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Personsentrert omsorg for personer med demens i Norge i 2016. En praxeologisk studie med Bourdieus praktikkteori som rammeverk. Studien beskriver og forklarer bakgrunnen for og hvordan det arter seg når helsepersonell anvender personsentrert omsorg basert på Kitwoods teori og Brookers modell for personer med demens, med et spesielt fokus på VIPS-praksismodell.
(Master thesis, 2017-06-21)The purpose of this thesis is to highlight how healthcare professionals communicate about, approach, and interact with people with dementia living in nursing homes in Norway in 2016. In an attempt to construct an answer ... -
Perspektiver på omsorgsforskning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-21)Denne artikkelen redegjør for sentrale forskningstradisjoner som har hatt innflytelse på nordisk omsorgsforskning – og i særdeleshet norsk omsorgsforskning. Omsorgsforskning forstås som studiet av omsorgsarbeid, omsorgens ... -
Pesticide use and serum acetylcholinesterase levels among flower farm workers in Ethiopia—a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-04)The flower industry in East Africa has grown in recent years, especially in the production and export of roses. The aim of this study was to assess pesticide use on selected flower farms in Ethiopia. Serum cholinesterase ... -
PGMI klassifisering av mammografibilder ved interne og eksterne mamma-radiografer
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Introduction: Inter-observer agreement among three mammography radiographers were evaluated using the PGMI classifications recommended in the quality assurance manual of the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). ... -
Pharmacists’ experience of a diabetes risk-assessment service and analytical quality control in community pharmacies : a focus-group study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Healthcare services such as diabetes risk-assessment are increasingly common in community pharmacies. Knowledge of community pharmacists’ experiences of such services could ease the implementation of a larger-scale ... -
Pharmacoeconomics and Formulary Decision-Making in Tanzania. Generating Evidence for Antimalarial Drugs
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-11-24)Introduction: Increasing expenditure on pharmaceuticals has prompted many authorities, mostly in high-income countries, to deploy pharmacoeconomic analysis as a tool to guide formulary decision-making. However, the role ... -
Pharmacoeconomics and its implication on priority-setting for essential medicines in Tanzania: a systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-09-27)Background: Due to escalating treatment costs, pharmacoeconomic analysis has been assigned a key role in the quest for increased efficiency in resource allocation for drug therapies in high-income countries. The extent to ... -
Pharmacologically treated diabetes and hospitalization among older Norwegians receiving homecare services from 2009 to 2014: a nationwide register study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction The aim was to assess whether annual hospitalization (admissions, length of stay and total days hospitalized) among persons >65 years receiving home care services in Norway were higher for persons with ... -
A Phase I/II randomized trial of H56:IC31 vaccination and adjunctive cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment in tuberculosis patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Host-directed-therapy strategies are warranted to fight tuberculosis. Here we assess the safety and immunogenicity of adjunctive vaccination with the H56:IC31 candidate and cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment (etoricoxib) ... -
Phone triage nurses’ assessment of respiratory tract infections – the tightrope walk between gatekeeping and service providing. A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Phone nurses triage callers to Norwegian out-of-hours cooperatives to estimate the appropriate urgency and level of care for the caller. Many callers with mild symptoms of respiratory tract infections receive ... -
Phonologie de la langue Sakata (BC 34). Langue bantoue du Zaïre Parler de Lemvien Nord
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Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with a Static Magnetic Field Applied in Different Moments Enhances Performance and Accelerates Muscle Recovery in CrossFit® Athletes: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The ergogenic effects of photobiomodulation therapy combined with a static magnetic field (PBMT-sMF) on exercises with characteristics similar to those of CrossFit® are unknown. This study was aimed at investigating the ... -
Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Static Magnetic Field (PBMT–SMF) on Spatiotemporal and Kinematics Gait Parameters in Post-Stroke: A Pilot Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Gait deficit is a major complaint in patients after stroke, restricting certain activities of daily living. Photobiomodulation therapy combined with a static magnetic field (PBMT-SMF) has been studied for several ... -
Photobiomodulation therapy combined with static magnetic field is better than placebo in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized placebo-controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by generalized chronic pain and tenderness in specific areas. Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) using low-level laser therapy and/or light emitting diode therapy is an ... -
Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Static Magnetic Field Reduces Pain in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck and/or Shoulder Pain: A Randomized, Triple-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) has been used to treat patients with chronic neck and/or shoulder pain. However, it is unknown whether the concurrent use of PBMT and static magnetic field (PBMT-sMF) also has positive ... -
Photobiomodulation therapy does not decrease pain and disability in people with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Question: In people with non-specific low back pain (LBP), what are the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on pain, disability and other outcomes when compared with no intervention, sham PBMT and other treatments, ... -
Photobiomodulation therapy in management of cancer therapy-induced side effects: WALT position paper 2022
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Disclaimer: This article is based on recommendations from the 12th WALT Congress, Nice, October 3-6, 2018, and a follow-up review of the existing data and the clinical observations of an international multidisciplinary ... -
Photobiomodulation Therapy is Able to Modulate PGE2 Levels in Patients With Chronic Non‐Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Placebo‐Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background and Objectives Non-specific low back pain (LBP) is responsible for triggering increased biomarkers levels. In this way, photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) may be an interesting alternative to treat these patients. ... -
Phylogeographic history of mitochondrial haplogroup J in Scandinavia
(Journal article, 2023)Background: Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J is the third most frequent haplogroup in modern-day Scandinavia, although it did not originate there. To infer the genetic history of haplogroup J in Scandinavia, we examined ... -
Physical activity and lung function—Cause or consequence?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Concerns exist that the positive association of physical activity with better lung function, which has been suggested in previous longitudinal studies in smokers, is due to reverse causation. To investigate this, we applied ...