• The course and determinants of post-traumatic stress over 12 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 

      Stavem, Knut; Heir, Trond; Dammen, Toril; Brønstad, Eivind; Lerum, Tøri Vigeland; Durheim, Michael Thomas; Lund, Kristine Marie Aarberg; Aarli, Bernt Bøgvald; Einvik, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective: To assess the trajectory of symptoms and symptom-defined post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from 1.5 to 12 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 and determine risk factors for persistent symptoms and ...
    • Insomnia as a predictor of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease 

      Frøyd, Lars; Dammen, Toril; Munkhaugen, John; Weedon-Fekjær, Harald; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Papageorgiou, Costas; Sverre, Elise Christine Bjørkholen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Abstract Study Objectives Insomnia is highly prevalent in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the potential effect of insomnia on the risk of recurrent major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) remains ...
    • Mortality and health-related quality of life in prevalent dialysis patients: Comparison between 12-items and 36-items short-form health survey 

      Østhus, Tone Brit Hortemo; Preljevic, Valjbona; Sandvik, Leiv; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Dammen, Toril; Os, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-06)
      Background: To assess health- related quality of life (HRQOL) with SF-12 and SF-36 and compare their abilities to predict mortality in chronic dialysis patients, after adjusting for traditional risk factors. Methods: The ...
    • Novel oxygen desaturation parameters are associated with cardiac troponin I: Data from the Akershus Sleep Apnea Project 

      Sigurdardóttir, Fjóla Dögg; Øverby, Tonje Caroline; Nikkonen, Sami; Karhu, Tuomas; Dammen, Toril; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Thorshov, Thea Christine; Einvik, Gunnar; Kainulainen, Samu; Leppänen, Timo; Arnardottir, Erna Sif; Töyräs, Juha; Omland, Torbjørn; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Novel diagnostic markers for obstructive sleep apnea beyond the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) have been introduced. There are no studies on their association with markers of subclinical myocardial injury. We assessed the ...
    • Obstructive sleep apnea, verbal memory, and executive function in a community-based high-risk population identified by the Berlin Questionnaire Akershus Sleep Apnea Project 

      Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Einvik, Gunnar; Randby, Anna; Omland, Torbjørn; Sundet, Kjetil; Moum, Torbjørn; Dammen, Toril (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      Purpose: Cognitive functions in community-dwelling adults at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea have not been described and nor are associations between cognitive functions and obstructive sleep apnea severity fully ...
    • Shared genetic architecture between neuroticism, coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk factors 

      Torgersen, Kristin Stensland; Bahrami, Shahram; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Munkhaugen, John; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dammen, Toril; Andreassen, Ole A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Neuroticism is associated with poor health, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and coronary artery disease (CAD). The conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate method (cond/conjFDR) was applied to genome wide ...
    • Shared genetic loci between depression and cardiometabolic traits 

      Torgersen, Kristin Stensland; Rahman, Zillur; Bahrami, Shahram; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Parker, Nadine; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Tesli, Martin Steen; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Munkhaugen, John; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dammen, Toril; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-13)
      Epidemiological and clinical studies have found associations between depression and cardiovascular disease risk factors, and coronary artery disease patients with depression have worse prognosis. The genetic relationship ...