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Common psychiatric and metabolic comorbidity of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A population-based cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-26)Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often comorbid with other psychiatric conditions in adults. Yet, less is known about its relationship with common metabolic disorders and how sex and ageing affect the ... -
Communication and daily care of Sami patients with dementia: healthcare workers` experiences
(Master thesis, 2019-11-02)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to gather new knowledge on the experience of healthcare staff in their communication and daily care with Sami patients with dementia. Method: Data was collected through five individual ... -
Communication and Relational Ties in Inter-Professional Teams in Norwegian Specialized Health Care: A Multicentre Study of Relational Coordination
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Introduction: The delivery of integrated care depends on the quality of communication and relationships among health-care professionals in inter-professional teams. The main aim of this study was to investigate individual ... -
Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-10-20)Background: Universal exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could reduce infant mortality by 13%. Although 99% women initiate breastfeeding in Uganda, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low. Although peer ... -
Community health workers and accountability: Reflections from an international "think-in"
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-25)Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, ... -
Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India - a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: In a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 8402 stable low birthweight (LBW) infants, majority being late preterm or term small for gestational age, community-initiated KMC (ciKMC) showed a significant improvement ... -
Community participation as a strategy in reducing maternal and child mortality in rural areas: A Literature review
(Master thesis, 2012-09-20)Background: Maternal and neonatal mortality rate are still high in many developing countries. Lack of access to health facilities is one of the biggest challenges in the poorest households and in rural areas which contributes ... -
Community participation in formulating the post-2015 health and development goal agenda: Reflections of a multi-country research collaboration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-10)Global discussion on the post-2015 development goals, to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire on 31 December 2015, is well underway. While the Millennium Development Goals focused on redressing extreme ... -
Community perspectives on randomisation and fairness in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-21)Background: One important ethical issue in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is randomisation. Relatively little is known about how participating individuals and communities understand and perceive central aspects of ... -
A community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrants in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-12)Background The attendance to cervical cancer screening is low among immigrants in many high-income countries. Although several interventions have been experimentally tested,implementation remains a challenge. Several factors ... -
Commutability of a whole-blood external quality assessment material for point-of-care C-reactive protein, glucose, and hemoglobin testing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)BACKGROUND: The optimal situation in external quality assessment (EQA) is to use commutable materials. No previous study has examined the commutability of a whole-blood material for point-of-care (POC) testing. The aim of ... -
Comorbid Dementia and Cancer in Residents of Nursing Homes: Secondary Analyses of a Cross-Sectional Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background: Life expectancy is increasing continuously, which increases the likelihood of developing dementia or cancer. Both dementia and cancer are serious conditions that give manifold symptoms. The interaction of these ... -
Comorbidities treated in primary care in children with chronic fatigue syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-02)Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a complex condition. Causal factors are not established, although underlying psychological or immunological susceptibility has been proposed. We ... -
Comorbidity between type 2 diabetes and depression in the adult population: directions of the association and its possible pathophysiological mechanisms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Type 2 diabetes and depression are regarded as comorbid conditions, and three possible directions of the association between the diseases can underlie this observation of comorbidity. First, common etiology can increase a ... -
Comparative effectiveness of antihypertensive medication for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and multiple treatments meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-04-05)Background: We conducted a systematic review of evidence from randomized controlled trials to answer the following research question: What are the relative effects of different classes of antihypertensive drugs in reducing ... -
Comparative Validity of Screening Instruments for Mental Distress in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background: The recognition of mental health as a major contributor to the global burden of disease has led to an increase in the demand for the inclusion of mental health services in primary health care as well as in ... -
Comparing HIV prevalence estimates from prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and the antenatal HIV surveillance in Addis Ababa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-26)Background: In the absence of reliable data, antenatal HIV surveillance has been used to monitor the HIV epidemic since the late 1980s. Currently, routine data from Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) ... -
Comparing unplanned and potentially planned home deaths: a population-based cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-02)Background: There is little research on number of planned home deaths. We need information about factors associated with home deaths, but also differences between planned and unplanned home deaths to improve end-of-life-care ... -
Comparing urine samples and cervical swabs for Chlamydia testing in a female population by means of Strand Displacement Assay (SDA)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-03-25)Background There has been an increasing number of diagnosed cases of Chlamydia trachomatis in many countries, in particular among young people. The present study was based on a growing request to examine urine as a ... -
Comparison between cold water immersion therapy (CWIT) and light emitting diode therapy (LEDT) in short-term skeletal muscle recovery after high-intensity exercise in athletes—preliminary results
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-19)In the last years, phototherapy has becoming a promising tool to improve skeletal muscle recovery after exercise, however, it was not compared with other modalities commonly used with this aim. In the present study we ...