidence-based patient decision aids, clinical practice guidelines and decision analyses. New methods might enable ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Self-efficacy is needed for effectuating lifestyle changes, and it is therefore an important target related to health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background The concept of hope has been measured using the Herth Hope Index (HHI) in different samples, but varying factor structures comprising different items from the HHI have been reported. Therefore, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: The prevalence of morbid obesity is an increasing health problem in most parts of the world and is related to lower quality of life. Sense of coherence, or the perception that the world is meaningful and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Governments are facing tough choices about whether to fund new, promising but highly expensive drugs within the public healthcare system. Decisions that some drugs are not sufficiently beneficial ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background/Purpose The need for transitional care has gained increased focus in the treatment of patients with congenital colorectal disorders. We aimed to acquire in-depth knowledge about the experiences of adult ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)The overall aim of this thesis is to explore how real-world evidence can be used to support priority setting and planning in the cancer care. The thesis includes four published papers in which data from Norwegian health ...
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(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 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2021)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aim: It has previously been shown that breastfeeding may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in mothers with recent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study compared the cessation of predominant breastfeeding in ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Despite improvements, studies continue to report unsatisfactory provision of information before, during and after electroconvulsive treatment (ECT). ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)Purpose. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine recovery of physical functioning in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) during the first year after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The specific aims were 1) to examine ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited disorder of haem metabolism characterized by life‐threatening acute neurovisceral attacks due to the induction of hepatic δ‐aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim To investigate the pain characteristics, pain interference with activities of daily living, and use of analgesics in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) and compare the results with previous findings. Method ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: The objective of this study was to explore the volunteers’ experiences with and perspectives on the community event-based surveillance system in Sierra Leone. Methods and materials: 62 volunteers from 14 different ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Overuse, underuse, and significant variation in the utilisation of radiological services are well documented in the literature. Several radiological examinations are identified as low-value ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Weight loss and increased physical fitness are established approaches to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. We studied the reduction in BMI z-score associated with improvement in cardiometabolic ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Physical assessment skills (PAS) learned in their nursing education. The aim of this study was to evaluate third-year nursing students' process of clinical judgment using PAS in clinical rotation. Specific focus was on how ...