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Gaining knowledge through health registers: Utility of the Norwegian Stroke Register and the Norwegian Patient Register - studies of data quality and epidemiologic analyses
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2016:314, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Helseregistre er nyttige verktøy til styring og kontroll av helsetjenesten og kan bidra til medisinsk forskning av høy kvalitet. For å kunne brukes til disse formålene er det imidlertid viktig at datakvaliteten i registrene ... -
Games of uncertainty: the participation of older patients with multimorbidity in care planning meetings - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Active patients lie at the heart of integrated care. Although interventions to increase the participation of older patients in care planning are being implemented in several countries, there is a lack of ... -
Gastric Bypass vs Diet and Cardiovascular Risk FactorsA Nonrandomized Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Importance Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with reduced cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, morbidity, and mortality. Whether these effects are specifically induced by the surgical procedure or the weight loss ... -
Gastroesophageal Reflux and Sleep Disturbances: A Bidirectional Association in a Population-Based Cohort Study, the HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Study Objectives: To investigate the potentially bidirectional association between gastroesophageal reflux symptoms (GERS) and sleep disturbances/ insomnia disorders. Methods: We assessed the incidence of new-onset of ... -
Gatekeeping and referrals to cardiologists: General practitioners' views on interactive communications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Objective. Referrals to specialists have not been compulsory in Iceland since 1984. In 2006, referrals were again required for patients to receive reimbursement for part of the cost of appointments with cardiologists. The ... -
Gateways to friendships among students who use AAC in mainstream primary school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study explores the personal characteristics that influence the establishment of friendships among seven students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and fellow students in primary school. Students ... -
Gender differences and gender convergence in alcohol use over the past three decades (1984–2008), The HUNT Study, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: To examine changes in men‘s and women’s drinking in Norway over a 20-year period, in order to learn whether such changes have led to gender convergence in alcohol drinking. Methods: Repeated ... -
Gender differences in health care use among the elderly population in areas of Norway and Finland. A cross-sectional analysis based on the HUNT study and the FINRISK Senior Survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background: The aim of the study was to examine gender differences in the self-reported use of health care services by the elderly in rural and metropolitan areas of two Nordic countries with slightly different 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 ... -
General and abdominal obesity and incident asthma in adults: the HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and abdominal obesity respectively. While high BMI has been established as a risk factor for asthma in adults, waist circumference has seldom ... -
General practitioners ending their practice and impact on patients' health, healthcare use and mortality: a protocol for national registry cohort studies in Norway, 2008 to 2021
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction Continuous general practitioner (GP) and patient relations associate with positive health outcomes. Termination of GP practice is unavoidable, while consequences of final breaks in relations are less explored. ... -
General practitioners retiring or relocating and its association with healthcare use and mortality: a cohort study using Norwegian national data
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General practitioners’ description of functioning in sickness certificates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In Norway, general practitioners (GPs) are the gatekeepers who provide written assessment of patients' functional ability to provide documentation for the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration for decisions about ... -
General practitioners’ experiences of being involved in local public health work in Norway. A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim The aim was to explore how general practitioners experienced being involved in local public health work and how they worked with prevention and health promotion clinically after the introduction of the Public Health ... -
General Practitioners’ Experiences With Potentials and Pitfalls of Video Consultations in Norway During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Qualitative Analysis of Free-Text Survey Answers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The use of video consultations (VCs) in Norwegian general practice rapidly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. During societal lockdowns, VCs were used for nearly all types of clinical problems, as in-person ... -
General practitioners’ role in palliative care: map versus terrain
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:383, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background In palliative care, the focus is on symptom relief and good quality of life for patients with lifethreatening illnesses and their relatives. The proportion of people needing palliative care increases with an ... -
Generational studies of cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT Study
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:4, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Generasjonsstudier av kardiovaskulære risikofaktorer og kardiovaskulær død i HUNT- studien Det er kjent at kardiovaskulære risikofaktorer viser sammenheng mellom generasjoner, men tidligere forskning har i hovedsak vurdert ... -
Generic care pathway for elderly patients in need of home care services after discharge from hospital: a cluster randomised controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Generic Care Pathway for Elderly Patients in Need of Home Care Services after Hospital Discharge A cluster RCT with nested qualitative studies of development and implementation
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:238, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Norsk sammendrag: Generisk pasientforløp for eldre pasienter med behov for hjemmetjenester etter utskriving fra sykehus – utvikling, implementering og effekt Vestlige land står overfor et økende antall eldre pasienter ... -
The genes controlling normal function of citrate and spermine secretion are lost in aggressive prostate cancer and prostate model systems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)High secretion of the metabolites citrate and spermine is a unique hallmark for normal prostate epithelial cells, and is reduced in aggressive prostate cancer. However, the identity of the genes controlling this biological ...