Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Hunskaar, Steinar"
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Anxiety and depression associated with urinary incontinence. A 10-year follow-up study from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT)
Felde, Gunhild; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02)Aims: Firstly, to investigate the association between depression, anxiety and urinary incontinence (UI) in a 10-year longitudinal study of women. Secondly, to investigate the association between possible differences in the ... -
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 ... -
Cancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norway
Thoresen, Camilla Kjellstadli; Sandvik, Hogne; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: To investigate how cancer patients in Norway use primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services and describe different contact types and procedures. Design: A retrospective cross-sectional registry study using a billing ... -
Clinical practice patterns among native and immigrant doctors doing out-of-hours work in Norway: a registry-based observational study
Sandvik, Hogne; Hunskaar, Steinar; Diaz, Esperanza (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-07-12)Objectives: To evaluate whether immigrant and native Norwegian doctors differ in their practice patterns. Design: Observational study. Setting: Out-of-hours (OOH) emergency primary healthcare in Norway, 2008. Participants: ... -
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 ... -
Dispatch guideline adherence and response interval—a study of emergency medical calls in Norway
Ellensen, Eirin Nybø; Wisborg, Torben; Hunskaar, Steinar; Zakariassen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10-13)Background: The Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC) operators in Norway report using the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergency Assistance (Index), a criteria-based dispatch guideline, in about 75 % of medical ... -
Factors predicting antibiotic prescription and referral to hospital for children with respiratory symptoms: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled study at out-of-hours services in primary care
Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Sandvik, Hogne; Mjelle, Anders Batman; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Objective: Acute respiratory infections and fever among children are highly prevalent in primary care. It is challenging to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections. Norway has a relatively low prescription rate ... -
Fractures diagnosed in primary care – a five-year retrospective observational study from a Norwegian rural municipality with a ski resort
Vabo, Stein; Steen, Knut; Brudvik, Christina; Hunskaar, Steinar; Morken, Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-13)Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize fractures recorded at a Norwegian primary care centre near a ski resort. Design: A retrospective five-year observational study in the period 2010–2014. Setting: A primary ... -
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, ... -
General practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study
Blinkenberg, Jesper; Pahlavanyali, Sahar; Hetlevik, Øystein; Sandvik, Hogne; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-14)Background Primary care doctors have a gatekeeper function in many healthcare systems, and strategies to reduce emergency hospital admissions often focus on general practitioners’ (GPs’) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctors’ ... -
Loss of life years due to unavailable helicopter emergency medical service: a single base study from a rural area of Norway
Zakariassen, Erik; Østerås, Øyvind; Nystøyl, Dag Ståle; Breidablik, Hans Johan; Solheim, Eivind; Brattebø, Guttorm; Ellensen, Vegard Skalstad; Hoff, Jana Midelfart; Hordnes, Knut; Aksnes, Arne; Heltne, Jon-Kenneth; Hunskaar, Steinar; Hotvedt, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Despite the potential benefits of physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), many dispatches to primary HEMS missions in Norway are cancelled before patient encounter. Information is sparse ... -
Management of chest pain: A prospective study from Norwegian out-of-hours primary care
Burman, Robert Anders; Zakariassen, Erik; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-24)Background: Chest pain is a common diagnostic challenge in primary care and diagnostic measures are often aimed at confirming or ruling out acute ischaemic heart disease. The aim of this study was to investigate management ... -
Method Paper – Distance and Travel Time to Casualty Clinics in Norway Based on Crowdsourced Postcode Coordinates: A Comparison with Other Methods
Raknes, Guttorm; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-14)We describe a method that uses crowdsourced postcode coordinates and Google maps to estimate average distance and travel time for inhabitants of a municipality to a casualty clinic in Norway. The new method was compared ... -
Out-of-hours antibiotic prescription after screening with C reactive protein: A randomised controlled study
Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Sandvik, Hogne; Mjelle, Anders Batman; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: To evaluate the effect of preconsultation C reactive protein (CRP) screening on antibiotic prescribing and referral to hospital in Norwegian primary care settings with low prevalence of serious infections. Design: ... -
Point-of-care testing with CRP in primary care: a registry-based observational study from Norway
Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Hunskaar, Steinar; Gjesdal, Sturla; Hetlevik, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-19)Background: Norwegian primary health care is maintained on the regular general practitioners (RGPs), GP’s contracted to the municipalities in a list patient system, working at daytime and at out-of-hours services (OOH ... -
Risk of hip fracture among older people using anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs: a nationwide prospective cohort study
Bakken, Marit Stordal; Engeland, Anders; Engesæter, Lars B.; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Hunskaar, Steinar; Ruths, Sabine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-09)Purpose Anxiolytics and hypnotics are widely used and may cause injurious falls. We aimed to examine associations between exposure to anxiolytics and hypnotics and the risk of hip fracture among all older people in Norway. ... -
Risk of hip fracture among older peopleusing antihypertensive drugs: a nationwidecohort study
Ruths, Sabine; Bakken, Marit Stordal; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Hunskaar, Steinar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Engeland, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-01)Background: Many people with a high risk of hip fracture have coexisting cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to examine associations between exposure to antihypertensive drugs and the risk of hip fracture among older people. ... -
Scaling up family medicine training in Gezira, Sudan – a 2-year in-service master programme using modern information and communication technology: a survey study
Mohamed, Khalid Gaffer; Hunskaar, Steinar; Abdelrahman, Samira Hamid; Malik, Elfatih M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-21)Background: In 2010 the Gezira Family Medicine Project (GFMP) was initiated in Gezira state, Sudan, designed as an in-service training model. The project is a collaboration project between the University of Gezira, which ... -
Stroke identification by criteria based dispatch - a register based study
Ellensen, Eirin Nybø; Næss, Halvor; Wisborg, Torben; Hunskaar, Steinar; Zakariassen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01)Background: Rapid and precise dispatch of resources is a key element in pre‐hospital emergency medicine. Emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) dispatch resources based on protocols and guidelines, balancing the ... -
Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study
Midtbø, Vivian; Raknes, Guttorm; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-06)Background: The primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services in Norway are characterized by high contact rates by telephone. The telephone contacts are handled by local emergency medical communication centres (LEMCs), mainly ...