Blar i Publikasjoner fra Cristin på forfatter "Geirdal, Amy Østertun"
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Associations Between Demographic Variables, Psychosocial Health, Quality of Life, and Happiness in the Context of COVID-19
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; Kabelenga, Isaac; Lamph, Gary; Thygesen, Hilde; Ruffolo, Mary; Bonsaksen, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose The purpose was to examine the association between demographic vari- ables, psychosocial health, quality of life, and happiness in the context of COVID. The hypothesis was that psychosocial health variables have ... -
Changes in Psychological Distress in Five Groups of Welfare State Service Workers over a Nine-Year Period
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Høglend, Per Andreas; Bonsaksen, Tore (Healthcare;Volume 10 / Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-22)Health and social care workers are exposed to varying degrees of stress in their work, which may be reflected in their trajectories of psychological distress during the education program and the first years in the job. The ... -
Cross-national study of worrying, loneliness, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between individuals with and without infection in the family
Bonsaksen, Tore; Leung, Janni; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Ruffolo, Mary; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Healthcare;Volume 9 / Issue 7, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-16)Objective: The objective of this study was to examine differences in worry, loneliness, and mental health between those individuals infected by COVID-19 or having someone their family infected, and the rest of the population. ... -
Factors Associated with Trust in Public Authorities Among Adults in Norway, UK, US, and Australia Two Years after the COVID-19 Outbreak
Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; McClure-Thomas, Caitlin; Lamph, Gary; Kabelenga, Isaac; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (International Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: This study aimed to examine the levels of trust in information provided by public authorities 2 years after the COVID-19 outbreak and to examine factors associated with trust. Methods: Using a cross-national ... -
Fatigue in patients with syndromic heritable thoracic aortic disease: a systematic review of the literature and a qualitative study of patients' experiences and perceptions
Velvin, Gry; Johansen, Heidi; Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Bathen, Trine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction The purpose of this study was to explore the literature on fatigue in patients with syndromic herit‑ able thoracic aortic disease (sHTAD), including Marfan syndrome (MFS), Loeys‑Dietz syndrome (LDS), vascular ... -
Hospital Social Workers’ Boundary Work in Paediatric Acute Wards—Competitive or Collaborative?
Mannsåker, Ida Krag-Rønne; Vågan, Andre; Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Stenberg, Una (The British Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-30)Recent research suggests that the notion of boundary work can improve our understanding of interprofessional tension and collaboration in health care, yet hospital social workers (HSWs) have not received sufficient attention ... -
Hospital social workers’ contributions to increasing health literacy among parents of acutely and critically ill children
Mannsåker, Ida Krag-Rønne; Vågan, Andre; Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Stenberg, Una (European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-28)Hospital social workers often engage in health literacy activities to support patients’ and families’ functioning and adjustment to illness, but social work literature has seldom used health literacy terminology. This paper ... -
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 ... -
Mental health and quality of life among Norwegian child welfare service workers
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Olkowska, Alicja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Social workers in child welfare services play an important role in preventing crises and identifying the need for and implementing relevant measures among children and families of different ages and circumstances, often ... -
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 ... -
Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Schoultz, Mariyana (Journal of Mental Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-09)Background: The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during ... -
Motivation and hesitancies in obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine – a cross-sectional study in Norway, USA, UK, and Australia
Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; McClure-Thomas, Caitlin; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Kabelenga, Isaac; Lamph, Gary; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Vaccines;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Vaccinations protect the public against serious diseases or death; however, some individuals are hesitant in obtaining them. We aim to contribute to the understanding of the challenges of vaccination roll-out ... -
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 ... -
Perceived trust in public authorities nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-national study
Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Chiu, Vivian; Thygesen, Hilde; Schoultz, Mariyana; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Social Sciences;Volume 10 / Issue 9, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-18)This study aimed to examine the perceived trust in information provided by public authorities and financial measures put in place to address the impact of COVID-19. Using a cross-national approach among four Western ... -
Psychological distress and its associations with psychosocial work environment factors in four professional groups: a cross-sectional study
Bonsaksen, Tore; Nerdrum, Per; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Nursing and Health Sciences;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-05)This study aimed to explore associations between psychosocial work environment factors and psychological distress in four groups of professionals in Norway. Eight hundred fifty-six professionals participated in this ... -
The psychosocial health of Black/African Americans compared with people of other ethnic origins during the COVID-19 pandemic
Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Leung, Janni; Ruffolo, Mary; Lamph, Gary; Hawkins, Karis; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study compared the psychosocial health between Black/African Americans and other ethnic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using self-report questionnaires, data were collected at three time points from April 2020 ... -
Schooling-at-Home and Extra Child-Caring Responsibilities were Associated with Parental Mental Health, Psychosocial Well-Being, and Loneliness
Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Thygesen, Hilde; McClure-Thomas, Caitlin; Schoultz, Mariyana; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Sexual Satisfaction and Associated Biopsychosocial Factors in Stroke Patients Admitted to Specialized Cognitive Rehabilitation
Vikan, Jannike; Snekkevik, Hildegun; Nilsson, Marie I.; Stanghelle, Johan K.; Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Fugl-Meyer, Kerstin S. (Sexual Medicine;Volume 9, Issue 5, 100424, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-30)Introduction: The consequences of stroke on sexual life in stroke patients in need of specialized cognitive rehabilitation have been limited explored. A biopsychosocial perspective in post-stroke sexuality studies is ... -
The Significance of Demographic Variables on Psychosocial Health from the Early Stage and Nine Months after the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak. A Cross-National Study
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Price, Daicia; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;volume 18, issue 8, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-20)This cross-national study explored stability and change in mental health, quality of life, well- being and loneliness during the early stage and nine months after the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic social distancing ...