Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Smith-Sivertsen, Tone"
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Burdened parents sharing their concerns for their children with the doctor. The impact of trust in general practice: a qualitative study
Hafting, Marit; Gullbrå, Frøydis; Anderssen, Norman; Rørtveit, Guri; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Malterud, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-16)Objective: The aim of this study was to recognise the preconditions experienced by general practitioners (GPs) in addressing the children’s needs when ill and substance abusing parents consult for their own health problems. ... -
Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Wood Combustion and Association with Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Nonsmoking Women: Results from the RESPIRE Trial, Guatemala
Pope, Daniel; Diaz, Esperanza; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Lie, Rolv Terje; Bakke, Per; Balmes, John R.; Smith, Kirk R.; Bruce, Nigel G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Background: With 40% of the world’s population relying on solid fuel, household air pollution (HAP) represents a major preventable risk factor for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Meta-analyses have confirmed ... -
Eye discomfort, headache and back pain among Mayan Guatemalan women taking part in a randomised stove intervention
Díaz, Esperanza; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Pope, Dan; Lie, Rolv Terje; Díaz, Anaité; McCracken, John; Arana, Byron; Smith, Kirk R.; Bruce, Nigel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007)Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) from combustion of biomass fuels represents a global health problem, estimated to cause 1.6 million premature deaths annually. Aims: RESPIRE (Randomised Exposure Study of Pollution ... -
General practitioners’ drug treatment for depression by patients’ educational level: registry-based study
Hansen, Anneli Borge; Baste, Valborg; Hetlevik, Øystein; Haukenes, Inger; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Ruths, Sabine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Antidepressant drugs are often prescribed in general practice. Evidence is conflicting on how patient education influences antidepressant treatment. Aim: To investigate the association between educational ... -
How can the general practitioner support adolescent children of ill or substance-abusing parents? A qualitative study among adolescents
Gullbrå, Frøydis; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Graungaard, Anette Hauskov; Rørtveit, Guri; Hafting, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objectives: To explore significant experiences of adolescents as next of kin that the general practitioner (GP) should identify and recognize. Design: Qualitative study with focus-group interviews. Subjects and setting: ... -
Ill and substance-abusing parents: how can the general practitioner help their children? A qualitative study
Gullbrå, Frøydis; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Rørtveit, Guri; Anderssen, Norman; Hafting, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-08)Background: Severe illness among parents may interfere with their parenting. Children having ill or substanceabusing parents are at risk of own health problems and psychosocial difficulties. The health care system should ... -
Overcoming clinician and parent ambivalence: General practitioners' support of children of parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse
Hafting, Marit; Gullbrå, Frøydis; Anderssen, Norman; Rørtveit, Guri; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Doesum, Karin van (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-08)Children who are next of kin to parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse need access to mental health support and several cost-effective interventions are available. Because most parents in the target ... -
Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala
Díaz, Esperanza; Bruce, Nigel; Pope, Dan; Díaz, Anaité; Smith, Kirk R.; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-06-05)Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) from solid fuels is a serious health problem in low-income countries that can be alleviated using improved stoves. Although women are the principal users, few studies have investigated ... -
To give the invisible child priority: Children as next of kin in general practice. A qualitative study among general practitioners
Gullbrå, Frøydis; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Rørtveit, Guri; Anderssen, Norman; Hafting, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Objective. To explore general practitioners’ (GPs’) experiences in helping children as next of kin of drug-addicted, mentally ill, or severely somatic ill adults. These children are at risk of long-term mental and somatic ... -
Trends in treatment for patients with depression in general practice in Norway, 2009–2015: nationwide registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP Study)
Ruths, Sabine; Haukenes, Inger; Hetlevik, Øystein; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Hjørleifsson, Stefan; Hansen, Anneli Borge; Riiser, Sharline; Meling, Heidi Marie Kirkeng; Baste, Valborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Depression is highly prevalent, but knowledge is scarce as to whether increased public awareness and strengthened government focus on mental health have changed how general practitioners (GPs) help their depressed ... -
Variation in general practitioners’ depression care following certification of sickness absence: a registry-based cohort study
Riiser, Sharline; Haukenes, Inger; Baste, Valborg; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Hetlevik, Øystein; Ruths, Sabine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Depression is more prevalent among women and people with low socio-economic status. Uncertainties exist about how general practitioner (GP) depression care varies with patients’ social position. Objective To ...