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Anxiety and depression in the general population : issues related to assessment, comorbidity, and risk factors
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Anxiety and depressive symptoms as predictors of all-cause mortality among people with insulin-naïve type 2 diabetes: 17-year follow-up of the second Nord-Trøndelag health survey (HUNT2), Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-18)Aim: To examine whether elevated anxiety and/or depressive symptoms are related to all-cause mortality in people with Type 2 diabetes, not using insulin. Methods: 948 participants in the community-wide Nord-Trøndelag Health ... -
Anxiety, depression and worklife : the Hordaland health study
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Applicability of an abbreviated version of the Child-OIDP inventory among primary schoolchildren in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-07-13)Background: There is a need for studies evaluating oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children in developing countries. Aim: to assess the psychometric properties, prevalence and perceived causes of the child ... -
Application of community dialogue approach to prevent adolescent pregnancy, early marriage and school dropout in Zambia: a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Adolescent pregnancy carries both health and economic risks for the pregnant girl and resulting baby, and it is common in Zambia. Providing alternative methods of preventing early pregnancy than abstinence is ... -
Applying the theory of planned behaviour to explain HIV testing in antenatal settings in Addis Ababa - a cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-18)Background: To facilitate access to the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services, HIV counselling and testing are offered routinely in antenatal care settings. Focusing a cohort of pregnant women ... -
Appraising Drugs Based on Cost-effectiveness and Severity of Disease in Norwegian Drug Coverage Decisions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Importance: Rising health care costs are a major health policy challenge globally. Norway has implemented a priority-setting system intended to balance cost-effectiveness and concerns for fair distribution, but little is ... -
Appropriate waist circumference cut points for identifying insulin resistance in black youth: a cross sectional analysis of the 1986 Jamaica birth cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-12-07)Background While the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has ethnic specific waist circumference (WC) cut-points for the metabolic syndrome for Asian populations it is not known whether the cut-points for black populations ... -
Are children with tuberculosis in Pakistan managed according to National programme policy guidelines? A study from 3 districts in Punjab
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-30)Background: The adherence to policies of National TB Control Programme (NTP) to manage a case of tuberculosis (TB) is a fundamental step to have a successful programme in any country. Childhood TB services faces an unmet ... -
Are Chronic Pain Patients with Dementia Being Undermedicated?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In dementia, neuropathological changes alter the perception and expression of pain. For clinicians and family members, this knowledge gap leads to difficulties in recognizing and assessing chronic pain, which may consequently ... -
Are general practitioners characteristics associated with the quality of type 2 diabetes care in general practice? Results from the Norwegian ROSA4 study from 2014
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-02)Objective: To explore the associations between general practitioners (GPs) characteristics such as gender, specialist status, country of birth and country of graduation and the quality of care for patients with type 2 ... -
Are MRI high-signal changes of alar and transverse ligaments in acute whiplash injury related to outcome?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-11)Background: Upper neck ligament high-signal changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been found in patients with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) but also in non-injured controls. The clinical relevance of such ... -
Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis identified by active and by passive case detection different? A cross-sectional study in Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives Our objective was to compare the characteristics of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) identified through “extended contact screening” (ECS) with those of patients identified through routine passive case ... -
Are severely injured trauma victims in Norway offered advanced pre-hospital care? National, retrospective, observational cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08)Background: Studies of severely injured patients suggest that advanced pre‐hospital care and/or rapid transportation provides a survival benefit. This benefit depends on the disposition of resources to patients with the ... -
Are the Norwegian health research investments in line with the disease burden?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-27)Background: The relationship between research funding across therapeutic areas and the burden of disease in Norway has not been investigated. Further, few studies have looked at the association between national research ... -
Are we doing enough? Improved breastfeeding practices at 14 weeks but challenges of non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding remain: Findings of two consecutive cross-sectional surveys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Initiative for breastfeeding support (KIBS) was a multipronged intervention to support the initiation and sustaining of breastfeeding, implemented between 2014 and 2017. We present results ... -
Are we overlooking alcohol use by younger children?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Alcohol use is a leading contributor to the burden of disease among youth. Early-onset use is associated with later life dependency, ill health and poor social functioning. Yet, research on and treatment opportunities for ... -
‘Are you a researcher or an activist?’: Navigating tensions in climate change and health research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Limiting global temperatures in line with the Paris Agreement requires deep and urgent cuts to emissions this decade from across all sectors, including healthcare. Yet, it can often take many years, even decades, for ... -
‘As soon as they can hold a glass, they begin taking alcohol’: a qualitative study on early childhood substance use in Mbale District, Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Globally, substance use is a leading contributor to the burden of disease among young people, with far reaching social, economic and health effects. Following a finding of harmful alcohol use among 5-8-year-old ... -
“As soon as they can hold a glass” : Exploring the prevalence, context and social determinants of early childhood substance use before age 10: a multimethod study from 11 countries in Africa
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-02-22)Bakgrunn: Etter å ha funnet skadelig alkoholinntak blant 5-8 år gamle barn i Uganda har vi undersøkt denne praksisen ytterligere i Uganda spesielt og Afrika generelt. Rusbruk i tidlig barndom, før ungdomstid (dvs. før ...