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Talking together in rural palliative care: a qualitative study of interprofessional collaboration in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-07)Background - Caring for people with palliative care needs in their homes requires close collaboration within and between primary and hospital care. However, such close collaboration is often lacking. Transitions of care are potentially unsafe and distressing points in a patient trajectory. Few studies have explored the experiences of healthcare professionals in the community who receive patients ... -
Tanker rundt primærhelseteam
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“Targeting Hand Hygiene to increase the Public Health Resilience in The Norwegian Army”. A Quasi-experimental design
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-12-01)Background Current security predictions are based on new non-linear hybrid threats with the potential to harm both military and civilian public health (PH). Inadequate hand hygiene practices may increase vulnerability unless resilience can be improved. Handwashing habits are difficult to change but are key to successful decontamination and maintenance of low risk (GREEN) zones the Norwegian Army’s ... -
Tea consumption and risk of bladder cancer in the Bladder Cancer Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants (BLEND) Study: Pooled analysis of 12 international cohort studies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-09)Background & aims: Tea has been shown to be associated with reduced risk of several diseases including cardiovascular diseases, stroke, metabolic syndrome, and obesity. However, the results on the relationship between tea consumption and bladder cancer are conflicting. This research aimed to assess the association between tea consumption and risk of bladder cancer using a pooled analysis of prospective ... -
Teamwork in primary palliative care: general practitioners’ and specialised oncology nurses’ complementary competencies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-21)<p><i>Background</i>: Generalists such as general practitioners and district nurses have been the main actors in community palliative care in Norway. Specialised oncology nurses with postgraduate palliative training are increasingly becoming involved. There is little research on their contribution. This study explores how general practitioners (GPs) and oncology nurses (ONs) experience their ... -
Teen mothers and the use of antenatal care services in Georgia 2017 – 2019: A cross-sectional study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-30)Teenage mothers are a particularly vulnerable population with a high risk of adverse health outcomes such as premature births and asphyxia compared to non-teen mothers. The Caucasus region historically has high rates of teenage pregnancies. The republic of Georgia is no exception therefore, this study aims to determine the utilization of ANC services of teens in order to ensure they are receiving ... -
The Telemark Meningococcal Project 1987-2007. Twenty years experience of preventing secondary cases of meningococcal disease by identification and erdication of the disease-causing strain of Neisseria meningitidis in close contacts of patients with primary meningococcal disease
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-06-15)Once meningococcal disease occurs, the infection may spread leading to one or more secondary cases. The Telemark Meningococcal Project was initiated in 1987 to prevent secondary cases. By culture of throat samples from close contacts, meningococci were identified, and identity with the disease-causing strain from the patient was determined by DNA based typing techniques. Contacts carrying the ... -
Temporal trends in incidence and case fatality of intracerebral hemorrhage. The Tromsø Study 1995-2012
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-16)<p>Background: The aim of this study was to explore temporal trends in incidence and case fatality rates of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) over the last two decades in a Norwegian municipality. <p>Methods: Incident cases of primary ICH were registered in the period from 1995 through 2012 in 32,530 par ticipants of the longitudinal population-based Tromsø Study. Poisson regression models were used ... -
Tension between local, regional and national levels in Norway’s handling of COVID-19
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-03)Aims: This study aimed to explore the tension between local, regional, and national authorities evoked by some rural municipalities’ decisions to impose local infection-control measures during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Methods: Eight municipal Chief Medical Officers of Health (CMOs) participated in semi-structured interviews, and six crisis management teams participated ... -
Test-retest reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and estimated effects on disease risk in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2006-01-31)Background: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) is a national population-based cohort study with 102 443 women enrolled at age 30–70 y from 1991 to 1997. The present study was a methodological sub-study to assess the test-retest reproducibility of the NOWAC food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and to study how measurement errors in the data can affect estimates of disease risk. Methods: A ... -
Testing alternative regression models to predict utilities: mapping the QLQ-C30 onto the EQ-5D-5L and the SF-6D
(Journal article; Manuskript; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Preprint, 2018-09-01)<p><i>Purpose</i>: The purpose of the study was to compare alternative statistical techniques to find the best approach for converting QLQ-C30 scores onto EQ-5D-5L and SF-6D utilities, and to estimate the mapping algorithms that best predict these health state utilities.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: 772 cancer patients described their health along the cancer-specific instrument (QLQ-C30) and two generic ... -
Test–retest reliability of self-reported diabetes diagnosis in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study: A population-based longitudinal study (n = 33,919)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-21)Objective: Self-reported information from questionnaires is frequently used in epidemiological studies, but few of these studies provide information on the reproducibility of individual items contained in the questionnaire. We studied the test– retest reliability of self-reported diabetes among 33,919 participants in Norwegian Women and Cancer Study. Methods: The test–retest reliability of ... -
The broken link - Combining conventional and complementary medicine in a safe health care delivery chain.
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The development of Standard Indicators and Meta Data to Monitor Traditional Medicine System Performance
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"There are more things in heaven and earth!" How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: Interviews with conventional health personnel
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-12)People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing ( reading ) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities. The global aim of this study is to examine whether health personnel ’ s knowledge, attitudes and experiences of traditional healing affect their clinical practice. ... -
“They make a diference”: a qualitative study of providers’ experiences of peer support in outpatient clinics for people living with HIV
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-21)Background Although the life expectancy of people living with HIV has increased, they are still often disconnected from society through stigma and discrimination. Peer support has been found to increase social support. Given the limited research on peer support from the providers’ perspective, this study explored how peer supporters experience their roles and contributions in outpatient clinics ... -
Three essays on measuring health-related quality of life: external and internal relationships of the EQ-5D-5L
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-01-18)The use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as a commensurable health outcome measure has been encouraged by health authorities in many countries in order to aid decisions on healthcare priorities. A key methodological challenge is to estimate the weights used for valuing health-related quality of life, i.e. the “Q” in QALY, based on people’s preferences. Such generic preference-based measures ... -
Three Essays on Subjective Well-being and Preference-Weighted Health
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-01-25)This thesis aims to: i) explore the importance of preference-weighting in health state utility (HSU) instruments and ii) examine the contribution of policy-relevant factors to subjective well-being (SWB). The analyses herein are based on an international sample of individuals aged 18 and above, and this thesis comprises three papers. Paper 1 examined the relative importance of preference-weighting ... -
Thromboembolic events after high-intensity training duringcisplatin-based chemotherapy for testicular cancer: Casereports and review of the literature
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-11)The randomized “Testicular cancer and Aerobic and Strength Training trial” (TAST‐trial) aimed to evaluate the effect of high‐intensity interval training (HIIT) on cardiorespiratory fitness during cisplatin‐based chemotherapy (CBCT) for testicular cancer (TC). Here, we report on an unexpected high number of thromboembolic (TE) events among patients randomized to the intervention arm, and on a review ... -
Thyroid homeostasis in mother–child pairs in relation to maternal iodine status. The MISA study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-24)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Iodine deficiency during pregnancy may influence maternal and foetal thyroid function with the risk of causing neurocognitive and psychomotor deficits in the offspring. The objective of this study was to assess iodine status in pregnant women from Northern Norway and to investigate the influence of iodine status on maternal and infant thyroid function. <br>SUBJECTS/METHODS: ...
