Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Husebø, Bettina"
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Association between pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical function in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
van Dalen-Kok, Annelore H.; Pieper, Marjoleine J.C.; de Waal, Margot W.M.; Lukas, Albert; Husebø, Bettina; Achterberg, Wilco P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-19)Background Pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and functional impairment are prevalent in patients with dementia and pain is hypothesized to be causal in both neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and functional impairment. ... -
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 ... -
Behandling, omsorg og pleie for døende sykehjemspasienter med covid-19
Eriksen, Siren; Grov, Ellen Karine; Lichtwarck, Bjørn; Holmefoss, Ingunn; Bøhn, Kjell; Myrstad, Christian; Selbæk, Geir; Husebø, Bettina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-23)Skrøpelige eldre med multisykdom har høy risiko for alvorlig sykdom og død ved smitte med koronavirus. Til forskjell fra «vanlig død» på sykehjem der det er tid til forberedelser, kan tilstanden endre seg raskt og gi ... -
Clinically significant discrepancies between sleep problems assessed by standard clinical tools and actigraphy
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-27)Background: Sleep disturbances are widespread among nursing home (NH) patients and associated with numerous negative consequences. Identifying and treating them should therefore be of high clinical priority. No prior studies ... -
Comorbid Dementia and Cancer in Residents of Nursing Homes: Secondary Analyses of a Cross-Sectional Study
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Selbæk, Geir; Drageset, Jorunn; Natvig, Gerd Karin; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background: Life expectancy is increasing continuously, which increases the likelihood of developing dementia or cancer. Both dementia and cancer are serious conditions that give manifold symptoms. The interaction of these ... -
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 ... -
COSMOS-improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial
Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Testad, Ingelin; Gulla, Christine; Aasmul, Irene; Ballard, Clive (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-15)Background: Nursing home patients have complex mental and physical health problems, disabilities and social needs, combined with widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs. Preservation of their quality of life is an ... -
Effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home patients with dementia and depression: A multicenter placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-28)Objective: To investigate the effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia and depression. Methods: A multicenter, 2‐armed, double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled, randomized clinical trial ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)
Erdal, Ane; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Ballard, Clive; Slettebø, Dagrun Daltveit; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06)Background Chronic pain and depression often co-occur, and pain may exacerbate depression in people with dementia. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of analgesic treatment for ... -
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, ... -
Home dwelling persons with dementia's perception on care support: Qualitative study
Fæø, Stein Erik; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Tranvåg, Oscar; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Over the last years, there has been a growth in care solutions aiming to support home-dwelling persons with dementia. Assistive technology and voluntarism have emerged as supplements to traditional homecare and ... -
Identifying and managing pain in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia: a aystematic review
Husebø, Bettina; Achterberg, Wilco; Flo, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)Background and Objective: Pain in patients with Alzheimer’s disease is a complex issue; these patients suffer from the common causes of acute and chronic pain, and some also have neuropathic or nociceptive pain. Whatever ... -
The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial
Habiger, Torstein Frugård; Flo, Elisabeth; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)Background. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in people with dementia, and pain is thought to be an important underlying factor. Pain has previously been associated with agitation, and pain treatment has been shown to ... -
An international road map to improve pain assessment in people with impaired cognition: the development of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool
Corbett, Anne; Achterberg, Wilco; Husebø, Bettina; Lobbezoo, Frank; de Vet, Henrica; Kunz, Miriam; Strand, Liv Inger; Constantinou, Marios; Tudose, Catalina; Kappesser, Judith; de Waal, Margot; Lautenbacher, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-10)Background: Pain is common in people with dementia, yet identification is challenging. A number of pain assessment tools exist, utilizing observation of pain-related behaviours, vocalizations and facial expressions. Whilst ... -
Long-term pain treatment did not improve sleep in nursing home patients with comorbid dementia and depression: A 13-week randomized placebo-controlled trial
Blytt, Kjersti Marie; Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-13)Objective: Previous research indicates that pain treatment may improve sleep among nursing home patients. We aimed to investigate the long-term effect of pain treatment on 24-h sleep patterns in patients with comorbid ... -
Opportunities for improvement in nursing homes: Variance of six patient safety climate factor scores across nursing homes and wards - Assessed by the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire
Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter; Hofoss, Dag; Husebø, Bettina; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Safety climates are perceptions of safety culture shared by staff in organizational units. Measuring staff perceptions of patient safety culture by using safety climate surveys is a possible way of addressing ... -
Pain management in patients with dementia
Achterberg, Wilco P.; Pieper, Marjoleine J.C.; van Dalen-Kok, Annelore H.; de Waal, Margot W.M.; Husebø, Bettina; Lautenbacher, Stefan; Kunz, Miriam; Scherder, Erik J.A.; Corbett, Anne (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 ... -
Patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes
Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Hofoss, Dag; Husebø, Bettina; Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06-20)Background: Patient safety culture concerns leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines, awareness and practices that impinge on the risk of patient-adverse events. Due to their complex multiple diseases, nursing ... -
Psychosis symptoms in nursing home residents with and without dementia?Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS study
Habiger, Torstein Frugård; Achterberg, Wilco; Flo, Elisabeth; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: To investigate the characteristics of nursing home residents with psychosis and the association with potential underlying factors, such as pain, sleep disturbances, and antipsychotic medication. Method: Five ... -
The safety attitudes questionnaire – ambulatory version: psychometric properties of the Norwegian version for nursing homes
Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Hofoss, Dag; Husebø, Bettina; Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Patient safety culture involves leader and staff interaction, routines, attitudes, practices and awareness that influence risks of adverse events in patient care. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is an ...