Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Bjorvatn, Bjørn"
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Shift work and age in the offshore petroleum industry
Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background. Shift work is associated with sleep and health problems. Tolerance to shift work is reported to decrease with age. Shift work tolerance should be considered in different shift work populations. The aim of the ... -
Shift Work and Lifestyle factors: A 6-year follow-Up Study Among Nurses
Buchvold, Hogne Vikanes; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-16)Objectives: To evaluate different work schedules, short rest time between shifts (quick returns), and night shift exposure for their possible adverse effects on different lifestyle factors in a 6-year follow-up study. ... -
Shift Work Disorder in Nurses – Assessment, Prevalence and Related Health Problems
Flo, Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Magerøy, Nils; Moen, Bente E.; Grønli, Janne; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-04-02)Background: This study investigates the prevalence of symptoms of shift work disorder in a sample of nurses, and its association to individual, health and work variables. Methodology/Principal Findings: We investigated ... -
Shift workers are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 compared with day workers: Results from the international COVID sleep study (ICOSS) of 7141 workers
Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Merikanto, Ilona; Reis, Catia; Korman, Maria; Bjelajac, Adrijana Koscec; Holzinger, Brigitte; De Gennaro, Luigi; Wing, Yun Kwok; Morin, Charles M.; Espie, Colin A.; Benedict, Christian; Landtblom, Anne-Marie; Matsui, Kentaro; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Mota-Rolim, Sérgio; Nadorff, Michael R.; Plazzi, Giuseppe; Chan, Rachel Ngan Yin; Partinen, Markku; Dauvilliers, Yves; Chung, Frances; Forthun, Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present study had two main aims. First, to investigate whether shift/night workers had a higher prevalence and severity of COVID-19 compared with day workers. Second, to investigate whether people regularly working in ... -
Short rest between shifts (quick returns) and night work is associated with work-related accidents
Vedaa, Øystein; Harris, Anette; Erevik, Eilin K.; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Sivertsen, Børge; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether less than 11 h between shifts (i.e., quick returns, QRs) and night shifts is associated with self-reported work-related accidents, near accidents or dozing off at work ... -
Sleep among bereaved caregivers of patients admitted to hospice: a 1-year longitudinal pilot study
Lerdal, Anners; Slåtten, Kari; Saghaug, Elisabeth; Grov, Ellen Karine; Normann, Are Peder; Lee, Kathryn A.; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Gay, Caryl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-04)Objectives: This pilot study aimed to describe the sleep of partners and other family caregivers prior to and in the first year after a hospice patient’s death. The study also evaluated the feasibility of the study protocol ... -
Sleep and daytime problems during the COVID-19 pandemic and effects of coronavirus infection, confinement and financial suffering: a multinational survey using a harmonised questionnaire
Partinen, Markku; Holzinger, Brigitte; Morin, Charles M; Espie, Colin A.; Chung, F.; Penzel, Thomas; Benedict, Christian; Bolstad, Courtney J.; Cedernaes, Jonathan; Chan, Rachel Ngan Yin; Dauvilliers, Yves; De Gennaro, Luigi; Han, Fang; Inoue, Yuichi; Matsui, Kentaro; Leger, Damien; Cunha, Ana Suely; Merikanto, Ilona; Mota-Rolim, Sergio; Nadorff, Michael; Plazzi, Giuseppe; Schneider, Jules; Sieminski, Mariusz; Wing, Yun-Kwok; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Sleep is important for human health and well-being. No previous study has assessed whether the COVID-19 pandemic impacts sleep and daytime function across the globe. Methods This large-scale international ... -
Sleep and its Association With Pain and Depression in Nursing Home Patients With Advanced Dementia – a Cross-Sectional Study
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Flo-Groeneboom, Elisabeth; Erdal, Ane; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Husebø, Bettina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: Previous research suggests a positive association between pain, depression and sleep. In this study, we investigate how sleep correlates with varying levels of pain and depression in nursing home (NH) patients ... -
Sleep and Sleepiness Measured by Diaries and Actigraphy among Norwegian and Austrian Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Pilots
Flaa, Tine Almenning; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Pallesen, Ståle; Zakariassen, Erik; Harris, Anette Kristoffersen; Gatterbauer-Trischler, Pia; Waage, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The study examined sleep and sleepiness among shift working Helicopter Emergency Medical Service pilots from Norway (Norwegian Air Ambulance; NAA) and Austria (Christophorus Flugrettungverein; CFV). Both pilot groups (N = ... -
Sleep disturbances in an arctic population: The Tromsø Study
Fetveit, Arne; Straand, Jørund; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-05-29)Background Prevalence estimates for insomnia range from 10 to 50% in the adult general population. Sleep disturbances cause great impairment in quality of life, which might even rival or exceed the impairment in other ... -
Sleep during COVID-19-related school lockdown, a longitudinal study among high school students
Saxvig, Ingvild West; Pallesen, Ståle; Sivertsen, Børge; Hysing, Mari; Evanger, Linn Nyjordet; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)There has been great concern about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related school lockdown on adolescent health. The aim of the present study was to compare sleep patterns before and during COVID-19-related ... -
Sleep in Female Healthcare Workers during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study in Sweden during the Flattening of the First Wave of the Pandemic
Benedict, Christian; Partinen, Markku; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Cedernaes, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
Sleep in octogenarians during the postoperative phase after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement
Amofah, Hege Andersen; Brostrøm, Anders; Fridlund, Bengt Gotthard Anton; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Haaverstad, Rune; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Kuiper, Karel Kier-Jan; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Norekvål, Tone M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)Background: Octogenarians with aortic stenosis are an increasing population of patients admitted for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Although adequate sleep is ... -
Sleep in older adolescents. Results from a large cross-sectional, population-based study
Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Hysing, Mari; Sivertsen, Børge; Gradisar, Michael; Pallesen, Ståle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The aim of the present study was to describe sleep patterns in a large and representative sample of Norwegian adolescents. The sample included 4,010 first-year high school students, aged 16–17 years (54% female), who ... -
Sleep medication and melatonin use among Norwegian nurses – A cross-sectional study
Forthun, Ingeborg; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aim To estimate the prevalence of sleep medication and melatonin use among nurses and to assess if factors related to work, sleep or mental health, were associated with such use. Design A cross-sectional study. Methods A ... -
Sleep patterns among Norwegian nurses between the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Vedaa, Øystein; Buchvold, Hogne Vikanes; Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Harris, Anette; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Nurses are in the frontline and play an important role in the battle against the COrona VIrus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Sleep problems among health care workers are likely to increase due to the pandemic. ... -
Sleep patterns and psychosocial health of parents of preterm and full-born infants: a prospective, comparative, longitudinal feasibility study
Marthinsen, Gunhild Nordbø; Helseth, Sølvi; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Bandlien, Signe Marie; Fegran, Liv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: The early birth and hospitalization of a preterm infant in neonatal intensive care unit can produce several emotional and behavioural responses including sleep problems for parents. Few studies have explored ... -
Sleep problems, behavioural problems and respiratory health in children born extremely preterm: a parental questionnaire study
Stangenes, Kristine Marie; Hysing, Mari; Elgen, Irene Bircow; Halvorsen, Thomas; Markestad, Trond Jacob; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-05)Objective: To explore whether children born extremely preterm (EPT) with different types of sleep problems had more behavioural and respiratory health problems than EPT children without sleep problems. Design: Prospective, ... -
Sleep symptoms are essential features of long-COVID – Comparing healthy controls with COVID-19 cases of different severity in the international COVID sleep study (ICOSS-II)
Merikanto, Ilona; Dauvilliers, Yves; Chung, Frances; Wing, Yun Kwok; de Gennaro, Luigi; Holzinger, Brigitte; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Morin, Charles M.; Penzel, Thomas; Benedict, Christian; Koscec Bjelajac, Adrijana; Chan, Ngan Yin; Espie, Colin A.; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Inoue, Yuichi; Korman, Maria; Landtblom, Anne-Marie; Léger, Damien; Matsui, Kentaro; Mota-Rolim, Sergio; Nadorff, Michael R.; Plazzi, Giuseppe; Reis, Catia; Yordanova, Juliana; Partinen, Markku (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Large-scale, climate-induced synchrony in the productivity of fish populations is becoming more pronounced in the world's oceans. As synchrony increases, a population's “portfolio” of responses can be diminished, in turn ... -
Sleepiness among personnel in the Norwegian Air Ambulance Service
Flaa, Tine Almenning; Harris, Anette; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Gundersen, Hilde; Zakariassen, Erik; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: To examine the effects of shift work and extended working hours on sleepiness among pilots and Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) crew members in the Norwegian Air Ambulance. Methods: This field study ...