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Assessment of alcohol and psychotropic drug use among old-age psychiatric patients in Norway: Experiences of health professionals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Increased awareness among health professionals regarding older people’s alcohol and prescribed psychotropic drug use may be beneficial for reducing their unhealthy consumption among elderly. Aim: This study ... -
Assessment of Biomarker Testing for Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility
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Assessment of headache characteristics in a general adolescent population: a comparison between retrospective interviews and prospective diary recordings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background Reliable information on headache characteristics, including frequency and intensity, headache-associated impairment, and use of analgesic medications, may depend on the assessment method used. This study ... -
Assessment of mirror movements in children and adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy: reliability of the Woods and Teuber scale
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aim To investigate the inter‐ and intrarater reliability of the Woods and Teuber scale to detect mirror movements in children and adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Method A convenience sample of children and ... -
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of hip fracture risk: Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Hip fracture is the clinically most important fracture, but the genetic architecture of hip fracture is unclear. Here, we perform a large-scale hip fracture genome-wide association study meta-analysis and Mendelian ... -
Assessment of the mobility of Norwegian lower limb prosthetic users and translation and validation of the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey (PLUS-M)
(Master thesis, 2016)Background: One of the most important factors for the quality of life among persons with a lower limb amputation is mobility. Today, only one tool for measuring self-perceived mobility is available in Norwegian, and research ... -
Assessment of weighted topological overlap (wTO) to improve fidelity of gene co-expression networks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background For more than a decade, gene expression data sets have been used as basis for the construction of co-expression networks used in systems biology investigations, leading to many important discoveries in a wide ... -
Assisted fertilization in Norway:safety of the reproductive technology
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2009:241, Doctoral thesis, 2009) -
Association between blood pressure and Alzheimer disease measured up to 27 years prior to diagnosis: the HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background A lot of attention has been paid to the relationship of blood pressure and dementia because epidemiological research has reported conflicting evidence. Observational data has shown that midlife hypertension is ... -
Association between blood pressure measures and recurrent headache in adolescents: cross-sectional data from the HUNT-Youth study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The relationship between blood pressure and headache in youth has not been explored and the objective of the present study was to provide data on this association in an adolescent population. Cross-sectional data from a ... -
The association between body mass index, abdominal fatness, and weight change and the risk of adult asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Obesity has been associated with increased risk of adult asthma, however, not all studies have found a clear association between overweight and the incidence of asthma, and data on other adiposity measures have been limited. ... -
Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Incident Purchase of Hypnotic Drugs in Adults: The HUNT Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective To assess whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with first purchase of a prescribed hypnotic drug in the adult population. Methods A total of 34,357 adult participants (53.9% women) with a ... -
Association between clinical frailty, illness severity and post-discharge survival: a prospective cohort study of older medical inpatients in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose Study associations between frailty, illness severity and post-discharge survival in older adults admitted to medical wards with acute clinical conditions. Methods Prospective cohort study of 195 individuals ... -
Association between cytokines and psychiatric symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy controls
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose: The reports regarding the status of the immune system in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) have been inconclusive. We approached this question by comparing a strictly defined ... -
Association between engagement in cultural activities and use of general practitioner consultations: 7-year follow-up of adults from the HUNT study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective Assess whether engagement in a range of cultural activities, both ‘passive’ and ‘active’ (ie, receptive and creative) participation, is associated with later demand for general practitioner (GP) consultations. Design ... -
Association between exposure to different stone aggregates from asphalt and blood coagulability: A human exposure chamber study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)A large fraction of particulate matter (PM), especially PM10, concentrations are due to non-exhaust emissions, such as road abrasion and wear on tires and brake pads. Concentrating on road abrasion, we aimed to investigate ... -
Association between Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups risk scores and self-reported outcome measures: an observational study among individuals with complex or long-term conditions in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective - Investigate the association between Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) risk scores and low scores in self-reported outcome measures (SROMs) among individuals with complex or long-term conditions. Design ... -
Association between loneliness, self-esteem and outcome of life satisfaction in Norwegian adolescents aged 15–21
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aims: Adolescence is an important developmental stage for understanding the role of perceived loneliness and self-esteem on life satisfaction. This study investigated the association between loneliness, self-esteem and ... -
The association between normal lung function and peak oxygen uptake in patients with exercise intolerance and coronary artery disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In coronary artery disease (CAD), exercise intolerance with reduced oxygen uptake at peak exercise (VO2peak) is assumed to primarily reflect cardiovascular limitation. However, oxygen transport and utilization depends on ...