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Effective information provision about the side effects of treatment for malignant lymphoma: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial using video vignettes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Informing patients with cancer about the possible implications of prospective treatment is a crucial yet challenging task. Unfortunately, patients’ recall of medical information is generally poor and their ... -
Dementia and patient safety in the community: a qualitative study of family carers’ protective practices and implications for services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background Dementia is a cause of disability and dependency associated with high demands for health services and expected to have a significant impact on resources. Care policies worldwide increasingly rely on family ... -
‘Thinking outside the box’: advanced geriatric nursing in primary health care in Scandinavia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background:Older people are frequent users of primary health care (PHC) services. PHC services have been critiqued, mainly regarding limited accessibility and continuity of care. In many countries, investment in nurse ... -
Study protocol for a randomised trial evaluating the effect of a "birth environment room" versus a standard labour room on birth outcomes and the birth experience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction In the last decade, there has been an increased interest in exploring the impact of the physical birth environment on birth outcomes. The birth environment might have an important role in facilitating the ... -
Association between antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceaeand burden of environmental bacteria in hospital acquired infections:analysis of clinical studies and national reports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background:WHO has named three groups of gram-negative bacteria“our critical antimicrobial resistance-relatedproblems globally”. It is thus a priority to unveil any important covariation of variables behind this ... -
Implementing active care through (cultural) activities of daily living: A person-centred approach to achieve flourishing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: To investigate how participants in the Active Care education programme expe‐ rienced using their obtained knowledge in practice. Design: A narrative inquiry as described by Clandinin and Connelly. Method: A thematic ... -
Balancing between extremes—Work in hospital‐at‐home
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: To describe HAH staff's perceptions about HAH care, including work struc‐tures, processes and outcomes.Design: Cross‐sectional descriptive study of three HAH units in Finland.Methods: Three focus group interviews of ... -
Implicit and explicit attitudes towards disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs as possible target for improving medication adherence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective This study aims to explore the contribution of implicit attitudes and associations towards conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs), alongside explicit measures, on medication-taking behaviour ... -
Association between illegal use of substances and suicidal behavior in school students: An integrative review of empirical data.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: Investigation of the association between type of suicidal behavior and type and frequency of illegal use of substances (IUS) among school students (aged between 12 and 18 years), with a focus on gender differences. ... -
A five-phase process model describing the return to sustainable work of persons who survived cancer: A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Abstract Purpose We investigated persons who survived cancer (PSC) and their experiences in returning to sustainable work. Methods Videotaped, qualitative, in-depth interviews with previous cancer patients were analyzed ... -
From shaky grounds to solid foundations: a salutogenic perspective on return to work after cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Almost a third of employed individuals of working age fall out of work after cancer treatment. Aim: To explore cancer survivors’ successful return to work, focusing on assets and resources utilized to resolve ... -
Patient classification systems used to classify nursing intensity and assess nursing staffing resources in home health care: A scoping review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objectives To identify the patient classification systems used to classify nursing intensity in the assessment of nursing staffing resources currently used in home health care, with a special emphasis on validity, reliability ... -
Tinkering with care values in public and private organizations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This special issue develops from discussions and papers presented at the Annual Ethnography Symposium in 2017 and aims to gather ethnographies on how care values intersect with service organizations, welfare policy and ... -
Barselerfaringer etter akutt keisersnitt :
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Bakgrunn: I Norge og andre europeiske land er kvinner mindre tilfredse med barselomsorgen enn med svangerskaps- og fødselsomsorgen. Barselomsorgen i Norge er i endring med få liggedøgn på sykehus, også for kvinner som har ... -
Sosiale mediers rolle i jobbsøkingsprosessen : #Facebook #LinkedIn #Instagram #Snapchat #Twitter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Sosiale medier er ikke lenger bare en del av den private sfære, men også noe bedrifter bruker aktivt til å promotere seg. Blant annet ser man store muligheter ved bruk av sosiale medier for en rekke HR-funksjoner, inkludert ... -
The Norwegian Public Health act and its implementation
(Others, 2019)Norway is known for its egalitarian society – it emphasizes solidarity, universalism and redistribution of resources among social groups. However, there is a social gradient in health in Norway, which is currently experiencing ... -
Victims of debt after imprisonment: Experiences of Norwegians with substance use challenges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Victims of debt after imprisonment: Experiences of Norwegians with substance use challenges Persons with ongoing substance use problems are highly represented in groups with low income, high unemployment rates, and high ... -
«Fra kebab til intimitet» – dialogisk autoetnografisk utforsking av vennskap.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Denne artikkelen vil presentere deler av dette materialet.Innledningsvis utlegges en forståelse av autoetnografi som omtales som dialogisk. Deretter presenteres en forkortet versjon av de seks utvalgte bidragene våre om ... -
Lifestyle, appearance satisfaction and depressive symptoms in 13-16 years old Norwegian adolescents - A cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: To examine gender-specific associations between multiple lifestyle-related risk factors, appearance satisfaction and depressive symptoms in a sample of Norwegian adolescents (13–16 years of age), and to study the ... -
Emotional communication with older people: A cross-sectional study of home care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The aim of this study was to explore the influence of characteristics of nurses andolder people on emotional communication in home care settings. A generalized, lin-ear, mixed model was used to analyze 188 audio-recorded ...
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