Fakultet for helse- og sosialvitskap / Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
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Drug Death-Bereaved Parents’ Perspectives on Family Interactions and Help Needs: A Qualitative Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Family relations are essential for the bereaved in terms of healing and adjusting to life, especially after experiencing a traumatic death. Although 500 000 people die in drug-related deaths each year, few works focus on ... -
Enabling Teams to Implement Innovative Personalized Activation in a Public Sector Context: Why and How Frontline Leadership Matters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article investigates the strategies used by frontline supervisors to lead teams in the implementation of innovative activation services and the ways in which these strategies are perceived by the frontline workers ... -
Exploring Goals and Functional Changes in Reablement for People with Fractures and People with Dizziness and Balance Problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Although older people often have challenges with fractures and dizziness/balance problems, knowledge concerning the impact of reablement of people with these conditions is limited. Aim: To explore functional ... -
Striving for a safe ground—A lifeworld approach of family members' experiences of the critical illness trajectory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims and Objectives To explore the experiences of family members after they have lived through a close one's illness trajectory starting with critical illness and intensive care treatment, throughout hospitalisation and ... -
Patient experiences of a 10-weeks weight-neutral treatment program for clinical binge eating disorder in a higher weight population
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Weight based stigma might drive the development of both higher weight and binge eating disorder (BED). To improve treatment and outcomes, a deeper understanding of how stigma and shame are correlated in clinical ... -
Epistemologisk grunnarbeid i forsking om velferdsstatens tenester: å konstruere forskingsobjektet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Artikkelen drøftar eit grunnlagsproblem som handlar om korleis ein i forsking på velferdsregimer og -tenester stiller seg til og forstår tilhøvet mellom teori og røynd, og kva implikasjonar denne forståinga har for omgrepsbruk ... -
Stakeholder development of an implementation strategy for fall prevention in Norwegian home care – a qualitative co-creation approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background The uptake of fall prevention evidence has been slow and limited in home care services. Involving stakeholders in the implementation process is suggested as a method to successfully tailor implementation ... -
Sensitivity for Change Analyses of the Patient Reported Outcomes in Obesity (PROS) Questionnaire: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: Many patients seeking bariatric surgery experience reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL). A simple clinical tool, the Patient-Reported Outcomes in Obesity (PROS), was developed to address patients’ HRQOL ... -
Caring for a home-dwelling older parent with mental health problems : a narrative analysis of family caregivers’ experiences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: To gain knowledge regarding family caregivers of home-dwelling older adults with mental health problems and the meaning-making of the caregiver’s role. Design An explorative qualitative study involving narrative ... -
Researching what we practice: The paradigm of systemic family research: Part 1
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This is part 1 of two articles that focus on the ideological and philosophical preference regarding how to relate to and conduct research in the field of systemic couple and family therapy. Thus, this article outlines the ... -
The intra-individual reliability of <sup>1</sup>H-MRS measurement in the anterior cingulate cortex across 1 year
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is the primary method that can measure the levels of metabolites in the brain in vivo. To achieve its potential in clinical usage, the reliability of the measurement requires further ... -
Undergraduate nursing student's attitudes to learning during clinical practice in different semesters when using a conceptual learning model grounded in a caritative caring perspective – A cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim: To describe undergraduate nursing students' attitudes to learning during clinical practice in different semesters when using the conceptual learning model, Model for Improvements in Learning Outcomes (MILO) grounded ... -
Demokratiserande læringsprosessar: Sjukepleiestudentar sine erfaringar kring medverknad i teoriemnet psykisk helsearbeid
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Studiar om studentar sine erfaringar med uformell brukarmedverknad i høgare utdanning er etterspurt. Det er ynskjeleg at studentane deltek i demokratiserande lærings- og vurderingsprosessar, sidan dei har førstehandserfaring ... -
Physiotherapists' engagement in work ability and return to work issues of patients with musculoskeletal disorders. A cross-sectional survey in Norway.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Work and health are a national priority in Norway, and leading health authorities call for treatment approaches that incorporate these perspectives. We have little knowledge of how physiotherapists in private ... -
Eline Thornquist: En bibliografi med innblikk i fysioterapifaget i perioden 1970–2023
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External inspection approaches and involvement of stakeholders’ views in inspection following serious incidents - a qualitative mixed methods study from the perspectives of regulatory inspectors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective The objective was to gain knowledge about how external inspections following serious incidents are played out in a Norwegian hospital context from the perspective of the inspectors, and whether stakeholders’ ... -
The Patient-Practitioner interaction in post bariatric surgery consultations: an interpersonal process recall study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: The patient-practitioner relationship is fundamental to rehabilitation practice and patients’ health and wellbeing. Dissonance between patients who have had bariatric surgery and health care practitioners about ... -
eHealth interventions to support colorectal cancer patients’ self-management after discharge from surgery : an integrative literature review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) creates elevated self-management demands and unmet support needs post-discharge. Follow-up care through eHealth post-primary surgery may be an effective means of supporting patients’ ... -
Grieving a Drug-Related Death in the Context of One's Own Drug Use: An Exploratory Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Drug-related deaths (DRDs) are a major societal challenge. People who use drugs are at particular risk of witnessing DRDs, and of losing people close to them to a DRD, and experiencing an overdose or other health issues ... -
A resilience perspective on healthcare personnels’ experiences of managing the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Norwegian nursing homes and come care services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to new and unfamiliar changes in healthcare services globally. Most COVID-19 patients were cared for in primary healthcare services, demanding major adjustments and adaptations in ...