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Objectively measured physical activity among treatment seeking children and adolescents with severe obesity and normal weight peers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Treatment seeking children and adolescents with severe obesity often experience barriers to physical activity. Studies objectively measuring physical activity in this group and investigating explanatory factors ... -
Occupational Therapy Interventions for Persons with Cognitive Impairments Living in the Community
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study describes interventions provided by community occupational therapists for persons with cognitive impairments. Using an online questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was conducted, collecting data from 497 of the ... -
Occupational therapy students’ preferences for teaching and course design across a three-year undergraduate education program
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose Understanding students’ preferences for teaching and course design is important for educators in higher education when planning courses and teaching activities. The purpose of this study was to explore changes in ... -
Older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia: An integrative review
(Master thesis, 2022)Background: COVID-19 has had direct and indirect negative impact on the elderly population in Southeast Asia. The effects of public health measures such as quarantine, lockdowns and social distancing due to COVID-19 may ... -
Online collaborative learning - a case study
(Others, 2021)Background - Collaboration in combination with student activities is an acknowledged pedagogical approach within higher education and teaching. A 15 ECTS credit online course in philosophy of science and methods was off ... -
Optimizing a knowledge translation intervention: a qualitative formative study to capture knowledge translation needs in nursing homes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Knowledge translation (KT) has emerged as an important consideration to reduce knowledge-to-practice gaps in healthcare settings. Research on KT approaches in nursing homes (NHs) is lacking. There is a need to ... -
Paternal characteristics associated with maternal periconceptional use of folic acid supplementation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Maternal predictors of folic acid (FA) supplementation use to reduce offspring risk of neural tube defects are well known, while paternal determinants for maternal FA use are less known. Such knowledge is ... -
Paternal country of origin and adverse neonatal outcomes in births to foreign-born women in Norway: A population-based cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Migration is a risk factor for adverse neonatal outcomes. The various impacts of maternal origin have been reported previously. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between paternal origin and ... -
Patient's participation in clinical practice. A study based on the experiences of six physiotherapists
(Others, 2006)Purpose: This study of physiotherapists’ perceptions of their practice was carried out in order to explore how they chose to collaborate with their patients in their clinical practice. Method: Six new graduates in physiotherapy ... -
Patients' experiences of living with patellar instability before and after surgery: A qualitative interview study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives To explore the experience of living with patellar instability before and after surgery. Design Qualitative individual semistructured interviews of patients with patellar instability using a four-step ... -
Patients’ quest for recognition and continuity in health care: time for a new research agenda?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)User involvement is important in democratization of health care and is assumed to contribute to better and more relevant research. Despite increased requirements for user involvement in research, more studies are still ... -
Perceptions of assessment in Norwegian occupational therapy students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In addition to securing minimum standards of learning among students, assessment is increasingly used as a tool to improve students’ learning. Assessment quality is measured as part of the Course Experience Questionnaire; ... -
Perceptions of the academic learning environment among occupational therapy students – changes across a three-year undergraduate study program
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction Although the learning environment influences students’ motivation, learning outcomes, and satisfaction with the study program, less is known about how these factors change as the students’ progress through ... -
Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) and quality of life: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: To determine if Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is associated with increased burden of dizziness and quality of life. Secondly, if this association is present, to determine if it can be explained ... -
Physical activity and exercise in the treatment of sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2): a scoping review
(Master thesis, 2022)Objectives: Sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss is widespread. However, several definitions of sarcopenia exist, which has hampered progress in how to assess and treat sarcopenia. In 2019, the European Working Group on ... -
Physical activity and overweight: Experiences of children and youth in a Norwegian project
(Advances in Physiotherapy, Journal article, 2011-10)Physiotherapists have paid great attention to the problems associated with overweight among children and youth. Clinicians have started programs to support the target group in their efforts to become more physically active, ... -
Physical capacity, not skeletal maturity, distinguishes competitive levels in male Norwegian U14 players
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The main aim of the present study was to compare skeletal maturity level and physi-cal capacities between male Norwegian soccer players playing at elite, sub-elite and non-elite level. Secondary, we aimed to investigate ...