Evidence of validity for the Norwegian version of the interprofessional collaborative competency attainment survey (ICCAS).

This was a validation study of the Norwegian version of The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS). ICCAS consists of 20 retrospective pre- and post-questions, where respondents rate their agreement with regard to self-assessed competencies after participating in interprofessional education courses. It has been validated across various settings.

Patients' and GPs' expectations regarding healthcare-seeking behaviour: a Norwegian comparative study.

Background: GPs are Norwegian patients' first contact point with the healthcare system for most medical problems. However, little is known regarding GPs' expectations towards their patients' healthcare-seeking behaviour, or whether doctors and patients have coinciding expectations of what GPs can do for their patients.

Aim: To investigate patients' and GPs' expectations regarding patients' healthcare-seeking behaviour in primary care, and to make comparisons between the two.

Lessons learned from introducing huddle boards to involve nursing staff in targeted observation and reporting of medication effect in a nursing home.

Background: Medication administration and management in nursing homes can occur during all phases of the medication process. The aim of this study was to investigate if an introduction of a systematic use of huddle board led to an increased amount of documentation in the patient record of observations of effects and side effects following a change in medication.

Methods: A three-layer intervention approach combining huddle boards, educating the entire staff in medication observation and documentation, and frequent feedback to the staff about the outcome was applied.

Admissions to the medical department - who admits and why.

Bakgrunn: Hensikten med denne studien var å kartlegge grunnlaget for innleggelser ved en stor medisinsk avdeling i Norge. Vi har vurdert mulige alternativer til innleggelse og hvorvidt triagering kan bidra til å identifisere aktuelle pasienter.

Materiale Og Metode: Alle innleggelser ved Medisinsk avdeling ved Drammen sykehus i en full uke høsten 2014 ble registrert med pasientens alder, kjønn, liggetid, innleggende lege/instans, hvor vedkommende ble innlagt fra og diagnose ved innleggelse og utskrivning.

Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study.

Objective: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries.

Design And Setting: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe.

Subjects: 875 Nordic GPs (198 Norwegian, 80 Icelandic, 97 Swedish, 212 Danish and 288 Finnish) answered identical questionnaires regarding their practices.

Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study.

Objective: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries.

Design And Setting: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC).

Subjects: A total of 875 Nordic GPs (198 Norwegian, 80 Icelandic, 97 Swedish, 212 Danish and 288 Finnish) answered identical questionnaires regarding their practices.

General practitioners' views on leadership roles and challenges in primary health care: a qualitative study.

Objective: To explore general practitioners' (GPs) views on leadership roles and leadership challenges in general practice and primary health care.

Design: We conducted focus groups (FGs) with 17 GPs.

Setting: Norwegian primary health care.

Patient experiences and the association with organizational factors in general practice: results from the Norwegian part of the international, multi-centre, cross-sectional QUALICOPC study.

Background: General practitioners (GPs) constitute a vital part of a strong primary health care system. We need further knowledge concerning factors that may affect the patients' experiences in their meetings with the GPs. We investigated to what degree organizational factors and GP characteristics are associated with patients' communicative experiences in a consultation.

How adolescents experience and cope with pain in daily life: a qualitative study on ways to cope and the use of over-the-counter analgesics.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe how different adolescents experience and manage pain in their daily life, with a focus on their use of over-the-counter analgesics. More specifically, the aim was to explore different patterns among the adolescents in pain descriptions, in the management of pain, in relationships with others, and in their daily life.

Design: Qualitative semistructured interviews on experiences with pain, pain management and involvement of family and friends during pain.

Living with mentally ill parents during adolescence: a risk factor for future welfare dependence? A longitudinal, population-based study.

Background: Living with parents suffering from mental illness can influence adolescents' health and well-being, and adverse effects may persist into adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents' mental health problems reported by their 15-16-year-old adolescents, the potential protective effect of social support and long-term dependence on public welfare assistance in young adulthood.

Methods: The study linked data from a youth health survey conducted during 1999-2004 among approximately 14 000 15-16-year-olds to data from high-quality, compulsory Norwegian registries that followed each participant through February 2010.

Communication about symptoms of eating disorders in the general practitioner surgery.

Background: An eating disorder is a complex disease in which the patient subjects his or her body to the various eating disorder symptoms in the absence of other ways of dealing with everyday life. There are seven symptoms of an eating disorder that generally appear in different combinations from one period to another in one and the same patient. Feelings of shame may cause information on symptoms to be withheld.

Patients' experience of their general practitioner's follow-up of serious eating disorders.

Background: An eating disorder is an illness that may take a life-threatening course. The health authorities recommend that general practitioners (GPs) should be included in the treatment apparatus. The patients' feelings of shame, denial of the illness and ambivalence with regard to treatment are disease-specific characteristics that need to be considered.

Behaviour among children of substance-abusing women attending a Special Child Welfare Clinic in Norway, as assessed by Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).

Background: A Special Child Welfare Clinic (SCWC) in Norway provides care for pregnant women with substance abuse problems. Treatment is given without substitution. This investigation assesses the behaviour of the children between the ages 6 and 13 years of women who attended the clinic.

Neuropsychological screening of children of substance-abusing women attending a Special Child Welfare Clinic in Norway.

Background: Exposure to alcohol and illicit substances during pregnancy can have an impact on the child for the rest of his/her life. A Special Child Welfare Clinic (SCWC) in Norway provides care for pregnant women with substance abuse problems. Treatment and support are provided without replacement therapy.

Hypnosis as a treatment of chronic widespread pain in general practice: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Background: Hypnosis treatment in general practice is a rather new concept. This pilot study was performed to evaluate the effect of a standardized hypnosis treatment used in general practice for patients with chronic widespread pain (CWP).

Methods: The study was designed as a randomized control group-controlled study.

Substance abuse in pregnant women. Experiences from a special child welfare clinic in Norway.

Background: Substance abuse during pregnancy may harm the foetus and can cause neonatal abstinence syndrome. Exposure to alcohol and other substances can influence the child for the rest of its life. A special child welfare clinic was set up in 1994 in Kristiansand, Norway, targeting pregnant women with substance abuse problems in the county of Vest-Agder.

[Self-reported medical drug use among 15-16 year-old adolescents in Norway].

Background: Little information is available about Norwegian adolescents' use of medical drugs.

Material And Methods: Self-reported drug use was recorded by means of a self-administered questionnaire handed out in classrooms to all 10th grade students in four counties. In all, 5846 boys and 5862 girls participated during the years 2000-2002.

Determinants of control of high blood pressure. The Oslo Health Study 2000-2001.

Objective: To examine determinants of control of high blood pressure in Oslo, Norway.

Methods: The Oslo Health Study 2000-2001, a population-based survey, included 6301 men and 7645 women born in 1924/25, 1940/41, 1955 and 1960 that were screened for high blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors. Uncontrolled high blood pressure was defined as systolic > 140 mmHg or diastolic > 90 mmHg or both.