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Meal and Sleep Timing before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Anonymous Survey Study from Sweden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions, such as stay-at-home-orders, have significantly altered daily routines and lifestyles. Given their importance for metabolic health, we herein compared sleep and meal timing ... -
Measurement properties of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory by cross-sectional and longitudinal designs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-21)Background: The impact of dizziness on quality of life is often assessed by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), which is used as a discriminate and evaluative measure. The aim of the present study was to examine ... -
Measuring and addressing the childhood tuberculosis reporting gaps in Pakistan: The first ever national inventory study among children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-30)Introduction Tuberculosis in children may be difficult to diagnose and is often not reported to routine surveillance systems. Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis (TB) case detection and reporting gaps strengthens ... -
Measuring autism-associated traits in the general population: Factor structure and measurement invariance across sex and diagnosis status of the Social Communication Questionnaire
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Autism screening questionnaires are sometimes used as a measure of “autism-associated traits” in samples drawn from the general population, even though such tools are primarily developed and designed for use in samples of ... -
Measuring implementation: development of the implementation process assessment tool (IPAT)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-21)Background Implementation science comprises a large set of theories suggesting interacting factors at different organisational levels. Development of literature syntheses and frameworks for implementation have contributed ... -
Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01-21)Background: The overall human resource shortages and the distributional inequalities in the health workforce in many developing countries are well acknowledged. However, little has been done to measure the degree of ... -
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries ... -
Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09)Background: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of “leaving no one behind”. Understanding today's gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers ... -
Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: National and subnational analysis in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Introduction: Aiming for universal health coverage (UHC) as a country-level goal requires that progress is measured and tracked over time. However, few national and subnational studies monitor UHC in low-income countries ... -
Measuring socioeconomic status in multicountry studies: Results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-21)Background: There is no standardized approach to comparing socioeconomic status (SES) across multiple sites in epidemiological studies. This is particularly problematic when cross-country comparisons are of interest. We ... -
Measuring socioeconomic status in multicountry studies: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-21)Background: There is no standardized approach to comparing socioeconomic status (SES) across multiple sites in epidemiological studies. This is particularly problematic when cross-country comparisons are of interest. We ... -
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority ... -
Mechanisms linking parental educational attainment with child ADHD, depression, and academic problems: a study of extended families in The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Low educational attainment in parents is associated with child psychopathology. It is not clear whether the associations are due to risk factors that family members share or due to effects of maternal or ... -
Media campaign for improving Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in low back pain - an evaluation of the “Active Back” project
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-02-26)This thesis is a scientific evaluation of an implementation project of the Norwegian Guidelines on acute back pain in two Norwegian counties, Aust-Agder and Vestfold, during 2002 to 2005. The project consisted of specific ... -
Mediators of change in healthcare organisations subject to external assessment: a systematic review with narrative synthesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives: External inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a narrative synthesis of research literature ... -
Medical malpractice in Norway: frequency and distribution of disciplinary actions for medical doctors 2011–2018
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Physicians who perform unsafe practices and harm patients may be disciplined. In Norway, there are five types of disciplinary action, ranging from a warning for the least serious examples of malpractice to loss ... -
Medication free treatment for people with psychosis: An explorative study of user perspectives on increased accept and support for patients choosing to discontinue anti-psychotic medication as treatment for psychosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-20)Bakgrunn: Medisinfri behandling for psykose i Norge er et resultat av et felles initiativ fra flere brukerorganisasjoner basert på den debatterte bruken av antipsykotiske medisiner, og ønsket om mer personsentrert behandling ... -
Medication Use among Immigrants from Syria Living in Western Norway: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article, 2022-09-01)This cross-sectional study sought to quantify medication use and change in use of prescription-only medications purchased in the past in Syria without medical prescription versus today in Norway in an adult population ... -
Medisinsk profesjonalitet: Mestring av legeyrket
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)When the doctor uses theoretical knowledge, clinical skills, and clinical communication in a way that takes care of the patient, this may be called professionalism. The article aims to show that medical professionalism, ... -
Medisinsk uforklarte plager og symptomer (MUPS) og sykefravær. Allmennlegens rolle
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-01-16)Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS) is a term which captures conditions characterized by subjective symptoms without corresponding objective findings. Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel ...