Browsing Artikler / Articles by Subject "COVID-19"
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Accelerating curve of anxiousness: How a governmental quarantine-app feeds society with bugs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Daily, media reports on countries eagerly introducing advanced surveillance technology to counter the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. Byers 2020, Doffman 2020; Holmes 2020, Stojanovski 2020). The critics and commentators focus – ... -
Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: We aimed to examine the association between social media use and loneliness two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methods: Participants were 1649 adults who completed a cross-sectional online survey ... -
‘Brain fog’, guilt, and gratitude: experiences of symptoms and life changes in older survivors 6 months after hospitalisation for COVID-19
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: Several of those who have been infected with COVID-19 sufer from the post-COVID-19 condition months after the acute infection. Little is known about how older survivors have experienced the consequences and how ... -
Changes in work tasks and organization of general practice in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a comparative international study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to huge and rapid changes in general practice in Norway as in the rest of Europe. This paper aims to explore to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic changed the work tasks and organization ... -
Concerns in the norwegian population during the initial lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Although concern affects one’s welfare or happiness, few studies to date have focused on peoples’ concerns during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. The aim of the study was to explore concerns in the Norwegian populations ... -
Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during ... -
Older patients’ perspectives on illness and healthcare during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Equal access to healthcare is a core principle in Norway’s public healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged healthcare systems in the early phase – in particular, related to testing and hospital ... -
Optimists’ and pessimists’ self-reported mental and global health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global health crisis. How well people cope with this situation depends on many factors, including one’s personality, such as dispositional optimism. The aim of the study was ... -
Patterns of social media use across age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study across four countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The aim of this study was to examine patterns of social media use across age groups in four countries (Norway, USA, UK, and Australia) two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and whether types of use and time spent ... -
Scandinavian nurses’ use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic—A Berger and Luckman inspired analysis of a qualitative interview study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There is a knowledge gap about nurses’ use of social media in relation to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, which demands the upholding of a physical distance to other people, including patients and their relatives. The ... -
‘A story of being invisible’: A single case study on the significance of being recognised when needing acute healthcare in the early COVID-19 Pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Severe illness is often an existential threat that triggers emotions like fear, stress, and anxiousness. Such emotions can affect ill patients’ encounters with healthcare personnel. We present a single case study of an ... -
“This path I must walk alone”. Challenges experienced by older patients while recovering from severe COVID-19 – a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic challenged both the Norwegian population and healthcare system. In this study we explored how older men and women experienced rehabilitation and recovery after hospitali ... -
Virtual team-cooperation from home-office: a quantitative diary study of the impact of daily transformational- and passive-avoidant leadership – and the moderating role of task interdependence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)During the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the workforce moved from office setting to home-office and virtual teamwork. Whereas the relationship between leadership and team cooperation in physical settings is well documented – ...