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Hospital discharge of elderly patients to primary health care, with and without an intermediate care hospital - a qualitative study of health professionals' experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Introduction: Intermediate care is an organisational approach to improve the coordination of health care services between health care levels. In Central Norway an intermediate care hospital was established in a municipality ... -
Hospital Volume of Antireflux Surgery in Relation to Endoscopic and Surgical Re-interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: To test the hypothesis that higher hospital volume decreases endoscopic and surgical re-intervention rates after antireflux surgery. Background: Antireflux surgery for gastro-esophageal reflux disease is ... -
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 ... -
Hours lying down per day, as a proxy for sedentary behaviour and risk of diabetes in young and middle-aged adults in Norway: an 11-year follow-up of the HUNT study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective We aimed to examine relationship between hours lying down per day, as a proxy for sedentary behaviour and risk of diabetes in young and middle-aged adults, and to assess if leisure-time physical activity and body ... -
How are minor mental health problems perceived by Traditional Chinese Medicine?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The purpose of this study was to reach a better understanding of how minor mental health problems (MMP) are perceived in China by professionals practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and by well-educated people ... -
How are private medical colleges collaborating with the National TB Control Programme in Nepal, a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an enduring public health problem in Nepal. This study aimed to uncover the experiences and attitudes of health workers at Private medical colleges (PMCs) towards the National TB Control ... -
How Did People with Prediabetes Who Attended the Diabetes Prevention Education Program (DiPEP) Experience Making Lifestyle Changes? A Qualitative Study in Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle modification in the prediabetic phase. A group-based lifestyle intervention called ‘Diabetes Prevention Education Program’ (DiPEP) was tested recently in Nepal. The present study ... -
How do busy hospital circumstances affect mortality and readmission within 60 days: A cohort study of 680 000 acute admissions in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective To study mortality and readmissions for older patients admitted during more and less busy hospital circumstances. Design Cohort study where we identified patients that were admitted to the same hospital, ... -
How do patients with severe mental diagnosis cope in everyday life - a qualitative study comparing patients' experiences of self-referral inpatient treatment with treatment as usual?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Several hospitals in Norway provide short self-referral inpatient treatment to patients with severe mental diagnosis. No studies have compared the experiences of patients who have had the opportunity to ... -
How do we deal with multiple goals for care within an individual patient trajectory? A document content analysis of health service research papers on goals for care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Objectives Patients with complex long-term needs experience multiple parallel care processes, which may have conflicting or competing goals, within their individual patient trajectory (iPT). The alignment of multiple goals ... -
How does general practitioner discontinuity affect healthcare utilisation? An observational cohort study of 2.4 million Norwegians 2007-2017
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objectives Patients may benefit from continuity of care by a personal physician general practitioner (GP), but there are few studies on consequences of a break in continuity of GP. Investigate how a sudden discontinuity ... -
How intensive care patients’ family members can play a more active role
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Family members can provide crucial support for the patient, including during stays in an intensive care unit, but the family members’ situation and efforts have not been sufficiently elucidated in earlier ... -
How Intercourse Frequency Is Affected by Relationship Length,Relationship Quality, and Sexual Strategies Using Couple Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The frequency of sexual intercourse within couples is associated with a variety of factors, such as relationship length, sexual and relationship satisfaction, and perceived quality of the relationship. Love, as a commitment ... -
How is leadership experienced in joy-of-life-nursing-homes compared to ordinary nursing homes: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Nursing homes are under strong pressure to provide good care to the patients. In Norway, municipalities have applied the ‘Joy-of-Life-Nursing-Homes’ (JoLNH) strategy which is based on a health-promoting approach ... -
How Is Quality of Care in Home Healthcare Created? A Qualitative Study of Health Professionals’ Perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The demographic challenges with an increase in older adults in need of nursing care has put home healthcare services under pressure. However, research on what constitutes quality of home healthcare services and what factors ... -
How patients with polyarthritis cope with the disease after attending an outpatient arthritis educational program: A qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial
(Master thesis, 2013)The aim of this qualitative study, nested within a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effect of patient education, was to explore how patients with polyarthritis coped with their disease four months after they had ... -
How precision medicine and screening with big data could increase overdiagnosis
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How primary healthcare in Iceland swiftly changed its strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective To describe how the primary healthcare (PHC) in Iceland changed its strategy to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Descriptive observational study. Setting Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. Population ... -
How sociodemographic and hearing related factors were associated with use of hearing aid in a population-based study: The HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background:The purpose was to study hearing aid (HA) use in persons 65 years and older, and to investigate howsocioeconomic and hearing related factors were associated to use of HA.Method:This study included 11,602 persons ... -
How to become an expert educator: a qualitative study on the view of health professionals with experience in patient education Approaches to teaching and learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Health professionals with the level of competency necessary to provide high-quality patient education are central to meeting patients’ needs. However, research on how competencies in patient education should ...