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Interviewing adolescent girls about sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study exploring how best to ask questions in structured follow-up interviews in a randomized controlled trial in Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Numerous studies have documented inconsistent reporting of sexual behaviour by adolescents. The validity and reliability of self-reported data on issues considered sensitive, incriminating or embarrassing, is ... -
Intestinal barrier integrity in anorexia nervosa (a pilot study)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective There is no conclusive evidence for involvement of intestinal barrier alteration in the etiology of anorexia nervosa (AN). The aims of this pilot study were to identify serum markers of intestinal barrier integrity ... -
Intestinal fermentation in patients with self-reported food hypersensitivity: painful, but protective?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-07-03)Purpose: Enterometabolic disturbances may cause meal-related symptoms. We performed a functional evaluation of the intestinal microflora in patients with unexplained, self-reported food hypersensitivity by measuring fecal ... -
Intestinal microbiota and diet in IBS: causes, consequences, or epiphenomena?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-27)Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a heterogeneous functional disorder with a multifactorial etiology that involves the interplay of both host and environmental factors. Among environmental factors relevant for IBS etiology, ... -
Intestinal permeability and gene expression after polyethylene and polyamide microplastic ingestion in Wistar rats
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Microplastic particles are ubiquitous in the environment. However, little is known about their uptake and effects in humans or mammalian model organisms. Here, we studied the effects of pristine polyamide (15–20 µm) and ... -
Intestinal ultrasound early on in treatment follow-up predicts endoscopic response to anti-TNFα treatment in Crohn's disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background To assess treatment response, objective measures are superior to clinical improvement in Crohn’s disease [CD]. Intestinal ultrasound [IUS] is an attractive, non-invasive alternative to endoscopy, demonstrating ... -
Intestinal Ultrasound to Assess Disease Activity in Ulcerative Colitis: Development of a novel UC-Ultrasound Index
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: Intestinal ultrasound [IUS] is useful to assess inflammation in ulcerative colitis [UC] patients. We aimed to develop an ultrasonographic activity index using endoscopy as the reference standard. Methods: ... -
Intimal Hyperplasia. Experimental and Clinical Studies
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-10-27)Introduction: Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is recognized as the primary cause of reocclusion 2-24 months following vascular intervention and surgery, reportedly occurring in 30-50% of patients. It is an exaggerated form of the ... -
Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention
(Journal article, 2006-11-20)Background: We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence ... -
Intimate partner violence among pregnant teenagers in Lira district, northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article, 2020)Background/aims: Intimate partner violence during pregnancy is associated with adverse health outcomes for mothers and their unborn babies. Whereas the literature on intimate partner violence in the general population is ... -
Intimate Partner Violence and Children Under 5 Morbidities and Mortality in Afghanistan: Findings From a National Survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Limited knowledge exists concerning the prevalence and drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Afghan women and its association with child morbidity and mortality in Afghanistan. The study used data from the ... -
Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: evidence of an association from a population-based study in eastern Uganda in 2003
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-11-07)Background: Although recent studies suggest that there is an association between intimate partner violence and child mortality, the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. It is against this background that as a secondary ... -
Intimate partner violence and maternal depression during pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is regarded an important public health and human rights issue, characterized by physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Globally more than one in three women report physical or ... -
Intimate partner violence associated with low quality of life - a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-04)Background Quality of life among abused women in Norway in 2006 was found to be significantly low compared to women at the same age in general. The aim of this study was to examine how quality of life is associated with ... -
Intimate partner violence in pregnant women in Ethiopia: Occurrence, consequences and health care
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-09)Bakgrunn: Graviditet beskytter ikke kvinner mot vold. Partner vold (partner vold, intimate partner violence, IPV) i svangerskapet er assosiert med dårlig helse både for mor og nyfødt. Flere studier har også vist sammenheng ... -
Intra –og intertester reliabilitet for ultralydsmålinger af patellarsenens tykkelse hos individer med symptomatiske og asymptomatiske patellarsener
(Master thesis, 2017-08-19)Background: RTUS is increasingly used as an available measuring instrument among physiotherapists for diagnosing superficial structures like tendons. Although RTUS is frequently used in scientific studies of patellar ... -
Intra-tester og inter-tester reliabilitet av senetykkelsesmåling med diagnostisk ultralyd hos pasienter med skuldertendinopati
(Master thesis, 2016-10-31)Background and purpose: Shoulder tendinopathy is a common reason for shoulder pain and represents a great socioeconomic burden. Ultrasonography is used increasingly in primary care. In order to apply clinical measurement ... -
Intra-tester reliability of the Resource Oriented Assessment of Movement (ROAM) applied in healthy young adolescents
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)Background and purpose: With the knowledge of the Norwegian Global Physiotherapy Examination (GPE) method, an examination method based on psychosomatic physiotherapy with tests related to general aspects of respiration, ... -
Intracellular Cytidine Deaminase Regulates Gemcitabine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Cytidine deaminase (CDA) is a determinant of in vivo gemcitabine elimination kinetics and cellular toxicity. The impact of CDA activity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell lines has not been elucidated. We ... -
Intracellular signaling in key pathways is induced by treatment with ultrasound and microbubbles in a leukemia cell line, but not in healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-06)Treatment with ultrasound and microbubbles (sonoporation) to enhance therapeutic efficacy in cancer therapy is rapidly expanding, but there is still very little consensus as to why it works. Despite the original assumption ...