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Development and initial validation of MedHipPro-Q: a questionnaire assessing medication management of hip fracture patients in different care settings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: A validated questionnaire to assess medication management of hip fracture patients within and outside the hospital setting was lacking. The study aims were to describe the hip fracture patient pathway, and ... -
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 ... -
Development of a plain-language guide for discussing breast cancer genetic counseling and testing with patients with limited health literacy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Due to limited health literacy and resulting ineffective communication between healthcare professionals and patients, not all eligible patients are offered breast cancer genetic counseling and testing. We aimed ... -
Development of a Workplace-Based Training Program for Nurse-Led Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Blocks: A Feasibility Study with the Patients’ Perspective in Focus
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Task shifting is a systematic delegation of tasks in order to make more efficient use of the available human resources for health. Training programs and the quality of these are sparsely studied and specially ... -
Development of clinical competence – a longitudinal survey of nurse practitioner students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: In order to achieve a sustainable standard of advanced clinical competence for nurse practitioners leading to a credible role, it is important to investigate the development of clinical competence among nurse ... -
Development of resilience in nursing students: A systematic qualitative review and thematic synthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Resilience is a term commonly used to describe the ability to turn adversity into opportunities and learn from demanding situations. There seems to be a need to identify support strategies for developing resilience among ... -
Development of the Workplace Inclusion Questionnaire (WIQ)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: To develop a questionnaire to examine attitudes among employees and managers to include people with various health problems into their work group, and to test the questionnaire in one relevant population within the ... -
Diabetes, syn og øyehelse
(Journal article, 2017)Dagens optikerutdanning gir optikere kunnskap, ferdigheter og kompetanse til å syn- og øyeundersøke pasienter som har diabetes. Denne artikkelen gir en oversikt over syn- og øyeforandringer ved diabetes og anbefalt ... -
Diagnostic Test Efficacy of Meibomian Gland Morphology and Function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the leading cause of dry eye and proposed treatments are based on disease severity. Our purpose was to establish reliable morphologic measurements of meibomian glands for evaluating MGD ... -
Diagnostic Uncertainties in Medical Imaging. Analysing, Acknowledging and Handling Uncertainties in the Diagnostic Process
(Chapter, 2021)Diagnostics is a crucial tool in health care’s endeavours to help people, and tremendous progress has been made in the field. Nonetheless, there are a wide range of uncertainties involved in all aspects of diagnostics – ... -
Digital Outpatient Services for Adults: Development of an Intervention and Protocol for a Multicenter Non–Randomized Controlled Trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Health care services are being challenged by an increasing number of patients and limited resources. Hence, research investigating options to reduce costs and increase effectiveness is warranted. Digital ... -
A digital patient-provider communication intervention (involveme): Qualitative study on the implementation preparation based on identified facilitators and barriers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Chronic health conditions are affecting an increasing number of individuals, who experience various symptoms that decrease their quality of life. Digital communication interventions that enable patients to ... -
Digital self-management in support of patients living with chronic pain: Feasibility pilot study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Chronic pain can be complex and taxing to live with, and treatment and support require a multicomponent approach, which may not always be offered or available. Smartphones, tablets, and personal computers are ... -
Dilemmas in recovery-oriented practice to support people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders: A qualitative study of staff experiences in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Recovery-oriented practice is recommended in services for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Understanding practitioners’ perceptions of recovery-oriented services may be a key ... -
Directive and nondirective social support in the workplace - is this social support distinction important for subjective health complaints, job satisfaction, and perception of job demands and job control?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Aims: Social support is associated with well-being and positive health outcomes. However, positive outcomes of social support might be more dependent on the way support is provided than the amount of support received. A ... -
Discomfort glare and psychological stress during computer work: subjective responses and associations between neck pain and trapezius muscle blood flow
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose Exposure to additional environmental stress during computer work, such as visual and psychological demands, is associated with increased eye and neck discomfort, altered moods, and reduced well-being. The aim of ... -
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting placesin Norwegian community mental health care: a discourseanalysis of staff accounts
(Journal article, 2016)In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis ... -
DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: DNA methylation has been shown to be associated with adiposity in adulthood. However, whether similar DNA methylation patterns are associated with childhood and adolescent body mass index (BMI) is largely ... -
Do expectancies of return to work and Job satisfaction predict actual return to work in workers with long lasting LBP?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Musculoskeletal disorders including low back pain have major individual and socioeconomic consequences as it often leads to disability and long-term sick leave and exclusion from working life. Predictors of ... -
Doctorateness across Higher Education Institutions in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article investigates doctorateness in Norway by evaluating the juridical regulations for doctoral studies at all PhD-awarding universities and university colleges according to the following categories: admission, ...