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Self-reported efficacy of neurofeedback treatment in a clinical randomized controlled study of ADHD children and adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-02)Background: Many non-pharmacological treatments for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been attempted, but reports indicate that most are ineffective. Although neurofeedback ... -
Self-reported glaucoma prevalence and related factors, contribution to reported visual impairment, and functional burden in a cross-sectional study in Colombia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose Describe the self-reported prevalence of glaucoma in Colombian older adults, emphasizing the most important risk factors and associated daily-life functional alterations. Methods This a secondary analysis ... -
Self-Reported Health in Adolescents With Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction; A Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is common in young people with exertional breathing difficulties. Psychological characteristics have been proposed as underlying contributors; however, the evidence ... -
Self-Reported Measures Have a Stronger Association With Dizziness-Related Handicap Compared With Physical Tests in Persons With Persistent Dizziness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-15)Background: Associations between dizziness-related handicap and a variety of self-reported measures have been reported. However, research regarding associations between dizziness-related handicap and aspects of functioning ... -
Self-reported short and long sleep duration, sleep debt and insomnia are associated with several types of infections: Results from the Norwegian practice-based research network in general practice – PraksisNett
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective The objective was to assess the association between self-reported infections and sleep duration, sleep debt, chronic insomnia, and insomnia severity. Methods In total, 1023 participants were recruited from ... -
Self-reported sleep fragmentation and sleep duration and their association with cognitive function in PROTECT, a large digital community-based cohort of people over 50
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: Sleep is vital for normal cognitive function in daily life, but is commonly disrupted in older adults. Poor sleep can be detrimental to mental and physical health, including cognitive function. This study assessed ... -
Self-reported sleeplessness in 12,655 persons living in the north of Norway: The Tromsø Study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Sleep disturbances cause great impairment in quality of life. In this cross-sectional study, we analysed questionnaire-collected data from 12,655 persons (30-87 years) who participated in the sixth survey of the Tromsø ... -
Selfreported health status, treatment decision and survival in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis in a Western Norway population undergoing conservative treatment: a cross-sectional study with 18 months follow-up
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-21)Objectives: To investigate symptoms and self-reported health of patients conservatively treated for aortic stenosis (AS) and to identify factors associated with treatment decision and patient outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional ... -
Selling a service: experiences of peer supporters while promoting exclusive infant feeding in three sites in South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)Background: Even though it has been shown that peer support to mothers at home helps to increase exclusive breastfeeding, little is known about the experiences of peer supporters themselves and what is required of them to ... -
Selling my sheep to pay for medicines – household priorities and coping strategies in a setting without universal health coverage
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-02)Background: The first month of life is the period with the highest risk of dying. Despite knowledge of effective interventions, newborn mortality is high and utilization of health care services remains low in Ethiopia. In ... -
Selvopplevd helse hos barn og unge. En undersøkelse av samvarierende og predikerende faktorers betydning for selvopplevd helse
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-02-24)Viktige mål for det helsefremmende arbeidet er vedlikehold av og bedring av folkehelsen. Det samlede nivået på folkehelsen er et viktig mål på suksess i samfunnet. I det mangfold av tiltak som gjennomføres i ulike sektorer ... -
Selvrapportert munntørrhet blant tannlege- og tannpleiestudenter - en spørreundersøkelse
(Master thesis, 2025-01-15)Selvrapportert munntørrhet, xerostomi, er en vanlig tilstand hos eldre individer, men få studier har blitt utført blant unge voksne. Målet med denne undersøkelsen er derfor å belyse forekomst og mulige assosierende faktorer ... -
Semaphorin 3A and Class 4 Semaphorins in Tooth Innervation and Development
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-10-10)Background: Dental trigeminal axon elongation, navigation and patterning occur in a controlled manner that is intimately linked to tooth shape formation and cell differentiation. Development of tooth results from sequential ... -
Semi-automatic 3D morphological reconstruction of neurons with densely branching morphology: Application to retinal AII amacrine cells imaged with multi-photon excitation microscopy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03)Background: Accurate reconstruction of the morphology of single neurons is important for morphometric studies and for developing compartmental models. However, manual morphological reconstruction can be extremely time-consuming ... -
Semi-automatic segmentation from intrinsically-registered 18F-FDG-PET/MRI for treatment response assessment in a breast cancer cohort: comparison to manual DCE-MRI
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Objectives: To investigate the reliability of simultaneous positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI)-derived biomarkers using semi-automated Gaussian mixture model (GMM) segmentation on PET ... -
A Semi-Supervised Transformer-Based Deep Learning Framework for Automated Tooth Segmentation and Identification on Panoramic Radiographs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Automated tooth segmentation and identification on dental radiographs are crucial steps in establishing digital dental workflows. While deep learning networks have been developed for these tasks, their performance has been ... -
Semiprone position is superior to supine position for paediatric endotracheal intubation during massive regurgitation, a randomized crossover simulation trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-18)Background: Endotracheal intubation of patients with massive regurgitation represents a challenge in emergency airway management. Gastric contents tend to block suction catheters, and few treatment alternatives exist. Based ... -
Sending emails to reduce medical costs? The effect of feedback on general practitioners’ claiming of fees
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Audit and feedback is employed as a strategy to guide practices of health care professionals towards certain targets. The outcome of interest can be quality improvements, but also ensuring that health care workers adhere ... -
Sengepost som varig arbeidsplass for sykepleiere - en lederutfordring? Hvorfor slutter sykepleiere i jobben sin på sengepost på sykehus?
(Master thesis, 2018-06-16)Background: Optimal staffing, in terms of numbers and competence, has been set as a prerequisite for the safe treatment of patients in hospitals. The high turnover of nurses leads to a continued loss of competence in several ... -
Sense of coherence and life satisfaction in people suffering from mental health problems : an intervention study in talk-therapy groups with focus on salutogenesis
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-11-16)Background: The increasing number of people who live in the community for many years with mental health problems (MHP) brings into focus the need for recovery within a coping, health promotion and life satisfaction ...