Blar i Department of Health Studies på tittel
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26 uker - en kvalitativ studie om faktorer som har hindret tidlig oppdagelse av psykose, og betydningen av TIPS informasjonskampanjer for hjelpesøking
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06)Aim: To get knowledge about factors which prevent or delay patients with a long duration of psychosis from accessing psychiatric health care services at an earlier stage of their illness and their personal views on the ... -
A consensus based template for reporting of pre-hospital major incident medical management
(Journal article, 2014-01)Background: Structured reporting of major incidents has been advocated to improve the care provided at future incidents. A systematic review identified ten existing templates for reporting major incident medical management, ... -
A cross-sectional study of self-reported general health, lifestyle factors, and disease: the Hordaland Health Study
(Journal article, 2014-10)Background. Information on self-reported health is important for health professionals, and the aim of this study was to examine associations between lifestyle factors and self-reported health and the mediating ... -
A longitudinal study of anxiety and cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’ s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01)Background Anxiety in dementia is common but not well studied. We studied the associations of anxiety longitudinally in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Methods In total, 194 patients ... -
A narrative approach to explore grief experiences and treatment adherence in people with chronic pain after participation in a pain-management program: a 6-year follow-up study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08)Objective: The aim of this study was to explore grief caused by chronic pain and treatment adherence, and how these experiences are integrated into ongoing life stories. Methods: A 6-year follow-up using a ... -
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Fieldwork
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12)This article focuses on what both psychoanalysis and anthropology have in common: the emphasis on the researcher’s own experience. An ethnographic fieldwork will be used to illustrate how a psychoanalytical approach unfolds ... -
A retrospective observational study of medical incident command and decision-making in the 2011 Oslo bombing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: A core task for commanders in charge of an emergency response operation is to make decisions. The purposes of the study were to describe what critical decisions the ambulance commander and the medical ... -
A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07)Background Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation is frequently used for trauma patients in many emergency medical systems. Despite a wide range of publications in the field, it is debated whether the intervention is ... -
A systematic review of cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer’s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09)Introduction: The aim of this review was to investigate whether there is a faster cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) than in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) over time. Methods: PsycINFO and Medline were ... -
A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies about patients`perceptions of information and education given in relation to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)The aim of this study was to explore how implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients perceive information and education given by healthcare professionals in relation to device implantation. Despite the ICD ... -
Adverse events related to coordination between primary and secondary health care services in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-11-15)At present, nearly 25 percent of all patients experience some variety of adverse event during the life cycle of their patient experience in a hospital admission (Kable, et al. 2008). It is critical to effectively gain a ... -
African migrant women's perception of health disparities in pregnancy and childbirth-an integrative review
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Background: As the “world becomes smaller” and individuals and societies become more mobile, there is an increasing interaction with individuals from other cultures and demands for health service that fit different cultures ... -
Agitasjon og funksjon i stell: førekomst og samanheng hos personar med demens i sjukeheim, bufellesskap og heimebaserte tenester
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Bakgrunn Agitasjon er vanleg hos personar med demenssjukdom. Dette kan føre til utfordrande situasjonar i kvardagen hovudsakleg for pasienten sjølv, men også for helsepersonell og pårørande, som til dømes i stellesituasjonar. ... -
Airplane transport isolators may loose leak tightness after rapid cabin decompression
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-02)Air medical transport of patients suffering of highly infectious diseases is typically performed employing portable isolation chambers. Although the likelihood of decompression flight emergencies is low, sustainability of ... -
Airway management by physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Despite numerous studies on prehospital airway management, results are difficult to compare due to inconsistent or heterogeneous data. The objective of this study was to assess advanced airway management ... -
Aktiv skole pilot : implementering av fysisk aktivitet i skolen. En case-studie
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)Denne studien tar for seg implementering av daglig lærerstyrt fysisk aktivitet i en barneskole. Regelmessig fysisk aktivitet er et viktig tiltak for å fremme normal utvikling, fysisk form og god helse hos barn og unge. ... -
Alkoholbruk ved utestasjonering
(Master thesis, 2011)Denne studien har undersøkt alkoholbruk blant utestasjonerte nordmenn og hvordan de opplever den kulturelle påvirkningen sett fra den medfølgende ektefellens perspektiv. Norske familier blir i økende grad sendt til utlandet ... -
Alkoholsituasjoner i norsk arbeidsliv. En kvalitativ studie av seks norske bedrifter
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-01)Bakgrunn: Ni av ti norske arbeidstakere drikker alkohol, samtidig drikker mange norske arbeidstakere mer enn WHOs anbefalte grenseverdier. Selv om det ikke er vanlig å drikke alkohol i den primære arbeidstiden, drikkes det ... -
An antimicrobial stewardship program initiative: a qualitative study on prescribing practices among hospital doctors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06)Background Norway has a low, but increasing prevalence of resistance and few antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. When developing stewardship interventions, an understanding of the determinants of antimicrobial ... -
Anestesisykepleieres timing av OxyNorm-administrering ved ”target controlled infusion” under laparoskopisk kolecystektomi
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-04)Denne studien omhandler i hvilken grad peroperativ timing av OxyNorm-administrering påvirker behovet for OxyNorm postoperativt ved ”target controlled infusion” under laparoskopisk kolecystektomi. Bakgrunnen for studien er ...