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Pain and physical function among nursing home patients and people with dementia. Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS-trial
(Master thesis, 2018-08-24)Background: Previous studies have shown how nursing home patients have poor physical functioning and are largely care dependent in activities of daily life. These patients have a high prevalence of pain and are mainly ... -
Pain and quality of life in nursing home residents with dementia after admission – a longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-27)Background: Pain in nursing home (NH) residents with dementia is commonly reported and may affect Quality of Life (QoL) negatively. Few longitudinal studies have explored how pain and QoL develop in NH residents with ... -
The Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition scale (PAIC15): A multidisciplinary and international approach to develop and test a meta-tool for pain assessment in impaired cognition, especially dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Over the last decades, a considerable number of observational scales have been developed to assess pain in persons with dementia. The time seems ripe now to build on the knowledge and expertize implemented in ... -
Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives To determine whether nurses working consecutive night shifts, or short transitions between shifts (quick returns (QRs)), yielded higher risk for pain complaints when compared with regular morning shifts. Sleep ... -
Pain in dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The ageing revolution is changing the composition of our society with more people becoming very old with higher risks for developing both pain and dementia. Pain is normally signaled by verbal communication, which becomes ... -
Pain management in patients with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-31)There are an estimated 35 million people with dementia across the world, of whom 50% experience regular pain. Despite this, current assessment and treatment of pain in this patient group are inadequate. In addition to the ... -
Pain pressure threshold algometry in knee osteoarthritis: intra- and inter-rater reliability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Synovitis and effusion can cause pain sensitization in persons with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT) algometry is a means to quantify somatosensory abnormalities, including ... -
Pain relief from nonpharmacological interventions in the intensive care unit: A scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims and Objectives: To describe what is known from the existing literature on nonpharmacological interventions targeting pain in patients admitted to the ICU. Background: Patients receiving intensive care nursing are ... -
Pain, Complex Chronic Conditions and Potential Inappropriate Medication in People with Dementia. Lessons Learnt for Pain Treatment Plans Utilizing Data from the Veteran Health Administration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), pain and chronic complex conditions (CCC) often co-occur leading to polypharmacy and with potential inappropriate medications (PIMs) use, are important risk factors for ... -
Pain, Conflicted Feelings About Work, and Sickness Absence: A Prospective Study of the Effects of Number of Pain Sites and Role Conflicts on Medically Certified Sickness Absence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)We investigated associations between the number of pain sites (NPS) and role conflict with medically certified, pain-related sickness absence (SA) in employees of Norwegian enterprises (N = 5,654). Latent profile analyses ... -
Pain, coping, and barriers to pain management in outpatients with cancer
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A painful experience of limited understanding: healthcare professionals’ experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-13)Background: People dying with dementia have significant healthcare needs, and palliative care, with its focus on comfort and quality of life, should be made available to these patients. The aim of this study was to explore ... -
Painting blindness and obscuring vision: Rembrandt and the senses
(Master thesis, 2014-05-28)This thesis takes three paintings by seventeenth- century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606- 1669) and analyses them in the light of the interrelated themes of blindness, sight and touch. The choice of theme originates ... -
Painting, interpretation, education: Tables of knowledge in the imagines of Philostratus the Athenian
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article shows how the descriptions of paintings (Imagines) by the ancient Greek author Philostratus (third century AD) can be viewed as pedagogical tools in the introduction to higher education. Philostratus presented ... -
Pairwise comparisons across species are problematic when analyzing functional genomic data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-04)There is considerable interest in comparing functional genomic data across species. One goal of such work is to provide an integrated understanding of genome and phenotype evolution. Most comparative functional genomic ... -
Pairwise local Fisher and naive Bayes: Improving two standard discriminants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Fisher discriminant is probably the best known likelihood discriminant for continuous data. Another benchmark discriminant is the naive Bayes, which is based on marginals only. In this paper we extend both discriminants ... -
Pakistan’s national identity conundrum: Making sense of the composition, evolution and conflict of Pakistan’s national identity
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Pakistan has been struggling with its national identity since its inception in 1947. This crisis of identity has been persistent throughout the years. The basis and rationale for Pakistan, which is marred with confusion ... -
Pakkeforløp i psykisk helsevern: Et kritisk blikk
(Master thesis, 2020)Pakkeforløp er blitt innført i Norge for å gi pasienter eller pårørende et mer omfattende og forutsigbart behandlingsforløp, uten unødvendig ventetid. Men oppfyller de målene som er skissert? Hensikten med studiet var å ... -
Palaeo-productivity record from Norwegian Sea enables North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) reconstruction for the last 8000 years
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The North Atlantic Oscillation is the dominant atmospheric driver of North Atlantic climate variability with phases corresponding to droughts and cold spells in Europe. Here, we exploit a suggested anti-correlation of North ... -
Palaeoclimatic and regional implications of Older Dryas and Younger Dryas local glacier activity in the low-Arctic valley Finnkongdalen, Andøya, northern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Continuous glacier margin and equilibrium-line altitude fluctuations of a former glacier on central Andøya, northern Norway, are reconstructed during the Lateglacial based on moraines and AMS 14C-dated sediments from the ...