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Three essays on measuring health-related quality of life: external and internal relationships of the EQ-5D-5L
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-01-18)The use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as a commensurable health outcome measure has been encouraged by health authorities in many countries in order to aid decisions on healthcare priorities. A key methodological challenge is to estimate the weights used for valuing health-related quality of life, i.e. the “Q” in QALY, based on people’s preferences. Such generic preference-based measures ... -
Three Essays on Subjective Well-being and Preference-Weighted Health
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-01-25)This thesis aims to: i) explore the importance of preference-weighting in health state utility (HSU) instruments and ii) examine the contribution of policy-relevant factors to subjective well-being (SWB). The analyses herein are based on an international sample of individuals aged 18 and above, and this thesis comprises three papers. Paper 1 examined the relative importance of preference-weighting ... -
Til Anders Forsdahls 60 årsdag
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Training interactions in local teams: Using critical participatory action research to explore context based learning
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2017-01-09)Akuttmedisinske pasienter har ofte krevende og komplekse medisinske behov som lokale, tverrfaglige team må bidra til å møte. Akuttmedisinforskriften pålegger trening i samhandling for tjenestene utenfor sykehus. Vi ønsket derfor å utforske og forbedre lokal team trening. I Alta har lokalt helsepersonell systematisk arrangert slike treninger hver måned siden 2007, forankret i egen kompetanse og egen ... -
The Tromsø Heart study. Population studies of coronary risk factors with special emphasis on high density lipoprotein and the family occurrence of myocardial infarction.
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2000)As a neurologist with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases, and with several years of practice with ultrasound examinations of extra- and intracranial arteries, I have some times experienced patients in whom ultrasound revealed unexpected findings which surprised mc, and made me wonder about etiological relationships and clinical implications. Thus, ultrasound examinations of the carotid ... -
Understanding temporality in human concentrations of organic contaminants -Considering human concentrations over time and through life in perspective of historic production and use
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2014-06-25)Modern human lifestyle depends on a great number of synthetic chemicals and many designated as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). There are concerns for harmful health effects of POPs even for the background exposure experienced by the general population and especially for foetuses and children. The overarching aim of this thesis was to enhance our understanding of how human concentrations of ... -
Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction. Pain tolerance, prognosis and pathogenesis in men and women
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-03-22)Mange gjennomgår et hjerteinfarkt uten å vite at det har skjedd, dette kalles stumme hjerteinfarkt. Det er ikke kjent hvorfor noen rammes av stumme hjerteinfarkt, mens andre opplever brystsmerter og tar kontakt med lege. I Tromsøundersøkelsens 6.runde ble 6,199 personer undersøkt med EKG, der man kan se om en person har gjennomgått et hjerteinfarkt. I tillegg ble det samlet inn data på smertefølsomhet ... -
Use of alternative medicine by Norwegian cancer patients
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Use of analgesics in the general population: Trends, persistence, high-risk use and associations with pain sensitivity
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-08-19)Background: Analgesics are commonly used drugs but we are lacking knowledge of trends, persistence, high-risk use and the association with pain sensitivity at a population-level. Purpose: To describe the use of analgesics, particularly persistent analgesic use, in a general population (30+ years), including change over time, contraindications and drug interactions, risk factors, and associations ... -
The use of self-administered questionaires about food habits.
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Using medical birth registries in the Kola Peninsula for birth defects surveillance and investigation of their risk factors
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-11-18)Medical birth registries are valuable sources of information about maternal and newborn’s health. In North-West Russia the registries were initiated in 1997 in the city of Monchegorsk and for all of Murmansk County in 2005. In this thesis we demonstrated the effectiveness of these data sources for surveillance of birth defects with the following objectives: (i) estimated changes in prevalence of ... -
Utdrag av medisinalberetninger fra Sulitjelma 1891-1990
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Vertebral fractures and self-perceived health in elderly women and men in a population-based cross-sectional study: the Tromsø Study 2007-08
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)Health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be associated with increased mortality in the elderly. The effect of prevalent vertebral fractures on HRQL in elderly women and men is not well described. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between prevalent vertebral fractures and back pain, neck pain, and HRQL in elderly women and men, and to study possible gender differences in the ... -
Vilkår for begrepsdannelse og praksis i psykiatri : en filosofisk undersøkelse
(Others; Andre, 1996)Det begrensede siktemålet med denne avhandlingen, er å gi en oversikt over sentrale vilkår for psykiatrisk begrepsdannelse og praksis. En slik oversikt vil dog forhåpentligvis gjøre det enklere å bedømme hvilke spørsmål det er viktig å stille, i en klargjøring av psykiatriens potensiale som forvalter av intensjonen om lydhørhet overfor den Andres smerte. -
Vitamin D security in Northern Norway in relation to marine food traditions
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When coercion moves into your home. A study of outpatient commitment in Northern Norway
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-12-08)”Når tvangen flyttes hjem i stua” Tvang overfor pasienter som bor hjemme erfares annerledes enn hvordan vi vanligvis tenker om tvang i psykisk helsevern, viser en ny studie fra UIT. Tvunget psykisk helsevern uten døgnopphold (TUD) betyr at pasienten bor utenfor sykehus, men fortsatt er underlagt tvang. Dette innebærer en avgrenset mulighet for å bruke tvang : 1. Pasienten kan hentes, eventuelt ... -
Why don't we take a look at the patient? : an anthropological analysis of how doctors become doctors
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012)The present thesis is a study of how doctors learn to make clinical decisions; decisions about diagnosis and therapy of the individual patient in the context of the clinic. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork and anthropological analysis carried out in 2006-2009. The key informants are nine doctors who go through internship and the empirical field is the wards and clinics of regional hospitals, ... -
Withdrawal and exclusion : a study of the spoken word as means of understanding schizophrenic patients
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2005)There are literally thousands of people living among us who suffer from chronic and severe mental illness. There may be as many as one out of 100 that might be described with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. This means that most of us are likely to know, or know of, at least one person who suffers from schizophrenia. Nevertheless, most people perceive it as both distant and elusive.<br> The ...