• Maternal mortality in Sidama Region, southern Ethiopia : Results from surveys on mortality and the coverage of available interventions 

  Kea, Aschenaki Zerihun (Doctoral thesis, 2024-10-22)

  Summary Background: Etiopia er et lavinntektsland hvor mødredødsfall er et stort samfunnshelse problem. I 2020 døde 10,000 mødre i Etiopia og dette representerte 3.6% av den globale byrden. Etiopia mangler et register ...

• Population-based tuberculosis screening : Prevalence, incidence and cluster analysis in southern Ethiopia 

  Banti, Abiot Bezabeh (Doctoral thesis, 2024-10-25)

  Bakgrunn: Detyyt har vært mange internasjonale initiativer for å stoppe tuberkuloseepidemien, og både tuberkulosedødelighet og insidensrater faller globalt. Likevel er sykdommen en betydelig utfordring for befolkninger og ...

• Health complaints before and at one and five years after removal of dental amalgam restorations - data from a prospective cohort study in Norway 

  Sinha, Nivedita; Hamre, Harald Johan; Musial, Frauke; Werner, Erik Lønnmark; Björkman, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective: Health complaints attributed to dental amalgam fillings comprise both intraoral and general health complaints. There are data suggesting that patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) attributed ...

• Biotin: a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 

  Solvik, Beate Stokke; Strand, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Biotin is a water-soluble B-vitamin with key roles in metabolism and are found in most foods at low concentrations. Symptomatic biotin deficiency is rare, and few studies have investigated biotin requirements in relation ...

• Sleep characteristics and changes in sleep patterns among infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal 

  Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Ranjitkar, Suman; Silpakar, Jaya S.; Ulak Chandyo, Manjeswori; Kvestad, Ingrid; Shrestha, Merina; Schwinger, Catherine; Hysing, Mari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective Sleep undergoes major changes during the first year of life, but the characteristics of sleep among infants in low and middle-income countries are not well documented. This study describes sleep characteristics ...

• Legumes and pulses - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 

  Torheim, Liv Elin; Fadnes, Lars T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Consumption of legumes and pulses is associated with various health outcomes. Therefore, when updating the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR), summarizing the best available evidence on key health outcomes regarded as ...

• Social withdrawal behaviour in Nepalese infants and the relationship with future neurodevelopment; a longitudinal cohort study 

  Kvestad, Ingrid; Ulak Chandyo, Manjeswori; Ranjitkar, Suman; Shrestha, Merina; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Guedeney, Antoine; Braarud, Hanne Cecilie; Hysing, Mari; Strand, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Social withdrawal in infants may be a signal of distress and a precursor for non-optimal development. Objective To examine the relationship between infant social withdrawal and neurodevelopment up to 4 years in ...

• The impact on primary care of a large waterborne campylobacter outbreak in Norway: a controlled observational study 

  Iversen, Arild; Rørtveit, Guri; Wensaas, Knut-Arne; Gulla, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective: Document the impact of an outbreak of gastroenteritis on local primary health careservices, compared to a control period. Design: controlled observational study with data from the outbreak and a control period. ...

• Hvor søker fastleger hjelp ved egen sykdom? 

  Sandvik, Hogne; Hetlevik, Øystein; Blinkenberg, Jesper; Hunskår, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Bakgrunn Leger har generelt god helse, men unnlater ofte å søke hjelp når de blir syke. Egenbehandling er utbredt. Dette kan være en uheldig og risikabel praksis. Materiale og metode Dette er en registerstudie hvor fastlegers ...

• Socioeconomic differences in use of antiseizure medication in pregnancies with maternal epilepsy: A population-based study from Nordic universal health care systems 

  Leinonen, Maarit K.; Igland, Jannicke; Dreier, Julie Werenberg; Alvestad, Silje; Cohen, Jacqueline Mallory; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Gissler, Mika; Sun, Yuelian; Tomson, Torbjörn; Zoega, Helga; Vegrim, Håkon Magne; Christensen, Jakob; Bjørk, Marte-Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective Research points to disparities in disease burden and access to medical care in epilepsy. We studied the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and antiseizure medication (ASM) use in pregnancies with ...

• Continuity and breaches in GP care and their associations with mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data 

  Pahlavanyali, Sahar; Hetlevik, Øystein; Baste, Valborg; Blinkenberg, Jesper; Hunskaar, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Despite many benefits of continuity of care with a named regular GP (RGP), continuity is deteriorating in many countries. Aim To investigate the association between RGP continuity and mortality, in a personal ...

• To be or not to be supervisors for medical students in general practice clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway 

  Knutsen, Julie Solberg; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Hunskaar, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective Many countries experience challenges in recruiting and retaining general practitioners (GPs) as supervisors for medical students in clinical placements. We aimed to investigate the opportunities, capacities and ...

• Mothers’ experiences living with diastasis recti abdominis – an interview study 

  Marander, Viktoria; Råheim, Målfrid; Haukenes, Inger; Theodorsen, Nina-Margrethe Tennebekk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a common postpartum condition. Knowledge is scarce on how mothers perceive living with DRA. The interaction between healthcare providers and patients plays a significant role ...

• The associations between different types of infections and circadian preference and shift work 

  Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Emberland, Knut Erik; Litleskare, Sverre; Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen; Forthun, Ingeborg; Rørtveit, Guri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Disturbed sleep and circadian disruption are reported to increase the risk of infections. People with an evening circadian preference and night workers typically report insufficient sleep, and the aims of the present study ...

• How valid is a prescription-based multimorbidity index (Rx-risk) in predicting mortality in the Outcomes and Multimorbidity In Type 2 diabetes (OMIT) study? A nation-wide registry-based cohort study from Norway 

  Igland, Jannicke; Forster, Rachel Bedenis; Jenum, Anne Karen; Strandberg, Ragnhild Bjarkøy; Berg, Tore Julsrud; Røssberg, Jan Ivar; Iversen, Marjolein M.; Buhl, Esben Selmer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective: The prescription-based Rx-risk index has previously been developed to measure multimorbidity. We aimed to adapt and evaluate the validity of the Rx-risk index in prediction of mortality among persons with type ...

• Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care 

  Alvsåker, Linn Karin Tjalvin; Stensen, Maria Fehn; Mjelle, Anders Batman; Hunskaar, Steinar; Rebnord, Ingrid Keilegavlen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Antibiotic resistance is an increasing global threat, accelerated by both misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Most antibiotics to humans are prescribed in primary care, commonly for respiratory symptoms, and ...

• Incidence trends of adult glioma in Norway and its association with occupation and education: A registry-based cohort study 

  Sharifian, Mohammad Jalil; Igland, Jannicke; Klungsøyr, Kari; Engeland, Anders; Zhou, Ange; Bjørge, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Gliomas constitute 75 % of all malignant primary adult brain tumors. Being the most frequent histologic subtype, glioblastomas (GBMs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide and the Nordic countries ...

• Norwegian general practitioners’ perceptions of their depression care – a national survey 

  Grung, Ina Lill Skurtveit; Hjørleifsson, Stefan; Anderssen, Norman; Bringedal, Berit; Ruths, Sabine; Hetlevik, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background The General Practitioner (GP) is often the first professional contact for patients with depression. Depression care constitutes a substantial part of GPs’ workload. Objective To assess how GPs experience their ...

• Heterogeneity in the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality after the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy across mothers' lifetime reproductive history 

  Wyatt, Sage; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Singh, Aditi; Klungsøyr, Kari; Østbye, Truls; Skjaerven, Rolv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Prior studies on maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have focused only on a woman's first birth and have not accounted for successive affected ...

• A comparison of sleep, insomnia and health‑related quality of life between mothers and fathers of preterm versus full‑born infants: a longitudinal study from Norway 

  Marthinsen, Gunhild Nordbø; Helseth, Sølvi; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Fegran, Liv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Poor sleep may negatively affect parents’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This longitudinal study aimed to describe and compare sleep, insomnia and HRQoL in mothers and fathers of preterm and full-born ...

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