Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Forthun, Ingeborg"
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The association between self-reported sleep problems, infection, and antibiotic use in patients in general practice
Forthun, Ingeborg; Eliassen, Knut Eirik Ringheim; Emberland, Knut Erik; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives: There is emerging evidence that sleep problems and short sleep duration increase the risk of infection. We aimed to assess whether chronic insomnia disorder, chronic sleep problems, sleep duration and circadian ... -
Association of sweetened carbonated beverage consumption during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms in the ofspring: a study from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Klungsøyr, Kari; Igland, Jannicke; Caspersen, Ida Henriette; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hartman, Catharina; Schweren, Lizanne Johanna Stephanie; Larsson, Henrik; Li, Lin; Forthun, Ingeborg; Johansson, Stefan; Vasquez, Alejandro Arias; Haavik, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Purpose Intrauterine exposures influence offspring health and development. Here we investigated maternal intake of sweetened carbonated beverages (SCB) during pregnancy and its association with ADHD symptoms in the ... -
The associations between different types of infections and circadian preference and shift work
Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Emberland, Knut Erik; Litleskare, Sverre; Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Forthun, Ingeborg; Rørtveit, Guri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Disturbed sleep and circadian disruption are reported to increase the risk of infections. People with an evening circadian preference and night workers typically report insufficient sleep, and the aims of the present study ... -
Associations between excessive fatigue and pain, sleep, mental-health and work factors in Norwegian nurses
Hiestand, Stand Fenimore; Forthun, Ingeborg; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Aim To investigate whether pain, sleep duration, insomnia, sleepiness, work-related factors, anxiety, and depression associate with excessive fatigue in nurses. Background Fatigue among nurses is a problem in the ... -
Cerebral palsy among children of immigrants in Denmark and the role of socioeconomic status
Petersen, Tanja Gram; Forthun, Ingeborg; Lange, Theis; Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie; Uldall, Peter; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05)Background Children of immigrants in Denmark have excess risk for some of the most well-established risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP). Objectives To study differences in risk of CP between children of immigrants and ... -
Cohort profile: cerebral palsy in the Norwegian and Danish birth cohorts (MOBAND-CP)
Tollånes, Mette Christophersen; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine; Forthun, Ingeborg; Petersen, Tanja Gram; Moster, Dag; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Olsen, Jørn; Wilcox, Allen J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-02)Purpose: The purpose of MOthers and BAbies in Norway and Denmark cerebral palsy (MOBAND-CP) was to study CP aetiology in a prospective design. Participants: MOBAND-CP is a cohort of more than 210 000 children, created as ... -
Dobbeltarbeidshypotesen - gir omsorg for barn økt sykefravær blant yrkesaktive kvinner?
Forthun, Ingeborg (Master thesis, 2011-06-07)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke om en kombinasjon av store familieforpliktelser (målt ved antall barn) og høy yrkesdeltakelse gir økt sykefravær blant norske kvinner. I litteraturen er dette omtalt som ... -
Parental education and the risk of cerebral palsy for children: an evaluation of causality
Forthun, Ingeborg; Lie, Rolv T.; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine; Haugland Solheim, Magne; Moster, Dag; Wilcox, Allen J.; Mortensen, Laust; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim To explore whether increasing parental education has a causal effect on risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child, or whether unobserved confounding is a more likely explanation. Method We used data from Norwegian ... -
Parental socioeconomic status and risk of cerebral palsy in the child: evidence from two Nordic population-based cohorts
Forthun, Ingeborg; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine; Wilcox, Allen J; Moster, Dag; Petersen, Tanja Gram; Vik, Torstein; Lie, Rolv T.; Uldall, Peter; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-26)Background We investigated whether the risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child varies by parents’ socioeconomic status, in Denmark and Norway. Methods We included almost 1.3 million children born in Demark during 1981–2007 ... -
Prevalence of insomnia and hypnotic use in Norwegian patients visiting their general practitioner
Torsvik, Sunniva; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Eliassen, Knut Eirik Ringheim; Forthun, Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Sleep problems are common in the general population, but there are few studies on the prevalence of sleep problems and hypnotic use among patients in general practice. Objectives To estimate the prevalence ... -
Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
Miljeteig, Ingrid; Forthun, Ingeborg; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Engelund, Inger Elise; Schanche, Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Onarheim, Kristine Husøy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has imposed challenges on healthcare systems and professionals worldwide and introduced a ´maelstrom´ of ethical dilemmas. How ethically demanding situations are handled affects ... -
Self-reported short and long sleep duration, sleep debt and insomnia are associated with several types of infections: Results from the Norwegian practice-based research network in general practice – PraksisNett
Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Rørtveit, Guri; Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Waage, Siri; Emberland, Knut Erik; Forthun, Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective The objective was to assess the association between self-reported infections and sleep duration, sleep debt, chronic insomnia, and insomnia severity. Methods In total, 1023 participants were recruited from ... -
A shift to something better? A longitudinal study of work schedule and prescribed sleep medication use in nurses
Forthun, Ingeborg; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives To explore whether a change in work schedule was associated with a change in the probability of prescribed sleep medication use. Methods A longitudinal study with annual questionnaire data (2008/2009–2021, ... -
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 ... -
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 ...