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Health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-05)Abstract Purpose This study aimed to describe health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity when attempting to support them in their lifestyle change processes. For many of those ... -
Health professionals` perceptions of colorectal cancer patients` treatment burden and their supportive work to ameliorate the burden - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Background Support is pivotal for patients in managing colorectal cancer treatment, as they might be overwhelmed by the burden of treatment. There is scarce knowledge regarding health professionals’ perceptions of colorectal ... -
Health professionals’ involvement of parents in decision-making in interprofessional practice at the hospital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Health professionals have the responsibility of involving parents in decision-making regarding children’s healthcare. This is to ensure that healthcare is customised to meet children’s and families’ needs and preferences. ... -
Health resources and strategies among employed women in Norway during pregnancy and early motherhood
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03)The number of women in paid employment is increasing. However, when becoming a mother for the first time, many seem unprepared for the challenge of balancing motherhood and work as well as for the impact on their health.The ... -
Health-care professionals' assessment of a person-centered intervention to empower self-management and health across chronic illness: Qualitative findings from a process evaluation study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Person-centred care (PCC) empowers patients to manage their chronic illness and promote their health in accordance with their own beliefs, values and preferences. Drawing on health-care professional's (HCP’s) ... -
Healthcare leaders’ and elected politicians’ approach to support-systems and requirements for complying with quality and safety regulation in nursing homes – a case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Healthcare leaders play an important and complex role in managing and handling the dual responsibility of both Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) for workers and quality and patient safety (QPS). There is a ... -
Healthcare leaders’ use of innovative solutions to ensure resilience in healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Norwegian nursing homes and home care services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)Background The Covid-19 pandemic introduced a global crisis for the healthcare systems. Research has paid particular attention to hospitals and intensive care units. However, nursing homes and home care services in charge ... -
Healthcare Regulation and Resilience - a Norwegian Multilevel Case Study
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-08)Introduction: A new regulatory framework (the Quality Improvement Regulation) to support local, management-based quality and safety efforts in hospitals was introduced to the Norwegian healthcare system in 2017. This thesis ... -
Healthcare staff perceptions of patient safety culture in nursing home settings - a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)In nursing homes, knowledge about patient safety culture is still limited. This study investigates staff perceptions of patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes, measured with the Nursing Home Survey on Patient ... -
Healthcare Workers’ Perceptions on the “SaferBirths Bundle of Care”: A Qualitative Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: SaferBirths Bundle of Care (SBBC) is a package of innovative clinical and training tools coupled with low-dose high-frequency simulation-based on-job training guided by local data. This bundle of care is a new ... -
Healthy Life Centre participants’ perceptions of living with overweight or obesity and seeking help for a perceived “wrong” lifestyle - a qualitative interview study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Overweight and obesity are complex conditions, associated with a wide range of serious health issues. In contemporary society, body size is an important part of a person’s self-representation. Lifestyle changes ... -
Healthy Older Adults’ Motivation and Knowledge Related to Food and Meals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The population over 60 years old is growing rapidly in Norway and in many other countries, and researchers often focus on elderly people and various diseases. This article examines the healthy elderly who are active in ... -
Hearing the Voices of Wingless Angels: A Critical Content Analysis of Nurses' COVID-19 Experiences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)The world has been affected by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Health care workers are among those most at risk of contracting the virus. In the fight against the coronavirus, nurses play a critical role. ... -
Heart rate and QRS duration as biomarkers predict the immediate outcome from pulseless electrical activity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is commonly observed in in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). Universally available ECG characteristics such as QRS duration (QRSd) and heart rate (HR) may develop differently ... -
Heart rate detection properties of dry-electrode ECG compared to conventional 3-lead gel-electrode ECG in newborns
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective To compare the accuracy of heart rate detection properties of a novel, wireless, dry-electrode electrocardiogram (ECG) device, NeoBeat®, to that of a conventional 3-lead gel-electrode ECG monitor (PropaqM®) in ... -
Heat denaturation of proteins from atlantic salmon (salmo salar)
(Master thesis, 2011)Foods preserved by heat treatment have to meet several food safety. These criteria requirements are not easy to meet, as heat causes protein denaturation which is considered to be the one of the main reasons for quality ... -
Heat Recovery Mechanism for Non Condensable Geothermal Fractured Reservoirs by CO2 Injection and Well Heat Insulating
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)In this thesis we analyzed the potential use of operating geothermal plants with water and CO2 as working fluids using a geothermal simulator TOUGH2 module EOS1 and EOS2, respectively. We also studied the sensitivities of ... -
Heat shock proteins and chronic fatigue in primary Sjögren's syndrome
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01)Fatigue occurs frequently in patients with cancer, neurological diseases and chronic inflammatory diseases, but the biological mechanisms that lead to and regulate fatigue are largely unknown. When ... -
Heat Shock Proteinα and Fatigue in Breast Cancer - A Cross Sectional Study
(Master thesis, 2021)Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy among women and is often associated with fatigue during treatment. Fatigue may be considered as a sickness behavior syndrome, which is induced by activation of the innate immune ... -
Heat transfer measurements in stirred, cylindrical cells containing ethylene oxide (EO) and tetra hydro furan (THF) hydrate – water solutions at temperatures between 1 – 4 °C as function of amounts and volume of hydrates present in the solutions.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-30)It is believed that heat transfer plays a major role in hydrate formation, and is also dependent on the hydrate concentration. Heat transfer during hydrate growth is an important process, which deserves a great depth of ...