Reliable, automated, and user-friendly solutions for the identification of sleep stages in home environment are needed in various clinical and scientific research settings. Previously we have shown that signals recorded with an easily applicable textile ...
In his Sophonisbe, Pierre Corneille makes the protagonist the grounds for political and moral reflection by exploring the implications of her pride in choosing death over dishonor. To do this, Corneille articulates two poetic processes: the leitmotif ...
Útdráttur Í þessari grein er sagt frá niðurstöðum tveggja rannsókna sem höfðu það að markmiði að kanna árangur af PEERS-námskeiðum í félagsfærni fyrir börn og unglinga með röskun á einhverfurófi, ADHD, kvíða, þunglyndi eða aðra félagslega erfiðleika. ...
AIM: Develop and test a data collection tool-Neurological End-Of-Life Care Assessment Tool (NEOLCAT)-for extracting data from patient health records (PHRs) on end-of-life care of neurological patients in an acute hospital ward. DESIGN: Instrument ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess sense of security, health literacy, and the association between sense of security and health literacy during COVID-19 self-isolation. METHODS: In this cross-sectional survey all adults who caught COVID-19 from the onset of the ...
Jónsdóttir, Freyja; Blöndal, Anna Bryndís; Guðmundsson, Aðalsteinn; Bates, Ian; Stevenson, Jennifer M; Sigurðsson, Martin Ingi(2023-05-05)
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of preoperative polypharmacy and the incidence of postoperative polypharmacy/hyper-polypharmacy in surgical patients and their association with adverse outcomes. METHODS: This was a ...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between traffic-related ambient air pollution and emergency hospital visits for cardiac arrest. DESIGN: Case-crossover design was used with a lag time to 4 days. SETTING: The Reykjavik capital area and the study ...
BACKGROUND: Knowledge is lacking about the effects of COVID-19 on nursing students' burnout symptoms. Burnout can lead to negative feelings and behaviours towards learning and poor mental health. AIMS: To describe and compare nursing/midwifery students' ...
Stenimahitis, Vasilios; Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Alexander; El-Hajj, Victor Gabriel; Hultling, Claes; Andersson, Magnus; Sveinsson, Ólafur Árni; Elmi-Terander, Adrian; Edström, Erik(2023-05-18)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Spinal cord infarction (SCInf) is a rare condition where consensus regarding diagnostic criteria is lacking and mis- or delayed diagnosis can be detrimental. The aim of this study was to describe baseline findings and predictors ...
Kristjánsdóttir, Thelma Rós; Sigurðsson, Martin Ingi; Jónsdóttir, Freyja(2023-05-05)
Ágrip INNGANGUR Notkun prótónpumpuhemla (PPH) hefur aukist á undanförnum áratugum. Hluti sjúklinga er á lyfjunum án ábendingar. Mögulegt er að ný notkun hefjist í kjölfar skurðaðgerða. Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að skoða nýgengi notkunar PPH í kjölfar ...
Einarsdóttir, Freydís Halla; Gunnarsdóttir, Erla Liu Ting; Gunnarsdóttir, Sunna Lu Xi; Jensen, Elín Metta; Viktorsson, Sindri Aron; Ingvarsdóttir, Inga Lára; Heitmann, Leon Arnar; Guðbjartsson, Tómas(2023-05-05)
Ágrip INNGANGUR Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að kanna áhrif offitu á tíðni skammtíma fylgikvilla og langtímalifun eftir lokuskipti vegna ósæðarlokuþrengsla. EFNIVIÐUR OG AÐFERÐIR Rannsóknin náði til 748 sjúklinga sem gengust undir ósæðarlokuskipti ...
OBJECTIVE: Twin pregnancies are associated with increased antepartum and intrapartum risks. Limited multiple embryo transfers are associated with decreased twin birth rates. We aimed to study the effect of 2009 Icelandic regulations on twin birth rates ...
In 2014 the Icelandic government implemented a reform that reduced the time of all academic programs of upper secondary education from an average of four years in duration to three, aiming to increase efficiency in the education system. Drawing on ...
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the actor–partner effects of attitudes toward group-based inequality as measured by social dominance orientation (SDO) and marital quality, and the indirect actor–partner effects of SDO on marital quality via ...
AOCS Group; CZECANCA Consortium; The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2; Evidence-based Network for the Interpretation of Germline Mutant Alleles Consortium; HEBON Investigators; GEMO Study Collaborators(2023-04-19)
Background: The distribution of ovarian tumour characteristics differs between germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers and non-carriers. In this study, we assessed the utility of ovarian tumour characteristics as predictors of BRCA1 and ...