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Siri Waage

Researcher
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
  • E-mailSiri.Waage@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 60 64
  • Visitor Address
    Kalfarveien 31
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen
Academic article
  • Eide, Tine Almenning; Harris, Anette; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Gundersen, Hilde; Zakariassen, Erik; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2019. Sleepiness among personnel in the Norwegian Air Ambulance Service. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 1121-1130.
  • Vedaa, Øystein; Harris, Anette; Erevik, Eilin K.; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Sivertsen, Børge; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle. 2019. Short rest between shifts (quick returns) and night work is associated with work-related accidents. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 829-835.
  • Matre, Dagfinn; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Katsifaraki, Maria; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2019. Pain complaints are associated with quick returns and insomnia among Norwegian nurses, but do not difer between shift workers and day only workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 1-9.
  • Sørengaard, Torhild Anita; Karlsen, Håvard Rudi; Langvik, Eva ; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Saksvik-Lehouillier, Ingvild. 2019. Insomnia as a partial mediator of the relationship between personality and future symptoms of anxiety and depression among nurses. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-10.
  • Zakariassen, Erik; Waage, Siri; Harris, Anette; Gatterbauer-Trischler, Pia; Lang, Bernd; Voelckel, Wolfgang Georg Cornelius; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2019. Causes and management of sleepiness among pilots in a Norwegian and an Austrian air ambulance service—a comparative study. Air Medical Journal. 25-29.
  • Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri; Thun, Eirunn; Andreassen, Cecilie Schou; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2019. A national survey on how sexual activity is perceived to be associated with sleep. Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 65-72.
  • Andreassen, Cecilie Schou; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Schaufeli, Wilmar B. 2018. Workaholism and negative work-related incidents among nurses. Industrial Health. 373-381.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle. 2018. The association between insomnia and bedroom habits and bedroom characteristics: an exploratory cross-sectional study of a representative sample of adults. Sleep Health. 188-193.
  • Buchvold, Hogne Vikanes; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2018. Shift work schedule and night work load: Effects on body mass index - A four-year longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 251-257.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2018. Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease is prevalent in working nurses, but seems not to be associated with shift work schedules. Frontiers in Neurology. 1-7.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug. 2018. Migraine, tension-type headache and medication-overuse headache in a large population of shift working nurses: a cross-sectional study in Norway. BMJ Open. 1-7.
  • Vedaa, Øystein; Pallesen, Ståle; Erevik, Eilin K.; Svensen, Erling; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Sivertsen, Børge; Harris, Anette. 2018. Long working hours are inversely related to sick leave in the following 3 months: a 4-year registry study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 10 pages.
  • Vedaa, Øystein; Morland, Eirik; Larsen, Marit Hjellset; Harris, Anette; Erevik, Eilin K.; Sivertsen, Børge; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle. 2017. Sleep detriments associated with quick returns in rotating shift work: a diary study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 522-527.
  • Roelen, Corné A.M.; van Hoffen, Marieke F.A.; Waage, Siri; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.; Twisk, Jos W.R.; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle. 2017. Psychosocial work environment and mental health-related long-term sickness absence among nurses. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 195-203.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Mrdalj, Jelena; Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Aasnæs, Tom; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2017. Age and sex differences in bedroom habits and bedroom preferences. Sleep Medicine. 157-161.
  • Vedaa, Øystein; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Sivertsen, Børge; Erevik, Eilin K.; Svensen, Erling; Harris, Anette. 2016. Short rest between shift intervals increases the risk of sick leave: a prospective registry study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 496-501.
  • Andreassen, Cecilie Schou; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Magerøy, Nils; Pallesen, Ståle. 2016. A longitudinal study of the relationship between the five-factor model of personality and workaholism. TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology. 285-298.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Magerøy, Nils; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2015. Parasomnias are more frequent in shift workers than in day workers. Chronobiology International. 1352-1358.
  • Moen, Bente E; Waage, Siri; Ronda, Elena; Magerøy, Nils; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2014. Spontaneous abortions and shift work in a cohort of nurses in Norway. Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs. 160.
  • Flo, Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2014. Short rest periods between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at 1-year follow-up. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 555-561.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Magerøy, Nils; Flo, Elisabeth; Milia, Lee Di; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2014. Predictors of shift work disorder among nurses: a longitudinal study. Sleep Medicine. 1449-1455.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2013. Sleep and Health in Oil Rig Workers-Before and After a Two Week Work Period Offshore. Industrial Health. 172-179.
  • Di Milia, Lee; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2013. Shift work disorder in a random population sample : prevalence and comorbidities. PLOS ONE. 7 pages.
  • Waage, Siri; Harris, Anette; Pallesen, Ståle; Saksvik-Lehouillier, Ingvild ; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2012. Subjective and objective sleepiness among oil rig workers during three different shift schedules. Sleep Medicine. 64-72.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Dale, Sandra Marian; Hogstad-Erikstein, Ruth; Fiske, Eldbjørg; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2012. Self-reported sleep and health among Norwegian hospital nurses in intensive care units. Nursing in Critical Care. 180-188.
  • Harris, Anette; Waage, Siri; Ursin, Holger; Eriksen, Hege Randi. 2011. Saliva cortisol levels in construction workers in the Arctic (78°N). International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 542-551.
  • Saksvik, Ingvild Berg; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Harvey, Allison G.; Waage, Siri; Harris, Anette; Pallesen, Ståle. 2011. Adaptation and readaptation to different shift work schedules measured with sleep diary and actigraphy. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 331-344.
  • Forberg, Knut Fuglesteg; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2010. Subjective and objective sleep and sleepiness among tunnel workers in an extreme and isolated environment: 10-h shifts, 21-day working period, at 78 degrees north. Sleep Medicine. 185-190.
  • Waage, Siri; Odeen, Magnus; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Eriksen, Hege Randi; Ursin, Holger; Hollund, Eli Bjørg; Moen, Bente Elisabeth. 2010. Still healthy after extended work hours? Ten hours shift, twenty-one days working period for tunnel workers. Industrial Health. 804-810.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2010. Shift work and age in the offshore petroleum industry. International Maritime Health. 251-257.
  • Harris, Anette; Waage, Siri; Ursin, Holger; Hansen, Åse Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Eriksen, Hege Randi. 2010. Cortisol, reaction time test and health among offshore shift workers. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1339-1347.
  • Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Eriksen, Hege Randi; Ursin, Holger; Åkerstedt, Torbjørn; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2009. Shift work disorder among oil rig workers in the North Sea. Sleep. 558-565.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Sagen, Ina Marie Lunde; Øyane, Nicolas Melchior Frederic; Waage, Siri; Fetveit, Arne; Pallesen, Ståle; Ursin, Reidun. 2007. The association between sleep duration, body mass index and metabolic measures in the Hordaland Health Study. Journal of Sleep Research. 66-76.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2007. Skiftarbeid og søvn. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 428-433.
Popular scientific lecture
  • Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Forberg, Knut Fuglesteg; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2009. Tunnels workers may adapt well to night shift work.
Academic lecture
  • Flo, Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2013. Short rest periods of less than 11 hours between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at one year follow-up.
  • Flo, Elisabeth; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2013. Shift-rotations with less than 11 hours rest periods predict shift work disorder, excessive sleepiness and pathological fatigue in nurses at one year follow-up.
Editorial
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri. 2013. Bright Light Improves Sleep and Psychological Health in Shift Working Nurses. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM). 647-648.
Popular scientific article
  • Waage, Siri; Thun, Eirunn; Reknes, Iselin; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Magerøy, Nils; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2015. For få timer mellom vaktene påvirker søvn og helse. Tidsskriftet sykepleien. 58-60.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Waage, Siri. 2011. Shift work, sleep and health in the petroleum offshore industry.
Abstract
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Mrdalj, Jelena; Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Aasnes, Tom; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2016. Use of electronic media in bed and reading in bed after bedtime – Age and sex differences in a representative adult population. Journal of Sleep Research. 377-377.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2012. A comparison of sleep and health at the start and end of a 14-day work period among Norwegian oil rig workers. Journal of Sleep Research. 99-99.
  • Harris, Anette; Waage, Siri; Ursin, Holger; Hansen, Åse Marie; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Eriksen, Hege Randi. 2010. SHIFT WORK, CORTISOL, REACTION TIME TEST AND HEALTH AMONG OFFSHORE WORKERS. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 88-88.
  • Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2007. Shift Work Sleep Disorder among oil rig workers in the North Sea. Sleep and Biological Rhythms.
  • Forberg, Knut Fuglesteg; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri. 2006. Subjective and objective sleep during an extended shift work schedule. Journal of Sleep Research. 97-97.
  • Sagen, Ina Marie Lunde; Øyane, Nicolas Melchior Frederic; Waage, Siri; Fetveit, Arne; Pallesen, Ståle; Ursin, Reidun; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2006. Effects of sleep length and body mass index on metabolic measures. Journal of Sleep Research. 236-236.
  • Waage, Siri; Dale, Sandra Marian; Erikstein, Ruth Skoe; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2006. Do age and shift work experience matter for sleep and health among nurses in a hospital setting? Journal of Sleep Research. 116-116.
Poster
  • Sørengaard, Torhild Anita; Langvik, Eva ; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Karlsen, Håvard; Saksvik-Lehouillier, Ingvild. 2018. Personality and Insomnia as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression among Norwegian Nurses: The SUSSH Study.
  • Mrdalj, Jelena; Sunde, Erlend; Pedersen, Torhild; Thun, Eirunn; Grønli, Janne; Harris, Anette; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle. 2018. Effects of bright light on sleepiness and cognitive performance during simulated night shift work.
  • Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Mrdalj, Jelena; Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Aasnes, Tom; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri. 2016. Use of electronic media in bed and reading in bed after bedtime – Age and sex differences in a representative adult population.
Academic literature review
  • Buchvold, Hogne Vikanes; Pallesen, Ståle; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. 2019. Shift Work and Lifestyle factors: A 6-year follow-Up Study Among Nurses. 10 pages.
  • Thun, Eirunn; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Åkerstedt, Torbjørn; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Waage, Siri; Molde, Helge; Pallesen, Ståle. 2016. Trajectories of sleepiness and insomnia symptoms in Norwegian nurses with and without night work and rotational work. 480-489.
  • Vedaa, Øystein; Harris, Anette; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Sivertsen, Børge; Tucker, Philip ; Pallesen, Ståle. 2016. Systematic review of the relationship between quick returns in rotating shift work and health-related outcomes. 1-14.
  • Fossum, Ingrid Nesdal; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle. 2013. Effects of shift and night work in the offshore petroleum industry: a systematic review. 530-544.
  • Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Magerøy, Nils; Saksvik, Ingvild Berg; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth. 2010. Measures to counteract the negative effects of night work. 109-120.
  • Røland, Kirsten; Reime, Marit Hegg; Waage, Siri. 2010. Ernæring ved akutt betennelse i bukspyttkjertelen en systematisk litteraturgjennomgang. 48-59.
  • Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Magerøy, Nils; Saksvik, Ingvild Berg; Waage, Siri; Moen, Bente Elisabeth. 2009. Measures to couteract the negative effects of night work. 109-120.

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General Practice