Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på forfatter "Ballard, Clive"
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COSMOS-improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial
Husebø, Bettina; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Testad, Ingelin; Gulla, Christine; Aasmul, Irene; Ballard, Clive (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-15)Background: Nursing home patients have complex mental and physical health problems, disabilities and social needs, combined with widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs. Preservation of their quality of life is an ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)
Erdal, Ane; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Ballard, Clive; Slettebø, Dagrun Daltveit; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06)Background Chronic pain and depression often co-occur, and pain may exacerbate depression in people with dementia. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of analgesic treatment for ... -
Efficacy of pain treatment on mood syndrome in patients with dementia: a randomized clinical trial
Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe; Ballard, Clive; Fritze, Friederike; Sandvik, Reidun Karin; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)Background: Depression is common in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia, and often clustered with anxiety and other mood symptoms. An association between pain and depressive symptoms has been reported, but the impact ... -
Impact of a stepwise protocol for treating pain on pain intensity in nursing home patients with dementia: A cluster randomized trial
Sandvik, Reidun Karin; Selbæk, Geir; Seifert, Reinhard; Aarsland, Dag; Ballard, Clive; Corbett, Anne; Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-13)Background: Pain is frequent and distressing in people with dementia, but no randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effect of analgesic treatment on pain intensity as a key outcome. Methods: Three hundred fifty-two ... -
LIVE@Home.Path--innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: Study protocol for a mixed-method, stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial
Husebø, Bettina; Allore, Heather; Achterberg, Wilco; Angeles, Renira Corinne; Ballard, Clive; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Fæø, Stein Erik; Gedde, Marie H.; Hillestad, Eirin; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Kjerstad, Egil; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Mannseth, Janne; Naik, Mala; Nouchi, Rui; Puaschitz, Nathalie; Samdal, Rune; Tranvåg, Oscar; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Vahia, Ipsit Vihang; Vislapuu, Maarja; Berge, Line Iden (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The global health challenge of dementia is exceptional in size, cost and impact. It is the only top ten cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured or substantially slowed, leaving disease management, caregiver ... -
Tolerability of buprenorphine transdermal system in nursing home patients with advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)
Erdal, Ane; Flo, Elisabeth; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Ballard, Clive; Slettebø, Dagrun Daltveit; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-16)Purpose: Buprenorphine transdermal system is increasingly prescribed in people with advanced dementia, but no clinical trial has investigated the safety and factors associated with discontinuation due to adverse events in ...