Browsing VID:Open by Author "Strand, Elin Bolle"
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Acquiring a new understanding of illness and agency: a narrative study of recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome
Bakken, Anne Karen; Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Synnes, Oddgeir; Strand, Elin Bolle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is poorly understood. Simplified medical models tend to neglect the complexity of illness, contributing to a terrain of ... -
Evaluating routine blood tests according to clinical symptoms and diagnostic criteria in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Baklund, Ingrid H.; Dammen, Toril; Moum, Torbjørn Åge; Kristiansen, Wenche; Duarte, Daysi Sosa; Castro Marrero, Jesus; Helland, Ingrid Bergliot; Strand, Elin Bolle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)There is a lack of research regarding blood tests within individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and between patients and healthy controls. We aimed to compare results of routine blood ... -
Genetic association study in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) identifies several potential risk loci
Hajdarevic, Riad; Lande, Asgeir; Mehlsen, Jesper; Rydland, Anne; Sosa, Daisy D.; Strand, Elin Bolle; Mella, Olav; Pociot, Flemming; Fluge, Øystein; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Viken, Marte Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, which manifests in a variety of symptoms like post-exertional malaise, brain fog, fatigue and pain. Hereditability ... -
Human Leukocyte Antigen alleles associated with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Lande, Asgeir; Fluge, Øystein; Strand, Elin Bolle; Flåm, Siri Tennebø; Sosa, Daisy Duarte; Mella, Olav; Egeland, Torstein; Saugstad, Ola Didrik; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Viken, Marte K (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The etiology and pathogenesis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) are unknown, and autoimmunity is one of many proposed underlying mechanisms. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) associations are ... -
Medication-free mental health treatment: a focus group study of milieu therapeutic settings
Beyene, Lise Sæstad; Hem, Marit Helene; Strand, Elin Bolle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Medication-free treatment within mental health care aims to offer therapeutic support as an alternative to psychotropic medication. Introducing milieu therapy for severely mentally ill persons in a medication-free ... -
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Investigating care practices pointed out to disparities in diagnosis and treatment across European Union
Strand, Elin Bolle; Nacul, Luis; Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Helland, Ingrid B; Grabowski, Patricia; Krumina, Angelika; Alegre, Jose; Efrim, Magdalena; Sekulic, Slobodan; Pheby, Derek; Sakkas, Giorgos; Sirbu, Carmen Adella; Authier, Jerome (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)ME/CFS is a chronic, complex, multisystem disease that often limits the health and functioning of the affected patients. Diagnosing patients with ME/CFS is a challenge, and many different case definitions exist and are ... -
No replication of previously reported association with genetic variants in the T cell receptor alpha (TRA) locus for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
Ueland, Marthe; Hajdarevic, Riad; Mella, Olav; Strand, Elin Bolle; Daysi Duarte, Sosa; Saugstad, Ola Didrik; Fluge, Øystein; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Viken, Marte Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease with a variety of symptoms such as post-exertional malaise, fatigue, and pain, but where aetiology and pathogenesis are unknown. An increasing number ... -
Pain and depression are associated with more anxiety in ME/CFS: A cross-sectional cohort study between Norway and Spain.
Strand, Elin Bolle; Castro-Marrero, Jesus; Helland, Ingrid B; Alegre, Jose; Mengshoel, Anne Marit (Journal article, 2020)Objectives: Lasting, unexplained and high levels of pain may cause anxiety in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The objectives of the current study were to test assumptions of the association between pain and anxiety ... -
Patients’ experiences and effects of non-pharmacological treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – a scoping mixed methods review
Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Helland, Ingrid B; Meeus, Mira; Castro-Marrero, Jesus; Pheby, Derek; Strand, Elin Bolle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The EU COST Action 15111 collaboration on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) aims to assess current research and identify knowledge gaps in Europe. Presently, our purpose is to map the ... -
Systematic review of the epidemiological burden of Myalgic ncephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome across Europe: Current evidence and EUROMENE research recommendations for epidemiology
Estévez-López, Fernando; Mudie, Kathleen; Wang-Steverding, Xia; Bakken, Inger Johanne; Ivanovs, Andrejs; Castro-Marrero, Jesus; Nacul, Luis; Alegre, Jose; Zalewski, Paweł; Słomko, Joanna; Strand, Elin Bolle; Pheby, Derek; Shikova, Evelina; Lorusso, Lorenzo; Capelli, Enrica; Sekulic, Slobodan; Scheibenbogen, Carmen; Sepúlveda, Nuno; Murovska, Modra; Lacerda, Eliana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This review aimed at determining the prevalence and incidence of Myalgic ncephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in Europe. We conducted a primary search in Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science for publications ... -
Unperturbed cytotoxic lymphocyte phenotype and function in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients
Theorell, Jakob; Bileviciute-Ljungar, Indre; Tesi, Bianca; Schlums, Heinrich; Johnsgaard, Mette Sophie; Asadi-Azarbaijani, Babak; Strand, Elin Bolle; Bryceson, Yenan T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disorder linked to diverse intracellular infections as well as physiological stress. Cytotoxic lymphocytes combat intracellular infections. ...