Blar i forfatter "Lorem, Geir Fagerjord"

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    • Associations Between Self-Rated Health and Mortality in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) Study 

      Killie, Ida Løken; Braaten, Tonje Bjørndal; Lorem, Geir Fagerjord; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-20)
      Purpose: We investigated the association between self-rated health (SRH) and cancer incidence and SRH and all-cause mortality among Norwegian women.<p> <p>Population and Methods: We used data from 110,104 women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) cohort aged 41– 70 years at baseline. We used flexible parametric survival analysis with restricted cubic splines to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) ...

    • Leisure Time Physical Activities’ Association With Cognition and Dementia: A 19 Years’ Life Course Study 

      Johnsen, Bente; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Martinaityte, Ieva; Lorem, Geir Fagerjord; Schirmer, Henrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-15)
      Introduction: Cognitive impairment is one of the main disabilities in dementia. Physical activity (PA) has been suggested as protective for dementia. However, the findings are disparate in studies, and the question of whether this is because of reverse causality is still open. We aimed to explore the association of PA with cognition in people who later developed dementia compared to those who ...

    • Post-traumatic stress disorder among heart disease patients: a clinical follow-up of individuals with myocardial infarction in the Tromsø Study 

      Lorem, Geir Fagerjord; Næss, Eva Therese; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Lillevoll, Kjersti Rønningen; Molund, Else-Marie; Rösner, Assami; Lindkvist, Sigmund; Schirmer, Henrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-12)
      Background Myocardial infarction is likely to be experienced as a life-threatening and potentially traumatic event. Approximately one-third of patients with myocardial infarction experience clinically significant symptoms of anxiety/ depression. However, it is unclear how many of these patients experience these symptoms because of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We conducted a clinical screening ...

    • Withdrawal and exclusion : a study of the spoken word as means of understanding schizophrenic patients 

      Lorem, Geir Fagerjord (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2005)
      There are literally thousands of people living among us who suffer from chronic and severe mental illness. There may be as many as one out of 100 that might be described with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. This means that most of us are likely to know, or know of, at least one person who suffers from schizophrenia. Nevertheless, most people perceive it as both distant and elusive.<br> The ...