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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, ... -
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 ... -
Mobility - a bridge to sense of coherence in everyday life: Older patients’ experiences of participation in an exercise program during the first 3 weeks after hip fracture surgery
Stødle, Irene Vestøl; Debesay, Jonas; Bergland, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Our aim with this article was to explore the experiences of older people who participated in the evidence-based High-Intensity Functional Exercise (HIFE) Program during the first 3 weeks of rehabilitation after hip fracture ... -
National survey of the Portuguese elderly nutritional status: Study protocol
Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Goulão, Beatriz; Mendonca, Nuno; Alarcao, Violeta; Santos, Nuno; De Oliveira, Rita Machado; Yngve, Agneta; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid; Lopes, Carla; Nicola, Paulo; Santos, Osvaldo; Clara, João Gorjão (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Worldwide we are facing a serious demographic challenge due to the dramatic growth of the population over 60 years. It is expected that the proportion of this population will nearly double from 12 to 22 %, ... -
Norwegian reference values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): the Tromso Study
Bergland, Astrid; Strand, Bjørn Heine (BMC Geriatrics;19, Article number: 216 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-30)Background: The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a common well-established instrument to measure physical performance. It involves a timed 4-m walk, timed repeated chair sit-to-stand test, and 10-s balance tests ... -
Older patients’ and their family caregivers’ perceptions of food, meals and nutritional care in the transition between hospital and home care: a qualitative study.
Hestevik, Christine Hillestad; Molin, Marianne; Debesay, Jonas; Bergland, Astrid; Bye, Asta (BMC Nutrition;6, Article number: 11 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-17)Background: Older people have varying degrees of unmet nutritional needs following discharge from hospital. Inadequate involvement of the older person and his or her family caregivers in care and care planning, and inadequate ... -
Older persons’ experiences of adapting to daily life at home after hospital discharge: a qualitative metasummary
Hestevik, Christine Hillestad; Molin, Marianne; Debesay, Jonas; Bergland, Astrid; Bye, Asta (BMC Health Services Research;19:224, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-24)Background Researchers have shown that hospitalisation can decrease older persons’ ability to manage life at home after hospital discharge. Inadequate practices of discharge can be associated with adverse outcomes and an ... -
Older Women’s Experience Of Everyday Life In Old Age: Past, Present And Future
Bergland, Astrid; Slettebø, Åshild (Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics;Volume 36, 2018 - Issue 2-3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-20)Aims: To explore how older Norwegian women living at home experience ageing, and how their everyday life has been influenced by their encounters with the challenges of life. Methods: A qualitative design, interviewing ... -
Osteoporosis and osteopenia in the distal forearm predicts all-cause mortality independent of grip strength: 22-year follow-up in the population-based Tromsø Study
Hauger, Annette Vogt; Bergland, Astrid; Holvik, Kristin; Ståhle, Agneta; Emaus, Nina; Strand, Bjørn Heine (Osteoporosis International;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-09)Mini-abstract: Low bone mineral density (BMD) gives an increased risk of fractures, which can lead to premature death. Can BMD of the wrist predict mortality? BMD consistent with osteopenia and osteoporosis gave a ... -
Physical capability, physical activity, and their association with femoral bone mineral density in adults aged 40 years and older: The Tromsø study 2015–2016
Hauger, Annette Vogt; Holvik, Kristin; Bergland, Astrid; Ståhle, Agneta; Emaus, Nina; Morseth, Bente; Strand, Bjørn Heine (Osteoporosis International;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-16)Since muscles can influence bone growth and vice versa, we examined if level of physical activity and physical capability tests can predict areal bone mineral density (aBMD). Both high activity level and good test performance ... -
Physical performance and quality of life of nursing-home residents with mild and moderate dementia
Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken; Engedal, Knut Arne; Bergland, Astrid (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;10(12), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The aims of this study were to describe the quality of life (QoL) of nursing-home residents with dementia and their balance, mobility, muscle strength and daily life activity, as well as to examine the associations between ... -
The practice environment’s influence on patient participation in intermediate healthcare services – the perspectives of patients, relatives and healthcare professionals
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford; Bergland, Astrid (BMC Health Services Research;21:180, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-25)Background: Intermediate care (IC) bridges the clinical pathway of older patients transitioning from the hospital to home. Currently, there is a strong consensus that the practice environment is an important factor in ...