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Six shades of grey: Identifying drinking culture and potentially risky drinking behaviour in the grey zone between work and leisure. The WIRUS culture study
(Journal of Public Health Research;Vol 8, No 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-08)Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore drinking culture and drinking situations that employers and employees encounter in the grey zone between work and leisure, and identify what might affect employees’ risky ... -
Skjulte utfall i subakutt/kronisk fase etter lette hjerneslag vurdert med Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
(Ergoterapeuten;Nr 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-04)Objective: The objective was to investigate whether the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was a suitable assessment in an outpatient stroke clinic, and to investigate if the COPM could give information about ... -
Social media use and its associations with mental health 9 months after the covid-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
(Frontiers In Public Health;January 2022 | Volume 9 | Article 752004, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-18)Background: The covid-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of millions across the globe. Strict social distancing policies and periodic lockdowns has led to an increased reliance on alternative online means ... -
Social media use and its associations with mental health nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
(Frontiers In Public Health;January 2022 | Volume 9 | Article 752004, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-18)Background: The covid-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of millions across the globe. Strict social distancing policies and periodic lockdowns has led to an increased reliance on alternative online means ... -
The Social Profiles of Occupational Therapy Students Educational Groups
(The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy;3(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-01)Background: Today’s occupational therapy models emphasize that a person’s choice of, satisfaction with, and performance in occupations are markedly influenced by the context. For students undergoing a group-based study ... -
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences, a latent class analysis of The Norwegian WIRUS screening study
(BMC Public Health;19, Article number: 1364 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-20)Background. For alcohol, the association with socioeconomic status (SES) is different than for other public health challenges – the associations are complex, and heterogeneous between socioeconomic groups. Specifically, ... -
Sociodemographic factors associated with the Norwegian occupational wholeness questionnaire scales
(Ergoscience;13 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: A new assessment purporting to measure the concepts being, becoming, belonging, and the higher order concept occupational wholeness, was recently subjected to factor analysis. The revised scales merged the being ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ... -
Solving the Grand Challenges Together: A Brazil-Norway Approach to Teaching Collaborative Design and Prototyping of Assistive Technologies and Products for Independent Living
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper describes the roadmap for a long term strategic internationalization project involving two key higher education institutions in Norway and Brazil. The project involves six different yet related ... -
Stakeholder development of an implementation strategy for fall prevention in Norwegian home care – a qualitative co-creation approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background The uptake of fall prevention evidence has been slow and limited in home care services. Involving stakeholders in the implementation process is suggested as a method to successfully tailor implementation strategies. ... -
Stories of paediatric palliative care: a qualitative study exploring health care professionals’ understanding of the concept
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background By sharing patient stories, health care professionals (HCPs) may communicate their attitudes, values and beliefs about caring and treatment. Previous qualitative research has shown that HCPs usually associate ... -
‘A Story of Being Invisible’: A Single Case Study on the Significance of Being Recognised When Needing Acute Healthcare in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Severe illness is often an existential threat that triggers emotions like fear, stress, and anxiousness. Such emotions can affect ill patients’ encounters with healthcare personnel. We present a single case study of an ... -
Stranded in the living room: A narrative study of occupational disruption and imbalance as experienced by two Norwegian students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
(Journal of Occupational Science (JOS);, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The everyday life experiences of undergraduate students under conditions of social isolation have been little explored. This paper explores the ways in which the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown impacted two Norwegian students’ ... -
Strategies to recruit and retain older adults in intervention studies: A quantitative comparative study
(Archives of gerontology and geriatrics;59(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07)Recruitment and retention of participants in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) drawn from the older population is challenging, and studies have shown that poor recruitment and retention may lead to biased samples and ... -
Student characteristics associated with dominant approaches to studying: Comparing a national and an international sample
(Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-11)Background: Productive approaches to studying (deep and strategic learning) are associated with a variety of favorable academic outcomes, and may be of particular importance for students in multifaceted and complex disciplines ... -
Student perceptions of the learning environment in Norwegian occupational therapy education programs
(Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-12)Background: To support students’ motivation towards constructive and persistent study efforts, their learning environment needs attention. Aim: To develop knowledge about occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the ... -
Students’ mental health, well-being, and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national survey
(Healthcare;Volume 10 / Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-27)During the COVID-19 pandemic, much research has been devoted to assessing mental health in a variety of populations. Students in higher education appear to be particularly vulnerable to experiencing reduced mental health. ... -
A study of dynamic hand orthosis combined with unilateral task-oriented training in subacute stroke: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy case series
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Motor dysfunction in the upper extremities after stroke prohibits people with stroke from being independent in daily living. The application of fNIRS to explore brain activity under rehabilitation intervention ... -
Substance abusers in an acute psychiatric facility: a diagnostic and logistic challenge
(ISRN psychiatry;2013, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Acute resident psychiatric facilities in Norway usually get their patients after referral from a medical doctor. Acute psychiatric wards are the only places accepting persons in need of emergency hospitalisation when ... -
Substance use in the Norwegian general population: Prevalence and associations with disease
(Journal of Substance Use;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-13)Objective: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of substance use in the Norwegian general population and examine whether the risk of various psychiatric or somatic diseases varied according to alcohol- and substance ...