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    • The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 

      Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis; Abelsen, Birgit; Førde, Olav Helge; Ringberg, Unni (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-02)
      Background: Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease. Objective: To examine the association between HA and number of diseases, different disease categories and cardiovascular risk factors in a large sample of the general population.<p> <p>Methods: ...

    • Er spastisitet i beina, målt med Modified Ashworth Scale, assosiert med gange og balanse hos personer med multippel sklerose? 

      Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-10)
      Bakgrunn: Spastisitet er et symptom som skyldes skade eller sykdom i sentralnervesystemet, og oppstår hos over 80 % av personer med multippel sklerose. Spastisitet er funnet å redusere livskvalitet, bevegelsesevnen og gir ofte smerter. Assosiasjonen mellom spastisitet, balanse og gangfunksjon er hittil ikke etablert. Det er heller ingen enighet om hvordan spastisitet best bør måles. Formålet med ...

    • Health anxiety as a continuous construct in the general population - measuring the distribution of health anxiety and the associations with healthcare use, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors 

      Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-11-07)
      <p><i>Background:</i> Health anxiety (HA) concerns worry of disease, and has mostly been examined in people with severe HA/hypochondriasis. However, HA can be conceptualised as a continuous construct, with levels ranging from low to severe. There is little knowledge on the distribution of HA as a continuous construct in the general population, nor the association between different levels of HA and ...

    • Health anxiety is an important driver of healthcare use 

      Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis; Abelsen, Birgit; Førde, Olav Helge; Ringberg, Unni (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-02)
      Background: Healthcare use is increasing, and health anxiety (HA) is recognized as an important associated factor. Previous research on the association between HA and healthcare use has mostly explored HA as a dichotomous construct, which contrasts the understanding of HA as a continuous construct, and compared healthcare use to non-use. There is a need for studies that examine the association ...

    • The level of health anxiety before and during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis; Farbu, Erlend Hoftun; Terjesen, Christoffer Lilja; Fleten, Nils; Höper, Anje Christina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-24)
      Background<p> <p>Concerns about disease and an increase in health anxiety levels are expected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there have been few longitudinal studies of health anxiety in the general population during this time period. The aim of this study was to examine health anxiety levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in an adult, working population in Norway. <p>Material ...