• Agreement between self-reported and registry-based use of sleep medications and tranquilizers 

      Evandt, Jorunn; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Oftedal, Bente Margaret; Krog, Norun Hjertager; Nafstad, Per; Skovlund, Eva; Schwarze, Per Everhard; Aasvang, Gunn Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose The purpose of the present study was to assess the agreement between self‐reported use of sleep medications and tranquilizers and dispensed hypnotics and anxiolytics. Methods Self‐reported medication use was ...
    • Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia up to 27 years later in a large, population-based sample: the HUNT study, Norway 

      Langballe, Ellen Melbye; Ask, Helga; Holmen, Jostein; Stordal, Eystein; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Selbæk, Geir; Fikseaunet, Arvid; Bergh, Sverre; Nafstad, Per; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia risk is unclear. This investigation estimates the association between alcohol consumption reported in a population-based study in the mid-1980s and the risk for ...
    • Is the Disease Burden from COPD in Norway Falling off? A Study of Time Trends in Three Different Data Sources 

      Melbye, Hasse; Helgeland, Jon; Karlstad, Øystein; Ariansen, Inger; Langhammer, Arnulf; Wisløff, Torbjørn; Nafstad, Per; Nystad, Wenche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Less smoking should lead to fewer COPD cases. We aimed at estimating time trends in the prevalence and burden of COPD in Norway from 2001 to 2017. Methods: We used pre-bronchodilator spirometry and other health ...
    • Road traffic noise and registry based use of sleep medication 

      Evandt, Jorunn; Oftedal, Bente Margaret; Krog, Norun Hjertager; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Nafstad, Per; Schwarze, Per E; Skovlund, Eva; Houthuijs, Danny; Aasvang, Gunn Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background Road traffic noise has been associated with adverse health effects including sleep disturbances. Use of sleep medication as an indicator of sleeping problems has rarely been explored in studies of the effects ...