Department of Health Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Virtual visits in home health care for older adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11)Background. This review identifies the content of virtual visits in community nursing services to older adults and explores the manner in which service users and the nurses use virtual visits. Design. An integrative ... -
Does turning trauma patients with an unstable spinal injury from the supine to a lateral position increase the risk of neurological deterioration? – A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09)Background Airway protection and spinal precautions are competing concerns in the treatment of unconscious trauma patients. The placement of such patients in a lateral position may facilitate the acquisition of an ... -
Older patients’ participation in hospital admissions through the emergency department: an interview study of healthcare professionals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10)Background: Patient participation is an important aspect of healthcare quality and may be one way to improve the quality of transitional care for older patients. Research reveals minimal awareness about patient participation ... -
I am only a nurse: a biographical narrative study of a nurse’s self-understanding and its implication for practice
(Journal article, 2015-04)Background: The personal is a vital part of professional nursing practice. From a psycho-social perspective, nurses produce and reproduce conceptions of the Self through experience. A literature search on nurses’ self ... -
The association between pelvic girdle pain and sick leave during pregnancy; a retrospective study of a Norwegian population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10)Background: The incidence of pelvic girdle pain (PGP) in pregnancy is wide ranged depending on definition, the utilised diagnostic means, and the design of the studies. PGP during pregnancy has negative effects on activities ... -
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 ... -
Patients' experiences with changes in perceived control in chronic illness: A pilot study of the outcomes of a new health promotion program in community health care
(Journal article, 2016-03)People diagnosed with chronic illness have the possibility to achieve positive changes in perceived control through engagement in the Bodyknowledging Program. -
Knowledge and Reality: Essays in Honor of Alvin Plantinga [review]
(Journal article, 2009)According to the Philosophical Lexicon, to ‘planting’ is to ‘use twentieth-century fertilizer to encourage new shoots from eleventh-century ideas which everyone thought had gone to seed.’ Although the prominent US philosopher ... -
Gruppeledere sin erfaring med gruppeprosessen: En kvalitativ studie av gruppeprosessen i heterogene sorgstøttegrupper og hvordan gruppeprosessen ivaretas for å bearbeide sorg hos etterlatte
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-11-12)Gruppeprosessen er kompleks. Den kan være fruktbar eller destruktiv. Studiens mål var å undersøke sorgstøtte gruppeledere sin erfaring med gruppeprosessen og hvordan den ivaretas for å bearbeide sorg. Studiens tilnærming ... -
Nattfaste i sykehjem: En kvalitativ studie om helsepersonells erfaringer med pilotprosjektet "Redusert nattfaste for beboere i sykehjem".
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-12-10)Bakgrunn: Mange eldre beboere i sykehjem har flere sykdomstilstander som kan medføre økt risiko for utvikling av under- og feilernæring. Demente personer kan kjenne på rastløshet og uro når de kjenner seg sultne. De ber ... -
På vei til egen bolig? Bruk av overgangsbolig for rusmiddelavhengige etter døgnbehandling
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-10-05)Bakgrunn: Overgangen mellom behandlingstjenester og samfunnsintegrasjon er en viktig del av behandlingsforløpet for rusmiddelavhengige. Sårbarhet for tilbakefall er høy og bolig er avgjørende for å klare seg etter behandling. ... -
Association of a BACE1 gene polymorphism with Parkinson’s disease in a Norwegian population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)Background . Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) share pathological features, including amyloid-beta pathology. Amyloid-beta peptide is generated by sequential proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein ... -
Dypdykk i illegale stoffs normaliseringsprosesser
(Journal article, 2011)Stoffer og natteliv har tatt steget inn i det danske nattklubb livet for å gi oss et innblikk i det illegale stoffmiljøet der, en verden noen kjenner, og mange har forestillinger om, men mangler kunnskaper om. Forfatterne ... -
Towards a Solution to the "Perennially Intriguing Problem" of the Sources of Jonathan Edwards's Idealism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper argues that Jonathan Edwards developed idealism from the instruction he received and conveyed in logic, ethics, physics and metaphysics. His view of the direct perception of mind with its ... -
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 ... -
‘We experienced a lack of tools for strengthening coping and health in encounters with patients with chronic illness’: bridging theory and practice through formative research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)Background: Healthcare personnel in specialist care in Norway took the initiative to develop their practice in order to improve follow-up of patients with chronic illness. A research project was constructed that ... -
The localization and characterization of ischemic scars in relation to the infarct related coronary artery assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance and a novel automatic postprocessing method
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09)Aims . The correspondence between the localization and morphology of ischemic scars and the infarct related artery (IRA) by use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and a novel automatic postprocessing method. Methods ...