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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 ... -
Professionals’ Experiences of the Relations between Personal History and Professional Role
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how workers in a crisis resolution home treatment (CRHT) team experience the relationship between their personal history and professional role. This paper is based on 13 ... -
Professionals’ perspectives on factors within primary mental health services that can affect pathways to involuntary psychiatric admissions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Reducing involuntary psychiatric admissions has been on the international human rights and health policy agenda for years. Despite the last decades’ shift towards more services for adults with severe mental ... -
Promoting independence at mealtimes for older persons with severe dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Maintaining independence in activities of daily living, including when eating meals, may be challenging for persons with dementia. To uphold person-centred care there is a need for knowledge of how to facilitate mealtimes ... -
Promoting Salutogenic Capacity in Health Professionals
(Chapter, 2022)From a salutogenic perspective, relational and reflective competencies are key to the success of competence building. Reflecting on and exploring one’s (life) experience in a continuous learning process can enhance salutogenic ... -
Proposing a Framework for the Restorative Effects of Nature through Conditioning: Conditioned Restoration Theory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Natural environments have been shown to trigger psychological and physiological restoration in humans. A new framework regarding natural environments restorative properties is proposed. Conditioned restoration theory builds ... -
A prospective study of patterns of fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)We sought to identify clinical characteristics and socio-demographic variables associated with longitudinal patterns of fatigue in MS patients. A questionnaire including the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) was mailed to a ... -
The provision of epidural analgesia during labor according to maternal birthplace: a Norwegian register study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The provision of epidural analgesia during labor is ideally a shared decision between the woman and her health care provider. However, immigrant characteristics such as maternal birthplace could affect ... -
Psychometric properties of the full and short version Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (NHSOPSC) instrument: a cross-sectional study assessing patient safety culture in Norwegian homecare services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: Measure patient safety culture in homecare services; test the psychometric properties of the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (NHSOPSC) instrument; and propose a short-version Homecare Services ... -
Psychometric properties of the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Norwegian nursing homes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Developing a culture where staff are actively aware of how to prevent adverse events is a challenge. The use of survey tools to assess the status of patient safety culture seems to be acceptable as an early ... -
Psychometric Testing of a Structured Assessment Instrument for Non-technical Skills (NANTS-no) for Use in Clinical Supervision of Student Nurse Anesthetists
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: This study evaluated psychometric properties of a structured behavioral assessment instrument, Nurse Anaesthetists’ Non-Technical Skills—Norway (NANTSno). It estimated whether reliable assessments of nontechnical ... -
Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the Simulation Design Scale, the Educational Practices Questionnaire and the Student Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale in nursing education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: Simulation-based learning is a well-established technique in nursing education. However, there is a need for reliable and validated evaluation tools across both national boundaries and cultural conditions. ... -
Psychometric validation of a multidimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health research (OxCAP-MH)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are widely used in mental healthcare research for quality of life assessment but most fail to capture the breadth of health and non-health domains that can be impacted. We report ... -
Public home care professionals' experiences of being involved in food distribution to home-living elderly people in Sweden - a qualitative study with an action research approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Research focusing on Food Distribution (FD) from various professionals’ and organisational perspectivesare lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to explore various professionals’ experiences of involvement ... -
Purchasers’ deliberations on psychosocial needs within the process of allocating healthcare services for older home-dwelling persons with dementia: a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Meeting psychosocial needs is a significant component of quality dementia care. To enable persons with dementia to live at home for as long as possible, a community healthcare service offering care where ... -
A qualitative exploration of interactions with natural environments among immigrant women in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The role of nature in potentially improving people’s health – including immigrant women, who are particularly prone to health challenges – has been highlighted. Success in this public health arena requires an adequate ... -
Qualitative instruments involving clients as co-researchers to assess and improve the quality of care relationships in long-term care: An evaluation of instruments to enhance client participation in quality research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives: Enhancing the active involvement of clients as co-researchers is seen as a promising innovation in quality research. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and usability of five qualitative instruments ... -
A qualitative study of Norwegian first-time mothers’ information needs in pre-admission early labour
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective: To explore women's experience with information, and their information needs in pre-admission early labour. Design: A qualitative study with an exploratory and descriptive approach. Setting: Five focus group ... -
A qualitative study of the work experiences of midwives performing obstetric ultrasound in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Performing obstetric ultrasound is part of midwifery practice in Norway. Knowledge of these midwives’ working situation can enhance understanding of what their work involves and the challenges they encounter ... -
A qualitative study on promoting reablement among older people living at home in Norway: opportunities and constraints
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Healthcare services that traditionally have been provided in long-term care institutions in Norway are increasingly being delivered at home to a growing population of older people with chronic conditions and ...