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Holdninger til pasientsikkerhet i operasjonsstuen
(Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunn: Flere av pasientskadene som skjer i operasjonsstuen kan blant annet oppstå på grunn av svikt i teamarbeid. Mange av disse skadene kan sannsynligvis unngås. Økt fokus og bevisstgjøring kan bidra til å redusere ... -
A Home-Based eHealth Intervention for an Older Adult Population With Food Insecurity: Feasibility and Acceptability Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)Background: Food insecurity is a global public health challenge, affecting predominately the most vulnerable people in society, including older adults. For this population, eHealth interventions represent an opportunity ... -
Home-dwelling persons with dementia. The impact of individual and organizational factors on the use of health resources and quality of life.
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Background and aim The prevalence of dementia increases with age, and as the world’s population is growing older, the number of people with dementia is rising rapidly. Dementia is a progressive disease causing the affected ... -
Homecare professionals’ observation of deteriorating, frail older patients: A mixed-methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03)Aim and objectives To develop knowledge about homecare professionals’ observational competence in early recognition of deterioration in frail older patients. Background The number of frail older patients in homecare ... -
Homeworld/Alienworld: a qualitative study about existential experiences after cancer treatment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Background As a group, cancer survivors experience significant vulnerability and existential challenges. The biomedical approach dominating health care is insufficient to meet such existential challenges in an individualistic, ... -
Hospital managers’ perspectives with implementing quality improvement measures and a new regulatory framework - a qualitative case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)A new regulatory framework to support local quality and safety efforts in hospitals was introduced to the Norwegian healthcare system in 2017. This study aimed to investigate hospital managers’ perspectives on implementation ... -
Hospital physicians’ views on discharge and readmission processes: a qualitative study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)Abstract Objectives To explore hospital physicians’ views on readmission and discharge processes in the interface between hospitals and municipalities. Design Qualitative case study. Setting The Norwegian healthcare ... -
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 ...