Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Author "Flo, Elisabeth"
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Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study
Kjellstadli, Camilla; Han, Ling; Allore, Heather G; Flo, Elisabeth; Husebø, Bettina; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-15)Background: Few studies have estimated planned home deaths compared to actual place of death in a general population or the longitudinal course of home nursing services and associations with place of death. We aimed to ... -
Clinically significant discrepancies between sleep problems assessed by standard clinical tools and actigraphy
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-27)Background: Sleep disturbances are widespread among nursing home (NH) patients and associated with numerous negative consequences. Identifying and treating them should therefore be of high clinical priority. No prior studies ... -
Comparing unplanned and potentially planned home deaths: a population-based cross-sectional study
Kjellstadli, Camilla; Husebø, Bettina; Sandvik, Hogne; Flo, Elisabeth; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-02)Background: There is little research on number of planned home deaths. We need information about factors associated with home deaths, but also differences between planned and unplanned home deaths to improve end-of-life-care ... -
COSMOS-improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial
Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Testad, Ingelin; Gulla, Christine; Aasmul, Irene; Ballard, Clive (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-15)Background: Nursing home patients have complex mental and physical health problems, disabilities and social needs, combined with widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs. Preservation of their quality of life is an ... -
Deprescribing antihypertensive treatment in nursing home patients and the effect on blood pressure
Gulla, Christine; Flo, Elisabeth; Kjome, Reidun L. S.; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04)Background: It is debatable whether treating multimorbid nursing home patients with antihypertensive drugs produces beneficial effects. Most cardiovascular guidelines promote treatment; few have advice on how to deprescribe ... -
Effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home patients with dementia and depression: A multicenter placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-28)Objective: To investigate the effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia and depression. Methods: A multicenter, 2‐armed, double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled, randomized clinical trial ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)
Erdal, Ane; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Ballard, Clive; Slettebø, Dagrun Daltveit; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06)Background Chronic pain and depression often co-occur, and pain may exacerbate depression in people with dementia. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of analgesic treatment for ... -
General practitioners' provision of end-of-life care and associations with dying at home: a registry-based longitudinal study
Kjellstadli, Camilla; Allore, Heather G; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Sandvik, Hogne; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: General practitioners (GPs) may play an important role in providing end-of-life care to community-dwelling people. Objective: To investigate patients' contacts with GPs, GPs' interdisciplinary collaboration, ... -
Identifying and managing pain in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia: a aystematic review
Husebø, Bettina; Achterberg, Wilco; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)Background and Objective: Pain in patients with Alzheimer’s disease is a complex issue; these patients suffer from the common causes of acute and chronic pain, and some also have neuropathic or nociceptive pain. Whatever ... -
Implementing a novel strategy for interprofessional medication review using collegial mentoring and systematic clinical evaluation in nursing homes (COSMOS)
Gulla, Christine; Flo, Elisabeth; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-07)Background: Multimorbid patients in nursing homes are prescribed long lists of medication, often without sufficient clinical evaluations beforehand. This results in poor clinical effects of the prescribed medication and ... -
The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial
Habiger, Torstein Frugård; Flo, Elisabeth; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)Background. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in people with dementia, and pain is thought to be an important underlying factor. Pain has previously been associated with agitation, and pain treatment has been shown to ... -
Long-term pain treatment did not improve sleep in nursing home patients with comorbid dementia and depression: A 13-week randomized placebo-controlled trial
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-13)Objective: Previous research indicates that pain treatment may improve sleep among nursing home patients. We aimed to investigate the long-term effect of pain treatment on 24-h sleep patterns in patients with comorbid ... -
Multi-psychotropic drug prescription and the association to neuropsychiatric symptoms in three Norwegian nursing home cohorts between 2004 and 2011
Gulla, Christine; Selbaek, Geir; Flo, Elisabeth; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-01)Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as affective symptoms, psychosis, agitation, and apathy are common among nursing home patients with and without dementia. Treatment with one or more psychotropic drug is often ... -
Prevalence and predictors of recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome in a routine clinical practice
Flo, Elisabeth; Chalder, Trudie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-26)Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the treatments of choice for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). However, the factors that predict recovery are unknown. The objective of this study was to ascertain ... -
Psychosis symptoms in nursing home residents with and without dementia?Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS study
Habiger, Torstein Frugård; Achterberg, Wilco; Flo, Elisabeth; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: To investigate the characteristics of nursing home residents with psychosis and the association with potential underlying factors, such as pain, sleep disturbances, and antipsychotic medication. Method: Five ... -
Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Aasmul, Irene; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-12)Context. Most people with dementia develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs), which are distressing for their carers. Untreated pain may increase the prevalence and severity of NPSs and thereby staff burden. Objectives. We ... -
Tolerability of buprenorphine transdermal system in nursing home patients with advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)
Erdal, Ane; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Ballard, Clive; Slettebø, Dagrun Daltveit; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-16)Purpose: Buprenorphine transdermal system is increasingly prescribed in people with advanced dementia, but no clinical trial has investigated the safety and factors associated with discontinuation due to adverse events in ...