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    • Gamified virtual reality exposure therapy for adolescents with public speaking anxiety: a four-armed randomized controlled trial 

      Kahlon, Smiti; Lindner, Philip; Nordgreen, Tine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective: Public Speaking Anxiety is highly prevalent among adolescents. However, few interventions have been developed specifically for this group. This four-armed randomized trial addressed the following research questions ...
    • Insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes is often delayed, but access to a diabetes nurse may help—insights from Norwegian general practice 

      Mdala, Ibrahimu; Nøkleby, Kjersti; Berg, Tore Julsrud; Cooper, John; Sandberg, Sverre; Løvaas, Karianne Fjeld; Claudi, Tor; Jenum, Anne Karen; Buhl, Esben Selmer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Objective: We opted to study how support staff operational capacity and diabetes competences may impact the timeliness of basal insulin-initiation in general practice patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Design/Settin ...
    • Occupation-related factors affecting the health of migrants working during the COVID-19 pandemic – a qualitative study in Norway 

      Benavente Velando, Pierina Alexandra; Ronda, Elena; Diaz Perez, Esperanza (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were more pronounced among migrants than in the majority population and went beyond those directly caused by the virus. Evidence suggests that this overburden is due to ...
    • Estimating the burden of severe malarial anaemia and access to hospital care in East Africa 

      Winskill, Peter; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Kwambai, Titus K.; Mori, Amani Thomas; Mousa, Andria; Okell, Lucy C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Severe malarial anaemia can be fatal if not promptly treated. Hospital studies may under-represent the true burden because cases often occur in settings with poor access to healthcare. We estimate the relationship of ...
    • The experiences of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of their decision-making processes to invasive home mechanical ventilation—A qualitative study 

      Thorborg, Tina; Finderup, Jeanette; Winther, Dorte Skriver; Lorenzen, Charlotte Kirkegaard; Dreyer, Pia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aim To explore and gain knowledge of the experiences and needs among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) of their decision-making processes whether to choose invasive home mechanical ventilation or ...
    • An example of a convergent mixed-methods analysis to examine food security: the case of Popokabaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo 

      Mbunga, Branly Kilola; Mapatano, Mala Ali; Egbende, Landry; Strand, Tor Arne; Hatløy, Anne; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Food insecurity is alarming in all four dimensions—availability, access, utilization, and stability—in Popokabaka, DR Congo. In such cases, a unique indicator may not help to develop adapted and local long-term ...
    • The impact of variation in out-of-hours doctors' referral practices: a Norwegian registry-based observational study 

      Blinkenberg, Jesper; Hetlevik, Øystein; Sandvik, Hogne; Baste, Valborg; Hunskaar, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Abstract Background In a gatekeeping system, the individual doctor’s referral practice is an important factor for hospital activity and patient safety. Objective The aim of the study was to investigate the variation in ...
    • Projected health impact of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention among children with severe malarial anaemia in Africa 

      Okell, Lucy C.; Kwambai, Titus K.; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Khairallah, Carole; Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Winskill, Peter; Opoka, Robert; Mousa, Andria; Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Lucas, Tim C.D.; Challenger, Joseph D.; Idro, Richard; Weiss, Daniel J.; Cairns, Matthew; ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Phiri, Kamija; Robberstad, Bjarne; Mori, Amani Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Children recovering from severe malarial anaemia (SMA) remain at high risk of readmission and death after discharge from hospital. However, a recent trial found that post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) with ...
    • Persistent short nighttime sleep duration is associated with a greater post-COVID risk in fully mRNA-vaccinated individuals 

      Xue, Pei; Merikanto, Ilona; Chung, Frances; Morin, Charles M.; Espie, Colin; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Cedernaes, Jonathan; Landtblom, Anne-Marie; Penzel, Thomas; De Gennaro, Luigi; Holzinger, Brigitte; Matsui, Kentaro; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Korman, Maria; Leger, Damien; Mota-Rolim, Sérgio; Bolstad, Courtney J.; Nadorff, Michael; Plazzi, Giuseppe; Reis, Catia; Chan, Rachel Ngan Yin; Wing, Yun Kwok; Yordanova, Juliana; Bjelajac, Adrijana Koscec; Inoue, Yuichi; Partinen, Markku; Dauvilliers, Yves; Benedict, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Short nighttime sleep duration impairs the immune response to virus vaccination, and long nighttime sleep duration is associated with poor health status. Thus, we hypothesized that short (<6 h) and long (>9 h) nighttime ...
    • Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings 

      Mertens, Andrew; Benjamin-Chung, Jade; Colford, John M.; Coyle, Jeremy; van der Laan, Mark J.; Hubbard, Alan E.; Rosete, Sonali; Malenica, Ivana; Hejazi, Nima; Sofrygin, Oleg; Cai, Wilson; Li, Haodong; Nguyen, Anna; Pokpongkiat, Nolan N.; Djajadi, Stephanie; Seth, Anmol; Jung, Esther; Chung, Esther O.; Jilek, Wendy; Subramoney, Vishak; Hafen, Ryan; Häggström, Jonas; Norman, Thea; Brown, Kenneth H.; Christian, Parul; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adair, Linda S.; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ali, Asad; Ali, Hasmot; Ashorn, Per; Bahl, Rajiv; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Becquey, Elodie; Begín, France; Bessong, Pascal Obong; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Bhargava, Santosh K.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Carba, Delia; Checkley, William; Christian, Parul; Crabtree, Jean E.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Duggan, Christopher P.; Fall, Caroline H. D.; Faruque, Abu Syed Golam; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; da Silva Filho, José Quirino; Gilman, Robert H.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Haque, Rashidul; Hasan, S. M. Tafsir; Hess, Sonja Y.; Houpt, Eric R.; Humphrey, Jean H.; Iqbal, Najeeha Talat; Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes; John, Jacob; John, Sushil Matthew; Kang, Gagandeep; Kosek, Margaret; Kramer, Michael S.; Labrique, Alain; Lee, Nanette R.; Lima, Aldo Ângelo Moreira; Mahopo, Tjale Cloupas; Maleta, Kenneth; Manandhar, Dharma S.; Manji, Karim P.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Mazumder, Sarmila; Mduma, Estomih; Mohan, Venkata Raghava; Moore, Sophie E.; Ntozini, Robert; Nyathi, Mzwakhe Emanuel; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes; Ouédraogo, Césaire T.; Petri, William A.; Premkumar, Prasanna Samuel; Prentice, Andrew M.; Rahman, Najeeb; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Sachdev, Harshpal Singh; Sadiq, Kamran; Sarkar, Rajiv; Sarmin, Monira; Saville, Naomi M.; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Shrestha, Bhim P.; Shrestha, Sanjaya; Soares, Alberto Melo; Sonko, Bakary; Stein, Aryeh D.; Svensen, Erling; Syed, Sana; Umrani, Fayaz; Ward, Honorine D.; West, Keith P.; Wu, Lee Shu Fune; Yang, Seungmi; Yori, Pablo Penataro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival1,2. Interventions ...
    • The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023 

      Riemann, Dieter; Espie, Colin A.; Altena, Ellemarije; Arnardottir, Erna Sif; Baglioni, Chiara; Bassetti, Claudio L. A.; Bastien, Celyne; Berzina, Natalija; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Dikeos, Dimitris; Dolenc Groselj, Leja; Ellis, Jason G.; Garcia-Borreguero, Diego; Geoffroy, Pierre A.; Gjerstad, Michaela-Alexandra Dreetz; Gonçalves, Marta; Hertenstein, Elisabeth; Hoedlmoser, Kerstin; Hion, Tuuliki; Holzinger, Brigitte; Janku, Karolina; Jansson-Fröjmark, Markus; Järnefelt, Heli; Jernelöv, Susanna; Jennum, Poul Jørgen; Khachatryan, Samson; Krone, Lukas; Kyle, Simon D.; Lancee, Jaap; Leger, Damien; Lupusor, Adrian; Marques, Daniel Ruivo; Nissen, Christoph; Palagini, Laura; Paunio, Tiina; Perogamvros, Lampros; Pevernagie, Dirk; Schabus, Manuel; Shochat, Tamar; Szentkiralyi, Andras; Van Someren, Eus; van Straten, Annemieke; Wichniak, Adam; Verbraecken, Johan; Spiegelhalder, Kai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Progress in the field of insomnia since 2017 necessitated this update of the European Insomnia Guideline. Recommendations for the diagnostic procedure for insomnia and its comorbidities are: clinical interview (encompassing ...
    • The use of cost-effectiveness analysis for health benefit package design – should countries follow a sectoral, incremental or hybrid approach? 

      Baltussen, Rob; Surgey, Gavin; Vassall, Anna; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Siddiqi, Sameen; Nouhi, Mojtaba; Youngkong, Sitaporn; Jansen, Maarten; Bijlmakers, Leon; Oortwijn, Wija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Countries around the world are increasingly rethinking the design of their health benefit package to achieve universal health coverage. Countries can periodically revise their packages on the basis of sectoral ...
    • A first-level customization study of SAPS II with Norwegian Intensive Care and Pandemic Registry (NIPaR) data 

      Bruserud, Øyvind; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Kvåle, Reidar; Buanes, Eirik Alnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Severity scores and mortality prediction models (MPMs) are important tools for benchmarking and stratification in the intensive care unit (ICU) and need to be regularly updated using data from a local and ...
    • Patient activation in adults attending appointments in general practice: a cross-sectional study 

      Hernar, Ingvild; Graue, Marit; Igland, Jannicke; Richards, David A; Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Haugstvedt, Anne; Kolltveit, Beate-Christin Hope (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Patient activation refers to patients’ knowledge, confidence, skills, ability, beliefs, and willingness to manage their health and healthcare. Patient activation is an essential component of self-management and ...
    • Acute management of fractures in primary care - a cost minimisation analysis 

      Vabo, Stein; Kjerstad, Egil; Hunskaar, Steinar; Steen, Knut; Brudvik, Christina Elisabeth; Morken, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background In Norway, primary healthcare has first-line responsibility for all medical emergencies, including traumas and fractures. Normally, patients with suspected fractures are referred to specialist care in hospitals. ...
    • Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by crosssectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes 

      Kea, Aschenaki Zerihun; Lindtjorn, Bernt; Tekle, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Few studies assess the magnitude, variations, and reduction of maternal mortality at a lower administrative level. This study was conducted to estimate the life time risk (LTR) of maternal death and the ...
    • Changes in Body Mass Index and Their Associations with Psychological Distress, Worries, and Emotional Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Norwegian Cohort Study 

      Javadi Arjmand, Elaheh; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Vold, Jørn Henrik; Alpers, Silvia Eiken; Arnesen, Erik Kristoffer; Mæland, Silje; Fadnes, Lars T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted obesity’s long-term rise. Some of the impacts of the pandemic were increased psychological distress, emotional eating, higher consumption of high-sugar foods and drinks, and a ...
    • Prevention of bronchial fistulas after pneumonectomies for selected cavitary drug resistant lung tuberculosis 

      Bazhenov, Alexander V.; Mariandyshev, Andrei O.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Heldal, Einar; Motus, Igor Ya.; Vasilyeva, Irina A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: The World Health Organization guidelines for management drug resistant tuberculosis include surgery as an additional method in selected cases. Pneumonectomies have higher risk of morbidity such as bronchial ...
    • Birthweight of the subsequent singleton pregnancy following a first twin or singleton pregnancy 

      Basnet, Prativa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Harmon, Quaker E.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Klungsøyr, Kari; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction Birthweight is an important pregnancy indicator strongly associated with infant, child, and later adult life health. Previous studies have found that second-born babies are, on average, heavier than first-born ...
    • Stability Analysis for Single-Lane Traffic with a Relay Controller in a Closed Loop 

      Patrascu, Monica; Constantinescu, Vlad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Rule-based relay controllers are common in single-lane urban traffic control systems and introduce significant nonlinearity. In this paper, we analyze the closed-loop stability for a traffic process with a relay controller ...