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" Perfeksjonisme, opplevd ferdighet og potensielt frafallfra organisert idrett"
2009
Masteroppgave i idrettsvitenskap- Universitetet i Agder 2009 Med utgangspunkt i teoretisk rammeverk av Flett & Hewitt (2002), ble reliabilitet og validitet i en oversatt versjon av perfeksjonismemålingen Hewitt & Flett MPS (1991) testet på et norsk utvalg. Det ble også uforsket hvilke sammenhenger opplevd ferdighet i idrett og potensielt frafall har til en antatt positiv (eller adaptiv), og en antatt negativ (eller maladaptiv) dimensjon i denne skalaen. Utvalget, (N 175), var ungdom på idrettslinje ved Gimle videregående skole mellom 16 og 19 år som oppgav en hovedidrett, og at de var medlem av et idrettslag eller annen fast organisert aktivitet. Analyser av Hewitt & Flett MPS (1991) tydet …
Comparing 15D and SF-6D Performance in Fragility Wrist and Hip Fracture Patients in a Two-Year Follow-Up Case-Control Study
2012
Accepted version of an article in the journal:Value in Health. Published available from Elsevier on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2012.08.2200 Objectives To examine and compare the two utility and health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) measures 15D and (SF-6D) in fragility wrist and hip fracture patients and controls, study the responsiveness of 15D and SF-6D, and examine the impact of these fractures on changes in 15D and SF-6D scores over 2 years. Methods A total of 152 wrist fracture patients and 164 controls and 61 hip fracture patients and 61 controls with 15D and SF-6D scores were studied. Results The mean 15D score decreased significantly in wrist fracture patients…
Det ekstra leddet? En kvalitativ studie om samarbeidet mellom kommunal psykisk helsetjeneste og ambulerende akutteam.
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Background: When crisis resolution team (CRT) was started up, there was meant to be a telephone number you called for an assessment of a user's need for admission. It has proved in hindsight that it is not the way it works. There is a decline in the number of hospital beds, and users should instead be offered home treatment. After a few years of experience, my view is that cooperation is not optimal between mental health workers in the municipality and CRT. Resarch question and aim: The purpose of this study is to examine how department managers in municipal mental health experience the cooperation with CRT:» what works well and…
Administration of care to older patients in transition from hospital to home care services: Home nursing leaders' experiences
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Also available from the Publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S51947 Open access Background: Older persons in transition between hospital and home care services are in a particularly vulnerable situation and risk unfortunate consequences caused by organizational inefficiency. The purpose of the study reported here was to elucidate how home nursing leaders experience the administration of care to older people in transition from hospital to their own homes. Methods: A qualitative study design was used. Ten home nursing leaders in two municipalities in southern Norway participated in individual inte…
Towards Improved Healthcare Performance: Examining Technological Possibilities and Patient Satisfaction with Wireless Body Area Networks
2009
Published version of an article from the journal: Journal of Medical Systems. he original publication is available at Springerlink. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10916-009-9291-8 This paper investigates the benefits of using less intrusive wireless technologies for heart monitoring. By replacing well established heart monitoring devices (i.e. Holter) with wireless ECG based Body Area Networks (BAN), improved healthcare performance can be achieved, reflected in (1) high quality ECG recordings during physical activities and (2) increased patient satisfaction. A small scale clinical trial was conducted to compare both technologies and the results illustrate that the wireless ECG monitor was able …
Important challenges for coordination and inter-municipal cooperation in health care services: a Delphi study
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: BMC Health Services Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-451 Open Access Background: Demographical changes have stimulated a coordination reform in the Norwegian health care sector, creating new working practices and extending coordination within and between primary and hospital care, increasing the need for inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). This study aimed to identify challenges to coordination and IMC in the Norwegian health care sector as a basis for further theorizing and managerial advice in this growing area of research and practice. Methods. A Delphi study of consensus development was …
State-civil society synergy as a development strategy: an examination of the impact of the community-based health planning and services programme in …
2014
Master thesis in development management - University of Agder 2014 The state in many developing countries has been the dominant provider of public goods and services with little involvement of civil society. Civil society in such context has often assumed the role of passive agents instead of being active participants in the country’s developmental agenda. Contemporary development practitioners have criticised this conventional relationship and called for partnership between both entities in co-producing public goods and services. A major reason adduced by authors to support the necessity for such partnership is that, there are some functions better performed by the state and others better …
Kunnskap om fenomenet sosial loffing og gruppeprestasjon
2012
Masteroppgave i idrettsvitenskap- Universitetet i Agder 2012 The aim of this study was to investigate whether knowledge of the social loafing phenomenon affects motivational loss and individual effort reduction in groups. 27 participants aged 17-25 years completed two test sessions, in each of which they performed two maximal cycle time trials; one of relatively short duration (one minute) and one of relatively long duration (three minutes). The participants completed the first test session under individual conditions in which their individual performance was measured. Prior to the second test session, the participants in the intervention group were informed of the social loafing phenomenon…
På hvilken måte søker helsepersonell å hjelpe mennesker med psykiske lidelser til å mestre sin psykiske helse uten medikamenter?
2010
Masteroppgave i psyskisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 In this study my goal has been to put the spotlight upon the knowledge and experience of health personnel with regards to the way in which they provide treatment to people in their care. The focus has been the way in which these health professionals seek to help their patients in coping with mental health problems without resorting to the use of drugs and to identify factors which can contribute beneficially. In order to collect the necessary data, a series of five qualitative research interviews were conducted. These interviews were with healthcare professionals representing different treatment locations in secondary level ca…
Brukermedvirkning i NAV
2010
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 In 1998 the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services initiated a national plan to increase the effort of public work on psychiatric health (Opptrappingsplanen for psykisk helse). The plan was to continue throughout 2006, but was prolonged throughout 2008. The goal of the plan was to promote independence and the ability to master own lives. An important thematic field within this goal was the perspective of the service user, and respectful and reciprocal co-operation (Proposition to the Storting no.63 (1997-1998)). With this goal in mind, together with the new NAV reform (Proposition to the Storting no. 46 (2004 - 2005)), …