Blar i ODA Open Digital Archive på forfatter "Bergland, Astrid"
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Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly people
Bergland, Astrid (Norsk Epidemiologi;22(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Falls are a common and serious problem for older adults. Approximately one-third of older communitydwelling people fall at least once a year. The main purpose of this paper is to present risk factors for fall in older ... -
Falls prevention to improve health-related quality of life, physical function and falls self-efficacy in older adults receiving home care
Bjerk, Maria (OsloMet Avhandling 2020;Nr 21, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Falls and fall-related injuries in older adults are associated with great burdens for the individuals, the health care system and society. Although they have a high incidence of falls, a high prevalence of ... -
Feasibility of a Mobile Phone App to Promote Adherence to a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle: Single-Arm Study
Lunde, Pernille; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad; Bergland, Astrid; Bye, Asta (Jmir Formative Research;Vol 3, No 2 (2019): Apr-Jun, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-03)Background: Long-term maintenance of preventive activities is fundamental for achieving improved outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Despite this, it has been shown to be a major challenge for many patients to follow ... -
Female Pakistani carers’ views on future formal and informal care for their older relatives in Norway
Arora, Sanjana; Rechel, Bernd; Bergland, Astrid; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay; Debesay, Jonas (BMC Health Services Research;20:603, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-01)Background: The aging of Pakistani immigrants in Norway raises questions related to their increased need for care and help from relatives, as well as those concerning what future formal and informal care and healthcare ... -
Functional level, physical activity and wellbeing in nursing home residents in three Nordic countries
Grönstedt, Helena; Hellström, Karin; Bergland, Astrid; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Puggard, L.; Andresen, Mette; Granbo, Randi; Frändin, Kerstin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02-10)Background and aims: The main aim of this study was to describe physical and cognitive function and wellbeing among nursing home residents in three Nordic countries. A second aim was to compare groups of differing ages, ... -
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing individualized nutritional care for older people in hospital and home care: A qualitative study
Hestevik, Christine Hillestad; Molin, Marianne; Debesay, Jonas; Bergland, Astrid; Bye, Asta (BMC Geriatrics;19, Article number: 317 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recent studies indicate inadequate nutritional care practices in healthcare institutions and identify several barriers to perform individualized nutritional care to older persons. Organisation of care can become rigid and ... -
Health‐care professionals’ experiences of patient participation among older patients in intermediate care—At the intersection between profession, market and bureaucracy
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Debesay, Jonas; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid (Health Expectations;Volume 22, Issue 5, October 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-24)Background Patient participation is a key concern in health care. Nevertheless, older patients often do not feel involved in their rehabilitation process. Research states that when organizational conditions exert pressure ... -
The importance of a good therapeutic alliance in promoting exercise motivation in a group of older Norwegians in the subacute phase of hip fracture; a qualitative study
Stødle, Irene Vestøl; Debesay, Jonas; Pajalic, Zada; Bergland, Astrid (BMC Geriatrics;20, Article number: 118 (2020), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-30)Background: Hip fractures represent a global public health issue that demands high cost both from the patient and from the society. Functional exercise in the subacute phase of a hip fracture is essential in reducing these ... -
The importance of a good therapeutic alliance in promoting exercise motivation in a group of older Norwegians in the subacute phase of hip fracture; a qualitative study
Stødle Vestøl, Irene; Debesay, Jonas; Pajalic, Zada; Bergland, Astrid (BMC Geriatrics;20, Article number: 118 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-12)Background: Hip fractures represent a global public health issue that demands high cost both from the patient and from the society. Functional exercise in the subacute phase of a hip fracture is essential in reducing these ... -
The importance of parkinsonian signs for gait and balance in patients with Alzheimer's disease of mild degree.
Tangen, Gro Gujord; Bergland, Astrid; Engedal, Knut; Mengshoel, Anne Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Parkinsonian signs are common in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) of mild degree and predict functional decline, but their relationship with gait speed and balance is unclear. The aims of this study were to describe ... -
Increased self-efficacy: The experience of high-intensity exercise of nursing home residents with dementia - A qualitative study
Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt; Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken; Engedal, Knut; Bergland, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: There has been increasing interest in the use of non-pharmacological interventions, such as physical exercise, to improve the well-being of nursing home residents with dementia. For reasons regarding disease symptoms, ... -
Individualizing standardized tests: physiotherapists and occupational therapists' test practices in a geriatric setting
Krohne, Kariann; Torres, Sandra; Slettebø, Åshild; Bergland, Astrid (Qualitative Health Research;23(9), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)In assessing geriatric patients’ functional status, health care professionals use a number of standardized tests. These tests have defined administration procedures that restrict communication and interaction with patients. ... -
Informal caregivers’ views on the quality of healthcare services provided to older patients aged 80 or more in the hospital and 30 days after discharge
Lilleheie, Ingvild; Debesay, Jonas; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid (BMC Geriatrics;20, Article number: 97 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-24)Background: In the European Union (EU), informal caregivers provide 60% of all care. Informal caregiving ranges from assistance with daily activities and provision of direct care to helping care recipients to navigate ... -
Inter-rater reliability of the Berg Balance Scale, 30 s chair stand test and 6 m walking test, and construct validity of the Berg Balance Scale in nursing home residents with mild-to-moderate dementia
Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken; Engedal, Knut; Bergland, Astrid (BMJ Open;5(9), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objective: When testing physical function, patients must be alert and have the capacity to understand and respond to instructions. Patients with dementia may have difficulties fulfilling these requirements and, therefore, ... -
It takes two to tango: carers’ reflections on their participation and the participation of people with dementia in the James Lind Alliance process
Nygaard, Agnete; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid (BMC Geriatrics;20, Article number: 175 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-14)Background: Worldwide, patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research has grown steadily in recent decades. The James Lind Alliance (JLA) is one approach to PPI that brings patients, carers and clinicians together ... -
The journey of recovery after hip-facture surgery: older people’s experiences of recovery through rehabilitation services involving physical activity
Stødle, Irene Vestøl; Debesay, Jonas; Bergland, Astrid (Disability and Rehabilitation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-12)Purpose: This study sought to explore and describe the experiences of recovery among community-living older people undergoing rehabilitation involving physical activity following hip-fracture surgery. Methods: We conducted ... -
Learning and knowing bodies: Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapists' reflections on embodied knowledge
Ekerholt, Kirsten; Bergland, Astrid (Physiotherapy Theory and Practice;Volume 35, 2019 - Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-02)Background: The lived experience is irreducible, and can give access to pre-reflective and implicit, embodied knowledge. There is a lack of research concerning how specialists in Norwegian Psychomotor physiotherapy (NPMP) ... -
Long-term effects of a 12 weeks high-intensity functional exercise program on physical function and mental health in nursing home residents with dementia: a single blinded randomized controlled trial
Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken; Engedal, Knut; Bergland, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Research indicates that exercise can have a positive effect on both physical and mental health in nursing home patients with dementia, however the lasting effect is rarely studied. In a previously published ... -
Malnutrition among older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes: The PEN-3S study
Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Sousa-Santos, Nuno; Santos, Osvaldo; Alarcao, Violeta; Goulão, Beatriz; Mendonca, Nuno; Nicola, Paulo J.; Yngve, Agneta; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid; Amaral, Teresa F; Lopes, Carla; Gorjao Clara, Joao (Public Health Nutrition;Volume 22, Issue 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-15)Objective: To characterise the nutritional status and to identify malnutritionassociated variables of older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Data on demographic and socio-economic ... -
A mobile app supporting exercise adherence for people with Parkinson's disease
Upsahl, Kristoffer; Vistven, Annette Faber; Bergland, Astrid; Chen, Weiqin (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 10897, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-26)Researches have shown that physical exercise in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an effective method reduce or limit the progress of the disease and improve physical and psychological health. However, exercise ...