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Dispensations of benzodiazepines, zhypnotics, and gabapentinoids to patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; a prospective cohort study in Norway from 2013 to 2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Dispensations of benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics, and gabapentinoids to patients on opioid agonist therapy (OAT) are common and have pros and cons. The objectives of the current study are to define the dispensation ... -
Distance and utilisation of out-of-hours services in a Norwegian urban/rural district: an ecological study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-06-17)Background: Long travel distances limit the utilisation of health services. We wanted to examine the relationship between the utilisation of a Norwegian out-of-hours service and the distance from the municipality population ... -
Distributing development assistance for health: Simulating the implications of 11 criteria
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)After years of unprecedented growth in development assistance for health (DAH), the DAH system is challenged on several fronts: by the economic downturn and stagnation of DAH, by the epidemiological transition and increase ... -
Distribution and Determinants of Serum Zinc, Copper, and Selenium Levels among Children under Five Years from Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Information about essential trace elements among children in many African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is limited. We aimed to measure the distribution and determinants of serum zinc (Zn), ... -
Distribution of Plasmodium species and assessment of performance of diagnostic tools used during a malaria survey in Southern and Western Provinces of Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-11)Background: Zambia continues to make strides in reducing malaria burden through the use of proven malaria interventions and has recently pledged to eliminate malaria by 2021. Case management services have been scaled up ... -
Distributional effects of payment for performance in the health sector. Examining effects on structural quality, performance outcomes and service utilisation in Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-11-07)Introduction: Payment for performance (P4P) involves the allocation of financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets or measures. P4P has been used in high-income ... -
Distributional impact of infectious disease interventions in the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: a modelling study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives Reducing inequalities in health and financial risk are key goals on the path toward universal health coverage, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. The design of the health benefit package ... -
The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In the Global Burden of Disease study, disease burden is measured as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The paramount assumption of the DALY is that it makes sense to aggregate years lived with disability (YLDs) and ... -
Diversity of Rotavirus Strains in Children; Results From a Community-Based Study in Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: The objectives of this study were to describe the incidence and genetic diversity of Rotavirus (RV) infection among children up to 3 years of age in a community in Nepal. Methods: We investigated community-acquired ... -
'The divorce program': gendered experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in PMTCT programs - the case of rural Malawi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)Background For HIV infected mothers in developing countries, choosing to enroll in a prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV program is supposed to represent the first step towards protecting their child ... -
DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Assisted reproductive technology (ART) may affect fetal development through epigenetic mechanisms as the timing of ART procedures coincides with the extensive epigenetic remodeling occurring between fertilization and embryo ... -
Do Genetic Variants Modify the Effect of Smoking on Risk of Preeclampsia in Pregnancy?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: Maternal smoking is associated with as much as a 50% reduced risk of preeclampsia, despite increasing risk of other poor pregnancy outcomes that often co-occur with preeclampsia, such as preterm birth and fetal ... -
Do interprofessional teams matter? : A survey-based study of patients and team members in hospitals and rehabilitation centres in secondary health care in Western Norway.
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-05-28)Background Health care today is becoming more complex, and patients must interact with an array of health care professionals working within and between various health care settings. Coordinated health services meeting the ... -
Do medical students and young physicians assess reliably their self-efficacy regarding communication skills? A prospective study from end of medical school until end of internship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06-30)Background: This prospective study from end of medical school through internship investigates the course and possible change of self- reported self-efficacy in communication skills compared with observers’ ratings of such ... -
Do parental stimulation practices modify the effect of child’s health status on early developmental risk? Findings from a hospitalized cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The current study conducted in Pakistan aimed to test if parental stimulation practices modify the effect of general child health status on early developmental risks in hospitalized children. Development was assessed using ... -
Do people use methods or tricks to fall asleep? A comparison between people with and without chronic insomnia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present study estimated the frequency of using methods or tricks to fall asleep in the general Norwegian population. Further, people with chronic insomnia were compared with people without chronic insomnia. A representative ... -
Do smoking and fruit and vegetable intake mediate the association between socio-economic status and plasma carotenoids?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background: The aim was to study whether the association between educational attainment and antioxidant status is mediated by smoking and fruit and vegetable intake. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses of the Oslo Youth Study ... -
Do young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) have more health problems than their peers? A cross-sectional study among Norwegian adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-09)Objectives: An increasing proportion of young Norwegians are categorised as too ill to attend upper secondary education, and poor physical and mental health may reduce their opportunities to return to school or find paid ... -
Doctors’ learning experiences in end-of-life care – a focus group study from nursing homes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-31)Background: Doctors often find dialogues about death difficult. In Norway, 45% of deaths take place in nursing homes. Newly qualified medical doctors serve as house officers in nursing homes during internship. Little is ... -
Does caesarean delivery in the first pregnancy increase the risk for adverse outcome in the second? A registry-based cohort study on first and second singleton births in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To explore if newborns in the second pregnancy following a previous caesarean delivery (CD) have higher risk of perinatal mortality or cerebral palsy than newborns in pregnancies following a previous vaginal ...