Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tittel
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A survey of Ethiopian physicians’ experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-14)Background Resource scarcity in health care is a universal challenge. In high-income settings, bedside rationing is commonly discussed and debated as a means to addressing scarcity. However, little is known about physicians’ ... -
A survey of occupational health in The Royal Norwegian Navy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008)Objective. The aim of this article is to describe possible risk factors in the work environment that can affect the health of staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN). The article presents the main results from a subproject ... -
Survey-based Women Empowerment Index for Afghanistan (SWEI-A): An Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study aimed to develop a country-specific index to measure women empowerment among married women aged 15–49 years in Afghanistan. The data from the 2015 Afghanistan demographic health survey (ADHS) was used to develop ... -
Survival analysis of COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia: A hospital-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background COVID-19 is a global public health problem causing high mortality worldwide. This study aimed to assess time to death and predictors of mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the Arsi zone treatment ... -
Survival of children with rare structural congenital anomalies: a multi-registry cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Congenital anomalies are the leading cause of perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality in developed countries. Large long-term follow-up studies investigating survival beyond the first year of life in children ... -
Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006-2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-12-26)Background: Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) service free of cost, survival outcome of ART program has not been systematically evaluated in Nepal. This study ... -
Survival, hospitalisation and surgery in children born with Pierre Robin sequence: a European population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To evaluate survival, hospitalisations and surgical procedures for children born with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) across Europe. Design: Multicentre population-based cohort study. Setting: Data on 463 live ... -
Sustainability of healthcare improvement: what can we learn from learning theory?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-03)Background Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case increase resistance to later initiatives ... -
Swabbing for respiratory viral infections in older patients: a comparison of rayon and nylon flocked swabs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The purpose of this study was to compare the sampling efficacy of rayon swabs and nylon flocked swabs, and of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal specimens for the detection of respiratory viruses in elderly patients. Samples ... -
The Swedish Snus and the Sudanese Toombak: are they different?
(Journal article, 1998-11)In Sweden, snuff (locally known as snus), was introduced since the year 1637. Presently, Sweden has the highest per capita consumption and sale figures of snuff in the world, and the habit is becoming increasingly popular. ... -
Sykefraværsarbeid i praksis - erfaringer og synspunkt fra langtidssykmeldte og ledere. Fokusgruppeintervju av sykmeldte og ledere
(Master thesis, 2009-06-10)Background: Challenges related to an increase in sick leave has led to a new focus on the workplace as the main setting for both prevention and rehabilitation of people on sick leave. Purpose: The aim of our study was to ... -
Sykepleiens tradisjonelle kjerneverdier - erfares de fortsatt som gjeldende for dagens nyutdannede sykepleiere? En kvalitativ studie omkring nyutdannede sykepleieres erfaringer med tradisjonelle kjerneverdier i sykepleien
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)Introduction: Traditional core values have been and still are guidelines in nursing practice. The changes and development of society and health-services, lack of access to nurses, economy, efficiency and increasing intake ... -
Sykepleieres beskrivelse av egne arbeidsbetingelser og vurdering av kvalitet og pasientsikkerhet ved Oslo Universitetssykehus. Resultater fra spørreundersøkelsen ”Personell og Pasientsikkerhet” (PePSi)
(Master thesis, 2013-01)Background: Nurse practice environments have well-documented associations with quality of nursing care. Several studies have shown association between high quality to shorter length of stay and lower mortality rates. ... -
Sykepleieres erfaringer med utskrivelse av eldre pasienter til kommunehelsetjenesten og pasientenes medvirkning i denne prosessen - En studie etter iverksettelsen av samhandlingsreformen
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)This thesis has two sections. First there is an introduction, which includes background, method, theory and a discussion. The discussion is meant to highlight the context of the findings from this study. In the second part ... -
Sykepleieres opplevelse av læringsprosessen i organisasjonen etter meldte uheldige hendelser – en intervjustudie
(Master thesis, 2010-06-09)Background: Good quality in health care includes giving services that reduces the risk of harm to a minimum. Learning and organizational learning from reported adverse events is essential in reducing future adverse events. ... -
Symptoms and signs in patients with long-lasting dizziness
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-04-29)The overall aim of this work is to increase the awareness on patients with dizziness of vestibular origin. Physiotherapists in Norway have until recently paid little attention to these patients, even though they might ... -
Symptoms of depression, sadness and sense of coherence (coping) among cognitively intact older people with cancer living in nursing homes—a mixed-methods study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-09)Background: Symptoms of depression are often reported among patients with a cancer diagnosis. Strong sense of coherence (SOC) is shown to be associated with less depression in the general older population and among nursing ... -
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective Dependent on clinical setting, geography and timing during the pandemic, variable symptoms of COVID-19 have been reported. Our aim was to describe self-reported symptom intensity and contact with primary health ... -
A System Perspective on Implementation and Usage of the Da Vinci Technology at a Large Norwegian Regional Hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The aim of this research paper is to identify advantages and barriers to implementation and usage of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), specifically the Da Vinci robot, at a larger regional hospital in Norway and from a ...