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Understanding coastal public health: Employment, behavioural and psychosocial factors associated with geographical inequalities. The HUNT study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Recent decades have shown an international trend of decline in small-scale fishing; a longstanding and vital industry for numerous coastal populations. The decline has resulted in a loss of livelihoods in many coastal ... -
Understanding faecal incontinence in nursing home patients: Epidemiology and nurses’ management
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2014:282, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Understanding faecal incontinence in nursing home patients: Epidemiology and nurses’ management Faecal incontinence is a common problem among nursing home patients. However, the existing research on the matter is outdated ... -
Understanding recent trends in incidence of invasive breast cancer in Norway: age-period-cohort analysis based on registry data on mammography screening and hormone treatment use
(Journal article, 2012)Objective To quantify the separate contributions of menopausal hormone treatment and mammography screening activities on trends in incidence of invasive breast cancer between 1987 and 2008. Design Population study using ... -
Understanding the possibilities and limitations of assistive technology in health and welfare services for people with intellectual disabilities, staff perspectives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: Little is known regarding what assistive technology (AT) exists and how it is used in welfare services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). This study aimed to explore healthcare staff’s perspectives ... -
Understanding the Present to Better Build the Future A Nationwide Evaluation of the Surgical Environment, its Workforce, Operative Output, Geospatial Accessibility, and Associated Economic Value in Liberia
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Undertriage in Trauma: An Ignored Quality Indicator?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Early identification of life-threatening injuries is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Failure to detect severe injury may cause delayed diagnosis and therapeutic interventions ... -
Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aims We investigated the current extent of undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes and their associated cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study. Methods All residents aged ≥20 years in the Nord-Trøndelag ... -
Unemployment and disability pension-an 18-year follow-up study of a 40-year-old population in a Norwegian county
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: This study explored the association of unemployment and an increased risk of receiving disability pension, and the possibility that this risk is attributed to municipality-specific characteristics. Methods: ... -
Unfolding the values of work - therapists´ experience of addressing the return to work process in occupational rehabilitation based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Facilitating return to work can be challenging due to the complexity of work disability. Few studies have examined rehabilitation programs based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that intend to support return ... -
Ungdom og foreldres opplevelse med lystgass som sedasjonsmetode ved smertefulle prosedyrer
(Master thesis, 2023)Bakgrunn Prosedyrer er en av de største kildene til stress og engstelse hos sykehusinnlagte ungdommer. Prosedyrerelaterte smerter kan ofte oppleves som verre enn selve innleggelsesårsaken. I den siste tiden har lystgass ... -
Ungdom og foreldres opplevelse med lystgass som sedasjonsmetode ved smertefulle prosedyrer
(Master thesis, 2023)Bakgrunn Prosedyrer er en av de største kildene til stress og engstelse hos sykehusinnlagte ungdommer. Prosedyrerelaterte smerter kan ofte oppleves som verre enn selve innleggelsesårsaken. I den siste tiden har lystgass ... -
Ungdom og psykisk helsefremmende kompetanse - en kvalitativ validering av mental health literacy skala
(Master thesis, 2018)Bakgrunn: Forskning viser at til tross for at flesteparten av dagens ungdom er fornøyde med tilværelsen sliter fortsatt en høy andel av ungdomsgenerasjonen daglig med psykiske helseproblemer i større eller mindre grad. ... -
Ungdom som pårørande
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Mange barn i Noreg lever med foreldre sin kreftsjukdom tett innpå seg. Dei blir i stor grad påverka og har auka risiko for å utvikle angst, depresjon og sorgreaksjonar. Mange opplever også søvnproblem samt ... -
Ungdoms opplevelse av medisinsk undersøkelse etter seksuelle overgrep
(Master thesis, 2022)Ungdom utsatt for eller mistenkt utsatt for seksuelle overgrep får i dag tilbud om medisinsk undersøkelse ved sykehus eller Statens Barnehus. Det finnes lite forskning på ungdoms opplevelse av denne undersøkelsen, og ... -
Unge jenter med anoreksi
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Kroppspress er et økende problem i dagens samfunn. Ungdom blir bombardert med urealistiske kroppsidealer. De siste årene har spiseforstyrrelser blitt et mer og mer vanlig fenomen. Det er anslått at omkring 2% ... -
Unhappy doctors? A longitudinal study of life and job satisfaction among Norwegian doctors 1994-2002
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background: General opinion is that doctors are increasingly dissatisfied with their job, but few longitudinal studies exist. This study has been conducted to investigate a possible decline in professional and personal ... -
Unintentional drifts during quiet stance and voluntary body sway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We explored unintentional drifts in voluntary whole-body sway tasks following the removal of visual feedback. The main hypothesis was that the unintentional drifts were produced by drifts of referent coordinates for salient ... -
Unmet health needs and discrimination by healthcare providers among Indigenous people with multimorbidity - A Respondent-Driven Sampling study of an urban Indigenous population in Toronto, Canada
(Master thesis, 2017)Background: Inequality in health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada persists. Despite the growth in Indigenous peoples of Canada living in urban areas, information on the health of urban Indigenous ... -
An Update on Prevalence, Assessment, and Risk Factors for Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Advanced Cancer—Implications for Health Care Providers and Clinical Research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Simple Summary This review focuses on sleep in patients with advanced cancer. Cancer patients experience multiple symptoms and they receive concomitant medications. These are all factors that may affect sleep. In this ... -
Urban–Rural Differences in Hip Fracture Mortality: A Nationwide NOREPOS Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Higher hip fracture incidence in urban than in rural areas has been demonstrated, but urban–rural differences in posthip fracture mortality have been less investigated, and the results are disparate. Hence, the aims of the ...