HV - PhD in Health Sciences
Recent Submissions
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The Indirect Costs of Caring for a Child with a Disability
(OsloMet Avhandling;2024 no 46, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Caring for a child with a disability can be both challenging and enriching. The ground reality is that most families are facing challenges in balancing paid work and family responsibilities. This raised an ongoing question ... -
Flexible and individually tailored homebased healthcare services – with the trust model as context
(OsloMet Avhandling;2024 nr 51, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This thesis draws attention to home-based healthcare services and the trust model as a new means of structuring these services into interdisciplinary teams; it also discusses the involvement of next of kin in the process ... -
Exploring persistent postsurgical pain from the patient’s perspective 5 years after total knee arthroplasty: A mixed-methods study
(OsloMet Avhandling;2024 nr 3, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common ailment and is estimated to affect 240 million people globally, with 10% of men and 18% of women over 60 years having symptomatic knee OA. The main symptom of OA is ... -
Mental disorders among young migrant and non-migrant women in Norway. Risk factors for and consequences of mental disorders across the life course
(OsloMet Avhandling;2022 nr 30, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Background: An increasing number of individuals live with a mental disorder, yet not everyone has the same risk of developing one. Studies indicate that young women as well as migrants may be at particular risk. Thus, being ... -
The community pharmacist’s position and qualitative means to influence use of antibiotics – An exploration of patient needs for informed counselling and involved dialogue on antibiotics
(OsloMet Avhandling;2024 no 30, Doctoral thesis, 2024)The overarching goal of this project was to leave no stone unturned in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The main drivers of AMR are misuse and overuse of antibiotics and new approaches to combat AMR ... -
Cost of Illness due to Back Pain in Older People. Healthcare utilization, modifiable prognostic factors, and the measurement properties of self-reported productivity loss using the iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Introduction: Back pain imposes substantial individual and societal costs, and with an aging population and an increasing number of older people with back pain, these costs are likely to increase in the years to come. To ... -
Characterization of differentially expressed miRNAs and their predicted target transcripts associated with smoltification and seawater adaptation in Atlantic salmon
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 39, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Smoltification, or parr-smolt transformation, is a complex pre-adaptive process of behavioral, developmental, biochemical, and physiological changes that transforms an Atlantic salmon parr living in freshwater (FW) into a ... -
Somatocognitive Therapy in the Management of Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia - A multimodal physiotherapy intervention
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 8, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a prevalent chronic pain condition adversely affecting women’s sexual life, the relation to their partners and their psychological health. Pain is localised to the vulvar vestibule ... -
Exercise-induced brain plasticity − potential roles of lactate receptor HCA1 in neurogenesis and mood regulation, and neurotrophic factors in stroke
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 19, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The brain is highly plastic. It responds to changes in the environment by reorganizing pathways, creating new connections, or strengthening existing ones, rewiring itself, as well as by creating new blood vessel and neurons. ... -
The quality of rehabilitation services for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
(OsloMet Avhandling;2022 nr 27, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) constitute a large and increasing part of people in need for multidisciplinary rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation interventions are complex and ... -
The Labour Progression study (LaPS). Assessing labour progression using different guidelines: Maternal and neonatal outcomes
(OsloMet Avhandling;2019 nr 33, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Partographs and guidelines are used to assess and monitor labour progression, and they aim to identify slow progress of labour and determine the appropriate management of labour. There is no standardised definition of ... -
Integration of Palliative Care Learning Outcomes into Norwegian Nursing Education, and Students’ Perspectives on Learning Palliative Care through Simulation and Transferring Learning Outcomes to Clinical Placement
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 18, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: The palliative approach includes optimising quality of life and relieving troublesome symptoms in people with life-limiting diseases regardless of diagnosis or age. Nursing students globally report that they ... -
Viral genomics by next-generation sequencing – investigating intra-host genomic events in human papillomavirus and improving intra-hospital outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 2, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs) are one of the oldest human pathogens and the most common sexually transmitted pathogenic infection worldwide. Most HPV infections are cleared by the immune system, but some infections persist ... -
Return to work interventions for workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders. Evaluation of motivational interviewing and a stratified vocational advice intervention
(OsloMet Avhandling;2022 Nr 34, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are the leading contributor to disability worldwide, and account for a large proportion of sick leave in high-income countries. For most people with MSK disorders work and activity ... -
Experiences of immigrant parents and their children with disabilities interacting with the Norwegian health and rehabilitation services
(OsloMet Avhandling;27, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: The present study explores the experiences of immigrant parents from non-Western countries and their children with disabilities interacting with the health and rehabilitation services in Norway. Immigrants and ... -
Multiprofessional collaboration in Norwegian primary care: Facilitators and experiences of persons with diabetes and their healthcare professionals
(OsloMet Avhandling 2022;Nr 21, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: The prevalence of people living with multiple long-term conditions (LTCs) is increasing and challenges how healthcare services are organised. Most patients with LTCs in Norway are followed up in general practice. ... -
Advancing the measurement of Critical Nutrition Literacy in adolescents
(OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 43, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of scales measuring adolescents’ proficiency to critically appraise nutrition information, their engagement in dietary behaviour and self-efficacy in the science topic ‘Body and ... -
Facets of life in families caring for a young child with cerebral palsy. A longitudinal cohort study exploring parental empowerment, child participation in real-life activities and services received by the families
(OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 31, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to a group of childhood motor disorders caused by abnormal development or damage to the brain. Children with CP and their families often face some extra challenges in their daily ... -
The Role of Cultural Consciousness and Knowledge Development in Managing Multicultural Staff in Norwegian Nursing Homes
(Skriftserien;Nr 20, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)This PhD thesis draws attention to multicultural staffing leadership of multicultural staff in Norwegian nursing homes. Studies on the implication of multicultural staffing on leadership practices in nursing homes is scarce. ... -
Investigating social behaviour in animals: The curious case of the prosocial and empathic rat
(OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 13, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)Animal models of behaviour have been used since ancient Greece, both to study anatomy and behaviour. Social behaviour has also been modelled in non-human animals, and these models are especially important for the field of ...