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Exploring staff conceptions of prevention and management practices in encounters with staff-directed aggression in supported housing following education and training
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Staff-directed aggression is a concern for service providers in mental healthcare, frequently affecting both the quality of services and staff wellbeing. This also applies to supported housing services for ... -
Mental health as perceived by Norwegian adolescents living with parental somatic illness: Living in an earthquake zone
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Severe parental somatic illnesses can influence the entire family, including adolescents’ everyday life, psychosocial functioning and health. Within salutogenesis, it is highlighted that stressor life events, such ... -
A User-Centered Approach to an Evidence-Based Electronic Health Pain Management Intervention for People With Chronic Pain: Design and Development of EPIO
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Chronic pain conditions are complicated and challenging to live with. Electronic health (eHealth) interventions show promise in helping people cope with chronic illness, including pain. The success of these ... -
Predictors of subjective age in people aged 40-79 years: a five-year follow-up study. The impact of mastery, mental and physical health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Assessing subjective age perception (SAP) and changes in SAP as well as exploring which variables of socio-demographic, health and personal mastery independently predicted SAP. Methods: The panel data are from two waves ... -
Longitudinal assessments of corneal and tear film characteristics after lasik versus continued contact lens wear
(Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 1999)Changes in oxygen availability, exerted mechanical force or even surgical manipulation are all factors known to influence corneal characteristics, yet detailed information about the changes such influence may induce is ... -
Stem cell function is conserved during shortterm storage of cultured epidermal cell sheets at 12°C
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Transplantation of cultured epidermal cell sheets (CES) can be life-saving for patients with large area burns. CES have also been successfully used to regenerate eye and urethral epithelia in animal models. Short-term ... -
Observation and assessment of crossing situations between pleasure craft and a small passenger ferry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)A study of navigational situations involving a small passenger ferry ‘Ole III’ was conducted based on participatory observations in the Husøysund strait in Tønsberg municipality, Norway. The aims were to document the extent ... -
Recovery on the pitch: Street Football as a means of Social Inclusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The study contributes to the existing literature on the value of street football teams in recovery, by exploring how persons with mental health and/or substance abuse problems experience participation in street football ... -
Communal invalidation of young adults with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study explores how young adults with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues experience the challenges of belonging to their local communities. The data were generated through qualitative in-depth ... -
Building ground for didactics in a patient decision aid for hip osteoarthritis. Exploring patient-related barriers and facilitators towards shared decision-making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore patient-related barriers and facilitators towards shared decision-making (SDM) during routine orthopedic outpatient consultations as part of the process of developing ... -
Spirituality – a forgotten dimension? Developing spiritual literacy in family therapy practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Spirituality is hard to approach and define in family therapy practice, both as a concept and as a process. Spiritual perspectives are seen as important in an ecological understanding of family life, yet there is a research ... -
The development of a model for teaching information literacy to nursing students through cross-professional collaboration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This paper describes experiences from a collaborative project between the nursing educators at the Institute of Nursing Science and the health sciences librarians at Vestfold University College in Norway. The aim of the ... -
Family carers' experiences of attending a multicomponent psychosocial intervention program for carers and persons with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background: Psychosocial interventions for persons with dementia and their primary family carers are promising approaches to reducing the challenges associated with care, but, obtaining significant outcomes may be difficult. ... -
Health care personnel’s perception of guideline implementation for musculoskeletal imaging: a process evaluation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The increasing complexity and variability in radiology have significantly fueled the need for guidelines. There are many methods for disseminating and implementing guidelines however; and obtaining lasting ... -
Patients with non-Sjögren's sicca report poorer general and oral health-related quality of life than patients with Sjögren's syndrome: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Understanding the impact of the disease on quality of life is crucial in patient management. In this cross-sectional study, general and oral health-related quality of life questionnaires, and thorough examinations of oral ... -
Nursing students’ experiences with clinical placement in a marginal Norwegian nursing home learning environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Nursing homes are core clinical placement arenas in nursing education. For a range of reasons, however, they are marginally staffed and face recruiting challenges. These issues threaten the educational quality ... -
The Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale: Psychometric testing in Norwegian long term and home care contexts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background Nurses’ clinical competence is vital to ensure safe and high quality care, and the continuous assessment of nurses’ clinical competence is of major concern. A validated instrument for the self-assessment of ... -
Implementation of eHealth Technology in Community Health Care: the complexity of stakeholder involvement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The implementation of any technology in community health care is seen as a challenge. Similarly, the implementation of eHealth technology also has challenges, and many initiatives never fully reach their ...
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