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Consumption of Nuts and Seeds and Health Outcomes Including Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, Cancer, and Mortality: An Umbrella Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Consumption of nuts and seeds is associated with a range of health outcomes. Summarizing the best evidence on essential health outcomes from the consumption of nuts is essential to provide optimal recommendations. Our ... -
Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background As the proportion of older people increases, so will the consumption of health services. The aim of this study was to describe the contact characteristics among older people and to identify factors associated ... -
Contact osteogenesis by biodegradable 3D-printed poly(lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background To support bone regeneration, 3D-printed templates function as temporary guides. The preferred materials are synthetic polymers, due to their ease of processing and biological inertness. Poly(lactide-co-trimethylene ... -
Context dependent regulatory patterns of the androgen receptor and androgen receptor target genes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-04)Background Expression of the androgen receptor (AR) is associated with androgen-dependent proliferation arrest and terminal differentiation of normal prostate epithelial cells. Additionally, activation of the AR is required ... -
The context of HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive injection drug users in Viet Nam: Moving toward effective harm reduction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-04-06)Background: Injection drug users represent the largest proportion of all HIV reported cases in Viet Nam. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of risk and risk behaviours among HIV-positive injection drug users, and ... -
Context-related biomarkers in endometrial cancer. A study with focus on obesity and genomic alterations
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-09)Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common female pelvic gynaecologic malignancy in industrialised countries, and incidence has been increasing over the past decades. This has partly been ascribed to the increasing ... -
Contextual factors influencing medicines-related interventions to support safe transitions for care home residents post hospital discharge: a systematic review and meta-ethnographic synthesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Residents of care or nursing homes are at a higher risk of medication-related harm, especially during care transitions. No medicines-related intervention has been identified that supports the safe transition ... -
Contextual factors of external inspections and mechanisms for improvement in healthcare organizations: a realist evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)External inspections constitute a key element of healthcare regulation. Improved quality of care is one of the important goals of inspections but the mechanisms of how inspections might contribute to quality improvement ... -
Contextualization of cost-efectiveness evidence from literature for 382 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health services package revision
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Cost-effectiveness of interventions was a criterion decided to guide priority setting in the latest revision of Ethiopia’s essential health services package (EHSP) in 2019. However, conducting an economic ... -
Continuation of fluoropyrimidine treatment with S-1 after cardiotoxicity on capecitabine- or 5-fluorouracil-based therapy in patients with solid tumours: a multicentre retrospective observational cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Capecitabine- or 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy is widely used in many solid tumours, but is associated with cardiotoxicity. S-1 is a fluoropyrimidine with low rates of cardiotoxicity, but evidence ... -
Continuity in general practice as predictor of mortality, acute hospitalisation, and use of out-of-hours care: a registry-based observational study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Continuity, usually considered a quality aspect of primary care, is under pressure in Norway, and elsewhere. Aim To analyse the association between longitudinal continuity with a named regular general ... -
Continuity of care after percutaneous coronary intervention: The patient's perspective across secondary and primary care settings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Although patients may experience a quick recovery followed by rapid discharge after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), continuity of care from hospital to home can be particularly challenging. Despite ... -
Continuity of care and its associations with self-reported health, clinical characteristics and follow-up services after percutaneous coronary intervention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims Complexity of care in patients with coronary artery disease is increasing, due to ageing, improved treatment, and more specialised care. Patients receive care from various healthcare providers in many settings. Still, ... -
Continuity of care and mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Research on continuity of care (CoC) is mainly conducted in primary care and has received little acknowledgment in other levels of care. This study sought to investigate CoC across care levels for patients ... -
Continuity of care for patients with chronic disease: a registry-based observational study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Continuity of care (CoC) is accepted as a core value of primary care and is especially appreciated by patients with chronic conditions. Nevertheless, there are few studies investigating CoC for these patients ... -
Continuity of care, measurement and association with hospital admission and mortality: a registry-based longitudinal cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To assess whether continuity of care (COC) with a general practitioner (GP) is associated with mortality and hospital admissions for older patients We argue that the conventional continuity measure may overestimate ... -
Continuous Local Intra-Arterial Nimodipine for the Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Vasospasm (VSP) is one of the major causes for prolonged neurologic deficit in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Few case series have reported about continuous local intra-arterial nimodipine administration ... -
Continuous positive airway pressure for bronchiolitis in a general paediatric ward; a feasibility study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-12)Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is commonly used to relieve respiratory distress in infants with bronchiolitis, but has mostly been studied in an intensive care setting. Our prime aim was to evaluate ... -
Continuous positive airway pressure in cluster headache: A randomized, placebo-controlled, triple-blind, crossover study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Oxygen inhalation aborts cluster headache attacks, and case reports show the effect of continuous positive airway pressure. The aim of this study was to investigate the prophylactic effect of continuous positive ... -
Continuous Subcutaneous Hydrocortisone Infusion versus Oral Hydrocortisone Replacement for Treatment of Addison’s Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Context: Conventional glucocorticoid replacement therapy fails to mimic the physiological cortisol rhythm, which may have implications for morbidity and mortality in patients with Addison’s disease. Objective: The objective ...