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Factors affecting fracture of zirconia dental crowns : Laboratory studies on retrievals and crown-shaped specimens
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-09-02)Objektiv: De siste 20 årene har bruken av zirkonia som dentalt materiale har økt betydelig. Laboratorietester som undersøker materialstyrke, indikerer at de tilgjengelige zirkonia-materialene har tilstrekkelige mekaniske ... -
Factors affecting quality of end-of-life hospital care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The ERANet-LAC CODE (Care Of the Dying Evaluation) international survey assessed quality of care for dying cancer patients in seven countries, by use of the i-CODE questionnaire completed by bereaved relatives. ... -
Factors affecting the outcome of fecal microbiota transplantation for patients with irritable bowel syndrome
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background A previous study that introduced a Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) protocol with a high efficacy applied a combination of favorable factors. Aims The present study aimed to evaluate some of these ... -
Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-15)Background: Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes in Ethiopia. However, utilization of this service among adults is very low. The aim of ... -
Factors and associations for physical activity in severely obese adults during a two-year lifestyle intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-07)Objective. This study of severely obese adults participating in a two-year lifestyle intervention investigates associations between the independent variables: change in self-efficacy for physical activity (PA) in the face ... -
Factors associated with access to assistive technology and telecare in home-dwelling people with dementia: baseline data from the LIVE@Home.Path trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: There is a knowledge gap regarding factors that may influence the access to different devices for home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD). The aim of this study was to identify different assistive technology ... -
Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life among individuals treated with long-term mechanical ventilation, a 6-year follow-up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)Aims: To examine changes and explanatory variables for changes in health-related quality of life in patients treated with long-term mechanical ventilation over a 6-year period. Background: Long-term mechanical ventilation ... -
Factors associated with coronary heart disease in COPD patients and controls
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-27)Background: COPD and coronary heart disease (CHD) frequently co-occur, yet which COPD phenotypes are most prone to CHD is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to see whether COPD patients did have a true higher ... -
Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of ... -
Factors associated with delayed treatment initiation in an unselected cohort of patients with small-cell lung cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive, rapidly progressive malignancy. Thus, expedient diagnosis and treatment initiation is important. This study identifies and quantifies factors associated with ... -
Factors associated with delivery outside a health facility: Cross-sectional study in rural Malawi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-06)objective To identify factors associated with delivery outside a health facility in rural Malawi. method A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Balaka, Dedza, Mchinji and Ntcheu districts in Malawi in 2013 among women ... -
Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical, demographic, and organizational factors and formal (health professionals) and informal (relatives) resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without ... -
Factors associated with health facility childbirth in districts of Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia: a population based survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-04)Background: Maternal mortality continues to be a heavy burden in low and middle income countries where half of all deliveries take place in homes without skilled attendance. The study aimed to investigate the underlying ... -
Factors associated with increase in blood pressure and incident hypertension in early midlife: the Hordaland Health Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose: We aimed to identify sex-specific factors associated with increase in blood pressure (BP) and incident hypertension in early midlife. Materials and methods: 2,008 women and 1,610 men aged 40-43 years were ... -
Factors associated with nutritional risk in patients receiving haemodialysis assessed by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 is recommended as a screening tool to identify patients at risk of undernutrition for all patients in hospitals by the European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. ... -
Factors associated with potential over- and undertreatment of hyperglycaemia and annual measurement of HbA1c in type 2 diabetes in norwegian general practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims To identify individual and general practitioner (GP) characteristics associated with potential over- and undertreatment of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes and with HbA1c not being measured. Methods A cross-sectional ... -
Factors associated with prenatal folic acid and iron supplementation among 21,889 pregnant women in Northern Tanzania: A cross-sectional hospital-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-26)Background: Folate and iron deficiency during pregnancy are risk factors for anaemia, preterm delivery, and low birth weight, and may contribute to poor neonatal health and increased maternal mortality. The World Health ... -
Factors Associated With Rebound Hyperthermia After Targeted Temperature Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients: An Explorative Substudy of the Time-Differentiated Therapeutic Hypothermia in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: To investigate rebound hyperthermia following targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest and its impact on functional outcome. Design: Post hoc analysis. Setting: Ten European ICUs. Patients: ... -
Factors associated with self-rated health in a Norwegian population of older people participating in a preventive home visit program: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Assessing self-rated health by preventive home visits of older people can provide information about the person’s well-being, quality of life and risk of developing illness. The aim of this study was to examine ... -
Factors associated with self-rated health in primary care in the South-Western health zone of Malawi
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Self-rated health (SRH) is a single-item measure of current health, which is often used in community surveys and has been associated with various objective health outcomes. The prevalence and factors associated ...