• Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study 

      Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Braaten, Tonje; Obstfelder, Aud; Abelsen, Birgit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-16)
      <b>Background:</b> This study aims to investigate the prevalence of self-reported food hypersensitivity, (SFH), the characteristics of women with SFH, and whether SFH is associated with multiple health complaints among the participants of the Norwegian Women and Cancer study (NOWAC).<br> <b>Methods:</b> We conducted a cross-sectional study among 64,316 women aged 41–76 years. The women were ...
    • Welfare Technologies in Care Work 

      Kamp, Annette; Obstfelder, Aud; Andersson, Katarina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-03)
      Welfare technologies have within the last few years become a new mantra for reforming the Nordic public health and social care, and are increasingly making their impact on working life of care professionals. Welfare technologies – a term exclusively used in a Nordic context – is a broad and loosely defined concept that covers a wide array of technologies such as tele-care solutions, automatic ...
    • What makes women with food hypersensitivity do self-management work? 

      Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)
      <i>Background</i>: Managing a chronic condition takes work, and it is considered important that patients carry out this work. However, knowledge is lacking on what elements enhance self-management work. Persons with food hypersensitivity (FH) seem to do self-management work despite the relatively little support they receive. Our aim is to explore what makes women with FH carry out the work of ...
    • Yrkesmotivasjon og arbeidsglede i helsereformenes tid 

      Breivik, Elisabet; Obstfelder, Aud (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Helsesektoren er preget av organisatoriske endringer og knappe ressurser. Dette kan medvirke til redusert yrkesmotivasjon og arbeidsglede blant sykepleiere. Artikkelen bygger på en kvalitativ studie utført som del av et mastergradstudium i helsefag. Hensikten var å undersøke forhold som førte til trivsel, arbeidsglede og motivasjon i arbeidet. Fem sykepleiere som har vært ansatt på samme sykehusavdeling ...