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Unfulfilled expectations to services offered at primary health care facilities: Experiences of caretakers of underfive children in rural Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-14)Background: There is growing evidence that patients frequently bypass primary health care (PHC) facilities in favour of higher level hospitals regardless of substantial additional time and costs. Among the reasons given ... -
Unge menneskers bruk av anabole androgene steroider: En praxeologisk studie fundert i Bourdieus teori- og begrepsgrunnlag.
(Master thesis, 2019-09-12)I denne masteroppgaven søker man å forstå hvorfor noen unge mennesker velger å bruke veksthormonet anabole androgene steroider i forbindelse med trening. Forskningsspørsmålet sikter seg mot å forklare treningsfeltet som ... -
Uniformspraktikker som distinksjonsmarkører. Sykepleieruniformer i praktikken (Haukeland universitetssykehus) og teorien (Høgskolen i Bergen) slik de har materialisert seg gjennom lærebøker og forskrifter. En praxeologisk studie med Bourdieus teori og begreper som verktøy.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Sykepleieruniformer har en sterk symbolsk funksjon og sykepleiere har historisk sett vært lett gjenkjennelige med sine klassiske uniformer i form av blå kjole, hvitt forkle og hodeplagg. Slik er det ikke lengre. Dagens ... -
Universal antiretroviral therapy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Northern Uganda : Studies on determinants, adherence, breastfeeding and viral load
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-24)Background: Uganda’s decrease in mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) has stagnated, making it almost impossible to achieve the target of zero new HIV infections. Objectives: The aim of this study has been to ... -
Universal health coverage of HIV, TB and malaria interventions in Ethiopia: economic burden, health benefits and financial risk protection
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-07)Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria remain a major threat to the Ethiopian population. In the past decades, substantial gains have been achieved in reducing morbidity and mortality ... -
Unmet Surgical Need in Malawi
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-04)Introduction Globally, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi, surgical conditions receive a low level of priority in national health systems. The burden of surgical diseases is not well documented and the ... -
Unravelling the prospective associations between mixed anxiety-depression and insomnia during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy
(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 ... -
Upper limb disability in Norwegian workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-11)Background: Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is a well-known disease among workers using hand-held vibrating tools. These patients experience major symptoms from their upper limbs. However, there are few studies on ... -
Uptake and predictors of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among people receiving opioid agonist therapy in Sweden and Norway: a drug utilization study from 2014 to 2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) offers an opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) endemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) and people enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) ... -
Urban settings do not ensure access to services: findings from the immunisation programme in Kampala Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-06)Background: Previous studies on vaccination coverage in developing countries focus on individual- and community-level barriers to routine vaccination mostly in rural settings. This paper examines health system barriers to ... -
Urban–Rural Differences in Hip Fracture Mortality: A Nationwide NOREPOS Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-09)Higher hip fracture incidence in urban than in rural areas has been demonstrated, but urban–rural differences in posthip fracture mortality have been less investigated, and the results are disparate. Hence, the aims of the ... -
Urgent Needs: A Literature Review of Strategies for Sustainable Access to Anti-Retroviral Therapy for HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2009-07-24)Two thirds of all people living with HIV and 70% of all who require anti-retroviral therapy (ART) live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite unprecedented international commitment to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, only 30% of all ... -
Urinary incontinence and risk of functional decline in older women: data from the Norwegian HUNT-study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-16)Background: The main objective of the present study was to determine whether UI is an independent predictor of ADL decline and IADL decline in elderly women. We also aimed to find out whether incontinent subjects were at ... -
Urinary Incontinence and Weight Change During Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-01)Weight gain during pregnancy may contribute to increased urinary incontinence (UI) during and after pregnancy, but scientific support is lacking. The effect of weight loss on UI postpartum is unclear. From 1999 to 2006, ... -
Urinary incontinence associated with anxiety and depression: the impact of psychotropic drugs in a cross-sectional study from the Norwegian HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Anxiety and depression are in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies associated with urinary incontinence (UI) in women, strongest for the urgency component of UI. The role of psychotropic drugs in this ... -
Urinary incontinence during pregnancy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-04)Objectives: To investigate incidence and prevalence of urinary incontinence during pregnancy, and associated risk factors. Method: The data collection was conducted as part of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study ... -
Urinary incontinence in pregnancy and postpartum. Incidence, prevalence and risk factors
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-26)Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common condition among women. The prevalence of UI is high both during and after pregnancy, and childbearing is an established risk factor for UI among young and middle-aged women. However, ... -
Urinary incontinence in relationship with anxiety and depression in women : An epidemiological study.
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-10-09)Summary: Urinary incontinence (UI) affects a large proportion of women during their lives. Pregnancy and parity, obesity and increasing age are regarded as the most important and best documented risk factors for UI in ... -
Usability and desirability of OpenXdata - an electronic data capture tool for data collection in health research
(Master thesis, 2014-01-30)The conventional way of collecting data is based on 'pen and paper' which is still widely used. The use of electronic tools for data collection in health research is, however, increasing and there has been a shift in ... -
A usability design checklist for Mobile electronic data capturing forms: the validation process
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-09)Background: New Specific Application Domain (SAD) heuristics or design principles are being developed to guide the design and evaluation of mobile applications in a bid to improve on the usability of these applications. ...