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Exploring health literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Background Patients with chronic kidney disease make day-to-day decisions about how to self-manage their disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes a risk for progression towards end-stage renal disease and the ... -
Exploring health service preparation for the COVID-19 crisis utilizing simulation-based activities in a Norwegian hospital: a qualitative case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused stress in healthcare organizations worldwide. Hospitals and healthcare institutions had to reorganize their services to meet the demands of the crisis. In this ... -
Exploring hospital certification processes from the certification body’s perspective - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03)Hospital certification is an external assessment mechanism to assure quality and safety systems. Auditors representing the certification body play a key role in certification processes, as they perform the assessment ... -
Exploring key determinants of health among individuals with serious mental Illness: qualitative insights from a first episode psychosis cohort, 20 years postdiagnosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) are more likely to experience functional decline, low well-being, comorbidities, shorter lifespan, and diminished quality of life than the general population. This ... -
Exploring links between resilience and the macro-level development of healthcare regulation- a Norwegian case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)Background The relationship between quality and safety regulation and resilience in healthcare has received little systematic scrutiny. Accordingly, this study examines the introduction of a new regulatory framework (the ... -
Exploring managers’ response to a quality and safety leadership intervention: findings from a multiple case study in Norwegian nursing homes and homecare services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)Background Improvement interventions would be easier to treat if they were stable and uninfluenced by their environment, but in practice, contextual factors may create difficulties in implementing and sustaining changes. ... -
Exploring mentorship practices in clinical education in nursing homes: A qualitative mixed-methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)To explore registered nurses’ mentorship practices of first-year nursing students in nursing home placements. Background Enabling nursing students to develop professional competence through clinical placements relies ... -
Exploring physicians' decision-making in hospital readmission processes - a comparative case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09)Background Hospital readmissions is an increasingly serious international problem, associated with higher risks of adverse events, especially in elderly patients. There can be many causes and influential factors leading ... -
Exploring postoperative handover quality in relation to patient condition: A mixed methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims and Objectives To describe postoperative handover reporting and tasks in relation to patient condition and situational circumstances, in order to identify facilitators for best practices. Background High-quality ... -
Exploring social innovation (SI) within the research contexts of higher education, healthcare and welfare services : a scoping review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)ntroduction: Nordic countries face societal challenges for which social innovation may represent solutions. The aim of this scoping review is to explore the concept of social innovation within the research contexts of ... -
Exploring specific predictors of psychosis onset over a 2‐year period: A decision‐tree model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Aim The fluctuating symptoms of clinical high risk for psychosis hamper conversion prediction models. Exploring specific symptoms using machine-learning has proven fruitful in accommodating this challenge. The aim of this ... -
Exploring stakeholders’ experiences in co-creation initiatives for clinical nursing education: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Co-creation is an emerging approach in nursing education, wherein academics engage in multi-stakeholder collaborations to generate knowledge, ideate solutions, promote sustainability, and enhance educational ... -
Exploring the EQ-5D Dimension of Pain/Discomfort in Dermatology Outpatients from a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Pain and discomfort are important symptoms in dermatology. The aim of this cross-sectional, multicentre study was to describe the prevalence of pain/discomfort and its associations in patients with several dermatological ... -
Exploring the formal assessment discussions in clinical nursing education: An observational study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction According to EU standards, 50% of the bachelor education program in nursing should take place in clinical learning environments. Consequently, this calls for high quality supervision, where appropriate ... -
Exploring the nature of adaptive capacity for resilience in healthcare across different healthcare contexts; a metasynthesis of narratives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-27)Adaptive capacity has been described as instrumental for the development of resilience in healthcare. Yet, our theoretical understanding of adaptive capacity remains relatively underdeveloped. This research therefore aims ... -
Exploring the role of leaders in enabling adaptive capacity in hospital teams – a multiple case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Background Resilient healthcare research studies how healthcare systems and stakeholders adapt and cope with challenges and changes to enable high quality care. Team leaders are seen as central in coordinating clinical ... -
Exploring the role of managers in quality and safety work in nursing homes and homecare services: A multiple case study
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Introduction: Working on quality and safety in nursing home and homecare services is difficult. Ever-increasing demands from an ageing population and political pressure to keep patients at home are among the challenges ... -
Exploring variables affecting sense of coherence and social support in recovery after colorectal cancer surgery among the oldest old
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective To explore the associations between sense of coherence, perceived social support, and demographic and clinical characteristics among survivors ≥80 years treated for curable colorectal cancer. Methods This ... -
Exponential Growth Bias of Infectious Diseases: Protocol for a Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10)Background: Humans struggle to grasp the extent of exponential growth, which is essential to comprehend the spread of an infectious disease. Exponential growth bias is the tendency to linearize exponential functions when ... -
External inspection approaches and involvement of stakeholders’ views in inspection following serious incidents - a qualitative mixed methods study from the perspectives of regulatory inspectors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024-03)Objective The objective was to gain knowledge about how external inspections following serious incidents are played out in a Norwegian hospital context from the perspective of the inspectors, and whether stakeholders’ ...