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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure and outcome within chronic disease management and treatment, including substance use disorders (SUD). The aim of this paper was to investigate ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Generic quality of life (QoL) instruments provide important measures of self-reported wellbeing that can be compared across healthy and clinical populations. The aim of this analysis is to validate ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to patients with drug use disorders. However, it has previously been difficult to distinguish whether this frequent prescribing was due to underlying ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Treatment services to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), including those mandated to treatment, needs to be evaluated and evidence based. The Norwegian Municipal Health Care Act (NMHCA) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
Treatment services to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), including those mandated to treatment, needs to be evaluated and evidence based. The Norwegian Municipal Health Care Act calls ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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Perceived coercion is a sense of pressure related to the experience of being referred to treatment. The sense of pressure arises from the patient’s internal perception of coercion. The sources ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)
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Addressing substance use disorders effectively requires a long-term approach. Substance abuse treatment is typically of short duration; referring patients to Twelve Step based self-help groups ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
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Alcohol use is increasing among women in Africa, and comparable information about women's current alcohol use is needed to inform national and international health policies relevant to the entire ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
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From a health services perspective, peer-based resources merit special attention. Participation in self-help fellowships, like the Twelve Step Groups (TSGs), have been shown to improve outcomes ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
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Research questionnaires are not always translated appropriately before they are used in new temporal, cultural or linguistic settings. The results based on such instruments may therefore not ...