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Den nære opplevelsen av partnerens hjertestans. - Gjennom hypotermibehandlign og tilbake til livet
(Master thesis, 2010-05-14)Purpose: The purpose was to examine partners' experiences of initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and being present during intensive hypothermia treatment following cardiac arrest. Method: The study was designed ... -
Deprescribing antihypertensive treatment in nursing home patients and the effect on blood pressure
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04)Background: It is debatable whether treating multimorbid nursing home patients with antihypertensive drugs produces beneficial effects. Most cardiovascular guidelines promote treatment; few have advice on how to deprescribe ... -
Depresjon i sykehjem. Underdiagnostikk og overbehandling
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-04-29)Depression is prevalent among nursing home patients. Depression may have various clinical expressions and symptoms of dementia and depression may overlap, which makes diagnostic work-up challenging. Treatment for depression ... -
Depresjon, dyspné, lungefunksjonsmål og fenotyper - en eksplorativ studie på søken etter varianter av KOLS
(Master thesis, 2009-11-16)Dyspnoea and depression are among the novel symptoms in COPD patients, especially in severe stages of the disease. Knowledge on pulmonary function or phenotypic classifying of patients is limited concerning whether presence ... -
Depression and sleep in the postnatal period. A study in Nepal and Norway.
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-03-17)Background: Mental disorders are highly prevalent across the world and are associated with serious impairment. Depression after childbirth affects both the mother and her infant. Women sleep less in the postnatal period, ... -
Depression in Persons with Diabetes by Ageand Antidiabetic Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with Data from the Hordaland Health Study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-26)Background: Persons with diabetes have increased risk of depression, however, studies addressing whether the risk varies by age and type of antidiabetic treatment have yielded conflicting results. The aim of this study was ... -
Design and challenges of a large HIV prevention clinical study on mother-to-child transmission: ANRS 12397 PROMISE-EPI study in Zambia and Burkina Faso
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Post-natal HIV infection through breastfeeding remains a challenge in many low and middle-income countries, particularly due to non-availability of alternative infant feeding options and the suboptimal Prevention of Mother ... -
Design efficiency in genetic association studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Selecting the best design for genetic association studies requires careful deliberation; different study designs can be used to scan for different genetic effects, and each design has its own set of strengths and limitations. ... -
Design of the study: How can health care help female breast cancer patients reduce their stress symptoms? A randomized intervention study with stepped-care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-04)Background: A life threatening illness such as breast cancer can lead to a secondary diagnosis of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) with intrusive thoughts and avoidance as major symptoms. In a former study by the ... -
Designing usable mobile forms for collection of health data in Uganda
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-03-03)Background: Data collection entails obtaining quality and useful information by different organizations and institutions for purposes of answering a research question, establishing facts, making better decisions and solving ... -
Despite symptom severity, do nursing home residents experience joy-of-life? The associations between joy-of-life and symptom severity in Norwegian nursing home residents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Finding new approaches to increase health and well-being among nursing home (NH) residents is highly warranted. From a holistic perspective, several Norwegian municipalities have implemented the certification ... -
“Det sitter i veggene”. Materialitet og mennesker i distriktspsykiatriske sentra
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-02-27)This dissertation examines the impact that the materiality of institutions has on patients and staff. Fieldwork has been carried out at five district psychiatric centres (Distriktspsykiatriske sentra, DPS) that were ... -
Det som sitter i veggene
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Rommet ser ut til spille en viktig rolle når man informerer om helse. Et forskningsprosjekt i samarbeid mellom Høgskolene Sør-Trøndelag, Molde og Volda har invitert en gruppe pårørende til mennesker med demens til ... -
Detecting diferentially methylated regions using a fast wavelet‑based approach to functional association analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background We present here a computational shortcut to improve a powerful wavelet-based method by Shim and Stephens (Ann Appl Stat 9(2):665–686, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-AOAS776) called WaveQTL that was originally ... -
Detection and molecular characterization of herpes simplex virus from Tanzania and Norway
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Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: does duration of cough matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-01)Background: According to WHO estimates, tuberculosis case detection rate in Tanzania is less than 50% and this poses a major challenge to control tuberculosis in the country. Currently, one of the defining criteria for ... -
Deteksjon av tidlige veggforandringer i halsarterier hos barn og unge med type-1 diabetes
(Master thesis, 2010-05-14)Detection of early changes in the carotid artery walls in children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes. Background and objectives. Diabetics have twice the mortality rate as non-diabetics, atherosclerosis being the main ... -
Determinants of airborne benzene evaporating from fresh crude oils released into seawater
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03)Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, naphthalene and n-hexane evaporating from a thin oil film was measured for 30 min in a small-scale test system at 2 and 13 °C and the impact of physicochemical properties on airborne ... -
Determinants of child malnutrition. Studies from a rural area in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-12-15)