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Measurements of body fat is associated with markers of inflammation, insulin resistance and lipid levels in both overweight and in lean, healthy subjects
(e - SPEN: the European e-journal of clinical nutrition and metabolism;7(6), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background & aims: Low-grade inflammation is associated with fat mass in overweight. Whether this association exists in lean persons is unknown. Aims were to investigate associations between anthropometric measures of ... -
Measures Used to Assess Treatment Outcomes in Children with Autism Receiving Early and Intensive Behavioral Interventions: A Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This review is aimed at identifying assessment instruments used to measure treatment outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorder who received early and intensive behavioral interventions. Forty three articles were ... -
Measuring maternal health literacy in adolescents attending antenatal care in a developing country - the impact of selected demographic characteristics
(Journal of Clinical Nursing;24(17-18), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-12)Aims and objectives: The aim of this paper is to describe how selected demographic characteristics ‘explain’ the observed variance in the distribution of maternal health literacy estimates in adolescents attending antenatal ... -
Measuring Maternal Health Literacy in Adolescents Attending Antenatal Care in Uganda: Exploring the Dimensionality of the Health Literacy Concept Studying a Composite Scale
(Journal of Nursing Measurement;23(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-01)Background and Purpose: The purpose of this article is to test the requirement of “local independence” in the newly developed “Maternal Health Literacy” (MaHeLi) composite scale measuring health literacy in pregnant ... -
Measuring perceived outcomes from participating at a clubhouse for persons with mental illness: psychometric properties and associated factors
(Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy;Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-13)Background: The clubhouses are part of a growing international movement concerned with providing work-oriented psychosocial rehabilitation for people with a history of mental illness. Instruments used for measuring outcomes ... -
Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1
(The Lancet;Volume 398, Issue 10299, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-14)Background: Measuring routine childhood vaccination is crucial to inform global vaccine policies and programme implementation, and to track progress towards targets set by the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) and Immunization ... -
Measuring Staff Attitudes to Coercion in Poland
(Frontiers in Psychiatry;November 2021 | Volume 12 | Article 745215, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-16)Introduction: Coercion can be defined as the use of force to limit a person’s choices. In Poland, coercive measures may tend to be overused. However, there is limited information regarding the attitudes of nurses toward ... -
Mechanical-stress-related epigenetic regulation of ZIC1 transcription factor in the etiology of postmenopausal osteoporosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Mechanical loading exerts a profound influence on bone density and architecture, but the exact mechanism is unknown. Our study shows that expression of the neurological transcriptional factor zinc finger of the cerebellum ... -
Mechanisms of parental distress during and after the first COVID-19 lockdown phase: A two-wave longitudinal study
(PLOS ONE;16 (6): e0253087, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-24)Background: In these unpredictable times of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, parents worldwide are affected by the stress and strain caused by the physical distancing protocols that have been put ... -
Med følelsene på jobb -en kvalitativ undersøkelse av helsepersonell sine erfaringer i møte med pasienter med Huntingtons sykdom
(Master thesis, 2016)Hensikten: Hensikten med denne studien er å utvikle fordypet kunnskap om helsepersonell sine erfaringer i møtet med pasienter med Huntingtons sykdom (HS). Bedre kunnskap om helsepersonell sin erfaringer vil kunne sette ... -
Med rus – uten ord? : en norsk studie av aleksitymi blant rusavhengige i behandling
(Master thesis, 2013)Formålet med studien var å kartlegge aleksitymi blant rusavhengige i behandling og å se aleksitymi i sammenheng med rushistorie og psykisk helsesituasjon. 106 pasienter i rusbehandling i Tyrilistiftelsen deltok. Tre ... -
Medborgerskap i spennet mellom ekskludering og inkludering: Funksjonshemming, fremmedhet og nye fellesskap
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)Kapittelet diskuterer medborgerskap og likeverd med utgangspunkt i vilkårene for mennesker med funksjonsnedsettelse. Dette er en stor og svært mangfoldig gruppe mennesker som har opplevd ekskludering og ... -
Medfølelsens pris, når det brister for den som bærer
(Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Bakgrunn for studien er den økende tendensen til medfølelsestretthet som helsevesenet i Norge og resten av verden opplever, og ønsket om å forstå hvordan dette kan forebygges. Hensikt Hensikten med denne ... -
Medhold eller ikke? : en kvalitativ dokumentanalyse av fylkesmennenes begrunnelser når de gir medhold eller ikke i klager på avlastning
(Master thesis, 2012)Tema for oppgaven er fylkesmennenes behandling av klagesaker etter sosialtjenesteloven. Undersøkelsen er avgrenset til klagesaker om avlastning for foreldre eller andre omsorgsgivere til barn under 18 år. De som søker ... -
Media audit reveals inappropriate promotion of products under the scope of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in South-East Asia.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)To review regulations and to perform a media audit of promotion of products under the scope of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (‘the Code’) in South-East Asia. We reviewed national regulations ... -
The mediating effect of body mass index on the relationship between smoking and hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis. A population-based cohort study (the HUNT study).
(PLoS ONE;12 (12), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-28)To investigate the total effect of smoking on total hip or knee replacement (THR/TKR) due to primary osteoarthritis (OA) and to quantify the indirect effect of smoking through body mass index (BMI). Participants from the ... -
Mediators of the association between parental education and breakfast consumption among adolescents : the ESSENS study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Regular breakfast consumption has several health benefits. However, breakfast skipping is common among adolescents, in particular among those with a low socioeconomic background. The aims of the study were to ... -
Medical Hypothesis: Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Migraine
(OBM Neurobiology;Volume 5, Issue 1; Special Issue: Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurobiology Diseases, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-05)Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been introduced as an innovative treatment for several neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia and it has been proven effective in helping ... -
Medication dose calculation errors and other numeracy mishaps in hospitals: Analysis of the nature and enablers of incident reports
(Journal of Advanced Nursing;Volume 78, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-10)Aims: To investigate medication dose calculation errors and other numeracy mishaps in hospitals and examine mechanisms and enablers which lead to such errors. Design: A retrospective study using descriptive statistics ... -
Medikamentell smertelindring prehospitalt - en sammenligning av morfin og paracetamol
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Sammendrag Problemstilling Ambulansetjenesten i Oslo og Akershus bruker morfin til å smertelindre pasienter med symptomer på ekstremitetsfrakturer. “Kan paracetamol være like godt egnet som morfin for å smertelindre ...