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Sex Differences on Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination Scores and the Value of Self-Report of Memory Problems among Community Dwelling People 70 Years and above: The HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: The aims were to examine if the total and item scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and self-reported memory problems differed between older women ... -
Physical Activity Level Following Resistance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Receiving Home Care: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Older adults’ physical activity (PA) is low. We examined whether eight months of resistance training increased PA level in community-dwelling older adults receiving home care. A two-armed cluster-randomized trial using ... -
Learning nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of perceived relatedness with teachers and sense of coherence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic infected populations worldwide. To limit the spread, many countries declared stay-at-home orders. Teachers were suddenly obliged to teach and facilitate learning online, ... -
Quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in 2600 baccalaureate nursing students at five universities: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in the implementation of programs across educational institutions. Nursing students, being both young adults and by practical training, part of the health ... -
Gene expression in blood reflects smoking exposure among cancer-free women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) postgenome cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Active smoking has been linked to modulated gene expression in blood. However, there is a need for a more thorough understanding of how quantitative measures of smoking exposure relate to differentially expressed genes ... -
Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Lower maternal serum vitamin B12 (B12) and folate levels have been associated with lower offspring birthweight, in observational studies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this relationship is ... -
Management of a life-threatening intercostal artery bleeding, difficult to visualize in open surgery: a case report
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Life-threatening bleeding from an intercostal artery is a rare and challenging event. A 74-year-old patient with a right-sided pleural effusion was treated by a pigtail pleural drain. He developed a large haemothorax, ... -
Serum Concentrations of Selected Organochlorines in Pregnant Women and Associations with Pregnancy Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study from Two Rural Settings in Cambodia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We conducted a cross-sectional study among 194 pregnant women from two low-income settings in Cambodia. The inclusion period lasted from October 2015 through December 2017. Maternal serum samples were analyzed for persistent ... -
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 ... -
In utero exposure to analgesic opioids and language development in 5-year old children
(Journal article, 2020)Purpose A pervasive problem in registry-based pharmacoepidemiological studies is what exposure duration to assign to individual prescriptions. The parametric waiting time distribution (WTD) has been proposed as a method ... -
Aptamer-Based Proteomic Platform Identifies Novel Protein Predictors of Incident Heart Failure and Echocardiographic Traits
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Abstract Background: We used a large-scale, high-throughput DNA aptamer-based discovery proteomic platform to identify circulating biomarkers of cardiac remodeling and incident heart failure (HF) in community-dwelling ... -
Covid-19 blant innvandrere i Norge, vurdering av tiltak og erfaringer fra felt, delrapport 1
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Sociodemographic Correlates and Mental Health Comorbidities in Adolescents With Social Anxiety: The Young-HUNT3 Study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social anxiety is highly prevalent in adolescents and is often associated with great individual suffering and functional impairment. Psychiatric comorbidity is common and further adds to this burden. The purposes of this ... -
Frequency of Boiled Potato Consumption and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the Prospective Population-Based HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Few studies have assessed the association between potato consumption and mortality, especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Our objective was to investigate the association between consumption of boiled potatoes ... -
One-Year Prospective Study of Plasma Biomarkers From CNS in Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective: To investigate the longitudinal evolution of three blood biomarkers: neurofilament light (NFL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and tau, in out-patients and hospitalized patients with mild traumatic brain ... -
Suitability of Video Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Cross-sectional Survey Among Norwegian General Practitioners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed an acute, sharp rise in the use of video consultations (VCs) by general practitioners (GPs) in Norway. Objective: This study aims to document GPs’ experiences with the large-scale ... -
Relatives’ experiences with abuse and neglect in Norwegian nursing homes. A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Elder abuse in nursing homes (NH) is a widespread and complex problem. Residents’ ability to share their experiences are impeded, due to a high degree of cognitive problems and frailty, and previous studies ... -
Previous life experiences and social relations affecting individuals wish for support when establishing healthy habits – a qualitative study of Norwegian Healthy Life Centre participants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Interventions to reduce and prevent overweight, obesity and T2D has been advocated worldwide. In Norway, Healthy Life Centres have been established to help individuals to reduce and prevent diseases, offering ... -
Orthogeriatrics prevents functional decline in hip fracture patients: report from two randomized controlled trials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background The incidence of hip fractures are expected to increase in the following years. Hip fracture patients have in addition to their fracture often complex medical problems, which constitute a substantial burden on ... -
Impact of meningioma surgery on use of antiepileptic, antidepressant, and sedative drugs: A Swedish nationwide matched cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Meningioma is the most common primary intracranial tumor and surgery is the main treatment modality. As death from lack of tumor control is rare, other outcome measures like anxiety, depression and post-operative ...
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