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Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Severely Obese Adults during a Two-Year Lifestyle Intervention Programme
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)It is unknown how changes in physical activity may affect changes in quality of life (QoL) outcomes during lifestyle interventions for severely obese adults. The purpose of this study was to examine associations in the ... -
Physical activity and sedentary time after lifestyle interventions at the Norwegian Healthy Life Centres
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aims: This study evaluates long-term changes in physical activity and its associations with various predictors after a behavior change program at the Norwegian Healthy Life Centers. Background: Physical activity is ... -
Physical activity in pregnancy: a Norwegian-Swedish mother-child birth cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)BACKGROUND Physical activity during pregnancy is important for maternal and offspring health. Optimal conditions during pregnancy may help reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases. National and international guidelines ... -
Physical activity is associated with a low prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the Royal Norwegian Navy: a cross sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-07-02)Background: Despite considerable knowledge about musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and physical, psychosocial and individual risk factors there is limited knowledge about physical activity as a factor in preventing MSD. In ... -
Physical activity is independently associated with reduced mortality: 15-years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-22)Background: Physical activity (PA) is associated with lower risk for non-communicable diseases and mortality. We aimed to investigate the prospective association between PA and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and ... -
Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-15)Background: We investigated the associations between education and leisure-time, occupational, sedentary and total physical-activity levels based on data from the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey ... -
Physical activity, aerobic fitness and parental socio-economic position among adolescents: the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents 2003-2006 (KiGGS)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-22)Background: The positive association between parental socio-economic position (PSEP) and health among adolescents may be partly explained by physical activity behaviour. We investigated the associations between physical ... -
Physical education classes – a double-edged sword: a qualitative study of Norwegian high-school students’ experiences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: The aim of this study was to explore students’ experiences of physical education (PE) and to gain insight into what contributes to engaging them in PE. Methods: A total of 316 second-year high-school students from ... -
Physical education teachers' and public health nurses' perception of Norwegian high school students' participation in physical education - a focus group study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-24)Background: High quality physical education programs in high schools may facilitate adoption of sustainable healthy living among adolescents. Public health nurses often meet students who avoid taking part in physical ... -
Physical health-related quality of life predicts disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders: seven years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study Cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-14)Background: Musculoskeletal diseases are characterized by a high degree of comorbidity with common mental disorders and are a major cause of health-related exclusion from working life. Using a prospective design we aimed ... -
Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between characteristics of physicians working in primary care emergency units (PCEUs) and the outcome of assessments of the medical records. Design: Data ... -
Physiotherapists' attitudes and beliefs towards common low back pain: Factor structure and internal consistency of the Norwegian version of the PABS-PT
(Master thesis, 2013-08-05)Background: The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS-PT) is a self-administrated questionnaire designed to discriminate between a biomedical and a biopsychosocial treatment orientation of therapists ... -
Physiotherapists' engagement in work ability and return to work issues of patients with musculoskeletal disorders. A cross-sectional survey in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Work and health are a national priority in Norway, and leading health authorities call for treatment approaches that incorporate these perspectives. We have little knowledge of how physiotherapists in private ... -
Physiotherapy for painful and hypomobile hip joints. Theoretical considerations and a trial comparing standard to forceful manual traction mobilization
(Master thesis, 2005)Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of forceful manual traction mobilization treatment to standard mobilization of unknown forces in patients with hip pain and hypomobility in private physiotherapy practise, and to ... -
Placental abruption and long-term maternal cardiovascular disease mortality: a population-based registry study in Norway and Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05)Women with preeclamptic pregnancies have increased long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. We explored this mortality risk among women with placental abruption, another placental pathology. We used linked Medical ... -
Placental epigenetic clocks: estimating gestational age using placental DNA methylation levels
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The human pan-tissue epigenetic clock is widely used for estimating age across the entire lifespan, but it does not lend itself well to estimating gestational age (GA) based on placental DNAm methylation (DNAm) data. We ... -
Plasma Biomarkers of Inflammation, the Kynurenine Pathway, and Risks of All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality. The Hordaland Health Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)We aimed to evaluate 10 biomarkers related to inflammation and the kynurenine pathway, including neopterin, kynurenine:tryptophan ratio, C-reactive protein, tryptophan, and 6 kynurenines, as potential predictors of all-cause ... -
Plasma concentrations and dietary intakes of choline and betaine in association with atrial fibrillation risk: Results from 3 prospective cohorts with different health profiles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background: Although choline metabolism has been associated with atherosclerotic heart disease, less research attention has been paid to the associations of choline and its oxidative metabolite betaine with cardiac ... -
Plasma methionine, choline, betaine, and dimethylglycine in relation to colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)Background Disturbances in one carbon metabolism may contribute to carcinogenesis by affecting methylation and synthesis of DNA. Choline and its oxidation product betaine are involved in this metabolism and can serve as ... -
Point-of-care testing in primary healthcare: a scoring system to determine the frequency of performing internal quality control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives Internal quality control (IQC) plays an important role in quality assurance in laboratory medicine. However, there is no universal consensus or guideline on when and how IQC should be analyzed on point-of-care ...