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Conceptualization of Culture and Ethnicity within Social Work in Two Indigenous Communities: Implications for Culturally Adequate Social Work
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-26)This qualitative study compares social work in Sami communities within Norway and Native American communities in Montana in the US. A total of 39 social workers were interviewed. We investigated the conceptualization of culture and ethnicity, as well as the implications of these constructions for a culturally adequate social work practice. We find that social workers in Sápmi conceptualize culture ... -
Concerns of Parental Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Reported to Child Welfare Services—Testing a Moderated Mediation Model for Paths From Reports to Substantiated Concern and Service Provision
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-28)Background: Parental mental health and substance abuse problems are found in reports of concern to child protection and welfare services. The aim of this study was first to investigate what characterized these reports and how they differed from reports with other types of concerns. Two hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis was (i) if a report contains concerns about mental health and substance ... -
Concomitant inactivation of the p53- and pRB- functional pathways predicts resistance to DNA damaging drugs in breast cancer in vivo
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-08)Chemoresistance is the main obstacle to cancer cure. Contrasting studies focusing on single gene mutations, we hypothesize chemoresistance to be due to inactivation of key pathways affecting cellular mechanisms such as apoptosis, senescence, or DNA repair. In support of this hypothesis, we have previously shown inactivation of either TP53 or its key activators CHK2 and ATM to predict resistance ... -
Concordance between clinical and pathology TNM-staging in lung cancer
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-25)Objectives: A prerequisite for utilizing the tumour, lymph-nodes, and metastases (TNM) for the staging of lung cancer patients is a high quality of the reported data on which the staging is based. The aim of this study was to investigate the concordance between the clinical, cTNM and the pathology, pTNM staging for lung cancer, version 8 as reported to the Cancer Registry of Norway (CRN).<p> < ... -
Concurrent adversities and deliberate self-harm among indigenous Sami and majority Norwegian adolescents: the Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-13)Background: <br> Few studies have investigated proximal relationships between deliberate self-harm (DSH) and concurrent adversities.<br> Objective:<br> We aimed to investigate these relationships in a community population of 4881 indigenous Sami and majority Norwegian adolescents, 15 to 16 years old, and related to ethnicity and gender. <br>Methods: <br>Youth with and without self-reports of DSH ... -
Concurrent and predictive validity of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 administered to infants born preterm in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-23)The correlation between the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2) has not previously been assessed in Norwegian infants. Our purpose was to investigate the concurrent validity of the AIMS and the PDMS-2 in a group of high-risk infants, and to investigate the predictive validity of the two tests for atypical motor function at 24 months post term age ... -
Concurrent palliative chemoradiation leads to survival and quality of life benefits in poor prognosis stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomised trial by the Norwegian Lung Cancer Study Group
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-20)Background: The palliative role of chemoradiation in the treatment of patients with locally advanced, inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer stage III and negative prognostic factors remains unresolved.<p> <p>Methods: Patients not eligible for curative radiotherapy were randomised to receive either chemoradiation or chemotherapy alone. Four courses of intravenous carboplatin on day 1 and oral ... -
Conditional expression of retrovirally delivered anti-MYCN shRNA as an in vitro model system to study neuronal differentiation in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer derived from immature cells of the sympathetic nervous system. The disease is clinically heterogeneous, ranging from neuronal differentiated benign ganglioneuromas to aggressive metastatic tumours with poor prognosis. Amplification of the MYCN oncogene is a well established poor prognostic factor found in up to 40% of high risk neuroblastomas. Using ... -
Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the ICU: a Scandinavian cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-26)Objectives - To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive care units.<p> <p>Research methodology/design - A cross-sectional survey.<p> <p>Setting - Adult intensive care units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.<p> <p>Main outcome measures - Likert scale responses and free-text ... -
Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit: A Scandinavian cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-26)<p>Objectives: To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive care units. <p>Research methodology/design: A cross-sectional survey. <p>Setting: Adult intensive care units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. <p>Main outcome measures: Likert scale responses and free-text comments within ... -
Conducting Fieldwork with San and Hadza (Post-)Hunter-Gatherer Communities in Africa: Regulatory and Ethical Issues
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-28)In this paper, we address some of the challenges and opportunities of conducting international research in psychology. We examine issues that arise from working in contexts that differ substantially from those in which most psychological research is still conducted. We take our experiences with Tanzanian and Namibian (post-)hunter-gatherers as a starting point for discussing regulatory and ethical ... -
The Confidence Database
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-03)Understanding how people rate their confidence is critical for the characterization of a wide range of perceptual, memory, motor and cognitive processes. To enable the continued exploration of these processes, we created a large database of confidence studies spanning a broad set of paradigms, participant populations and fields of study. The data from each study are structured in a common, easy-to-use ... -
Configuring Secretarial Workflows in the Epic EHR Suite
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)The primary goal of large-scale electronic health record (EHR) suites is to meet the needs of a broad range of users in healthcare institutions. EHR suites are extensively configurable, which makes it possible to tailor them to diverse professional practices and users. However, while users such as physicians and nurses may have clearly defined responsibilities, clerical personnel (i.e. secretaries) ... -
Confirmatory analysis of QUARTZ study results: Survival prolongation after whole-brain radiotherapy
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-03)<p>Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the survival of patients with brain metastases treated with best supportive care or additional whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), in order to confirm results from the prospective randomized QUARTZ study, which suggested prolonged survival after WBRT (5 fractions of 4 Gy) if favorable prognostic factors were present (age younger than 60 years, ... -
Confirmatory factor analysis of the behavior rating inventory of executive function in a neuro-pediatric sample and its application to mental disorders
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)The construct validity of the 9-scale version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) parent form was examined in a clinical sample of children and adolescents with neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders (<i>N</i> = 281). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model separating the inhibitory behavioral control dimension from the emotional control and ... -
Confirming mental health care in acute psychiatric wards, as narrated by persons experiencing psychotic illness: An interview study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-13)<p><i>Background:</i> It is important that mental health nurses meet the safety, security and care needs of persons suffering from psychotic illness to enhance these persons’ likelihood of feeling better during their time in acute psychiatric wards. Certain persons in care describe nurses’ mental health care as positive, whereas others report negative experiences and express a desire for improvements. ... -
Confounding and Statistical Significance of Indirect Effects: Childhood Adversity, Education, Smoking, and Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-02)The life course perspective, the risky families model, and stress-and-coping models provide the rationale for assessing the role of smoking as a mediator in the association between childhood adversity and anxious and depressive symptomatology (ADS) in adulthood. However, no previous study has assessed the independent mediating role of smoking in the association between childhood adversity and ADS ... -
Confronting challenges of contingency: using a web-based patient record for ulcer care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-20)In the Norwegian authorities' "Coordination Reform" , insufficient coordination is considered the main reason that people with chronic diseases lose out in health care. Thus, the purpose of the web-based ulcer record at the University Hospital of North Norway is to optimise treatment and care for ulcer patients by facilitating interaction. This paper reports from a formative study of experiences, ... -
Confusion with cerebral perfusion pressure in a literature review of current guidelines and survey of clinical practise.
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is defined as the difference between the mean arterial pressure (MAP) and the intracranial pressure (ICP). However, since patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are usually treated with head elevation, the recorded CPP values depends on the zero level used for calibration of the arterial blood pressure. Although international guidelines suggest ... -
Congenital anomalies in newborns to women employed in jobs with frequent exposure to organic solvents : a register-based prospective study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)597 women employed as painters, painter-plasterers or spoolers had 712 singleton births, whereof 31 (4.4%) were perinatally diagnosed with 37 malformations. Among the 10 561 newborns in the group classified as non-exposed, 397 (3.9%) had one or more malformations. The overall prevalence in the exposed group was 520/10 000 births [95% confidence limits (CL): 476, 564], and 436/10 000 births (95% CL: ...
