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Weaning preterm infants off CPAP – a single unit experience
(Master thesis, 2013)Aim: To investigate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) weaning in preterm infants, and whether gestational age (GA) influenced the preferred weaning method or duration of weaning. Methods: A retrospective chart ... -
Wearable technology and the cardiovascular system: the future of patient assessment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in consumer technologies able to monitor a variety of cardiovascular parameters. Such devices initially recorded markers of exercise, but now include physiological and health-care ... -
Web-based collaboration in individual care planning challenges the user and the provider roles – toward a power transition in caring relationships
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background and objective: The Individual Care Plan (ICP) was introduced in Norway to meet new statutory requirements for user participation in health care planning, incorporating multidisciplinary and cross-sector ... -
A Web-Based Communication Tool for Postoperative Follow-up and Pain Assessment at Home After Primary Knee Arthroplasty: Feasibility and Usability Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: We report the use of an electronic tool, Eir (Eir Solutions AS, Norway), for symptom registration at home after knee arthroplasty. This electronic tool was used in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing ... -
Web-based vestibular rehabilitation in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objectives The aims of the study were to investigate the feasibility and preliminary outcome of a Norwegian web-based self-help application for vestibular rehabilitation (VR) among patients with high symptom burden of ... -
Weekday time in bed and obesity risk in adolescence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: Sleep curtailment is associated with obesity in children, but few studies have investigated this relationship in a longitudinal sample of adolescents. The aim of the present study was to examine the longitudinal ... -
Weekly and daily variations in patient-staff incidents in psychiatric acute wards
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Weighing positive aspirations versus unmet expectations: A CGT study of Dar es Salaam locals interacting with University of Arizona global health exchange students during a 5-week WaSH program
(Master thesis, 2022)Background: In the 21st century, it is paramount to build intercultural competence and global partnerships in an ever-increasing globalized and multicultural world. Global health exchange programs offer the opportunity to ... -
Weight development from adolescence to adulthood: Associations with leisure time activities, weight-perception and obesity-susceptibility loci - The HUNT Study
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:71, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Background Approximately 1.8 billion humans, i.e. more than a quarter of the world’s population, are young people aged 10-24 years1. Adolescence comprises a period in which lifestyle and health behaviors are established, ... -
Weight Loss and Reduction in Gastroesophageal Reflux. A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study: The HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)OBJECTIVES:High body mass index (BMI) is an established risk factor of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms (GERS). The aim of this study was to clarify if weight loss reduces GERS.METHODS:The study was part of the Nord-Trondelag ... -
Weight loss maintenance – a tortuous path
(Journal article, 2017)The long-term maintenance of a reduced body weight remains the main challenge in obesity management, with only a small group being successful after conservative treatment (1). Physiological adaptations, such as increased ... -
Weight status and hypertension among adolescent girls in Argentina and Norway: Data from the ENNyS and HUNT studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background: To provide data on overweight, obesity and hypertension among adolescent girls in Norway and Argentina. Methods: Data was obtained from two population-based, cross-sectional and descriptive studies containing ... -
Weight-bearing characteristics during standing in adults with Cerebral Palsy
(Master thesis, 2011)Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate weight-bearing characteristics in young adults with CP compared to young healthy adults in both quiet and relaxed standing. Methods: Two standing conditions were tested, one ... -
Welfare Technologies in Care Work
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Welfare technologies have within the last few years become a new mantra for reforming the Nordic public health and social care, and are increasingly making their impact on working life of care professionals. Welfare ... -
Wellbeing among school children in grades 1-10: Promoting and adverse factors
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:225, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Background and objectives Wellbeing and health among school children are of great concern. Health symptoms may influence absence from school, sleep, and other aspects of daily life and perceived pain in childhood may also ... -
What Aspects of Supervised Patient Encounters Affect Students' Perception of Having an Excellent Learning Outcome? A Survey Among European Medical Students
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What can we learn from the SARS-COV-2 pandemic about the value of specific radiological examinations?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background The SARS-COV-2 pandemic provides a natural intervention to assess practical priority setting and internal evaluation of specific health services, such as radiological services. Norway makes an excellent case ... -
What causes treatment failure - the patient, primary care, secondary care or inadequate interaction in the health services?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Optimal treatment gives complete relief of symptoms of many disorders. But even if such treatment is available, some patients have persisting complaints. One disorder, from which the patients should achieve ... -
What characterizes the work culture at a hospital unit that successfully implements change – a correlation study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background To successfully achieve change in healthcare, a balance between technology and “people ware”, the human recourses, is necessary. However, the human aspect of the change implementation process has received less ... -
What Do GPs Actually Know About Their Patients As Persons?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background and Aims: Life experience and existential circumstances have an impact on health. Within medicine, however, the significance to patient care of person-related, biographical knowledge receives only rudimentary ...