Institutt for samfunnsmedisin og sykepleie
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Ghanaian Health Professionals’ Perspectives on Perinatal Health Care for Climate/Environmental Migrants
(Master thesis, 2021)Climate change presents peculiar challenges for people from all walks of life in varied ways. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable due to the intersection of multiple risk factors which is further complicated by ... -
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Effects on Outcome of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: Analysis of a Large, Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Longitudinal Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background No large prospective data, to our knowledge, are available on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research Question To evaluate the incidence, timing, and ... -
Monitoring temporal trends of dioxins, organochlorine pesticides and chlorinated paraffins in pooled serum samples collected from Northern Norwegian women: The MISA cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The ubiquitous presence of legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environmental matrices poses a potential hazard to the humans and creating public health concerns. The present study aimed to ... -
Mercury Exposure among E-Waste Recycling Workers in Colombia: Perceptions of Safety, Risk, and Access to Health Information
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Exposures to the toxic element mercury (Hg) are exceptionally high among recycling workers globally. Recycling is a growing sector in Colombia, yet workers who directly handle e-waste are often unaware of the risks of ... -
Lung function and peak oxygen uptake in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes with and without emphysema
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Previous studies of associations of forced expiratory lung volume in one second (FEV1) with peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have not taken sex, age and height related variance ... -
Intimate partner violence and its association with mental health problems: The importance of childhood violence – The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aims: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with psychological distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami and to explore whether ... -
Non-coding RNAs in human breast milk: A systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition and hydration for the newborn infant but also plays an important role in the child’s first immune defense. Additionally, several breast milk factors have been implicated in ... -
Semiquantitative Real-Time PCR to Distinguish Pneumocystis Pneumonia from Colonization in a Heterogeneous Population of HIV-Negative Immunocompromised Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Pneumocystis jirovecii is a threat to iatrogenically immunosuppressed individuals, a heterogeneous population at rapid growth. We assessed the ability of an in-house semiquantitative real-time PCR assay to discriminate ... -
Predicting diagnostic coding in hospitals: individual level effects of price incentives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of this paper is to test if implicit price incentives influence the diagnostic coding of hospital discharges. We estimate if the probability of being coded as a complicated patient was related to a specific ... -
Colorectal cancer patients’ experiences with supervised exercise during adjuvant chemotherapy—A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common cancer worldwide, with increasing numbers surviving and living with long-term side effects from treatment. Physical exercise during or after treatment may have several beneficial ... -
How well do neurosurgeons predict survival in patients with high-grade glioma?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Due to the lack of reliable prognostic tools, prognostication and surgical decisions largely rely on the neurosurgeons’ clinical prediction skills. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of neurosurgeons’ prediction ... -
Subtypes of insomnia and the risk of chronic spinal pain: the HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: To examine the association between subtypes of insomnia and the risk of chronic spinal pain. Methods:The study comprised 16,401 participants without chronic spinal pain at baseline who were followed for ~11 ... -
Fastlegers arbeid med unge enslige flyktninger: En studie av fastlegers arbeidsformer, erfaringer og visjoner rundt tjenestetilbudet til unge enslige flyktninger.
(Master thesis, 2021)Hensikt: Målet for denne masteroppgaven er å utforske helsetilbudet fastleger gir til unge enslige flyktninger som har kommet til Norge og fått status som bosatt. Oppgaven inngår som en delstudie i paraplyprosjektet Taus ... -
Participation and quality of life in persons living with spinal cord injury in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: To describe the association between sociodemographic and spinal cord injury characteristics, of people living with spinal cord injury, and participation and quality of life, and to study the association between ... -
Alcohol consumption among older adults with symptoms of cognitive decline consulting specialist health care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: To explore alcohol consumption among older Norwegian adults with symptoms of cognitive decline, assess the agreement between the reports of older adults and their next of kin regarding a person’s alcohol ... -
A longitudinal study of educational needs among patients with inflammatory arthritis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Patient education is important in the follow-up and disease management for patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis. Patients’ needs for education and information varies, and it is important that the ... -
Aligning stakeholders’ understandings of the return-to-work process: a qualitative study on workplace meetings in inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: Although it is believed that involving the workplace and stakeholders in return-to-work interventions is beneficial, Norwegian occupational rehabilitation programmes rarely do. During 2015–2016, Hysnes Rehabilitation ... -
Despite symptom severity, do nursing home residents experience joy-of-life? The associations between joy-of-life and symptom severity in Norwegian nursing home residents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Finding new approaches to increase health and well-being among nursing home (NH) residents is highly warranted. From a holistic perspective, several Norwegian municipalities have implemented the certification ... -
Maternal PCOS status and metformin in pregnancy: Steroid hormones in 5–10 years old children from the PregMet randomized controlled study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder, with potential effects on offspring both genetically and through altered intrauterine environment. Metformin, which ameliorate hormonal disturbances ...
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