• COPD transitions in health and self-management: service users’ experiences from everyday life 

      Halding, Anne-Grethe; Grov, Ellen Karine; Aarsheim, Evy, ergoterapeut; Dolmen, Nina Marie, brukerrepresentant; Stavøstrand, Sissel, brukerrepresentant (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose: To explore how persons living with COPD experience transitions related to health, self-management, and follow-up from the healthcare services. Patients and methods: This study is part of a participatory research ...
    • Effects of a COPD self-management support intervention: a randomized controlled trial 

      Bringsvor, Heidi Breistrand; Langeland, Eva; Oftedal, Bjørg Frøysland; Skaug, Knut; Assmus, Jörg; Bentsen, Signe Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background: This study examines the effects of the COPD-specific health promoting self-management intervention “Better living with COPD” on different self-management-related domains, self-efficacy, and sense of coherence ...
    • Self-rated health aspects among persons living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Halding, Anne-Grethe; Grov, Ellen Karine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose: To describe a cohort of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and perform a within-group comparison regarding self-management activation, social provision, and health status.Patients and methods: ...
    • Symptom burden and self-management in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Bringsvor, Heidi Breistrand; Langeland, Eva; Oftedal, Bjørg Frøysland; Skaug, Knut; Assmus, Jörg; Gundersen, Doris Irene; Osborne, Richard H; Bentsen, Signe Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose: Self-management is crucial for effective COPD management. This study aimed at identifying associations between self-management and sociodemographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and symptom burden in ...