• Can the health related quality of life measure QOLIBRI- overall scale (OS) be of use after stroke? A validation study 

      Heiberg, Guri Anita; Pedersen, Synne Garder; Friborg, Oddgeir; Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk; Holm, Henriette Stabel; von Steinbüchel, Nicole; Arntzen, Cathrine; Anke, Audny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      <i><p>Background</i>: Brief measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that assess both patient-reported functioning and well-being after stroke are scarce. The objective of this study was to examine reliability and validity of one of these measures, the patient-reported Quality of Life after Brain Injury–Overall Scale (QOLIBRI-OS), in patients after stroke.</p> <i><p>Methods</i>: Stroke ...
    • Change characteristics of health-related quality of life and its association with post-stroke fatigue at four-year follow-up 

      Garder Pedersen, Synne; Anke, Audny Gabriele Wagner; Løkholm, Mari Thoresen; Halvorsen, Marianne; Kirkevold, Marit; Heiberg, Guri Anita; Ørbo, Marte Christine; Friborg, Oddgeir (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-04)
      The long-term consequences of stroke may be highly individual and multifaceted. The question of how such individual differences may unfold and change beyond the first year after stroke may be of substantial clinical interest regarding which subgroups show more favourable and unfavourable rehabilitation trajectories. The current study explored functional trajectories from 1 to 4 years post-stroke ...
    • Post-stroke health-related quality of life at 3 and 12 months and predictors of change in a Danish and Arctic Norwegian Region 

      Heiberg, Guri Anita; Friborg, Oddgeir; Pedersen, Synne Garder; Thrane, Gyrd; Stabell, Henriette Holm; Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk; Anke, Audny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-30)
      Objectives: To investigate changes in health-related quality of life between 3- and 12-months post-stroke in a north Norwegian and a Danish region that organize their rehabilitation services differently, and to identify clinically relevant predictors of change. Design: Prospective multicentre cohort study. Subjects: In total, 304 patients with first-ever stroke (male sex 59%, mean age 68.7 years) ...
    • Rehabilitation pathways, satisfaction with functioning and wellbeing, and experienced rehabilitation needs after stroke 

      Heiberg, Guri Anita (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2021-11-25)
      This international cohort study included 451 Norwegian and 348 Danish patients with first-ever stroke admitted to stroke units from one country region in north Norway and one in Denmark with different organization of rehabilitation services. Data were collected from national stroke registries and questionnaires with 3- and 12-months follow-up. The Quality of Life after Brain Injury-Overall Scale ...
    • Stroke-Specific Quality of Life one-year post-stroke in two Scandinavian country-regions with different organisation of rehabilitation services: a prospective study 

      Pedersen, Synne Garder; Friborg, Oddgeir; Heiberg, Guri Anita; Arntzen, Cathrine; Holm Stabel, Henriette; Thrane, Gyrd; Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk; Anke, Audny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-01)
      <p><i>Purpose:</i> To compare stroke-specific health related quality of life in two country-regions with organisational differences in subacute rehabilitation services, and to reveal whether organisational factors or individual factors impact outcome. <p><i>Materials and methods:</i> A prospective multicentre study with one-year follow-up of 369 first-ever stroke survivors with ischaemic or ...
    • Validity, reliability and Norwegian adaptation of the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) scale 

      Pedersen, Synne Garder; Heiberg, Guri Anita; Feldbæk Nielsen, Jørgen; Friborg, Oddgeir; Holm Stabel, Henriette; Anke, Audny; Arntzen, Cathrine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-08)
      <p><i>Background</i>: There is a paucity of stroke-specific instruments to assess health-related quality of life in the Norwegian language. The objective was to examine the validity and reliability of a Norwegian version of the 12-domain Stroke-Specific Quality of Life scale.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: A total of 125 stroke survivors were prospectively recruited. Questionnaires were administered at ...