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Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in Utero and Subsequent Plasma Lipids, ApoB, and CRP among Adult Women in the MoBa Cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11)Background: Recent findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy may play a role in the development of metabolic alterations in offspring during childhood. However, whether such exposure increases the risk of ... -
Exposures during the prepuberty period and future offspring's health: evidence from human cohort studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Emerging evidence suggests that exposures in prepuberty, particularly in fathers-to-be, may impact the phenotype of future offspring. Analyses of the RHINESSA cohort find that offspring of father’s exposed to tobacco smoking ... -
Extending contact screening to 50 metre around tuberculosis patients in urban Pakistan : Follow-up of a large Active Case-finding Project
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-10)Tuberkulose pasienter som ikke er diagnostisert er et stort helseproblem i samfunnet i Pakistan. I 2020 var det 52% av det antatte totale nye tilfeller som ikke var registrert i det nasjonale TB programmet (NTP) i Pakistan, ... -
Extending contact screening within a 50-m radius of an index tuberculosis patient using Xpert MTB/RIF in urban Pakistan: Did it impact treatment outcomes?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Pakistan implemented initiatives to detect tuberculosis (TB) patients through extended contact screening (ECS); it improved case detection but treatment outcomes need assessment. Objectives To compare ... -
External inspections of healthcare organizations : A study of organizational and clinical effects of inspections on the management of sepsis in Norwegian hospitals
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-05-11)External inspections of healthcare organizations serve different purposes, one of which is to bring about quality improvements in the care offered to patients. Research has offered many different perspectives on how well ... -
External quality assessment of point-of-care International Normalized Ratio (INR) testing in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-09)Background: Point-of-care testing (POCT) of prothrombin time, expressed as International Normalized Ratio (INR), is widely used to monitor patients in oral anticoagulation treatment. Guidelines recommend that POCT users ... -
External Quality Assurance of Point-of-Care testing : Participant performance and commutability of the control material
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-09-03)The term point-of-care (POC) testing refers to laboratory tests performed near the patient, as opposed to a clinical laboratory setting. The aim of POC testing is to generate fast test results that facilitate accurate ... -
External validation of the RISC, RISC-Malawi, and PERCH clinical prediction rules to identify risk of death in children hospitalized with pneumonia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Existing scores to identify children at risk of hospitalized pneumonia-related mortality lack broad external validation. Our objective was to externally validate three such risk scores. Methods: We applied the ... -
Extra-intestinal complications following acute giardiasis
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-05-12)Background: Giardia lamblia is a common waterborne protozoan parasite worldwide. A large outbreak occurred in Bergen, Norway, in 2004. It was caused by heavy rainfall overloading the sewage system leading to contamination ... -
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Pakistan is fifth among high burden countries for tuberculosis. A steady increase is seen in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), which now accounts for 20% of all notified TB cases. There is very limited ... -
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan: Challenges in diagnosis and detection of drug resistance
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-11-02)Bakgrunn: Pakistan er blant de fem landene med høyest forekomst av tuberkulose (TB) og legemiddelresistent TB. Ekstrapulmonær TB (EPTB) utgjør 20% av alle registrerte TB-pasienter, men det er lite informasjon om ... -
Eye discomfort, headache and back pain among Mayan Guatemalan women taking part in a randomised stove intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007)Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) from combustion of biomass fuels represents a global health problem, estimated to cause 1.6 million premature deaths annually. Aims: RESPIRE (Randomised Exposure Study of Pollution ... -
Facilitating new movement strategies: Equine assisted physiotherapy for children with cerebral palsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Equine Assisted Physiotherapy (EAPT) offers children with cerebral palsy (CP) opportunities for new movement experiences, and may influence movement qualities. Descriptions of how, and to what extent EAPT affects ... -
Facilitators for use of oral healthcare services among people with substance use disorders: a qualitative study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) patients in Norway are eligible for free oral healthcare services; however, oral health morbidity remains high and the uptake of services among this patient group is low. As ... -
Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-15)Background: Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes in Ethiopia. However, utilization of this service among adults is very low. The aim of ... -
Factors and associations for physical activity in severely obese adults during a two-year lifestyle intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-07)Objective. This study of severely obese adults participating in a two-year lifestyle intervention investigates associations between the independent variables: change in self-efficacy for physical activity (PA) in the face ... -
Factors associated with access to assistive technology and telecare in home-dwelling people with dementia: baseline data from the LIVE@Home.Path trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: There is a knowledge gap regarding factors that may influence the access to different devices for home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD). The aim of this study was to identify different assistive technology ... -
Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life among individuals treated with long-term mechanical ventilation, a 6-year follow-up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)Aims: To examine changes and explanatory variables for changes in health-related quality of life in patients treated with long-term mechanical ventilation over a 6-year period. Background: Long-term mechanical ventilation ... -
Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of ... -
Factors associated with delivery outside a health facility: Cross-sectional study in rural Malawi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-06)objective To identify factors associated with delivery outside a health facility in rural Malawi. method A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Balaka, Dedza, Mchinji and Ntcheu districts in Malawi in 2013 among women ...