Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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Pain relief from nonpharmacological interventions in the intensive care unit: A scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims and Objectives: To describe what is known from the existing literature on nonpharmacological interventions targeting pain in patients admitted to the ICU. Background: Patients receiving intensive care nursing are ... -
Pain, Complex Chronic Conditions and Potential Inappropriate Medication in People with Dementia. Lessons Learnt for Pain Treatment Plans Utilizing Data from the Veteran Health Administration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), pain and chronic complex conditions (CCC) often co-occur leading to polypharmacy and with potential inappropriate medications (PIMs) use, are important risk factors for ... -
Pain, coping, and barriers to pain management in outpatients with cancer
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A painful experience of limited understanding: healthcare professionals’ experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-13)Background: People dying with dementia have significant healthcare needs, and palliative care, with its focus on comfort and quality of life, should be made available to these patients. The aim of this study was to explore ... -
Palliasjon på sykehjem: Hva gjør helsepersonell i møte med alvorlig syke og døende pasienter - og hvordan formes deres handlinger?
(Master thesis, 2013-05-13)Masteravhandlingen har fokus på helsearbeideres praksiserfaringer i møte med alvorlig syke og døende pasienter på sykehjem. Hensikten er å beskrive, forstå og forklare hva helsepersonell gjør når de utfører palliativ ... -
Pandemic preparedness and management in European out-of-hours primary care services – a descriptive study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-19)Background: Primary care is the first point of contact for all acute health problems. As such, primary care was at the frontline in the COVID-19 pandemic, playing a significant role in clinical responses and information ... -
The PAr index, an indicator reflecting altered vitamin B-6 homeostasis, is associated with long-term risk of stroke in the general population: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01)Background: Vitamin B-6 homeostasis is altered during inflammation and immune activation. It is unknown whether altered vitamin B-6 homeostasis is associated with the risk of stroke. Objective: We investigated the relation ... -
Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Parent-child communication about sexual issues can reduce risky sexual behaviour amongst adolescents. Risky sexual behaviour is of concern in sub-Saharan Africa where the prevalence of early pregnancy, unsafe ... -
Parent-of-origin-environment interactions in case-parent triads with or without independent controls
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)With case–parent triad data, one can frequently deduce parent of origin of the child's alleles. This allows a parent‐of‐origin (PoO) effect to be estimated as the ratio of relative risks associated with the alleles inherited ... -
Parental body size and offspring lung health: preparing for parenthood already in childhood?
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-01-21)Background: In parallel with the increase in asthma and allergies there has been a dramatic increase in overweight and obesity during the last decades. Being overweight or obese is a known risk factor for asthma, and ... -
Parental education and the risk of cerebral palsy for children: an evaluation of causality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim To explore whether increasing parental education has a causal effect on risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child, or whether unobserved confounding is a more likely explanation. Method We used data from Norwegian ... -
Parental income gradients in child and adolescent mortality: Norwegian trends over half a century
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Child mortality has declined rapidly over the last century in many high-income countries. However, little is known about the socio-economic differences in this decline and whether these vary across causes of ... -
Parental Prepuberty Overweight and Offspring Lung Function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In a recent study we found that fathers’ but not mothers’ onset of overweight in puberty was associated with asthma in adult offspring. The potential impact on offspring’s adult lung function, a key marker of general and ... -
Parental socioeconomic status and risk of cerebral palsy in the child: evidence from two Nordic population-based cohorts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-26)Background We investigated whether the risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child varies by parents’ socioeconomic status, in Denmark and Norway. Methods We included almost 1.3 million children born in Demark during 1981–2007 ... -
Parental TB associated with offspring asthma and rhinitis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)BACKGROUND: Infections in early life are associated with asthma and allergies in one-generation settings; however, the link between parental infection and offspring phenotype is rarely investigated. We aim to study the ... -
Parenting children with type 1 diabetes. A cross-sectional study of associations between the psychological and contextual characteristics of parents, parenting behaviour and the characteristics of children in a population-based sample
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-12-10)Background: Insulin treatment of children with type 1 diabetes requires multiple medical decisions and technical procedures every day. Although previous studies have mostly included mothers, parenting style has been ... -
Parents' lived experience of living with and caring for their burn-injured child in a home setting
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose When a burn injured child is discharged from hospital to its home, the responsibility for the after-care treatment is transferred to the parent(s). A knowledge gap exists concerning how parents experience caring ... -
Parents' lived experiences of parental needs for support at a burn centre
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: A burn injury to a child is a traumatic event and the parent’s emotional reactions and coping strategies affect the child’s adaptive outcome. It is therefore important that parents get the right support. The aim ... -
Participation amongst people ageing with neuromuscular disease: a qualitative study of lived experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim To explore the lived experiences of participation in everyday life ageing with neuromuscular disease (NMD). Design A qualitative study using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Methods Data were gathered ... -
Parvovirus B19 DNAemia in pregnant women in relation to perinatal death: A nested case‐control study within a large population‐based pregnancy cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction: Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is the infectious cause of exanthema infectiosum. In Europe around 40% of pregnant women are susceptible to infection. Having small children at home is the main risk factor for contracting ...