Faculty of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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"Det var som en flytur med konstant turbulens". En kvalitativ studie av minoritetsmenn utsatt for vold i nære relasjoner.
(OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet, 2020)Tema for oppgaven er menn med minoritetsbakgrunn som er utsatt for vold fra sin kvinnelige partner. Bakgrunnen for studien er en erkjennelse av at menn som voldsutsatte er lite utforsket i litteratur og forskning. Særlig ... -
The ambiguous suffering body – a way to discover meaning nuances of dignity
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2021)The body is the center of human experience. The bodily changes caused by cancer disease and treatment affect physical, psychological, social and existential dimensions of life. When meaning and knowledge have their origin ... -
Family carers’ perspectives on care for older people living with dementia: interactions and involvement with health services, and the role of health literacy
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2021)Background: Care policies worldwide aim to control care expenses and provide more care in peoples’ homes, increasing the importance of informal care and the role of family carers’. This Ph.D. project aims to better our ... -
When Behavior Analysis Meets Machine Learning; Formation of Stimulus Equivalence Classes and Adaptive Learning in Artificial Agents
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2021)In this thesis, two well studied subjects in behavior analysis are computationally modeled; formation of stimulus equivalence classes, and adaptive learning. The former is addressed in Study I and Study II, while the latter ... -
Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain. The Ad-Shoulder feasibility study
(BMC, 2021-01-25)Background: Exercise is recommended for patients with subacromial pain. It has been suggested that good exercise adherence improves clinical outcomes. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the need for behavioural ... -
Correlates of screen time and mediators of differences by parental education among adolescents.
(BMC, 2020-06-05)Background: Existing literature shows that there is an inverse association between socioeconomic position and screen time among adolescents. What is less known is the mechanism behind these differences. The study aimed to ... -
A Behavioral Perspective on Community Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Paraisópolis in São Paulo, Brazil
(MDPI, 2021-01-30)The present article discusses the emergence and dynamics of community resilience by empirically investigating the case of the favela of Paraisópolis in São Paulo, Brazil. The emergence of innovative practices that initially ... -
A critical occupational perspective on user engagement of older adults in an assisted living facility in technology research over three years
(Routledge, 2020-05-13)Digital assistive technology has potential for supporting older adults who depend upon community healthcare services. To boost the efficiency of those services, technological devices are often installed for care recipients ... -
The effects of performance feedback on organizational citizenship behaviour: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08-10)Performance feedback is a managerial practice whose effects widely impact job satisfaction and commitment. Job satisfaction and commitment represent antecedents of organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), denoting a ... -
Short tau inversion recovery MRI of Modic changes: a reliability study
(SAGE Publications, 2020-01-29)Background: Limited reliability data exist for evaluation of spinal edema changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences. Purpose: To assess the inter-observer reliability ... -
Older Adults and Assistive Technology to Facilitate Occupation and Participation: A complex intervention
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2020)This PhD study is part of the Assisted Living Project (2015-2019) and explores assistive technology as a complex intervention to facilitate occupation and participation in everyday life among home-dwelling older adults, ... -
Insufficient physical activity level among Saharawi adults living in a protracted refugee setting
(BMC, 2021-01-19)Background: The Sahrawi people fled their homes in 1975 as the conflict in Western Sahara escalated and settled down near Tindouf, Algeria, where they still live. High prevalence of overweight and obesity and type 2 ... -
The emergence of bidirectional naming through sequential operant instruction following the establishment of conditioned social reinforcers
(Springer Nature, 2020)Bidirectional naming (BiN) is the integration of speaker and listener responses, reinforced by social consequences. Unfortunately, these consequences often do not function as reinforcers for behavior in children with autism. ... -
Oedema on STIR modified the effect of amoxicillin as treatment for chronic low back pain with Modic changes-subgroup analysis of a randomized trial
(Springer, 2020-11-27)Objective To evaluate potential MRI-defined effect modifiers of amoxicillin treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and type 1 or 2 Modic changes (MCs) at the level of a previous lumbar disc herniation (index ... -
Digital learning designs i physiotherapy education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMC, 2020-01-13)Background: Digital learning designs have the potential to support teaching and learning within higher education. However, the research on digital learning designs within physiotherapy education is limited. This study ... -
Opportunistic treatment of hepatitis C virus infection (OPPORTUNI-C): study protocol for a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of immediate versus outpatient treatment initiation among hospitalized people who inject drugs
(BMC, 2020-06-15)Background: Scaled-up direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) is crucial to reach the World Health Organization HCV elimination targets within 2030. ... -
Facilitators of and barriers to reducing thirty-day readmissions and improving patient-reported outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement: a process evaluation of the AVRre trial
(BMC, 2020-03-27)Background: The Aortic Valve Replacement Readmission (AVRre) randomized control trial tested whether a telephone intervention would reduce hospital readmissions following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). The ... -
Mapping subnational HIV mortality in sixLatin American countries with incompletevital registration systems
(BMC, 2021-01-08)Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health priority in Latin America. While the burden of HIV is historically concentrated in urban areas and high-risk groups, subnational estimates that cover ... -
Relationship between hippocampal subfield volumes and memory function in adults born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW)
(OA Text, 2020-03-31)Background:Being born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW) is related to aberrant brain development. Hippocampus is a brain region particularly vulnerable to injury, for instance from consequences following preterm ... -
A follow-up study after the Vassdalen avalanche: Surviving soldiers’ self-report and experiences 30 years post-disaster
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2020)Bakgrunn: Snøskredet i Vassdalen i 1986 kostet 16 mennesker livet, og 15 overlevde. Kort tid etter ulykken ble et forskningsprosjekt igangsatt for å studere psykiske konsekvenser av det å bli tatt av et snøskred. Prosjektet ...
