Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HV) by Subject "COVID-19"
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Challenge your Brain. Blogging during the COVID Lockdown as a Way to Enhance Well-Being and Cognitive Reserve in an Older Population
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Background: The lockdown linked with COVID-19 restrictions has been reported to have severe consequences at an emotional and cognitive level, this was especially true for vulnerable populations, such as the older adults. ... -
Changes in Cannabis Consumption During the Global COVID-19 Lockdown: The International COVISTRESS Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Introduction: COVID-19 lockdown measures have been sources of both potential stress and possible psychological and addiction complications. A lack of activity and isolation during lockdown are among the factors thought to ... -
Core Competencies to Promote Consistency and Standardization of Best Practices for Digital Peer Support: Focus Group Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)Background: As digital peer support is quickly expanding across the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, standardization in the training and delivery of digital peer support can advance the professionalism of this ... -
Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults’ psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)As the pandemic continues, many older adults are facing prolonged isolation and stress while having less access to traditional ways of coping. There is widespread concern that the situation is increasingly taking its toll ... -
Differences in comprehending and acting on pandemic health risk information: a qualitative study using mental models
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Abstract Background A worldwide pandemic of a new and unknown virus is characterised by scientific uncertainty. However, despite this uncertainty, health authorities must still communicate complex health risk information ... -
Emerging mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic among presumably resilient youth -a 9-month follow-up
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01)Background The COVID-19 pandemic may have multifarious adverse effects on the mental health of some youth. To our knowledge, no study has followed young people beyond the first 6 months of the pandemic outbreak. The aim ... -
Emerging mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic among presumably resilient youth -a 9-month follow-up.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01)Background The COVID-19 pandemic may have multifarious adverse effects on the mental health of some youth. To our knowledge, no study has followed young people beyond the first 6 months of the pandemic outbreak. The aim ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Fra trussel til kontroll – anestesisykepleieres erfaringer med å bli omplassert eller tildelt nye oppgaver under covid-19-pandemien i Norge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Bakgrunn: I mars 2020 erklærte Verdens helseorganisasjon utbruddet av covid-19 som en global pandemi. Anestesisykepleiere har blant annet spesialkompetanse innen luftveishåndtering, og ble raskt flyttet til frontlinjen ... -
Health Care Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury-A Nationwide, Observational Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08)Background Containment measures during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have resulted in a substantial reduction in treatment of injury. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology and ... -
Healthcare leaders’ use of innovative solutions to ensure resilience in healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Norwegian nursing homes and home care services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)Background The Covid-19 pandemic introduced a global crisis for the healthcare systems. Research has paid particular attention to hospitals and intensive care units. However, nursing homes and home care services in charge ... -
Helsesykepleieres erfaring med helsetilbudet til barn med fedme - læringspunkter etter covid-19-pandemien
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)Hensikten med studien er å gi kunnskap om hvordan barn med fedme ble fulgt opp i skolehelsetjenesten under covid-19-pandemien som et bidrag i vurderingen av kommuners evne til å tilpasse seg utfordringer og endringer for ... -
Koronaatferd og landbakgrunn i fire fylker. Etterlevelse og holdninger til offisiellesmittevernråd, opplevd engstelse, psykiske plager og endringer i sosiale kontakter etter landbakgrunn. Resultater fra undersøkelser i fire fylker under koronapandemien
(Research report, 2021)Hovedbudskap Analyser presentert i denne rapporten viser at selvrapportert koronarelatert atferd kan deles inn i to brede grupper: (i) Koronahygiene og (ii) Sosial distanse. En inndeling av land for å beskrive innvandreres ... -
Locus of control moderates the association of COVID-19 stress and general mental distress: results of a Norwegian and a German-speaking cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)Background An internal locus of control (LoC I) refers to the belief that the outcome of events in one’s life is contingent upon one’s actions, whereas an external locus of control (LoC E) describes the belief that chance ... -
Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)The genetic make-up of an individual contributes to the susceptibility and response to viral infection. Although environmental, clinical and social factors have a role in the chance of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and the severity ... -
Met and unmet need for mental health care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)There is a concern that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will generate large unmet needs for mental health care. Using data from an epidemiological psychiatric diagnostic interview survey (n = 2159) conducted ... -
Pre-hospital critical care management of severe hypoxemia in victims of Covid-19: a case series
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)Objective Despite critical hypoxemia, Covid-19 patients may present without proportional signs of respiratory distress. We report three patients with critical respiratory failure due to Covid-19, in which all presented ... -
Public attitudes toward pandemic triage: Evidence from conjoint survey experiments in Switzerland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)The question of how to implement medical triages has become highly salient during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be actively discussed. It is important to know how members of the general public think about this ... -
Quality of life among young people in Norway during the COVID‑19 pandemic. A longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this study, we aimed to examine health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic among a general sample of young people in Norway aged 11–19 years. More specifically, we examine: (1) Change over 2 time-points ...