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Assessment methods and tools to evaluate postgraduate critical care nursing students' competence in clinical placement: An integrative review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Aim To provide an overview of assessment methods and tools to evaluate postgraduate critical care nursing students’ competence in clinical placement and to identify recommendations for future assessment methods. Back ... -
Assessment of foetal heart rate monitoring devices in referral hospitals in Tanzania: Towards improved quality of intrapartum care
(PhD thesis;482, Doctoral thesis, 2019-11)Background: There are 2.5 million neonatal deaths that occur globally each year: 25% of them secondary to labour complications (intrapartum related). In addition, 2.6 million stillbirths occur globally each year, 40% of ... -
The assessment of qualitative olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review of tools and their content validity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: There is a lack of overview of the tools used to assess qualitative olfactory dysfunction, including parosmia and phantosmia, following COVID-19 illness. This could have an impact on the diagnosis and treatment ... -
Assignment of pre-event ASA physical status classification by pre-hospital physicians: a prospective inter-rater reliability study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Individualized treatment is a common principle in hospitals. Treatment decisions are made based on the patient’s condition, including comorbidities. This principle is equally relevant out-of-hospital. Furthermore, ... -
Association between alcohol consumption and impaired work performance (presenteeism): A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objectives The aim of this review was to explore the notion of alcohol-related presenteeism; that is, whether evidence in the research literature supports an association between employee alcohol consumption and impaired ... -
Association Between Amygdala Volume and Trajectories of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Introduction: The amygdala is implicated in psychiatric illness. Even as the amygdala undergoes significant atrophy in mild dementia, amygdala volume is underexplored as a risk factor for neuropsychiatric symptoms ... -
Association between C-reactive protein levels and antipsychotic treatment during 12 months follow-up period after acute psychosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background A potential role of inflammatory pathways in the pathology of schizophrenia has been suggested for at least a subgroup of patients. Elevated levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) have ... -
Association between physical activity and cognition in Mexican and Korean older adults
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Introduction: As the world's population ages, the prevalence of cognitive impairment associated with age in- creases. This increase is particularly pronounced in Asia and South-America. The objective of this study was to ... -
The association between preoperative MRI findings and clinical improvement in patients included in the NORDSTEN spinal stenosis trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose To investigate potential associations between preoperative MRI findings and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods The NORDSTEN trial included 437 ... -
The association between visual display terminal use and dry eye: a review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)Background Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease of the tear film and ocular surface. It causes ocular symptoms, reduced quality of life and a considerable economic burden on society. Prolonged use of visual ... -
Association of Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Transportation With 1-Year Mortality in Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)Importance Appropriate use of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) is important in ensuring that patients with critical illness or injury receive adequate treatment. Objective To investigate the association ... -
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and adversities later in life. Survey data from a high-risk Norwegian sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Background: A history of childhood abuse and neglect (CAN) is associated with exposure to later negative life events. CAN at an early age, multiple cooccurring exposures (cumulative events), and a high severity and frequency ... -
Associations between Serial Intravitreal Injections and Dry Eye
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose To investigate the effects of serial intravitreal injections (IVIs) on the ocular surface and meibomian glands (MGs) in patients treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) for neovascular ... -
Associations between symptom and neurocognitive dimensions in clinical high risk for psychosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction Clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) is associated with mild cognitive impairments. Symptoms are clustered into positive, negative and disorganization symptoms. The association between specific symptom ... -
Associations between symptoms of eating disturbance and frequency of physical activity in a non-clinical, population-based sample of adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04)Background Physical activity is an important factor related to eating disorders, but the relationship between symptoms of eating disorders and physical activity is multifaceted. The aims of this study were to investigate ... -
Associations between unit workloads and outcomes of first extubation attempts in extremely premature infants below a gestational age of 26 weeks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective: The objective was to explore whether high workloads in neonatal intensive care units were associated with short-term respiratory outcomes of extremely premature (EP) infants born <26 weeks of gestational age. ... -
Attitudes and self-efficacy towards infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship among nurses : a mixed-methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims: To gain a comprehensive understanding of nurses' infection control practices, antibiotics stewardship attitudes and self-efficacy when caring for patients with multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in a hospital ... -
Automatic Cardiac Rhythm Classification With Concurrent Manual Chest Compressions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)Electrocardiogram (EKG) based classification of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) rhythms is important to guide treatment and to retrospectively elucidate the effects of therapy on patient response. OHCA rhythms are ... -
Avdelingslederes erfaringer med kontinuerlig kvalitetsforbedring i somatiske enheter i spesialisthelsetjenesten.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)Offentlige rapporter har konkludert med at det er mangler i helsevesenet med tanke på ledelse av kvalitetsforbedringsprosesser. «Forskrift om ledelse og kvalitetsforbedring for helse- og omsorgstjenesten» fra 2017, formidler ... -
"Å bli sett som en person, ikke som en bruker": Betydningen av håp i recoveryprosesser - En kvalitativ studie av recoveryorientert praksis
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-31)Håp betraktes som en viktig komponent i den personlige recoveryprosessen hos personer med rusproblematikk og psykiske helseutfordringer. Hensikten med denne studien var å få kunnskap om hvordan personer i recoveryprosesser ...