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Chemsex blant menn – en spørreundersøkelse
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-03)<i>BAKGRUNN</i> - Formålet med undersøkelsen var å kartlegge forekomsten av rusmiddelbruk under sex (chemsex) blant et utvalg av mannlige pasienter ved Olafiaklinikken i Oslo, en poliklinikk for seksuelt overførbare infeksjoner. Vi ønsket også å se hvilke variabler innen psykisk helse, seksuelt overførbare infeksjoner og seksualatferd som var assosiert med chemsex for menn som har sex med menn og ... -
Livets sluttfase - om å finne passende behandlingsnivå og behandlingsintensitet for alvorlig syke og døende
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2014-10)Etter en diskusjon i Nasjonalt råd for kvalitet og prioritering i helse- og omsorgstje-nesten i 2010, fikk Kunnskapssenteret i oppdrag å lage en rapport om tiltak som kan være til hjelp i beslutningsprosessene knyttet til begrensning av medisinsk behand-ling i livets sluttfase. Dette først og fremst med tanke på å begrense behandling av pasienter som egentlig ikke ønsker det eller har nytte av det, ... -
How to enhance digital support for cross-organisational health care teams? A user-based explorative study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-22)Health care service provision of individualised treatment to an ageing population prone to chronic conditions and multimorbidities is threatened. There is a need for digitally supported care, that is, (1) person-centred, (2) integrated, and (3) proactive. The research project <i>3P, Patients and Professionals in Productive Teams</i>, aimed to validate and verify the prerequisites for health care ... -
Kroppsvekt, vektøkning og kreftrisiko hos kvinner
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Pasientvolum og behandlingskvalitet ved behandling av karotisstenose
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2009-06)Kunnskapssenteret fikk i april 2008 forespørsel fra Helse Sør-Øst RHF om å oppda-tere Kunnskapssenterets rapport fra 2007 om pasientvolum og behandlingskvalitet ved hjerte- og karsykdommer. Dette notatet er utført som et hasteoppdrag, med oppdatering av kapitlet om behandling ved forsnevring av halspulsåren (karotisste-nose). Oppdragsgiver var særlig interessert i om det var kommet ny litteratur ... -
Pasientvolum og behandlingskvalitet ved behandling av abdominale aortaneurismer
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2009-06)Kunnskapssenteret fikk i april 2008 forespørsel fra Helse Sør-Øst RHF om å oppdatere Kunnskapssenterets rapport om pasientvolum og behandlingskvalitet ved hjerte- og karsykdommer fra 2007. Oppdragsgiver var særlig interessert i om det var kommet ny litteratur om betydningen av pasientvolum ved endovaskulær behandling. Vi rapporte-rer i dette notatet oppdatert problemstilling for behandling av ... -
Vaksiner mot humant papillomavirus (HPV). Vurdering av effekt av profylaktiske HPV-vaksiner
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2007)Denne rapporten er første del av et oppdrag fra Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, med fokus på vurdering av effekt og sikkerhet ved bruk av vaksiner mot humant papillomavirus (HPV). Det pågår helseøkonomiske analyser som publiseres i en egen rapport. -
Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders. The MI-NAV study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-28)<i>Background</i> - Little research exists on the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) on return to work (RTW) in workers on long term sick leave. The objectives of this study protocol is to describe a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with the objectives to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of usual case management alone with usual case management plus MI or usual case ... -
Pre-diagnostic copper and zinc biomarkers and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Preprint; Manuskript, 2017-07-01)Adequate intake of copper and zinc, two essential micronutrients, are important for antioxidant functions. Their imbalance may have implications for development of diseases like colorectal cancer (CRC), where oxidative stress is thought to be etiologically involved. As evidence from prospective epidemiologic studies is lacking, we conducted a case-control study nested within the European Prospective ... -
Succeeding with prolonged usage ofconsumer-based activity trackers in clinicalstudies: a mixed methods approach
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-27)<i>Background</i> - Lack of physical activity (PA) is a risk factor for death and non-communicable disease. Despite this, more than one fourth of adults worldwide do not follow PA guidelines. As part of a feasibility study to test a complex intervention for increasing PA, we included a consumer-based activity tracker (AT) as a tool to measure PA outcomes and to track heart rate during exercise ... -
From rural to urban living – migration from Sami core areas to cities in Norway. Study design and sample characteristics
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-21)The Indigenous Sami population have inhabited rural northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia for thousands of years. Today, many Sami live in cities. No large quantitative studies have investigated the health and life of urban Sami in Norway. As a basis for further research, this paper describes the background, methods, participation and sample characteristics of ... -
Adverse events in deceased hospitalised cancer patients as a measure of quality and safety in end-of-life cancer care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-01)<i>Background</i> - Anticancer treatment exposes patients to negative consequences such as increased toxicity and decreased quality of life, and there are clear guidelines recommending limiting use of aggressive anticancer treatments for patients near end of life. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between anticancer treatment given during the last 30 days of life and adverse ... -
‘Fixing my life’: young people’s everyday efforts towards recovery from persistent bodily complaints
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-23)Little is known about the perspectives of young people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms. This study aims to explore the experiences and strategies of young Norwegians related to incipient and persistent health complaints affecting everyday life functioning. The study draws on field notes, video material and interview transcripts from a multi-sited ethnographic study of healthcare services ... -
Current situation of paediatric chronic pain in Switzerland: prevalence and paediatricians’ experiences. A cross-sectional study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-07-10)<p><i>Background:</i> Chronic pain (CP) prevalence in children and adolescents has been increasing over the past decades. The patient-reported prevalence is around 25% depending on the methodology and location of pain. Chronic pain is defined in this study as persisting or recurrent pain that has lasted longer than three months. <p><i>Objectives:</i> To estimate the prevalence of chronic pain in ... -
Managing chronic illnesses with remote patient monitoring in primary health care
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2020-03)Remote patient monitoring (RPM) allows for the real-time transmission of health data, evaluation of this data, and appropriate follow-up. This allows providers to monitor the health status of chronically ill patients and quickly adjust treatment regimes, without requiring that patients continually visit providers’ offices.<p><p> We summarized systematic reviews of a specific type of RPM that the ... -
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 ... -
Hepatitis C virus screening attendance and its relation to age, education, geographic region and perinatal mortality - Georgian Birth Registry 2017/2018
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-28)Introduction: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes a liver disease hepatitis C, which can manifest in acute and chronic form, with potentially life-threatening complications. Globally, in 2017, there were approximately 115 million HCV infected people. Currently, screening for HCV during pregnancy is offered to all pregnant women in a very few countries in the world. Importance of screening every pregnant ... -
Privacy-preserving architecture for providing feedback to clinicians on their clinical performance
(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 ... -
Shoulder and neck pain in female office employees in Tromsø
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-07-04)Objective- To determine the prevalence and predictors of neck and shoulder pain in female office workers in Tromsø. Methods- A cross-sectional study was performed using population- based data from the Tromsø 6 study which was carried out between 2007 and 2008. The population under study were 619 female office workers. Information regarding individual factors, lifestyle factors and work factors ... -
A Probabilistic Bag-to-Class Approach to Multiple-Instance Learning
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)Multi-instance (MI) learning is a branch of machine learning, where each object (bag) consists of multiple feature vectors (instances)—for example, an image consisting of multiple patches and their corresponding feature vectors. In MI classification, each bag in the training set has a class label, but the instances are unlabeled. The instances are most commonly regarded as a set of points in a ...
