• Kampanjen Gjør kloke valg – støtte til allmennleger for å unngå å rekvirere unødvendige billedundersøkelser 

  Martinsen, Hege (Master thesis, 2020-11-15)

  Background: Overuse of radiological procedures has become a significant problem. Choosing wisely is a campaign based on scientific evidence which has developed recommendations on avoiding unnecessary examinations and ...

• “Erkjenne for å kunne endre” - pasienters erfaringer med endringsprosesser i fysioterapibehandling for langvarige muskelskjelettplager 

  Henriksen, Anders Eltvik (Master thesis, 2020)

  Background and aims: Persistent musculoskeletal pain is associated with complex causations, and a multifaceted treatment intervention based on a biopsychosocial understanding, is recommended. The objective of this study ...

• Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4 

  Kumar, Gunjan; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Srivastava, Akanksha; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-05)

  Objectives: We examined the utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care (ANC), defined as 4 or more antenatal visits, at least one tetanus toxoid (TT) injection and consumption of iron folic acid (IFA) for ...

• Key decision makers and actors in selected newborn care practices: A community-based survey in northern Uganda 

  Mukunya, David; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Kizito, Samuel; Napyo, Agnes; Achora, Vincentina; Odongkara, Beatrice; Arach, Agnes Anna; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-16)

  Knowledge of key decision makers and actors in newborn care is necessary to ensure that health interventions are targeted at the right people. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Lira district, Northern Uganda. ...

• Seasonal and pandemic influenza during pregnancy and risk of fetal death: A Norwegian registry‑based cohort study 

  Gunnes, Nina; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Bakken, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen; Ghaderi, Sara; Gran, Jon Michael; Hungnes, Olav; Magnus, Per; Samuelsen, Sven Ove; Skrondal, Anders; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Trogstad, Lill; Wilcox, Allen James; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Previous studies of fetal death with maternal influenza have been inconsistent. We explored the effect of maternal influenza-like illness (ILI) in pregnancy on the risk of fetal death, distinguishing between diagnoses ...

• Parvovirus B19 DNAemia in pregnant women in relation to perinatal death: A nested case‐control study within a large population‐based pregnancy cohort 

  Barlinn, Regine; Trogstad, Lill; Rollag, Halvor; Frøen, Jahn Frederik; Magnus, Per; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Introduction: Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is the infectious cause of exanthema infectiosum. In Europe around 40% of pregnant women are susceptible to infection. Having small children at home is the main risk factor for contracting ...

• “The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda 

  Mukunya, David; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-04)

  Background: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. Objective: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical ...

• Teater som danning i helseprofesjonene 

  Sæther, Wigdis Helen; Sørbø, Jan Inge; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

  Healthcare workers who watch a theatre play about dementia, gain experiential knowledge about living with dementia. In this essay we discuss the nature of this knowledge in light of the concept of bildung. This discussion ...

• Unravelling the prospective associations between mixed anxiety-depression and insomnia during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy 

  Thun, Eirunn; Sivertsen, Børge; Knapstad, Marit; Smith, Otto Robert Frans (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Objective Previous studies have suggested that there is a reciprocal relationship between anxiety/depression and insomnia. However, little is known about the prospective relationships between these constructs across the ...

• Ischemic heart failure as a complication of incident acute myocardial infarction: Timing and time trends: A national analysis including 78,814 Danish patients during 2000–2009 

  Sulo, Gerhard; Sulo, Enxhela; Jørgensen, Torben; Linnenberg, Allan; Prescott, Eva; Tell, Grethe S.; Osler, Merete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Aim: Heart failure is a serious complication of acute myocardial infarction leading to poor prognosis. We aimed at exploring time trends of heart failure and their impact on mortality among patients with an incident acute ...

• Diagnosis and management of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in low-resource settings, a study from Zanzibar, Tanzania 

  Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen (Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-11)

  Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global public health concern. Of the 7 million incident TB cases recognized by the World Health Organization in 2018, 15% were extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases. Diagnosing EPTB ...

• Mortality following first-time hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction in Norway, 2001-2014: Time trends, underlying causes and place of death 

  Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Enxhela; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Egeland, Grace M.; Vollset, Stein Emil; Tell, Grethe S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)

  Background Trends on cause-specific mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are poorly described and no studies have analyzed where do AMI patients die. We analyzed trends in 28-day and one-year mortality ...

• Vitamin B6 catabolism and lung cancer risk: Results from the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) 

  Zuo, Hui; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Tell, Grethe S.; Fanidi, Anouar; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Wu, Jie; Prentice, Ross L.; Pettinger, Mary; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Giles, Graham G.; Hodge, Allison M.; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Johansson, Mikael B.; Hultdin, Johan; Grankvist, Kjell; Stevens, Victoria L.; McCullough, Marjorie L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Ziegler, Regina G.; Freedman, Neal David; Caporaso, Neil E.; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Næss, Marit; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, John Michael; Severi, Gianluca; Zhang, Xuehong; Stampfer, Meir Jonathan; Han, Jiali; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Marchand, Loïc Le; Yuan, Jian-Min; Wang, Renwei; Koh, Woon-Puay; Gao, Yutang; Ericson, Ulrika C.; Visvanathan, Kala; Jones, Michael R.; Relton, Caroline Laura; Brennan, Paul J.; Johansson, Mattias; Ulvik, Arve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)

  Background Increased vitamin B6 catabolism related to inflammation, as measured by the PAr index (the ratio of 4-pyridoxic acid over the sum of pyridoxal and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate), has been positively associated with ...

• Helsepersonells erfaringer med ivaretakelse av pasienter med orienterings- og hukommelsesvansker innlagt på somatisk sykehus - En kvalitativ studie 

  Løvik, Juliane Moberg (Master thesis, 2020-12-18)

  Sammendrag Bakgrunn: Personer med orienterings- og hukommelsesvansker har større risiko for delirium, opplever oftere fall, og har høyere dødelighet enn andre grupper innlagt på sykehus. Hensikt: Å utforske hvordan ...

• Vekst av Escherichia coli i fullblod med og utan leukocyttar ved ulike lagringsvilkår 

  Braathen, Hanne (Master thesis, 2020-12-15)

  BAKGRUNN Tapping av leukocytthaldig citrat-fosfat-dekstrose-adenin (CPDA-1) fullblod blir utført i sivile og militære blodbankar, i tappesalar og i felt. Blod tappa i felt kan ha auka risiko for bakteriell kontaminasjon ...

• An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Tumor Volume Delineation 

  Hannisdal, Marianne Hjellvik (Master thesis, 2020-12-15)

• Cesarean section on maternal request in Norway : A qualitative and normative study of birth counseling and decision-making 

  Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll (Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-17)

  Background: Cesarean section (CS) is a common and life-saving intervention. While lack of access is a severe problem in some parts of the world, excessive use has become a growing concern recently. In light of this, a ...

• Effects of air pollution and greenness on asthma and allergy — over time and across generations 

  Kuiper, Ingrid Nordeide (Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-17)

  Background: The prevalence of asthma and allergies have increased in the last decades, likely due to complex interaction of genes and environmental factors; however, causal pathways are still far from understood. Environmental ...

• Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Lesotho 

  Tiam, Appolinaire (Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-11)

  The number of new pediatric HIV-1 infections is reducing globally as services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (PMTCT) are being scaled up. Lesotho has one of the highest HIV burdens globally ...

• “Cross-cultural translation, validity and reliability of the Norwegian Version of the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire” 

  Hansen, Ragnhild Rossebø (Master thesis, 2020-11-13)

  Bakgrunn: The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) ble utviklet som et verktøy for å vurdere hvordan individer konseptualiserer sin egen smerteopplevelse. Spørreskjemaet kan bli brukt for å evaluere om helsepersonell ...

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