Browsing Scientific Publications in Health and Nursing Science by Issue Date
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Sexology as a challenge to the health care system: the Norwegian version
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-02-07)Medical doctors and psychologist represent the largest groups of professionals working with sexological problems in Norway, with one third each. The last third consists of different health and educational professionals. ... -
Why do Norwegian nurses leave the public health service to practice CAM?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This paper explores a number of issues associated with the recent increase in nurses choosing to leave the Norwegian health care system in order to become independent practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine ... -
Når det intime blir offentlig : Kvinners erfaringer med åpenhet om brystkreft
(Journal article, 2009)Det er i dag åpenhet omkring tema som tidligere var private og tabubelagte, blant annet gjelder det sykdom og problematiske livsforhold. Den rådende oppfatning er at åpenhet på disse områdene er til det gode. Helsemyndigheter ... -
Transforming subjectivities in psychiatric care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This paper is based upon ethnographic fieldwork in a Norwegian psychiatric unit practicing a psycho-educational treatment of young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. An aim of the programme is that patients learn to ... -
Er sykepleiediagnoser relevant i psykisk helsearbeid?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)I denne artikkelen, som baserer seg et på et åtte måneders feltarbeid i en psykiatrisk rehabiliteringsavdeling, retter jeg et kritisk søkelys på anvendelse av sykepleiediagnoser i psykisk helsearbeid. Jeg tar utgangspunkt ... -
Two-year changes in quality of life in elderly patients with low-energy hip fractures. A case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: The long-term effect of hip fracture on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and global quality of life (GQOL) has not been thoroughly studied in prospective case-control studies. Aims: a) to explore whether ... -
Validation of Doloplus-2 among nonverbal nursing home patients - an evaluation of Doloplus-2 in a clinical setting
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)BACKGROUND:Pain measurement in nonverbal older adults is best based on behavioural observation, e.g. using an observational measurement tool such as Doloplus-2. The purposes of this study were to examine the use of Doloplus-2 ... -
Narrated lived experiences of self-care and health among rural-living older persons with a strong sense of coherence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Sense of coherence (SOC), with its components comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness, is a major factor in the ability to cope successfully with stressors and is closely related to health. Qualitative studies ... -
Low bone mineral density is a significant risk factor for low-energy distal radius fractures in middle-aged and elderly men: A case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: In general there is a lack of data on osteoporosis and fracture in men; this also includes low-energy distal radius fractures. The objectives of this study were to examine BMD and identify factors associated ... -
Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Few studies have appeared in the health care literature on the meaning of transition into retirement and later life. However, this predictable-involuntary transition may influence personal health and well-being, and studying ... -
Patient reported outcomes of symptoms and quality of life among cancer patients treated with palliative pelvic radiation: a pilot study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)BACKGROUND:There is limited high-quality research investigating the efficacy of palliative radiation (PPR) with regard to symptoms and quality of life (QOL) among cancer patients with pelvic soft tissue tumors. As a result, ... -
Food as medicine in psychiatric care: Which profession should be responsible for imparting knowledge and use of omega-3 fatty acids in psychiatry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on depression is well documented. The purpose of this study was to determine if and how food is used as medicine in psychiatric care, especially how omega-3 fatty acids are used as a ... -
Construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP) using structural equation modeling. The instrument is a 12-item self-report instrument, developed in ... -
Læringsutbytte, læringsaktiviteter og vurderingsformer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The theory of Constructive Alignment (CA) describes how accordance between learning activities, learning outcomes and assessment influence students’ learning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement between ... -
Hverdagslivet til foreldre som har barn med utviklingsmessige funksjonshemninger
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe and illuminate the daily life of parents who have children with developmental disabilities. Background: Up to the 1980’s most children with disabilities were institutionalized. ... -
Lived experiences of self-care among older, home-dwelling individuals identified to be at risk of undernutrition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Introduction: In a society where most older people live in their own homes, it may be expected of older individuals to exercise their potential to take care of themselves in daily life. Nutrition is a central aspect of ... -
Being hospitalized with a newly diagnosed chronic illness - A phenomenological study of children’s lifeworld in the hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The impact of a hospital environment on children has rarely been investigated. Recently, however, the perspective of hospitalized children has been taken into account. Being hospitalized and facing an illness represent a ... -
Nutritional screening of older home-dwelling Norwegians: a comparison between two instruments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: It is important to obtain knowledge about the prevalence of nutritional risk and associated factors among older home-dwelling people in order to be able to meet nutritional chal- lenges in this group in the ... -
The epidemiology of low- and high-energy distal radius fracture in middle-aged and elderly men and women in Southern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)BACKGROUND: Distal radius is one of the most frequent sites for fractures in the elderly population. Despite this, there is a paucity of epidemiological data for distal radius fracture, in particular, distinguishing between ...