Browsing Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH) by Journals "Clinical Epidemiology"
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Cohort Description: Preventing an Opioid Epidemic in Norway – Focusing on Treatment of Chronic Pain (POINT) – A National Registry-Based Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim: The POINT project aims to provide evidence to optimise chronic pain management, prevent adverse consequences of opioids, and improve chronic pain patients’ pain relief, functional capacity, and quality of life. We ... -
Combined Lifestyle Behaviors and the Incidence of Common Cancer Types in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: Only a small number of studies have examined the impact of combined lifestyle behaviors on cancer incidence, and never in a Norwegian population. Purpose: To examine linear and nonlinear associations of ... -
Corticosteroids Prior to Embryo Transfer in Assisted Reproduction in Women with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis – A Nationwide Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Former studies have suggested that women with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have a decreased chance of a live born child after assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. It is debated ... -
The efficacy of assisted reproduction in women with a wide spectrum of chronic diseases – a review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments in women with underlying chronic diseases have become increasingly frequent. The objective of this review is to provide an overview of the literature examining the chance ... -
Existing data sources in clinical epidemiology: The Scandinavian Thrombosis and Cancer Cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background: Although venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a known common complication in cancer patients, there is limited knowledge on patient-related and cancer-specific risk factors in the general population. The Scandinavian ... -
Hospitals' Discharge Tendency and Risk of Death - An Analysis of 60,000 Norwegian Hip Fracture Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: A reduction in the length of hospital stay may threaten patient safety. This study aimed to estimate the effect of organizational pressure to discharge on 60-day mortality among hip fracture patients. Patients ... -
Interrater reliability of a national acute myocardial infarction register
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Disease-specific registers may be used for measuring and improving healthcare and patient outcomes, and for disease surveillance and research, provided they contain valid and reliable data. The aim of this study ... -
Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for total hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: A prospective cohort study (the HUNT study and the Norwegian arthroplasty register)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective: Biochemical changes associated with obesity may accelerate osteoarthritis beyond the effect of mechanical factors. This study investigated whether metabolic syndrome and its components (visceral obesity, ... -
Random error units, extension of a novel method to express random error in epidemiological studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Currently used methods to express random error are often misinterpreted and consequently misused by biomedical researchers. Previously we proposed a simple approach to quantify the amount of random error in epidemiological ... -
The Risk of Selection Bias in a Clinical Multi-Center Cohort Study. Results from the Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke (Nor-COAST) Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke (Nor-COAST) study aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of neurocognitive disorder in an unselected stroke cohort. The aim of the present study was to ... -
Risk Stratification in Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Residual Cardiovascular Risk with Current Secondary Prevention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: Suboptimal secondary prevention in patients with stroke causes a remaining cardiovascular risk desirable to reduce. We have validated a prognostic model for secondary preventive settings and estimated future ... -
Validation of self-reported and hospital-diagnosed atrial fibrillation: The HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Self-reported atrial fibrillation (AF) and diagnoses from hospital registers are often used to identify persons with AF. The objective of this study was to validate self-reported AF and hospital discharge ... -
Validity of self-reported body mass index among middle-aged participants in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight has been criticized as being biased because of an observed tendency for overweight and obese people to overestimate height and underestimate weight, ...