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Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction in athletes: Contributory factors and treatment implications
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-14)Otherwise healthy adolescent athletes presenting with respiratory symptoms consistent with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) are frequently encountered in clinical practice. The symptoms are often incorrectly considered to result from exercise-induced asthma, and may be wrongly treated as such. Given the potential implications for health and performance if EILO is left untreated, a more ... -
Expectations, effect and experiences of an easily accessible self-management intervention for people with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with embedded qualitative study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-18)Background People struggling with chronic pain may benefit from different types of non-pharmacological interventions such as self-management courses. Self-management courses aim to increase participants’ skills and knowledge in managing chronic conditions. Community health-care services in Norway have increasingly established Healthy Life Centres (HLCs) to offer easily accessible interventions to ... -
The experience of dependence on homecare among people ageing at home
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-09)Being dependent on homecare potentially threatens a person’s integrity and autonomy, particularly when people are dependent on help to manage basic bodily functions that involve intimacy and nudity, making the person vulnerable despite being in his or her own home. As the population continues to age and live longer, more people are expected to be dependent on homecare. The aim of this study was ... -
Experience of pain during mammographic screening by three different compression paddles
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-13)Introduction - Experience of pain during screening mammography is shown to affect further attendance negatively. We aimed to explore the experience of pain during screening mammography using three different breast compression paddles.<p> <p>Methods - Using a self-report questionnaire, we collected information on pain experienced during mammography from 938 women screened in Bodø at Nordland ... -
Experiences of Being Significant Others to Older Adults with Frailty Living Alone in Rural Arctic Norway: A Qualitative Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)<p><b>Purpose:</b> Our aim in this study was to explore how significant others experience being “significant” to older adults living alone with frailty in rural Arctic areas in northern Norway. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and growing faster in rural- than in urban areas. Due to out-migration of the younger generations, many significant others live far from the older ... -
Experiences of quality of life the first year after stroke in Denmark and Norway. A qualitative analysis
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-24)<i>Purpose</i>: This study aims to explore quality of life (QOL) during the first year of recovery after stroke in North Norway and Central Denmark. <p> <p><i>Method</i>: Individual in-depth interviews with 11 stroke survivors were performed twelve months after stroke onset. An interpretative, inductive approach shaped the interview process and the processing of data. <p> <p><i>Results</i>: ... -
Exploring Aboriginal aged care residents’ cultural and spiritual needs in South Australia
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-12)Background: Attention to culture and its impact on health care can improve the quality of care given, add to our understanding of health care among culturally diverse populations, and encourage a more holistic approach to health care within general care. Connection to culture is important to Aboriginal peoples, and integrating Aboriginal culture into general care in residential aged care facilities ... -
Exploring staff conceptions of prevention and management practices in encounters with staff-directed aggression in supported housing following education and training
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-08)<i>Background</i> - Staff-directed aggression is a concern for service providers in mental healthcare, frequently affecting both the quality of services and staff wellbeing. This also applies to supported housing services for people with mental health problems. Staff themselves consider training to be an important route to improve the prevention and management of staff-directed aggression. The aims ... -
Exploring the meaning of a new assistive technology device for older individuals
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Exploring the potential of a standardized test in physiotherapy: making emotion, embodiment, and therapeutic alliance count for women with chronic pelvic pain
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-03)Introduction: There has been an increased use of standardized measurements in health care meant to provide objective information to enhance the quality and effectivity of care. Patient performance tests are based on standardized predefined criteria with a limited focus. When facing multifaceted health conditions, information expanding the predefined criteria in a standardized test may be required ... -
Exploring why and how encounters with the Norwegian health-care system can be considered culturally unsafe by North Sami-speaking patients and relatives: A qualitative study based on 11 interviews
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-09)<p><i>Background - </i>Citizens of Norway have free and equal access to healthcare. Nurses are expected to be culturally sensitive and have cultural knowledge in encounters with patients. Culturally safe care is considered both a process and an outcome, evaluated by whether the patients feel safe, empowered and cared for, or not. All patients request equal access to quality care in Norway, also Sami ... -
External Validation of the Garvan Nomograms for Predicting Absolute Fracture Risk: The Tromsø Study
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Facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in everyday life in forensic mental health wards - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-08)Purpose: To explore healthcare professionals’ experiences with facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in patients’ everyday lives in forensic mental health wards.<p> <p>Methods: This qualitative study employed interviews with 16 healthcare professionals working shifts in two forensic mental healthcare wards in Norway. Data were analysed using phenomenological hermeneutic analysis. <p>Results: ... -
Facilitating learning and change in the daily lives of stroke survivors: A comparative analysis of municipal stroke rehabilitation services in Norway and Denmark
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-16)<i>Purpose</i>: This study describes and compare the ability of professionals working in municipality stroke rehabilitation services to facilitate learning and change in the daily living of stroke survivors in two regions: one in northern Norway, the other central Denmark. <p> <p><i>Materials and Methods</i>: Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with survivors 3 and 9 months after ... -
Facilitating practical knowledge using flexible forms of learning in the education of Occupational Therapists in Palestine : An action research approach performed in cooperation with teachers in the Occupational Therapist program at Bethlehem University
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2009)Practical knowledge is essential knowledge in occupational therapy. It is a situated and experienced knowledge, a knowing how and from within the situation. This knowledge has been difficult to facilitate in the learning process of a group of Occupational Therapist students in Gaza. Travel restrictions and the unstable political situation separated teachers and students. Lack of clinical ... -
Factors affecting the use of home-based and out-of-home respite care services: A survey of family caregivers of older persons with dementia in Northern Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-15)<i><p>Background</i>: Family caregivers contribute substantially to the care for older home-dwelling people with dementia, although community healthcare services tend to be underutilized. In this study, we aimed to explore the use and predictors of use of home-based and out-of-home respite care services available to older home-dwelling persons with dementia, as reported by the family caregivers.</ ... -
Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients in Kathmandu District, Nepal
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Factors associated with the establishment of new occupational therapist positions in Norwegian municipalities after the Coordination reform
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-16)Community-based occupational therapy is an increasingly important domain of work for occupational therapists. In Norway, this has been emphasized by the Coordination reform (2012), which assigned municipalities increased responsibility to protect and promote the health of their inhabitants. However, even if approximately 400 positions have been established between 2012 and 2017, little is known ... -
“Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-12)Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty. Our aim was to explore how single-living frail older adults experience living with frailty in everyday life in rural Arctic areas. Over eight months, we conducted a series of three ... -
Familie og kontinuitet : pårørende forteller om livsløpet til personer med demenssykdom
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)Artikkelen bygger på intervju av nære pårørende om livsløpet til pasienter med demenssykdom som bor i sykehjem i Nord-Norge. De pårørende ble spesielt spurt om pasientenes vaner, interesser og aktiviteter gjennom livsløpet. Det ble utført narrativ analyse av intervjuene med vekt på fortolkning av livsløp og livshendelser hos pasientene. Artikkelen viser hvordan pårørende konkret bidrar til å videreføre ...