Publications by authors named "F A Halvorsen"

Background: Nurses have an increasingly important role in the 'shared decision-making' process. Knowledge about attitudes can facilitate the implementation process of the different roles of nurses in shared decision-making. However, no specific instrument is available in Dutch to assess Dutch nurses' attitudes towards shared decision-making.

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Background: Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance especially to clarithromycin and metronidazole has been observed in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).

Aim: To characterize the antimicrobial resistance pattern of H.

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Background And Aims: Patients that have failed therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection are incompletely characterized. The aim of this study was to characterize a H.

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 The quality of medical quality registers is poorly defined and lack of trust in data due to low completeness may be a major barrier against their use in quality improvement interventions. The aim of the current observational study was to explore how selective reporting may influence adverse events registered in the Norwegian quality register for colonoscopy (Gastronet).  Gastronet's database includes data provided by endoscopists, nurses and patients.

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