Browsing Publikasjoner fra Cristin - St. Olavs hospital by Title
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Test-retest reliability of the Test of Infant Motor Performance Screening Items in infants at risk for impaired functional motor performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective To examine test–retest reliability of the TIMPSI in infants at risk for impaired functional motor performance. Methods The TIMPSI was administered twice to 51 infants from two different hospitals in ... -
Testing an individualized digital decision assist system for the diagnosis and management of mental and behavior disorders in children and adolescents
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Testing quality indicators and proposing benchmarks for physician-staffed emergency medical services: a prospective Nordic multicentre study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objectives: A consensus study from 2017 developed 15 response-specific quality indicators (QIs) for physician-staffed emergency medical services (P-EMS). The aim of this study was to test these QIs for important characteristics ... -
Testing the limits: the diagnostic accuracy of reference change values
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Reference change values (RCVs) are used by the physician to judge whether a change in analyte concentration from one sample to the next may represent a clinically significant change. Published RCVs are usually given as ... -
The agreement between workers and within workers in regard to occupational exposure to mercury in dental practice assessed from a questionnaire and an interview
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background The correct assessment and classification of exposure is essential in epidemiology. The validity of exposure data obtained by the use of questionnaires is, however, seldom evaluated. When conducting a study on ... -
The association between vascular factors and subjective memory impairment in older people : the HUNT study, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives: Subjective memory impairment (SMI) is often considered an early sign of dementia. This study investigates the relationship between SMI and dementia-related vascular factors in older people. Method: This study ... -
The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Mortality in a COPD Cohort. The HUNT Study, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the presence of comorbidities is associated with increased mortality risk. We wanted to study the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and mortality ... -
The burden of headache disorders in India: methodology and questionnaire validation for a community-based survey in Karnataka State
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Primary headache disorders are a major public-health problem globally and, possibly more so, in low- and middle-income countries. No methodologically sound studies of prevalence and burden of headache in the adult Indian ... -
The course of depressive symptoms with decline in cognitive function - a longitudinal study of older adults receiving in-home care at baseline
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Abstract Background: Depressive symptoms in old age are common, but the prevalence, persistence, and incidence of depressive symptoms in older adults with and without dementia receiving in-home care is less well studied, ... -
The crossover design for migraine preventives: an analyses of four randomized placebo-controlled trials
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Aims To evaluate the crossover design in migraine preventive treatment trials by assessing dropout rate, and potential period and carryover effect in four placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods In ... -
The development of cognitive and emotional impairment after a minor stroke: A longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objectives To study the development of cognitive and emotional symptoms between 3 and 12 months after a minor stroke. Material and Methods We included patients from stroke units at hospitals in the Central Norway Health ... -
The effect of emergency department delays on 30-days mortality in Central Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective: To assess whether prolonged length of stay in the emergency department was associated with risk of death. Methods: We analysed data from 165,183 arrivals at St. Olav’s University Hospital’s emergency ... -
The effect of sampling procedures and day-to-day variations in metabolomics studies of biofluids
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Metabolomics analysis of biofluids is a feasible tool for disease characterization and monitoring due to its minimally invasive nature. To reduce unwanted variation in biobanks and clinical studies, it is important to ... -
The effects of a pretreatment educational group programme on mental health treatment outcomes: A randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Patients dropping out of mental health treatment is considered a widespread and significant obstacle to providing effective treatment, thus reducing the probability of patients achieving the desired improvement. ... -
The Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) Does it really measure fear beliefs?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Study Design. A cohort study with 12 months of follow-up. Objective. To assess (1) the unidimensionality of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) and (2) whether single questions in the FABQ predict future ... -
The human methyltransferase ZCCHC4 catalyses N6-methyladenosine modification of 28S ribosomal RNA
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)RNA methylations are essential both for RNA structure and function, and are introduced by a number of distinct methyltransferases (MTases). In recent years, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of eukaryotic mRNA has been ... -
The HUNT4 study: the validity of questionnaire-based diagnoses
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Questionnaire-based headache diagnoses should be validated against diagnoses made by the gold standard, which is personal interview by a headache expert. The diagnostic algorithm with the best diagnostic accuracy ... -
The impact of headache and chronic musculoskeletal complaints on the risk of insomnia: longitudinal data from the Nord-Trondelag health study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background A strong relationship between insomnia and painful disorders has been found, but it is still unclear whether chronic pain leads to insomnia. There is a need of large-scale prospective studies to evaluate if ... -
The Norwegian PMS2 founder mutation c.989-1G>T shows high penetrance of microsatellite instable cancers with normal immunohistochemistry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to select cases for mismatch repair (MMR) genetic testing, we failed to identify a large kindred with the deleterious PMS2 mutation c.989-1G > T. The purpose of the study was ... -
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha agonist fenofibrate maintains bone mass, while the PPAR gamma agonist pioglitazone exaggerates bone loss, in ovariectomized rats
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma is associated with bone loss and increased fracture risk, while PPARalpha activation seems to have positive skeletal effects. To further ...