• User Acceptance of a Home Robotic Assistant for Individuals With Physical Disabilities: Explorative Qualitative Study 

  Sørensen, Linda; Johannesen, Dag Tomas Sagen; Melkas, Helinä; Johnsen, Hege Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Background: Health care is shifting toward 5 proactive approaches: personalized, participatory, preventive, predictive, and precision-focused services (P5 medicine). This patient-centered care leverages technologies such ...

• Care-receivers with physical disabilities’ perceptions on having humanoid assistive robots as assistants: a qualitative study 

  Sørensen, Linda; Johannesen, Dag Tomas Sagen; Melkas, Helinä; Johnsen, Hege Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  People with physical disabilities due to disease or injury face barriers to their daily activities and participation in society. Many depend on formal or informal caregivers for assistance to live independently. However, ...

• The use of youth healthcare services and its association with health-related quality of life, physical and mental health and over-the-counter analgesics use in 13–19-year-old adolescents: a cross-sectional study 

  Befus, Eva-Grethe; Mølland, Eirin; Helseth, Sølvi; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Stea, Tonje Holte; Nolte, Sandra; Haraldstad, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background Youth healthcare services in Norway include a public health nurse (PHN) at school and local youth health centres (YHCs). They provide health services for all adolescents free of charge, focusing on health promotion ...

• Gynecological cancer survivors' experiences with sexual health communication in nurse-led follow-up consultations 

  Paulsen, Anita; Vistad, Ingvild; Fegran, Liv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Introduction Gynecological cancer and its treatment may cause sexual difficulties in terms of physical and psychosocial health. Considering the essential role that nurses play in cancer care, they are well positioned to ...

• Sexual health communication in gynecological cancer follow-up care. Gynecological cancer survivors’ and nurses’ experiences with sexual health communication and its impact on sexual health related outcomes 

  Paulsen, Anita (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 541, Doctoral thesis, 2025)

  Background: Gynecological cancer and its treatment modalities can significantly impact sexual health and diminish quality of life. Cancer treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, may lead to both physical, ...

• Is the Force-Velocity Profile for Free Jumping a Sound Basis for Individualized Jump Training Prescriptions? 

  Bobbert, Maarten F.; Lindberg, Kolbjørn Andreas; Paulsen, Gøran (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Introduction: Formulating individualized optimized jump training prescriptions based on the force-velocity profile has become popular, but its effectiveness has been contested. Such training programs have opposite effects ...

• The Battle of the Equations: A Systematic Review of Jump Height Calculations Using Force Platforms 

  Eythorsdottir, Ingrid Eir Thorp; Gløersen, Øyvind; Rice, Hannah; Werkhausen, Amelie; Ettema, Gertjan; Mentzoni, Fredrik; Solberg, Paul Andre; Lindberg, Kolbjørn Andreas; Paulsen, Gøran (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Vertical jump height measures our ability to oppose gravity and lower body neuromuscular function in athletes and various clinical populations. Vertical jump tests are principally simple, time-efficient, and extensively ...

• Use of over-the-counter analgesics in Norwegian children – a national cross-sectional study 

  Enstad, Frøydis; Helseth, Sølvi; Løyland, Borghild; Haraldstad, Kristin; Skarstein, Siv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Aims: We aimed to examine the proportion of recent use of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics among Norwegian children aged 10 to 12, and explore the relationship between a wide array of factors, both within and outside the ...

• General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants 

  Zhou, Bin; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A; Ahmad, Nor Ani; Bovet, Pascal; Chen, Zhengming; Damasceno, Albertino; Filippi, Sarah; Janszky, Imre; Kengne, Andre P; Khang, Young-Ho; Khunti, Kamlesh; Laxmaiah, Avula; Lim, Lee-Ling; Lissner, Lauren; Margozzini, Paula; Mbanya, Jean Claude N; McGarvey, Stephen; Bjertness, Espen; Ostojic, Sergej; Aryal, Krishna Kumar; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Bere, Elling Tufte; Bergh, Ingunn Holden; Ekelund, Ulf; Gerdts, Eva; Grøholt, Else Karin; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Htet, Aung Soe; Igland, Jannicke; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Madar, Ahmed Ali; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Sen, Abhijit; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Sulo, Gerhard; Tarp, Jakob; Tell, Grethe S.; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård; Wilsgaard, Tom; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Bennett, James E.; Singleton, Rosie K.; Mishra, Anu; Carillo-Larco, Rodrigo; Ikeda, Nayu; Barradas-Pires, Ana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Adiposity can be measured using BMI (which is based on weight and height) as well as indices of abdominal adiposity. We examined the association between BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) within and across ...

• Clinical Placement Studies on Early Nursing Education with a Focus on Pedagogical Methods: Qualitative Document Analysis 

  Solberg, Marianne Trygg; Sjølie, Berit Mosseng; Sætra, Mette K Ragnhildstveit; Bingen, Hanne Maria S; Christiansen, Bjørg; Strand, Ingrid Rachel; Ravik, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  The present study aimed to explore and describe how pedagogical methods are communicated within formal documents pertaining to clinical placement studies in the first year of nursing education. Developing professional ...

• Changes in health‑related quality of life and sleep habits after a 6‑month non‑randomised cluster‑controlled trial among children with overweight or obesity 

  Kleppang, Annette Løvheim; Abildsnes, Eirik; Haraldstad, Kristin; Stea, Tonje Holte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Being overweight or obese can have severe negative psychological impacts and reduce health-related functioning. To improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and sleep habits for children with overweight or obesity, ...

• Choroidal thickness after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor in typical neovascular age-related macular degeneration – A systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Hoven, Erlend; Michelet, John-Thomas Edward; Vettore, Mario Vianna; Lagali, Neil Satish (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections have been the standard of care for the wet/neovascular variant ...

• Impact of COVID-19 infection on lung function and nutritional status amongst individuals with cystic fibrosis: A global cohort study 

  Semenchuk, Julie; Naito, Yumi; Charman, Susan C.; Carr, Siobhán B; Cheng, Stephanie Y.; Marshall, Bruce C.; Faro, Albert; Elbert, Alexander; Gutierrez, Hector H.; Goss, Christopher H.; Karadag, Bulent; Burgel, Pierre-Régis; Colombo, Carla; Salvatore, Marco; Padoan, Rita; Daneau, Géraldine; Harutyunyan, Satenik; Kashirskaya, Nataliya; Kirwan, Laura; Middleton, Peter G; Ruseckaite, Rasa; de Monestrol, Isabelle; Naehrlich, Lutz; Mondejar-Lopez, Pedro; Jung, Andreas; van Rens, Jacqui; Bakkeheim, Egil; Orenti, Annalisa; Zomer-van Ommen, Domenique; da Silva-Filho, Luiz Vicente RF; Fernandes, Flavia Fonseca; Zampoli, Marco; Stephenson, Anne L.; Kasmi, Irena; Drali, Ouardia; Burghart, Sabine; Lakatos-Krepcik, Andrea; Eder, Johannes; Jaksch, Peter; Kainz, Katharina; Kallinger, Margit; Leitner, Alexander; Mozdzen, Marta; Pfleger, Andreas; Renner, Sabine; Stadlinger, Martin; Thir, Christina; Nuriyev, Emil; Boboli, Hedwige; De Wachter, Elke; Dupont, Lieven; Gohy, Sophie; Hanssens, Laurence; Knoop, Christiane; Lammertyn, Elise; Nowé, Vicky; Pirson, Jessica; Thimmesch, Matthieu; Van Braeckel, Eva; Van Hoorenbeeck, Kim; Vanderhelst, Eef; Filho, Eduardo Piacentini; Athanazio, Rodrigo Abensur; Martins, Valéria de Carvalho; Duarte, Marta Cristina; Monte, Luciana de Freitas Velloso; de Fuccio, Marcelo Bicalho; Knabben, Adriana de Siqueira Carvalho; Melloti, Roberta; Meneses, Daniela Gois; Petrova, Guergana; Tješić-Drinković, Duška; Dugac, Andrea Vukić; Bambir, Ivan; Yiallouros, Panayiotis; Bilkova, Alena; Drevinek, Pavel; Macek, Milan; Olesen, Hanne Vebert; Pressler, Tania; Fouda, Eman Mahmoud; Nasr, Samya; Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber; Al-iede, Montaha; Abdrakhmanov, Olzhas; Corvol, Harriet; Lemonnier-Videau, Lydie; Abely, Michel; Piccini, Carole Bailly; Belleguic, Chantal; Bihouee, Tiphaine; Billon, Yves; Bui, Stéphanie; Camara, Boubou; Cheraud, Marie-Christine; Chiron, Raphael; Duet, Emmanuelle Coirier; Cosson, Laure; Dalphin, Marie-Laure; Boucher, Isabelle Danner; De Miranda, Sandra; Deneuville, Eric; Dubus, Jean-Christophe; Durieu, Isabelle; Epaud, Ralph; Gerardin, Michèle; Grenet, Dominique; Houdouin, Véronique; Huet, Frédéric; Reem, Kanaan; Kessler, Romain; Languepin, Jeanne; Laurans, Muriel; Leroy, Sylvie; Llerena, Cathie; Macey, Julie; Mankikian, Julie; Marguet, Christophe; Martin, Clémence; Mely, Laurent; Mittaine, Marie; Murris-Espin, Marlène; Perisson, Caroline; Prevotat, Anne; Ramel, Sophie; Rames, Cinthia; Reix, Philippe; Revillon, Marine; Reynaud-Gaubert, Martine; Richaud-Thiriez, Bénédicte; Rittie, Jean-Luc; Scalbert-Dujardin, Manuëla; Sermet-Gaudelus, Isabelle; Storni, Véronique; Tatopoulos, Aurélie; Thouvenin, Guillaume; Troussier, Françoise; Weiss, Laurence; Wizla, Nathalie; Behl, Eva-Susanne; Brinkmann, Folke; Claßen, Martin; Graepler-Mainka, Ute; Griese, Matthias; Grübl, Armin; Hammermann, Jutta; Hebestreit, Helge; Heinzmann, Andrea; Herz, Alexander; Kiefer, Alexander; Kinder, Birte; Köster, Holger; Kuhnert, Stefan; Mainz, Jochen; Mayer, Angelika; Naehrig, Susanne; Niehues, Tim; Nüßlein, Thomas; Poplawska, Krystyna; Ringshausen, Felix; Rose, Markus; Rosenecker, Josef; Ruppel, Renate; Scharschinger, Anette; Schropp, Christian; Schwarz, Carsten; Smaczny, Christina; Sommerburg, Olaf; Sutharsan, Sivagurunathan; Stolz, Simone; Thomas, Wolfgang; Wege, Sabine; Welzenbach, Britta; Wollschläger, Bettina; Diamantea, Filia; Hatziagorou, Elpis; Manika, Katerina; Cox, Des; Elnazir, Basil; Fletcher, Godfrey; Gunaratnam, Cedric; McKone, Edward F.; Plant, Barry J.; Cohen-Cymberknoh, Malena; Gur, Michal; Livnat, Galit; Mei-Zahav, Meir; Amato, Annalisa; Ferrari, Gianluca; Badolato, Raffaele; Poli, Piercarlo; Battistini, Fiorella; Donati, Valentina; Bignamini, Elisabetta; Folino, Anna; Carnovale, Vincenzo; Castellani, Carlo; Casciaro, Rosaria; Cimino, Giuseppe; Cipolli, Marco; Lucca, Francesca; Collura, Mirella; Ficili, Francesca; Daccò, Valeria; Gagliano, Vanessa; Pizzamiglio, Giovanna; Mencarini, Valeria; Palladino, Nicola; Leonardi, Salvatore; Rotolo, Novella; Lucanto, Maria Cristina; Quattromano, Ester; Lucidi, Vincenzina; Majo, Fabio; Alghisi, Federico; Ciciriello, Fabiana; Manca, Antonio; Leonetti, Giuseppina; Maschio, Massimo; Messore, Barbara; Pantano, Stefano; Pisi, Giovanna; Spaggiari, Cinzia; Raia, Valeria; Laezza, Caterina; Ros, Mirco; Salvatore, Donatello; Taccetti, Giovanni; Francalanci, Michela; Vitullo, Pamela; Zolin, Anna; Aleksejeva, Elina; Malakauskas, Kestutis; Misevičiene, Valdone; Charatsi, Anna-Maria; la Barrière, Hélène De; Altenburg, Josje; Bannier, Michiel; Heijerman, Harry; Janssens, Hettie; Koppelman, Gerard; van der Meer, Renske; Merkus, Peter; Nuijsink, Marianne; Terheggen, Suzanne; van der Vaart, Hester; Wesseling, Geert-Jan; de Winter, Karin; Danevska, Ivana Arnaudova; Maretti, Tatjana Jakovska; Fustik, Stojka; Dziecichowicz-Latała, Daria; Wojsyk-Banaszak, Irena; Wozniacki, Lukasz; Amorim, Adelina; Santos, Ana Sofia Araújo; Castanhinha, Susana; Gamboa, Fernanda; Silva, Teresa Reis; Gonçalves, Fabienne; Pereira, Luísa; Ciuca, Ioana; Silva, Sónia; Csilla-Enikö, Szabo; Stan, Iustina; Amelina, Elena; Boitсova, Evgeniya; Chernyavskaya, Anastasia; Gorinova, Yuliya; Krasovskiy, Stanislav; Mukhina, Maria; Sherman, Victoria; Simonova, Olga; Kondratyeva, Elena; Bérešová, Eva; Bližnáková, Nina; Kayserová, Hana; Salobir, Barbara; Šelb, Julij; Krivec, Uroš; Fernandez, Antonio José Aguilar; Fernàndez, Antonio Alvarez; García, Félix Baranda; Aparicio, Marina Blanco; Corullón, Silvia Castillo; Cortell-Aznar, Isidoro; Pérez, Inés; Colomer, Jordi Costa i; Roig, María Cols; Pecellín, Isabel Delgado; Cáceres, Layla Diab; Paredes, Carmen Luna; Gartner, Silvia; Martínez, José Ramón Gutiérrez; Labarga, Inés Herrero; Girón-Moreno, Rosa Maria; Nogueira, Esperanza Jiménez; Ferreiro, Adelaida Lamas; Neyra, Alejandro López; Castro, Enrique Blitz; Galarraga, Laura Moreno; de Vincente, Carlos Martin; Navarro, Silvia Merlos; Nieto-Royo, Rosa; Fuster, Casilda Olveira; Pastor, Maria Dolores; Pérez-Ruiz, Estela; Prados-Sánchez, Concepción; Cancelo, Isabel Ramos; de Valbuena, Marta Ruiz; Asensi, José R. Villa; Santiago, Veronica Sanz; García, Patricia Fernández; Tawfeeq, Reem Mustafa; Banki, Adrienn; Gilljam, Marita; Krantz, Christina; Lindberg, Ulrika; Lindblad, Anders; Clarenbach, Christian; Steinack, Carolin; Hage, René; Schuurmans, Macé; Fischer, Reta; Kusche, Rachel; Rochat, Isabelle; Walter, Anna-Lena; Kamalaporn, Harutai; Hamouda, Samia; Tural, Dilber Ademhan; Ozcelik, Ugur; Asfuroğlu, Pelin; Eyüboğlu, Tuğba Şişmanlar; Aslan, Ayse Tana; Bingöl, Ayşen; Çobanoğlu, Nazan; Ozcan, Gizem; Dogru, Deniz; Gökdemir, Yasemin; KÖSE, Mehmet; Pekcan, Sevgi; Cosgriff, Rebecca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Factors associated with severe COVID-19 infection have been identified; however, the impact of infection on longer-term outcomes is unclear. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 ...

• Simulation-Based Learning Supported by Technology to Enhance Critical Thinking in Nursing Students: Scoping Review 

  Stenseth, Hege Vistven; Steindal, Simen Alexander; Solberg, Marianne Trygg; Ølnes, Mia Alexandra; Sørensen, Anne Lene; Strandell-Laine, Camilla; Olaussen, Camilla; Farsjø Aure, Caroline; Pedersen, Ingunn; Zlamal, Jaroslav; Gue Martini, Jussara; Bresolin, Paula; Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang; Nes, Andrea Aparecida Gonçalves (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Background: Critical thinking is a crucial skill in the nursing profession and must be fostered through nursing education. Simulation-based learning (SBL) with technological modalities is a pedagogical approach to enhance ...

• Perceived effects of health status on sexual activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a 5-year follow-up study 

  Rohde, Gudrun Elin; Berg, Kari Hansen; Pripp, Are Hugo; Haugeberg, Glenn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA) causes pain, fatigue, stiffness, loss of physical function, and poor health status, which can influence sexual activity and enjoyment. To explore whether patients with ax-SpA perceive that ...

• Clinical and laboratory characteristics during a 1-year follow-up in European Lyme neuroborreliosis: A prospective cohort study 

  Solheim, Anne Marit; Skarstein, Ingerid; Quarsten, Hanne; Lorentzen, Åslaug Rudjord; Berg-Hansen, Pål; Eikeland, Randi; Reiso, Harald; Mygland, Åse Daasvand; Ljøstad, Unn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background and Purpose: We need more knowledge on clinical presentations, time course, biomarkers, and prognosis in European Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). Methods: A prospective 12-month follow-up of predetermined clinical ...

• Supporting first-year nursing students’ learning experiences in nursing home placement – a qualitative study 

  Dalsmo, Ingrid Espegren (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 528, Doctoral thesis, 2025)

  Bakgrunn: Praksisstudier utgjør en kritisk del av sykepleierutdanningen. I praksisstudier gis sykepleierstudenter muligheter til å anvende og integrere teoretisk kunnskap, praktiske ferdigheter, klinisk vurdering og etisk ...

• Are social pressure, bullying and low social support associated with depressive symptoms, self-harm and self-directed violence among adolescents? A cross-sectional study using a structural equation modeling approach 

  Stea, Tonje Holte; Bonsaksen, Tore; Smith, Pierre; Kleppang, Annette Løvheim; Steigen, Anne Mari; Leonhardt, Marja; Lien, Lars; Vettore, Mario Vianna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background More in-depth evidence about the complex relationships between different risk factors and mental health among adolescents has been warranted. Thus, the aim of the study was to examine the direct and indirect ...

• Exploring nursing students’ learning experiences within tripartite meetings in nursing home clinical placements: a qualitative study using video-stimulated recall interviews 

  Dalsmo, Ingrid Espegren; Laugaland, Kristin Alstveit; Billett, Stephen; Ekra, Else Mari Ruberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Background: Nursing students’ clinical learning is premised on experiences in clinical placements in nurse education, with the processes and outcomes of tripartite meetings among the student, nurse preceptor and teacher ...

• Review of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose in Artificial Tears for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease 

  Mysen, O. Martin B.; Hynnekleiv, Leif; Magnø, Morten Schjerven; Vehof, Jelle; Utheim, Tor Paaske (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Dry eye disease (DED) is a highly prevalent condition, resulting in reduced quality of life, lower participation in social life and impaired work efficiency. Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) is a cellulose-based ...

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