Blar i HV - Institutt for rehabiliteringsvitenskap og helseteknologi på forfatter "Bonsaksen, Tore"
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Generalist, specialist and generic positions experienced by occupational therapists in Norwegian municipalities
Horghagen, Sissel; Bonsaksen, Tore; Sveen, Unni; Dolva, Anne-Stine; Arntzen, Cathrine (Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy (IJOT);Volume 48, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-26)Purpose - Reforms in the health-care system may impact how health-care professionals perceive and enact their roles. This study aims to examine the way in which occupational therapists experience and describe their roles ... -
Grade correspondence between internal and external examiners of occupational therapy students’ bachelor theses
Bonsaksen, Tore; Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus; Sveen, Unni; Kjeken, Ingvild; Aas, Randi Wågø; Lund, Anne (UNIPED;Årgang 41, Nr. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-20)Students’ grades are increasingly important in defining their future employability, and therefore, securing a fair assessment of students’ theses is important. This study aimed to assess the level of grade correspondence ... -
Group climate development in cognitive and interpersonal group therapy for social phobia
Bonsaksen, Tore; Lerdal, Anners; Borge, Finn-Magnus; Sexton, Hal; Hoffart, Asle (Group Dynamics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11-08)This study was designed as a longitudinal study of 80 participants in cognitive group therapy (RCT, n = 40) and interpersonal group therapy (RIPT, n = 40) for social phobia during 10 weeks of residential therapy. The aim ... -
Improvement in Quality of Life Following a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Program for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Ritter, Victoria C.; Bonsaksen, Tore (Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare;Volume 2019:12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-20)Background: Parkinson’s disease follows a chronic course, and therefore quality of life is important to assess in relation to rehabilitation programs for persons with the disease. Aim: To examine whether a brief rehabilitation ... -
Involvement in research and development projects among community-working occupational therapists in Norway
Bonsaksen, Tore; Dolva, Anne-Stine; Hagby, Cathrine; Sveen, Unni; Horghagen, Sissel; Thyness, Else Merete; Arntzen, Cathrine (Occupational Therapy in Health Care;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-31)A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted (n = 561). Almost half of the participants took part in research and development projects. Being involved in research and development was associated with lower age, having ... -
Japanese community-living older adults’ perceptions and solutions regarding their physical home environments
Nakamura-Thomas, Hiromi; Kyougoku, Makoto; Bonsaksen, Tore (Home Health Care Management & Practice;, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-26)This study examined perceived causes of accidental falls, the solutions implemented, and differences in scores on the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) based on experiences of accidental falls, implementation of solutions, and ... -
Loneliness and its associated factors nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
Bonsaksen, Tore; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Ruffolo, Mary; Price, Daicia; Leung, Janni; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;Volume 18 / Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-11)COVID-19 has been a global healthcare concern impacting multiple aspects of individual and community wellness. As one moves forward with different methods to reduce the infection and mortality rates, it is critical to ... -
Loneliness and its association with social media use during the COVID-19 outbreak
Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; Thygesen, Hilde; Schoultz, Mariyana; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Social Media + Society;Volume: 7, issue: 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-01)Social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic changed social interaction for many and increased the risk of loneliness in the general population. Social media use has been ambiguously related to loneliness, and ... -
Measuring perceived outcomes from participating at a clubhouse for persons with mental illness: psychometric properties and associated factors
Ritter, Victoria Croke; Fekete, Orsolya Reka; Nordli, Hege; Bonsaksen, Tore (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 ... -
Mental Health, Information and Being Connected: Qualitative Experiences of social media use during the Covid-19 pandemic from a trans-national sample
Schoultz, Mariyana; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Healthcare;Volume 9 / Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-15)Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict national policies regarding social distancing behavior in Europe, America and Australia, people became reliant on social media as a means for gathering information ... -
Norsk oversettelse og tilpasning av Occupational Questionnaire: Kartlegging av Dine Aktiviteter (KDA)
Bonsaksen, Tore; Lund, Anne; Ellingham, Brian; Hussain, Ratna; Meier, Margrit R; Sveen, Unni (Ergoterapeuten;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The Occupational Questionnaire (OQ) is an instrument used in registration and assessment of activities to investigate the subjective qualities of activities, originally developed in the USA in 1986. Later on, the instrument ... -
The Norwegian Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-N) – Development and pilot study
Uhrmann, Lisa S.; Hovengen, Ida; Wagman, Petra; Håkansson, Carita; Bonsaksen, Tore (Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy;Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 7, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-13)Background: The concept occupational balance has been linked with health and well-being, and it is therefore viewed as an important concept for occupational therapy practice, theory and research. To operationalize and ... -
The Norwegian Occupational Wholeness Questionnaire (N-OWQ): Scale development and psychometric properties
Bonsaksen, Tore; Yazdani, Farzaneh (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Occupational therapy has long emphasized the concepts doing, being, becoming and belonging, and a notion of balance between them. Measures of these concepts are in a developing stage. Aim: This study aimed ... -
The Norwegian version of the scale to assess the therapeutic relationship (N-STAR) in community mental health care: Development and pilot study
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Aasgaard, Trygve; Misund, Aud R.; Bonsaksen, Tore (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation;22(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background/Aims: Psychotherapy research has continually placed emphasis on the role of the therapeutic relationship. The current provision of mental health care, however, is often carried out in a variety of contexts and ... -
Occupational balance and quality of life in nursing home residents
Aas, Maren Høgblad; Austad, Vilde Mittet; Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Bonsaksen, Tore (Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-16)Introduction: Nursing home residents may have difficulty maintaining occupational balance. The study aimed to explore occupational balance in nursing home residents, and examine the association between occupational balance ... -
Occupational therapy students in Norway: Do their approaches to studying vary by year in the program?
Bonsaksen, Tore; Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus; Sadeghi, Talieh (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Approaches to studying may be influenced by students’ age, maturity, and experience in higher education. Students’ approaches to studying may develop toward deep and/or strategic approaches and away from a surface approach ... -
Occupational therapy students rating the Social Profile of their educational group: Do they agree?
Bonsaksen, Tore; Donohue, Mary V.; Milligan, Robert Malcolm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: During the curriculum, occupational therapy students learn to administer a range of assessment procedures. Interrater agreement between occupational therapy students’ ratings of group functioning has not yet ... -
Optimists report fewer physical and mental health conditions than pessimists in the general Norwegian population
Bredal, Inger Schou; Bonsaksen, Tore; Heir, Trond; Skogstad, Laila; Lerdal, Anners; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Ekeberg, Øivind (Health Psychology Report;7 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-03)Background: Several studies have found that optimism is associated with better health. However, all those studies have investigated the subject in a specific context: gender, age group, diagnosis, situation, or population ... -
Participation in Physical Activity among Inpatients with Severe Mental Illness : a Pilot Study
Bonsaksen, Tore (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation;18 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02)Aims: Severe mental illness is associated with low levels of physical activity. This study explored participation in a physical activity programme among patients with severe mental illness and its relationships to other ... -
Patterns of social media use across age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study across four countries
Bonsaksen, Tore; Thygesen, Hilde; Leung, Janni; Lamph, Gary; Kabelenga, Isaac; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The aim of this study was to examine patterns of social media use across age groups in four countries (Norway, USA, UK, and Australia) two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and whether types of use and time ...