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Hot towels: The bedrock of Meibomian gland dysfunction treatment – A review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) reduces quality-of-life and hinders work productivity of millions of patients, with high direct and indirect societal costs. Thickened meibum obstructs the glands and disrupts ... -
How can critical care nurses improve patients’ pain perception by delivering non-pharmacological treatments?
(Master thesis, 2023)Bakgrunn: Smerte er et vanlig problem hos pasienter som er innlagt i et sykehus. Akutt smerte resulterer ofte i kroniske smerter. Smerter bidra til en økning av økonomiske kostnader for samfunnet. Samtidig betyr smerte ... -
How can nurses better support women who have/have undergone gynecological cancer to take care of their sexual health?
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)Bakgrunnen for denne oppgaven er mangel på oppfølging knyttet til kvinners seksuelle helse under og/eller etter gjennomgått gynekologisk kreft. Seksuell helse for kvinner som har gjennomgått gynekologisk kreft blir ofte ... -
How do contextual factors influence quality and safety work in the Norwegian home care and nursing home settings? A qualitative study about managers’ experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06)Objective Although many contextual factors can facilitate or impede primary care managers’ work with quality and safety, research on how these factors influences the managers’ continuous improvement efforts is scarce. ... -
How do migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their work with patients who are approaching death?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)Abstract Aim: To investigate how migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their care for patients who are approaching death. Method and theory: Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 migrant healthcare ... -
How do Norwegian adolescents experience the role of social media in relation to mental health and well-being: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Background During the last decade, social media has permeated most parts of society. Adolescents are particularly active users of social media, and their use has been suggested as a contributing factor to mental health ... -
How do Tanzanian hospital nurses perceive their professional role? A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04)Aim To describe the experiences of Tanzanian nurses, how they perceive their role as a professional nurse and their experience with nursing care in a general hospital. Design This study is explorative, descriptive and ... -
How does a new patient education programme for renal recipients become situated and adapted when implemented in the daily teaching practice in a university hospital? An ethnographic observation study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11)Objective To understand how a new patient education programme for renal recipients becomes situated and adapted when implemented in daily hospital teaching practice. The analysis focuses in particular on how principles ... -
How does the introduction of a new debriefing framework impact debriefing in a critical care environment?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04)Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the impact of introducing an in-field debriefing framework in intensive and postoperative care nursing, both in terms of debriefing use, but also in terms of debriefing culture. -
How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative risk management strategies? An ethnographic study across surgical specialties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02)Background The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has demonstrated beneficial impacts on a range of patient- and team outcomes, though variation in SSC implementation and staffʼs perception ... -
How elderly residents in nursing homes handle loneliness – from the nurses’ perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)Introduction: Elderly people who leave their home environment and move to a nursing home enter a phase in life with diminishing contact with family and friends. This situation often results in a feeling of loneliness with ... -
How handling missing data may impact conclusions: A comparison of six different imputation methods for categorical questionnaire data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01)Objectives: Missing data is a recurrent issue in many fields of medical research, particularly in questionnaires. The aim of this article is to describe and compare six conceptually different multiple imputation methods, ... -
How is patient involvement measured in patient centeredness scales for health professionals? A systematic review of their measurement properties and content
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)Background Patient centeredness is an important component of patient care and healthcare quality. Several scales exist to measure patient centeredness, and previous literature provides a critical appraisal of their ... -
How nursing care is expressed among nurse anaesthetists in the perioperative context: A meta-ethnographic synthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim To develop a conceptual framework describing nursing care from the anaesthesia nurse's perspective in the perioperative context. Background Surgical patients find themselves in a vulnerable situation in need of ... -
How the Norwegian population was affected by non-pharmaceutical interventions during the first six weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Aims The aim of this study was to examine how the Norwegian general adult population was affected by non-pharmaceutical interventions during the first six weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. We assessed quarantine, symptoms, ... -
How theories of complexity and resilience affect interprofessional simulation-based education: a qualitative analysis of facilitators' perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Quality of care and patient safety rely on the ability of interprofessional teams to collaborate effectively. This can be trained through interprofessional simulation-based education (IPSE). Patient safety also ... -
How to deal with context? A context-mapping tool for quality and safety in nursing homes and homecare (SAFE-LEAD Context)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)Objective The objective of this paper is to develop a context-mapping tool (SAFE-LEAD Context) adapted to the nursing home and homecare setting. These two contexts represent a substantial variability, but studies focusing ... -
How to deal with context? Evaluation of the SAFE-LEAD Context Tool for quality and safety in nursing home and homecare services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The SAFE-LEAD Context Tool was developed for identifying contextual factors to help guide the implementation of healthcare quality and safety interventions. The SAFE-LEAD Context Tool has been tested during a ... -
How to stay motivated: A focus group study of Norwegian caregivers' experiences with community healthcare services to their parents with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Motivation to provide care is a significant predictor of informal caregiving among family caregivers of persons with dementia. Adequate support is an important source of help and relief to caregivers, but fragmentation of ... -
How well did Norwegian general practice prepare to address the COVID-19 pandemic?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives We aimed to describe the quality improvement measures made by Norwegian general practice (GP) during the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluate the differences in quality improvements based on region and assess the ...