• Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study 

      Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lunde, Lene; Brænd, Anja Maria Lyche; Spehar, Ivan; Høye, Sigurd; Skoglund, Ingmarie; Sundvall, Pär-Daniel; Fossum, Guro Haugen; Straand, Jørund; Risør, Mette Bech (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-09)
      Objective: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs) are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic - over time, and in the context of a sudden ...
    • Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers 

      Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lunde, Lene; Brænd, Anja Maria; Spehar, Ivan; Høye, Sigurd; Sundvall, Pär-Daniel; Skoglund, Ingmarie; Fossum, Guro Haugen; Straand, Jørund; Risør, Mette Bech (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-12)
      Objective - To explore the experiences and views of Norwegian Municipality Chief Medical Officers (MCMOs) on preparedness, collaboration, and organization during the COVID-19 pandemic to gain insight into local crisis management of value for future pandemic responses.<p> <p>Design - Longitudinal qualitative interview study. We conducted semi-structured digital interviews with nine MCMOs working ...
    • 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 ...
    • Patient experiences and the association with organizational factors in general practice: Results from the Norwegian part of the international, multi-centre, cross-sectional QUALICOPC study 

      Eide, Torunn Bjerve; Straand, Jørund; Melbye, Hasse; Rørtveit, Guri; Hetlevik, Irene; Rosvold, Elin Olaug (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-24)
      Background: General practitioners (GPs) constitute a vital part of a strong primary health care system. We need further knowledge concerning factors that may affect the patients’ experiences in their meetings with the GPs. We investigated to what degree organizational factors and GP characteristics are associated with patients’ communicative experiences in a consultation. Methods: We used data ...
    • Should pulse oximetry be included in GPs' assessment of patients with obstructive lung disease? 

      Dalbak, Lene Gjelseth; Straand, Jørund; Melbye, Hasse (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-11)
      <p><i>Objective</i>: To explore the associations between decreased pulse oximetry values (SpO2) and clinical, laboratory, and demographic variables in general practice patients diagnosed with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including those with both COPD and asthma in combination.</p> <p><i>Design/setting</i>: A cross-sectional study in seven Norwegian general practices ...
    • 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 ...