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Caesarean birth experiences. A qualitative study from Sierra Leone.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Positive birth experiences lead to better postnatal functioning, and influence mode of delivery choice for subsequent pregnancies. Healthcare workers can influence the birth experience through relevant support ... -
Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Many countries lack sufficient medical doctors to provide safe and affordable surgical and emergency obstetric care. Task‐sharing with associate clinicians (ACs) has been suggested to fill this gap. The aim ... -
Calibrating and adjusting expectations in life: A grounded theory on how elderly persons with somatic health problems maintain control and balance in life and optimize well-being
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Aim: This study aims at exploring the main concern for elderly individuals with somatic health problems and what they do to manage this. Method: In total, 14 individuals (mean = 74.2 years; range = 68–86 years) of both ... -
Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background. Nursing homes face challenges in the coming years due to the increased number of elderly. Quality will be under pressure, expectations of the services will rise, and clinical complexity will grow. New strategies ... -
Can formal innovation training improve team- and organizational-level innovativeness in a healthcare setting?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose Does formalization really destroy creative or innovative thinking? What if formal innovation training actually improved firm-level innovativeness? What if a manager could predict the likelihood of success or failure ... -
Can Forum Play Contribute to Counteracting Abuse in Health Care? A Pilot Intervention Study in Sri Lanka
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Obstetric violence refers to the mistreatment of women in pregnancy and childbirth care by their health providers. It is linked to poor quality of care, lack of trust in health systems, and adverse maternal and neonatal ... -
Can general practitioners do the follow-ups after surgery with ventilation tubes in the tympanic membrane? Two years audiological data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)A university hospital in Mid-Norway has modified their guidelines for follow-up after insertion of ventilation tubes (VTs) in the tympanic membrane, transferring the controls of the healthiest children to general practitioners ... -
Can group climate explain innovative readiness for change?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose Globally, elderly populations are increasing at unprecedented rates. This has precipitated change in the way practitioners are thinking of delivering eldercare services, especially in the public sector. In Norway, ... -
Can socioeconomic health differences be explained by physical activity at work and during leisure time? Rationale and protocol of the active worker individual participant meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)People with a lower socioeconomic status have an increased risk of premature cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, compared with those with a higher socioeconomic status.1 2 To maintain a sustainable workforce, a better ... -
Can we rely on simulated patients' satisfaction with their consultation for assessing medical students' communication skills? A cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-18)Background In medical education, teaching methods offering intensive practice without high utilization of faculty resources are needed. We investigated whether simulated patients’ (SPs’) satisfaction with a consultation ... -
Cancer patients' participation in population-based health surveys: Findings from the HUNT studies Cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background:The magnitude of participation bias due to non‑participation should be considered for cancer patients invited to population‑based surveys. We studied participation rates among persons with and without cancer in ... -
Cardiac function associated with previous, current and repeated depression and anxiety symptoms in a healthy population: the HUNT study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: Symptoms of anxiety and depression often co-exist with cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet little is known about the association with left ventricular (LV) subclinical dysfunction. We aimed to study the cross-sectional ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of site-specific cancers: a long-term prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Based on self-reported physical activity, there is epidemiologic evidence for a beneficial relation between physical activity and colon cancer in men, but find-ings for other cancers are inconclusive. ... -
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Risk of First Acute Myocardial Infarction: The HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The majority of studies evaluating cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) as a cardiovascular risk factor use cardiovascular mortality and not cardiovascular disease events as the primary end point, and generally ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is associated with the patient global assessment but not with objective measurements of disease activity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suffer from more cardiovascular disease (CVD), and develop cardiovascular risk factors at an earlier age than the general population. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an ... -
Cardiovascular mortality ? Comparing risk factor associations within couples and in the total population ? The HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background To compare associations of conventional risk factors with cardiovascular death within couples and in the population as a whole. Methods We analysed baseline data (1995–97) from the HUNT2 Study in Norway ... -
Care pathways as boundary objects between primary and secondary care: Experiences from Norwegian home care services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The need for integration of healthcare services and collaboration across organisational boundaries is highlighted as a major challenge within healthcare in many countries. Care pathways are often presented as a solution ... -
Care relationships at stake? Home healthcare professionals' experiences with digital medicine dispensers - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Although digital technologies can mitigate the burdens of home healthcare services caused by an ageing population that lives at home longer with complex health problems, research on the impacts and consequences ... -
Case Representation and Similarity Modeling for Non-Specific Musculoskeletal Disorders - A Case-Based Reasoning Approach
(Book, 2019)This paper presents a method for developing case-based reasoning (CBR) application for discovering similar patients with non-specific musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and recommending treatment plans using previous ... -
Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and 25-hydroxyvitamin ...