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Dental caries and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-02)
Objectives:<br> The primary objective of this systematic
review was to evaluate the association between dental
caries and preterm birth (PTB). The secondary objective
was ascertaining the difference between women with
dental caries who experienced PTB and those who did not
with regard to decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT),
and decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) indices.
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Springboard to an academic career—A national medical student research program
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-30)
Over the last decades there has been a decline in the recruitment of medical students into academia in all medical fields. Concurrently, medical research has increasingly included other disciplines in multidisciplinary convergence, introducing an unmet recruitment gap and requirement for medical researchers. To counteract the trend and recruit students to academic medicine, a national intercalated ...
Total and cause-specific standardized mortality ratios in patients with schizophrenia and/or substance use disorder
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-23)
Individuals with schizophrenia or substance use disorder have a substantially increased mortality compared to the general population. Despite a high and probably increasing prevalence of comorbid substance use disorder in people with schizophrenia, the mortality in the comorbid group has been less studied and with contrasting results. We performed a nationwide open cohort study from 2009 to 2015, ...
Early self-reported pain in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is related to long-term outcomes. Results from the Nordic JIA cohort study.
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-28)
<p><i>Objective</i>: To study self‐reported pain early in the disease course of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) as predictor of long‐term disease outcomes.</p>
<p><i>Methods</i>: Consecutive cases of JIA with disease onset 1997‐2000 from defined geographical areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark were prospectively enrolled in this population‐based cohort study. Self‐reported, disease‐related ...
Promoting Professional Development in Medical education: perspectives from the Norwegian Medical School in Tromsoe
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-16)
In international research on medical education the concepts of professionalism and professional development have been increasingly focused. The article problematizes and discusses these concepts in relation to the Aristotelian concepts of episteme, techne and phronesis. Phronesis as a form of knowledge is of fundamental importance regarding professionalism and professional development, and can be ...
Safe Surgery Checklist, Patient Safety, teamwork, and Responsibility - Coequal Demands? A Focus Group Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-28)
The use of World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Safe Surgery checklist is an established practice worldwide and contributes toward ensuring patient safety and collaborative teamwork. The aim of this study was to elucidate operating room nurses’ and operating room nursing students’ experiences and opinions about execution of and compliance with checklists. We chose a qualitative design with semistructured ...
Lower attendance rates in BreastScreen Norway among immigrants across all levels of socio-demographic factors: a population-based study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-03)
<i>Background:</i> Several studies have shown that immigrants attend mammographic screening less frequently than non-immigrants. Studies have also shown that attendance is influenced by socio-demographic factors. We aimed to describe the relationship between socio-demographic factors and first attendance among immigrant and non-immigrant women invited to BreastScreen Norway.<p>
<p><i>Methods:</i> ...
Knowledge, attitude and practice on diet and physical activity among mothers with young children in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Nepal
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-09)
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in low and middle-income countries; Nepal’s population shows a high prevalence of behavioral risk factors. Our cross-sectional study in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site (JD-HDSS), located near the capital Kathmandu, explored knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of mothers with young children regarding diet and physical ...
Creatine kinase is associated with reduced inflammation in a general population: The Tromsø study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-29)
<p><i>Background</i>: Creatine kinase (CK) has been associated with reduced inflammation in obesity while inflammation is associated with obesity-related cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the relationship between CK and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in a general population.</p>
<p><i>Methods</i>: CK and hs-CRP were measured in the population-based Tromsø study that included ...
From wholes to fragments to wholes—what gets lost in translation?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-05-31)
The highly demanding and, in a certain sense, unique, working conditions of general practitioners (GPs) are characterized by two phenomena: First, they involve an increasing familiarity with individual patients over time, which promotes a deepening of insight. Second, they enable the GP to encounter all kinds of health problems, which in turn facilitates pattern recognition, at both individual and ...