• The association between health information seeking on the internet and physician visits (The Seventh Tromsø Study - Part 4): Population-based questionnaire study 

      Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Wynn, Rolf; Ruiz, Luis Marco; Budrionis, Andrius; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Fagerlund, Asbjørn Johansen; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-05)
      Background: The internet is being widely used for seeking health information. However, there is no consensus on the association between health information seeking on the internet and the use of health care services. Objective: We examined the association between health information seeking via the internet and physician visits. In addition, we investigated the association between online health ...
    • Combining multivariate statistics and the think-aloud protocol to assess Human-Computer Interaction barriers in symptom checkers 

      Marco-Ruiz, Luis; Bønes, Erlend; de la Asuncion Gonzalez, Estela; Gabarron, Elia; Solis, Juan Carlos Aviles; Lee, Eunji; Traver, Vicente; Sato, Keiichi; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-09)
      Symptom checkers are software tools that allow users to submit a set of symptoms and receive advice related to them in the form of a diagnosis list, health information or triage. The heterogeneity of their potential users and the number of different components in their user interfaces can make testing with end-users unaffordable. We designed and executed a two-phase method to test the respiratory ...
    • Electronic Health Use in a Representative Sample of 18,497 Respondents in Norway (The Seventh Tromsø Study - Part 1): Population-Based Questionnaire Study 

      Wynn, Rolf; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Budrionis, Andrius; Ruiz, Luis Marco; Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-05)
      <p><i>Background:</i> Electronic health (eHealth) services may help people obtain information and manage their health, and they are gaining attention as technology improves, and as traditional health services are placed under increasing strain. We present findings from the first representative, large-scale, population-based study of eHealth use in Norway. <p><i>Objective:</i> The objectives of ...
    • Impact of Illness on Electronic Health Use (The Seventh Tromsø Study - Part 2): Population-Based Questionnaire Study 

      Ruiz, Luis Marco; Wynn, Rolf; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Budrionis, Andrius; Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-05)
      <p><i>Background:</i> Patients who suffer from different diseases may use different electronic health (eHealth) resources. Thus, those who plan eHealth interventions should take into account which eHealth resources are used most frequently by patients that suffer from different diseases. <p><i>Objective:</i> The aim of this study was to understand the associations between different groups of chronic ...
    • Impact of the use of electronic health tools on the psychological and emotional well-being of electronic health service users (The Seventh Tromsø Study - Part 3): Population-based questionnaire study 

      Budrionis, Andrius; Wynn, Rolf; Ruiz, Luis Marco; Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Bergvik, Svein; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-05)
      <p><i>Background:</i> Electronic health (eHealth) has been described as a silver bullet for addressing how challenges of the current health care system may be solved by technological solutions in future strategies and visions for modern health care. However, the evidence of its effects on service quality and cost effectiveness remains unclear. In addition, patients’ psychological and emotional ...
    • The Norwegian PraksisNett: a nationwide practice-based research network with a novel IT infrastructure 

      Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Nilsen, Stein; Fossum, Guro Haugen; Fors, Egil Andreas; Jørgensen, Pål; Øxnevad-Gundersen, Berit; Gjelstad, Svein; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Straand, Jørund; Rørtveit, Guri (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-13)
      Clinical research in primary care is relatively scarce. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are research infrastructures to overcome hurdles associated with conducting studies in primary care. In Norway, almost all 5.4 million inhabitants have access to a general practitioner (GP) through a patient-list system. This gives opportunity for a PBRN with reliable information about the general ...
    • Person-centred, integrated and pro-active care for multi-morbid elderly with advanced care needs: A propensity score-matched controlled trial 

      Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Dalbakk, Monika; Hurley, Joseph; Bergmo, Trine Strand; Solbakken, Beate; Spansvoll, Lisbeth; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Skrøvseth, Stein Olav; Brattland, Trond; Rumpsfeld, Markus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-03)
      <i>Background</i> - Person-centred care (PCC) focusing on personalised goals and care plans derived from “What matters to you?” has an impact on single disease outcomes, but studies on multi-morbid elderly are lacking. Furthermore, the combination of PCC, Integrated Care (IC) and Pro-active care are widely recognised as desirable for multi-morbid elderly, yet previous studies focus on single components ...
    • Privacy-preserving architecture for providing feedback to clinicians on their clinical performance 

      Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Budrionis, Andrius; Ruiz, Luis Marco; Henriksen, Torje Dahle; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-22)
      <i>Background</i> - Learning from routine healthcare data is important for the improvement of the quality of care. Providing feedback on clinicians’ performance in comparison to their peers has been shown to be more efficient for quality improvements. However, the current methods for providing feedback do not fully address the privacy concerns of stakeholders.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - The paper ...
    • Privacy-preserving audit and feedback on the antibiotic prescribing of General Practitioners 

      Yigzaw, Kassaye Yitbarek; Chomutare, Taridzo; Wynn, Rolf; Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-13)
      Background: Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide public health problem that is accelerated by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Studies have shown that audits and feedback enable clinicians to compare their personal clinical performance with that of their peers and are effective in reducing the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics. However, privacy concerns make audits and feedback hard ...
    • Søvnforstyrrelser og forskrivning av hypnotika i allmennpraksis – en PraksisNett-studie 

      Forthun, Ingeborg; Rørtveit, Guri; Fossum, Guro Haugen; Jørgensen, Pål; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Nilsen, Stein; Straand, Jørund; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Søvnforstyrrelser er svært utbredt i befolkningen. Insomni er den vanligste søvnforstyrrelsen med en forekomst på omkring 10-20 % [1, 2]. Forekomsten ser ut til å være økende i befolkningen [1]. Blant pasienter på venterommet hos norske fastleger er forekomsten så høy som rundt 50 % ifølge to tidligere studier [3, 4]. Insomni utgjør en risikofaktor for utvikling av psykiske lidelser [5] og ...
    • User-centred Design with a Remote Approach: Experiences from the Chronic Pain Project 

      Smaradottir, Berglind; Bellika, Johan Gustav; Fredeng, Aina; Fagerlund, Asbjørn Johansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      User-centred design involves end-users or user groups during all the parts of the development process. The research project Chronic Pain aims to develop a shared decision making application for patients and physicians, addressing individually adapted pain treatment. The project employs a user-centred design process, and in middle of it, Covid-19 pandemic social distancing restrictions were imposed. ...