Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på forfatter "Nordrehaug, Jan Erik"
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Hope in action - facing cardiac death: A qualitative study of patients with life-threatening disease
Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-18)Coping with existential challenges is important when struck by serious disease, but apart from cancer and palliative care little is known about how patients deal with such issues and maintain hope. To explore how patients ... -
‘‘If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician’’: a qualitative study about existential experiences among physicians
Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008)Background and objectives: Physicians are exposed to matters of existential character at work, but little is known about the personal impact of such issues. Methods: To explore how physicians experience and cope with ... -
Patient-reported outcomes as predictors of 10-year survival in women after acute myocardial infarction
Norekvål, Tone M.; Fridlund, Bengt; Rokne, Berit; Segadal, Leidulf; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-25)Background Patient-reported outcomes are increasingly seen as complementary to biomedical measures. However, their prognostic importance has yet to be established, particularly in female long-term myocardial infarction ... -
Plasma concentrations and dietary intakes of choline and betaine in association with atrial fibrillation risk: Results from 3 prospective cohorts with different health profiles
Zuo, Hui; Svingen, Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg; Tell, Grethe S.; Ueland, Per Magne; Vollset, Stein Emil; Pedersen, Eva Ringdal; Ulvik, Arve; Meyer, Klaus; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Nilsen, Dennis W.T.; Bønaa, Kaare; Nygård, Ottar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background: Although choline metabolism has been associated with atherosclerotic heart disease, less research attention has been paid to the associations of choline and its oxidative metabolite betaine with cardiac ... -
Quality of life in female myocardial infarction survivors: a comparative study with a randomly selected general female population cohort
Norekvål, Tone M.; Wahl, Astrid K.; Fridlund, Bengt; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Hanestad, Berit R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-10-30)Background: A substantial burden associated with MI has been reported. Thus, how survivors experience their quality of life (QOL) is now being given increasing attention. However, few studies have involved women and a ... -
Selfreported health status, treatment decision and survival in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis in a Western Norway population undergoing conservative treatment: a cross-sectional study with 18 months follow-up
Oterhals, Kjersti; Haaverstad, Rune; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Eide, Geir Egil; Norekvål, Tone M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-21)Objectives: To investigate symptoms and self-reported health of patients conservatively treated for aortic stenosis (AS) and to identify factors associated with treatment decision and patient outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional ... -
‘‘So you think I’ll survive?’’: a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention
Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)Objective: To explore doctor-patient interactions and decision-making processes before high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention with special attention to existential challenges. Design, setting and participants: We conducted ...