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Selected publications
  • Rinnan, Eva; Andre, Beate; Drageset, Jorunn; Garåsen, Helge; Espnes, Geir Arild; Haugan, Gørill. 2018. Joy of life in nursing homes: A qualitative study of what constitutes the essence of joy of life in elderly individuals living in Norwegian nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. Dec 32: 1468-1476. doi: 10.1111/scs.12598
  • Show author(s) (2023). Quality of life and nurse–patient interaction among NH residents: Loneliness is detrimental, while nurse–patient interaction is fundamental. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN).
  • Show author(s) (2023). I kroppen sitt grenseland- korleis opplev heimebuande eldre å leve med skrøpelegheit? .
  • Show author(s) (2023). Health and quality of life after discharge from hospital: A prospective study on opioid treatment for acute pain after trauma or surgery. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. 6 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Quality of life in home-dwelling cancer patients aged 80 years and older: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Long-term follow-up of self-reported mental health and health-related quality of life in adults born extremely preterm. Early Human Development. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). In the borderland of the body-how frail older people experience frailty.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Development of health-related quality of life and subjective health complaints in adults born extremely preterm: a longitudinal cohort study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Carrying on life at home or moving to a nursing home: frail older people’s experiences of at-homeness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 11 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Cancer patients ≥80 years of age admitted for surgical treatment – Baseline characteristics from the elderly somatic cancer patient study (ELDSOCA).
  • Show author(s) (2021). The lived meanings of at-homeness: How frail older people experience Frailty .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Social support. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Skrøpelige eldre.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Self-Reported Health in Adolescents With Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction; A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in pediatrics. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Quality of life among cancer inpatients 80 years and older: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 1-16.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Patients characteristics and intensive care unit stay after heart valve surgery in rheumatic heart disease in a low-income country.
  • Show author(s) (2021). In the borderland of the body- how home dwelling older people experience frailty. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Effects of oral nutrition supplements in persons with dementia: A systematic review. Geriatric Nursing.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Det er best å bu heime- eller? Å leve i grenseland mellom heim og sjukeheim. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Det er best å bu heime- eller? Å leve i grenseland mellom heim og sjukeheim.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Despite symptom severity, do nursing home residents experience joy-of-life? The associations between joy-of-life and symptom severity in Norwegian nursing home residents. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 84-96.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Correction to: Quality of life among cancer inpatients 80 years and older: a systematic review (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, (2021), 19, 1, (98), 10.1186/s12955-021-01685-0). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Associations between nurse–patient interaction and loneliness among cognitively intact nursing home residents – a questionnaire survey. Geriatric Nursing. 828-832.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Lost in transition? How frail older people experience at-homeness.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Pasientreinnleggelse i intensivavdelingen - en kasus-kontroll studie. Sykepleien Forskning.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Nurse-patient interaction and self-transcendence: assets for a meaningful life in nursing home residents? BMC Geriatrics. 14 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Loneliness among cognitively intact residents of nursing homes with and without cancer: a 6-year longitudinal study. Sage Open Nursing. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Joy-of-life in cognitively intact nursing home patients: the impact of the nurse-patient interaction. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Heimebuande eldre si oppleving av å leve med skrøpeligheit - er det handlingsrom for medborgarskap? .
  • Show author(s) (2020). Effects of oral nutrition supplements in persons with dementia: A systematic review. Geriatric Nursing. 117-123.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Decisions in the clinic - a praxeological study on authority between doctors and nurses in an orthopedic clinic at a Norwegian hospital, and on the relationship between evidence-based and experience-based knowledge as a regulation for medical decisions.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Associations between single-family room care and breastfeeding rates in preterm infants. Journal of Human Lactation. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Associations Between Nurse–Patient Interaction and Sense of Coherence Among Cognitively Intact Nursing Home Residents. Journal of Holistic Nursing.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Assessing quality of life in older adults: psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home population. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Self-Transcendence, Joy-of-Life and Nurse-Patient Interaction: Assets for a Meaningful Life in Nursing Home Patients? .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Helse og livskvalitet hos kognitivt intakte elektive kreftpasienter over 80 år .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Health and quality of life in cancer patients 80 years or older. A follow-up study from hospital to municipal care.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Ensomhet - hjemme og i sykehjem. 315-320. In:
    • Show author(s) (2019). Eldreboken: Diagnoser og behandling. Fagbokforlaget.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Development and psychometric properties of the Joy-of-Life-Scale in cognitively intact nursing home patients. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 801-814.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Sense of coherence, disability, and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study of rehabilitation patients in Norway. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Joy of life in nursing homes: A qualitative study of what constitutes the essence of joy of life in elderly individuals living in Norwegian nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 1468-1476.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Disability in patients entering rehabilitation centres in secondary care in Norway: A cross-sectional study of predictors and the relationships with sense of coherence and health-related quality of life.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Dimensions and predictors of disability-A baseline study of patients entering somatic rehabilitation in secondary care. PLOS ONE. 1-17.
  • Show author(s) (2018). A validation of the Joy-of-Life Scale (JoLS).
  • Show author(s) (2017). Patterns of health related quality of life among nursing home residents with and without cancer.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Participation restrictions among rehabilitation patients – the role of diagnoses and sociodemographic factors.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Livsglede og self-transcendence - to sider av samme sak? Geriatrisk sykepleie. 14-21.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Health-related quality of life among cognitively intact nursing home residents with and without cancer – a 6 year longitudinal study. Patient Related Outcome Measures. 63-69.
  • Show author(s) (2017). From hospitals to nursing homes – the consequences of the Care Coordination Reform. Sykepleien Forskning. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Crucial aspects promoting meaning and purpose in life: perceptions of nursing home residents. BMC Geriatrics.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Comorbid dementia and cancer in residents of nursing homes: secondary analyses of a cross-sectional study. Cancer Nursing. E13-E20.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Validation of World Health Organization Assessment Schedule 2.0 in specialized somatic rehabilitation services in Norway. Quality of Life Research. 505-514.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Symptoms of depression, sadness and sense of coherence (coping) among cognitively intact older people with cancer living in nursing homes—a mixed-methods study. PeerJ. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Self-reported mental health as a predictor for acute hospital admission among cognitively intact nursing home residents: a 5-year follow-up study.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Psychometric properties of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire in nursing home residents. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 623-630.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Narrative Approach for Identifying Movements of Change and the Value of Therapeutic Writing Related to Chronic pain Management. Open Journal of Nursing. 1052-1063.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Measurement properties of the whodas 2.0 used in specialized rehabilitation services in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Coping with symptoms of depression - a mixed methods study among older people with cancer living in nursing homes. Psycho-Oncology. 54-55.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Burden of care, social support, and sense of coherence in elderly caregivers living with individuals with symptoms of dementia. Dementia. 1422-1435.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Better health-related quality of life (Mental component summary), having a higher level of education, and being less than 75 years of age are predictors of hospital admission among cognitively intact nursing home residents: A 5-year follow-up study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 275-282.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Suffering and mental health among older people living in nursing homes-a mixed-methods study. PeerJ.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Suffering and mental health among older people living in nursing homes - a mixed-methods study.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Prevalence of Cancer in Nursing Home Patients with and without Dementia.7 th Eur Con Pain Dementia. P 007.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Loneliness, loss and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes - a mixed-methods study. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 1529-1536.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Acute hospital admission for nursing home residents without cognitive impairment with a diagnosis of cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care. 147-154.
  • Show author(s) (2015). A Prospective Study of Rehabilitation Patients in Western Norway with Focus on Activity, Participation and Quality Of Life.
  • Show author(s) (2014). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Dimensionality, reliability and construct validity among cognitively intact nursing home patients. Journal of Affective Disorders. 8-15.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Sosial støtte: et salutogent begrep og forskningsfelt. 76-84. In:
    • Show author(s) (2014). Helsefremming i kommunehelsetjenesten. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Sense of coherence among cognitively intact nursing home residents - A five-year longitudinal study. Aging & Mental Health. 889-896.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Erratum: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Dimensionality, reliability and construct validity among cognitively intact nursing home patients (Journal of Affective Disorders (2014) 165 (8-15)). Journal of Affective Disorders. 206-206.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Does social support have a predictive effect on acute hospital admission? A five years follow-up studies for nursing home residents without cognitive impairment with a diagnosis of cancer.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Cancer-related pain and symptoms among nursing home residents: a systematic review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 699-710.e1.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Cancer diagnosis and other risk factors for hospitalization among cognitively intact nursing home residents: a 5-year follow-up study.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Transfer to an Acute Care Hospital for Nursing Home Residents Without Cognitive Impairment with a Diagnosis of Cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 172-172.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Samanhengen mellom helserelatert livskvalitet og kontakt med eigne barn hos kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar :. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning. 3-17.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Pårørend e til hjemmeboende persone r med symptomer på demens - Opplevelse av byrde, sosial støtte, opplevelse av sammenheng.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Mortality in nursing home residents without cognitive impairment and its relation to self-reported health-related quality of life, sociodemographic factors, illness variables and cancer diagnosis: a 5-year follow-up study. Quality of Life Research. 317-325.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Emotional loneliness is associated with mortality among mentally intact nursing home residents with and without cancer: a five-year follow-up study. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 106-114.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Eldre med kreft som bor hjemme. Geriatrisk sykepleie. 8-16.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Eldre med kreft.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Anxiety and depression among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 872-881.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Anxiety and Depression and Mortality Among Cognitively Intact Nursing Home Residents With and Without a Cancer Diagnosis A 5-Year Follow-up Study. Cancer Nursing. E68-E74.
  • Show author(s) (2012). The impact of depression and sense of coherence on emotional and social loneliness among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment - a questionnaire survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 965-974.
  • Show author(s) (2012). LIVSKVALITET – DET GODE LIV HOS ELDR. Geriatrisk sykepleie.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Ensomme dør tidligere. Byavisen.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Ensomme dør fortare. Fredrikstad Blad.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Ensomhet og dødlighet blandt sykehjemspasienter. Norsk tidsskrift for sykepleieforskning.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Ensomhet. Intervju i Norgesglasset, NRK P1.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Endodontisk behandling hos eldre. Den norske tannlegeforenings tidende. 510-515.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Dødelig einsend. Forskning.no.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Dødelig einsemd. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Comorbidity and poor physical functioning, but not cancer, predict mortality among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment: a five-year follow-up study.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Cancer in Nursing Homes Characteristics and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Cognitively Intact Residents With and Without Cancer. Cancer Nursing. 295-301.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Anxiety and Depression and Mortality Among Cognitively Intact Nursing Home Residents With and Without a Cancer Diagnosis: A 5-Year Follow-up Study. Cancer Nursing. 7 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Loneliness and social support among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment: A questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 611-619.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Helserelatert livskvalitet og sosialt nettverk hos kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Dimensions of social support are associated with less anxiety and depression in nursing home residents.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Depression is associated with poor functioning in activities of daily living among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 3111-3118.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Depresjonssymptomer blant sykehjemsbeboere uten kognitiv svikt.
  • Show author(s) (2010). The importance of social support in reducing loneliness among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 320-321.
  • Show author(s) (2010). The importance of social support in reducing loneliness among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Social support reduces loneliness among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 84-84.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Depression and activities of daily living in nursing home residents without cognitive impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Depression and activities of daily living among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Anxiety and depression in nursing home residents without cognitive impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Anxiety and depression among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The importance of social contact from friends for health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The impact of social support and sense of coherence on health-related quality of life among nursing home residents-A questionnaire survey in Bergen, Norway. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 66-76.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The impact of social support and sense of coherence on health-related quality of life among nursing home residents - A questionnaire survey in Bergen, Norway. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 66-76.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Older people without cognitive impairment in nursing homes.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Helserelatert livskvalitet hos sykehjemsbeboere.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Health-related quality of life among old residents of nursing homes in Norway. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 455-466.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Health-related quality of life among nursing home residents.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Betre heime enn på sjukeheim.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The importance of social support and sense of coherence in relation to health-related quality of life among older nursing home residents.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The importance of social support and sense of coherence in relation to health-related quality of life among older nursing home residents.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Social support and health related quality of life among Nursing homes residents.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Social support and health related quality of life among Nursing homes residents. ?.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents - a questionnaire study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents - a questionnaire study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 85.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Differences in health-related quality of life between older nursing home residents without cognitive impairment and the general population of Norway. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 1227-1236.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Differences in health-related quality of life between older nursing home residents without cognitive impairment and the general population of Norway. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). 1227-1236.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Successful coping among nursing home residents is strongly associated with a better health-related quality of life.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Successful coping among nursing home residents is strongly associated with a better health - related quality of life. Quality of Life Research.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Successful coping among nursing home residents is strongly associated with a better health - related quality of life.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Mentoring Nursing students through the process of transforming best evidence into best practice in clinical settings.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Health-related quality of life among older nursing homes residents. The importance of psychosocial and physicals factors in a health promoting perspectives.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Health-related quality of life among Norwegian nursing home residents compared with the general population.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Health-related quality of life among Norwegian nursing home residents compared with the general population. Quality of Life Research. 140.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Health-related quality of life among residents in nursing homes. Quality of Life Research. 2072.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Health-related quality of life among residents in nursing homes.
  • Show author(s) (2004). The importance of activities of daily living and social contact for loneliness: a survey among residents in nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 65-71.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Metaperspektiv på måling av helserelatert livskvalitet ved bruk av spørreskjemaet "Short Form 36" (SF-36).
  • Show author(s) (2003). Metaperspektiv på måling av helserelatert livskvalitet ved bruk av Spørreskjemaet "Short-Form 36 (SF-36).
  • Show author(s) (2002). Sykehjemsbeboeres behov for assistanse til utførelse av dagliglivets aktiviteter (ADL) NSF Websider Kongresshefte.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Nettverkskontakt og ensomhet - en undersøkelse blant 113 kvinner og menn som bor i sykehjem.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Loneliness in nursing home? Association between social contacts and loneliness.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Ensomhet på sykehjem?
  • Show author(s) (2002). Ensomhet på sykehjem - har nettverkskontakt betydning for ensomhet blant sykehjmebeboere?". ?. 35-39.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om ensomhet.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om ensomhet.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om ensomhet.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om ensomhet.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Loneliness in nursing homes? A survey on associations between ADL, social contact and loneliness.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Ensomhet på sykehjem?
  • Show author(s) (2000). Om ensomhet.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Ensomhet på sykehjem? Hvilken betydning har behov for assistanse til utførelse av basale daglige aktiviteter (ADL) og kontakt med sosialt nettverk for ensomhet? Et survey blant 113 kvinner og menn som bor på sykehjem.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Ensomhet på sykehjem? Hvilken betydning har behov for assistanse til utførelse av basale daglige aktiviteter (ADL) og kontakt med sosialt nettverk for ensomhet? - et survey blant 113 kvinner og menn som bor i sykehjem.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Ensomhet på sykehjem - har nettverkskontakt betydning for ensomhet sykehjemsbeboere.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Ensomhet på sykehjem.

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