• Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on health literacy in the first year following kidney transplantation – A randomized controlled study 

      Vidnes, Tone Karine; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Meyer, Käthe Birgitte; Engebretsen, Eivind; Hermansen, Åsmund; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Dahl, Kari Gire; Borge, Christine Råheim; Andersen, Marit Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a new health communication intervention focusing on knowledge management skills on health literacy and medication adherence during the first year following kidney ...
    • Health literacy in parents of children with Hirschsprung disease: a novel study 

      Olsbø, Signe; Hermansen, Åsmund; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Bjørnland, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Purpose To explore health literacy (HL) among parents of children with Hirschsprung disease (HD). Methods Norwegian-speaking parents of children under 16 who underwent HD surgery at a tertiary center were surveyed using ...
    • Health literacy profiles in kidney transplanted patients: A cluster analysis 

      Vidnes, Tone Karine; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Meyer, Käthe Birgitte; Hermansen, Åsmund; Andersen, Marit Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background: Health literacy is important in chronic conditions, such as kidney transplantation. Understanding patients' health literacy profiles can assist tailoring follow‐up and educational programmes to the health ...
    • Health literacy profiling in persons with psoriasis – A cluster analysis 

      Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Hermansen, Åsmund; Borge, Christine Råheim; Strumse, Yndis A. Staalesen; Andersen, Marit Helen; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Skin Health and Disease;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-18)
      Objective:To explore health literacy (HL) profiles within a cohort of people with psoriasis. A cluster approach identifies groups of individuals that have similar HL profiles. The method unmasks sub-groups with particular ...
    • Parents of children with epilepsy: Characteristics associated with high and low levels of health literacy 

      Tschamper, Merete Kristin; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Hermansen, Åsmund; Jakobsen, Rita; Larsen, Marie Hamilton (Epilepsy & Behavior;Volume 130, May 2022, 108658, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-28)
      Parents of children with epilepsy play a key role in the management of their child’s condition. Their level of health literacy (HL), which refers to their ability to seek, understand, assess, remember, and utilize health ...
    • Preliminary validity testing of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ): A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in Norwegian hospitalized patients 

      Hermansen, Åsmund; Andersen, Marit Helen; Borge, Christine Råheim; Dahl, Kari Gire; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Lønning, Kjersti; Meyer, Käthe Birgitte; Vidnes, Tone Karine; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims To perform the first psychometric analysis of the Norwegian version of the eHLQ using confirmative factor analysis (CFA) procedures in a population of patients admitted to hospital using a cross-sectional design. The ...