• Distinct pain profiles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Bentsen, Signe Berit; Miaskowski, Christine; Cooper, Bruce A.; Christensen, Vivi Lycke; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Holm, Are Martin; Rustøen, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background: Few studies have examined changes in the pain experience of patients with COPD and predictors of pain in these patients. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to examine whether distinct groups of COPD ...
    • GOLD Classifications, COPD Hospitalization, and All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The HUNT Study 

      Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Chen, Yue; Langhammer, Arnulf; Brumpton, Ben Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published three classifications of COPD from 2007 to 2017. No studies have investigated the ability of these classifications to predict ...
    • 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 ...
    • Personalized medicine for patients with COPD: where are we? 

      Franssen, Frits M. E.; Alter, Peter; Bar, Nadav; Benedikter, Birke J.; Iurato, Stella; Maier, Dieter; Maxheim, Michael; Rössler, Fabienne; Spruit, Martijn A.; Vogelmeier, Claus F.; Wouters, Emiel F. M.; Schmeck, Bernd (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Chronic airflow limitation is the common denominator of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is not possible to predict morbidity and mortality of individual patients based on the degree ...
    • What else should we know about experiencing COPD? A narrative review in search of patients’ psychological burden alleviation 

      Rzadkiewicz, Marta; Bratås, Ola; Espnes, Geir Arild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      The present paper is a narrative review focusing on the psychological impact, identification of protective factors, and interventions minimizing the psychological burdens of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ...