• Bruk av psykofarmaka ved syke- og aldershjem i Stavanger kommune - kan undervisning av ansatte bidra til mer hensiktsmessig forskrivning? 

      Ven, Andrine Tveiten (Master thesis, 2022-05-20)
      Bakgrunn: I løpet av de neste ti årene vil befolkningen for første gang bestå av flere eldre enn yngre. Selv om legemiddelbehandling er en viktig årsak til at mennesker lever lenger, er eldre særlig utsatt for legemiddelrelaterte ...
    • Bruk av reseptfrie smertestillende legemidler ved tannregulering av unge pasienter mellom 8 og 18 år 

      Halland, Magnus Rogne; Pedersen, Åsmund Heggen (Master thesis, 2015-02-13)
      Background. In this study we examined the use of analgesics among the young and adolescent in relation to dental braces. Aims. To evaluate whether there is a need for additional research and better guidance in the use of ...
    • Bruk av uspesifikke diagnosekoder på legevakt 

      Sandvik, Hogne; Hunskår, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      BAKGRUNN Primærlegene setter diagnosekoder på alle regningskort. Formålet med studien var å kartlegge bruk av uspesifikke diagnosekoder som kan svekke validiteten av statistikk og sykdomsovervåkning. MATERIALE OG ...
    • Bruken av antidiabetika i Norge for perioden 2004-2010. En reseptregisterstudie 

      Endresen, Helle Nærsnes (Master thesis, 2011-05-20)
      For å etablere gode rutiner for behandling av diabetes finnes det i dag kliniske retningslinjer. Kjernen i disse er først å benytte seg av veldokumenterte billige alternativer fremfor nye, dyrere og mindre dokumenterte ...
    • Budget impact analysis of using dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine to treat uncomplicated malaria in children in Tanzania 

      Mori, Amani Thomas; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Robbestad, Bjarne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)
      Background and Objective: Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DhP) is a very cost effective anti-malarial drug. The aim of this study was to predict the budget impact of using DhP as a first- or second-line drug to treat ...
    • Buegangsdehiscens 

      Goplen, Frederik Kragerud; Hess-Erga, Jeanette; Opheim, Leif Runar; Silvola, Juha Tapio; Stene, Brit Kari; Törpel, Jörg; Uppheim, Alexander; Bunne, Bodil Iris Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Buegangsdehiscens er en tilstand med plagsomme øresymptomer og svimmelhet forårsaket av en defekt i benet mellom det indre øret og midtre skallegrop. Sykdommen er ufarlig, og for mange pasienter er det tilstrekkelig med ...
    • Building a new master's and PhD programme in nutritional epidemiology in Kinshasa: How to face obstacles beyond the control of the project 

      Mapatano, Mala Ali; Horwood, Christiane; Hatløy, Anne (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Building better tuberculosis control systems in a post-COVID world: learning from Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Fatima, Razia; Akhtar, Nasim; Yaqoob, Aashifa; Harries, Anthony D.; Khan, Mishal S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objectives All countries impacted by COVID-19 have had to change routine health service delivery. Although this has reversed some of the progress made in reducing the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) disease, there is ...
    • Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems 

      Fatima, Razia; Yaqoob, Aashifa; Qadeer, Ejaz; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Heldal, Einar; Zachariah, Rony; Harries, Anthony D.; Kumar, Ajay M.V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: For many years, operational research capacity has been a challenge and has remained a low priority for the health sector in Pakistan. Building research capacity for developing a critical mass of researchers in ...
    • Burden and characteristics of the comorbidity tuberculosis - diabetes in Europe : TBnet prevalence survey and case-control study 

      Sane Schepisi, Monica; Navarra, Assunta; Altet Gómez, Maria de las Nieves; Dudnyk, Andrii; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Esteban, Jaime; Giorgetti, Pier Francesco; Gualano, Gina; Guglielmetti, Lorenzo; Heyckendorf, Jan; Kaluzhenina, Anna; Lange, Berit; Lange, Christoph; Manika, Katerina; Miah, Jalal; Nanovic, Zorica; Pontali, Emanuele; Prego, Monica Rios; Solovič, Ivan; Tiberi, Simon; Palmieri, Fabrizio; Girardi, Enrico (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)
      Background: The growing burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) is posing a threat to global tuberculosis (TB) control. DM triples the risk of developing TB, modifies the presenting features of pulmonary TB, and worsens TB treatment ...
    • Burden of bloodstream infection in an area of Mid-Norway 2002-2013: A prospective population-based observational study 

      Mehl, Arne; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Lydersen, Stian; Paulsen, Julie; Solligård, Erik; Damås, Jan Kristian; Harthug, Stig; Edna, Tom-Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-11)
      Background: Studies from several countries indicate that the incidence and mortality of bloodstream infection (BSI) have been increasing over time. Methods: We studied the burden of disease and death related to BSI in a ...
    • The burden of cardiovascular diseases in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2017: evidence from the Global Burden of Disease Study 

      Ali, Solomon; Misganaw, Awoke; Worku, Asnake; Destaw, Zelalem; Negash, Legesse; Bekele, Abebe; Briant, Paul Svitil; Johnson, Catherine O; Alam, Tahiya; Odell, Chris; Roth, Gregory A; Naghavi, Mohsen; Abate, Ebba; Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In Ethiopia, evidence on the national burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is limited. To address this gap, this systematic analysis estimated the burden of CVDs in Ethiopia using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) ...
    • Burden of diarrhea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2015: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study 

      Mokdad, Ali H.; Khalil, Ibrahim; El Bcheraoui, Charbel; Charara, Raghid; Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar; Afshin, Ashkan; Kassebaum, Nicholas J.; Collison, Michael; Chew, Adrienne; Krohn, Kristopher J.; Daoud, Farah; Colombara, Danny; Foreman, Kyle J.; Godwin, William W.; Kutz, Michael; Mirarefin, Mojde; Rao, Puja C.; Reiner, Robert; Troeger, Christopher; Wang, Haidong; Niguse Abraha, Haftom; Abu-Elyazeed, Remon; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar; Ahmadi, Alireza; Beshir Ahmed, Muktar; Alam, Khurshid; Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; Altirkawi, Khalid A.; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Anber, Nahla; Anwari, Palwasha; Mehari Atey, Tesfay; Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur; Bacha, Umar; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Bedi, Neeraj; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Berhane, Adugnaw; Obong Bessong, Pascal; Shunu Beyene, Addisu; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Colin Buckle, Geoffrey; Butt, Zahid A.; Danawi, Hadi; Deribew, Amare; Djalalinia, Shirin; Dubey, Manisha; Endries, Aman Yesuf; Eshrati, Babak; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad; Fischer, Florian; Tewelde Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye; Chander Gugnani, Harish; Ribhi Hamadeh, Randah; Hamidi, Samer; Husseini, Abdullatif; James, Spencer Lewis; Jonas, Jost B.; Kasaeian, Amir; Saleh Khader, Yousef; Ahmad Khan, Ejaz; Khan, Gulfaraz; Khubchandani, Jagdish; Kissoon, Niranjan; Kopec, Jacek A.; Koyanagi, Ai; Kuate Defo, Barthelemy; Larson, Heidi J.; Abdul Latif, Asma; Lunevicius, Raimundas; Abd El Razek, Hassan Magdy; Abd El Razek, Mohammed Magdy; Majdzadeh, Reza; Majeed, Azeem; Malekzadeh, Reza; Memiah, Peter; Memish, Ziad A.; Mendoza, Walter; Tadese Mengistu, Desalegn; Mohammed, Shafiu; Murthy, Srinivas; Wanjiku Ngunjiri, Josephine; Akpojene Ogbo, Felix; Pourmalek, Farshad; Qorbani, Mostafa; Radfar, Amir; Rafay, Anwar; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa; Kumar Rai, Rajesh; Ram, Usha; Laith Rawaf, David; Rawaf, Salman; Renzaho, Andre M.N.; Rezaei, Satar; Roshandel, Gholamreza; Safdarian, Mahdi; Ali Sahraian, Mohammad; Salamati, Payman; Samy, Abdallah M.; Ramon Sanabria, Juan; Sartorius, Benn; Sepanlou, Sadaf G.; Ali Shaikh, Masood; Shigematsu, Mika; Sobaih, Badr H.A.; Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.; Sykes, Bryan L.; Tehrani-Banihashemi, Arash; Temsah, Mohamad-Hani; Sulieman Terkawi, Abdullah; Tiruye, Tenaw Yimer; Topor-Madry, Roman; Nnanna Ukwaja, Kingsley; Vollset, Stein Emil; Wakayo, Tolassa; Werdecker, Andrea; Shey Wiysonge, Charles; Workicho, Abdulhalik; Yaghoubi, Mohsen; Yaseri, Mehdi; Yenesew, Muluken; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Younis, Mustafa Z.; El Sayed Zaki, Maysaa; Zodpey, Sanjay; Zein, Bassel; Jumaan, Aisha O.; Vos, Theo; Hay, Simon I.; Naghavi, Mohsen; Murray, Christopher J.L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)
      Objectives: Diarrheal diseases (DD) are an important cause of disease burden, especially in children in low-income settings. DD can also impact children’s potential livelihood through growth faltering, cognitive impairment, ...
    • The burden of disease among people with severe substance use disorders 

      Aas, Christer Frode (Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-14)
      Background: A substance use disorder (SUD) is a potentially severe clinical condition with high co-occurrence of somatic and mental disorders. The burden of disease attributable to substance use contributes to 11.8 million ...
    • The burden of disease for children born alive with Turner syndrome—A European cohort study 

      Andersen, Ann-Louise Rud; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer; Tan, Joachim; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Gatt, Miriam; Gissler, Mika; Klungsøyr, Kari; Khoshnood, Babak; Morris, Joan; Neville, Amanda J.; Pierini, Anna; Scanlon, Ieuan; de Walle, Hermien E. K.; Wellesley, Diana; Garne, Ester; Loane, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Turner syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly caused by complete or partial X chromosome monosomy that may affect mortality and morbidity in childhood. Methods This population-based data-linkage cohort study, ...
    • The burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditures in Ethiopia: estimates from a nationally representative survey (2015–16) 

      Kiros, Mizan; Dessie, Ermias; Tolla, Mieraf Taddesse; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Memirie, Solomon Tessema; Verguet, Stéphane; Jbaily, Abdulrahman (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In Ethiopia, little is known about the extent of out-of-pocket health expenditures and the associated financial hardships at national and regional levels. We estimated the incidence of both catastrophic and impoverishing ...
    • The burden of injuries in Ethiopia from 1990-2017: evidence from the global burden of disease study 

      Ali, Solomon; Destaw, Zelalem; Misganaw, Awoke; Worku, Asnake; Negash, Legesse; Bekele, Abebe; Zergaw, Ababi; Walker, Ally; Odell, Chris; Naghavi, Mohsen; Abate, Ebba; Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Mortality caused by injuries is increasing and becoming a significant global public health concern. Limited evidence from Ethiopia on road traffic, unintentional and intentional injuries indicate the potential ...
    • The burden of knowing: balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. a qualitative study from Zambia 

      Jürgensen, Marte; Tuba, Mary; Fylkesnes, Knut; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-05)
      Background Client-initiated HIV counselling and testing has been scaled up in many African countries, in the form of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Test rates have remained low, with HIV-related stigma being an ...
    • Burden of lower respiratory infections and associated risk factors across regions in Ethiopia: a subnational analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases 2019 study 

      Yigezu, Amanuel; Misganaw, Awoke; Getnet, Fentabil; Berheto, Tezera Moshago; Walker, Ally; Zergaw, Ababi; Gobena, Firehiwot Abebe; Haile, Muluken Argaw; Hailu, Alemayehu; Memirie, Solomon Tessema; Tolosa, Dereje Mengistu; Abate, Semagn Mekonnen; Molla Adane, Mesafint; Akalu, Gizachew Taddesse; Aklilu, Addis; Tsegaye, Dejen; Gebru, Zeleke; Asemahagn, Mulusew Andualem; Atlaw, Daniel; Awoke, Tewachew; Abebe, Hunegnaw; Bekele, Niguss Cherie; Belete, Melaku Ashagrie; Hailemariam, Tekleberhan; Yirga, Alemeshet; Birara, Setognal Aychiluhm; Bodicha, Belay Boda Abule; Churko, Chuchu; Demeke, Feleke Mekonnen; Desta, Abebaw Alemayehu; Ena, Lankamo; Eyayu, Tahir; Fentaw, Zinabu; Gargamo, Daniel Baza; Gebrehiwot, Mesfin Damtew; Gebremichael, Mathewos Alemu; Getachew, Melaku; Molla, Getahun; Sahiledengle, Biniyam; Beyene, Bereket; Sibhat, Migbar; Sidamo, Negussie Boti; Solomon, Damtew; Solomon, Yonatan; Wagaye, Birhanu; Wedajo, Shambel; Weldemariam, Melat; Yismaw, Yazachew Engida; Naghavi, Moshen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective This analysis is to present the burden and trends of morbidity and mortality due to lower respiratory infections (LRIs), their contributing risk factors, and the disparity across administrative regions and cities ...
    • The burden of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: severe impacts on quality of life, daily life functioning and willingness to become pregnant again – results from a cross-sectional study 

      Heitmann, Kristine; Nordeng, Hedvig Marie Egeland; Havnen, Gro Cecilie; Solheimsnes, Anja; Holst, Lone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-28)
      Background: Though nausea and vomiting is very common during pregnancy, no studies have investigated the impact of this condition on the women’s daily lives in a Scandinavian population. The aim of this study was to describe ...