Blar i Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HV) på emneord "pandemi"
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Alcohol Consumption during a Pandemic Lockdown Period and Change in Alcohol Consumption Related to Worries and Pandemic Measures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)Whether lockdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic influences alcohol consumption is not well known. This study assesses alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking behavior during the initial phase of pandemic measures in ... -
Assessing the Effect of Nonvisual Information Factors in Pandemic-Related Video Communication: Randomized Controlled Between-Subjects Experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-08)Background: Videos have been an important medium for providing health and risk communication to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health officials, health care professionals, and policy makers have used ... -
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 ... -
Emotional Eating in Relation to Worries and Psychological Distress Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based Survey on Adults in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)Population-based studies have revealed a high occurrence of self-reported psychological distress symptoms during the early phases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Stress and negative affect can lead to ... -
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 ... -
Health authorities’ health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid scoping review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities’ ways of communicating health risk information to ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Strategies of communicating health-related risks to vulnerable groups of immigrants during a pandemic: a scoping review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)Purpose The purpose of this rapid scoping review was to map existing literature on risk communication strategies implemented by authorities and aimed at vulnerable immigrants in the context of pandemics. Design/metho ...