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52. Staff attitudes and the associations with treatmentorganisation, clinical practices and outcomes inopioid maintenance treatment.
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Gjersing, Linn, Waal, Helge, Caplehorn, John R. M., Gossop, Michael, and Clausen, Thomas
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ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *OPIOIDS , *CLINICAL medicine , *REHABILITATION , *MEDICAL care - Abstract
Background: In opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) there are documented treatment differences both between countries and between OMT programmes. Some of these differences have been associated with staff attitudes. The aim of this study was to 1) assess if there were differences in staff attitudes within a national OMT programme, and 2) investigate the associations of staff attitudes with treatment organisation, clinical practices and outcomes. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional multicentre study. Norwegian OMT staff (n = 140) were invited to participate in this study in 2007 using an instrument measuring attitudes towards OMT. The OMT programme comprised 14 regional centres. Data describing treatment organisation, clinical practices and patient outcomes in these centres were extracted from the annual OMT programme assessment 2007. Centres were divided into three groups based upon mean attitudinal scores and labelled; "rehabilitation-oriented", "harm reduction-oriented" and "intermediate" centres. Results: All invited staff (n = 140) participated. Staff attitudes differed between the centres. "Rehabilitation-oriented" centres had smaller caseloads, more frequent urine drug screening and increased case management (interdisciplinary meetings). In addition these centres had less drug use and more social rehabilitation among their patients in terms of long-term living arrangements, unemployment, and social security benefits as main income. "Intermediate" centres had the lowest treatment termination rate. Conclusions: This study identified marked variations in staff attitudes between the regional centres within a national OMT programme. These variations were associated with measurable differences in caseload, intensity of case management and patient outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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53. Attitudes Toward Cannabis Use Legalization and Openness to Legal Use Among Young Partygoers in Norway.
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Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic, Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line, and Gjersing, Linn
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward legalization of cannabis use and openness to legal use among Norwegian partygoers. Method: We examined a combined sample (N = 4,790; 46.2% female) of young partygoers (M age = 23.7, SD = 7.3) from three Norwegian studies on substance use in various settings: music festivals (n = 1,312), nightlife (n = 2,005), and high school graduation (n = 1,473). Through onsite surveys, the participants were asked if they thought cannabis use should be legal in Norway and whether they themselves would use the drug if legalized. These responses (yes/no/don't know) were examined in relation to participants' characteristics and cannabis use history using summary statistics and multinomial regression models. Results: Although 46.1% of participants reported having used cannabis at least once, only 1/3 (32.6%) favored legalization and 1/4 (25.6%) stated they would themselves use cannabis if legalized. Yet, even among never-users, we observed non-opposition to legalization (16.4% in favor; 14.9% don't know) and openness to legal use (8.2% would use; 12.4% don't know). Histories of cannabis, tobacco, or any other drug use, sex (male), and age younger than 21 years (vs. 30 or older) were consistently associated with affirmative responses to both questions. Openness to legal use was strongly associated with favorable legalization attitudes and age younger than 21, even after accounting for lifetime cannabis use history. Conclusions: Favoring cannabis legalization and openness to legal use were relatively low in this sample of young Norwegian partygoers. Yet, prevalence of cannabis use may increase after legalization among its supporters and among those younger than 21, especially if "don't know" responses are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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54. Naloxone for opioid overdose - Pharmacological aspects and dosing in clinical practice
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Tylleskär, Ida Karin, Skulberg, Arne Kristian, Dale, Ola, Bjørnsen, Lars Petter, and Gjersing, Linn
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Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750 [VDP] - Abstract
Dødsfall fra opioidoverdoser er et stort folkehelseproblem og utdeling av nesespray med motgiften nalokson var foreslått som et tiltak for å redde liv. I 2012 fantes det ingen godkjente nesesprayer på markedet. Istedenfor var improviserte, ikke-godkjente sprayer uten vitenskapelig evidens i utstrakt bruk. NTNU startet derfor utviklingen av en slik nesespray. Det overordnede målet med denne doktorgraden var å bidra til evidensbasert behandling av opioidoverdoser med nalokson som nesespray. Nesesprayens opptak ble undersøkt ved at friske frivillige deltok i en åpen, randomisert, treveis overkrysningsstudie. Nesesprayen ble undersøkt i to ulike doser, 0,8 mg og 1,6 mg, og ble sammenlignet med 1,0 mg nalokson intravenøst ved å se på legemiddelkonsentrasjonen i blodet. For å undersøke effekten av nalokson ble det utviklet en modell hvor friske frivillige fikk 1,0 mg nalokson intravenøst samtidig som de fikk en målstyrt infusjon med opioidet remifentanil. Slik kunne effekten av nalokson måles med endring av pupillestørrelse, samtidig som vi tok både arterielle og venøse blodprøver for å måle konsentrasjonen av legemidlene. Gjennom en 5-års observasjonsstudie i ambulansetjenesten i Oslo undersøkte vi også den nåværende bruken av nalokson ved overdoser, og koblet disse dataene mot dødsårsaksregistret. Opptaket av legemidlet gikk raskt og biotilgjengeligheten av nesesprayen var 52-54%. Nesesprayen var godt tolerert og det var ingen alvorlige bivirkninger. Remifentanilinfusjonen gav stabile blodkonsentrasjoner gjennom forsøket. Intravenøs nalokson reverserte raskt effekten av opioidet og effekten varte i 118 minutter. Av 2215 overdosepasienter i Oslo fikk 92% intramuskulær nalokson og startdosene var 0,4 og 0,8 mg. En ukes mortalitet for narkotikautløste dødsfall var 4,1/1000 tilfeller. Ingen av dødsfallene var på grunn av reintoksikasjon. Nesesprayen hadde raskt, systemisk opptak og høyere biotilgjengelighet enn improviserte nesesprayer. Dette indikerer at en optimalisert nesespray kan gi en terapeutisk dose nalokson. En målstyrt remifentanil infusjon gav stabile konsentrasjoner av opioidet i blodet og kan være en nyttig modell for å teste nye naloksonprodukter. I ambulansetjenesten var intramuskulær nalokson i dosene 0,4-0,8 mg effektivt og trygt. Summary Deaths from opioid overdoses are increasing and a public health concern. Such overdoses are treated with the antidote naloxone and first aid. For lay people there has been calls for naloxone to be available for administration as a nasal spray. Improvised nasal sprays without scientific documentation have been in wide-spread use. Therefore, NTNU started development of a high-concentration nasal spray in a device delivering a small volume, especially designed for nasal administration. The overall aim of this thesis was to provide an evidence-base for adequate treatment of opioid overdoses using intranasal naloxone. To describe pharmacokinetic parameters an open-label, randomized, three-way crossover study in healthy volunteers was conducted. Intranasal naloxone 0.8 and 1.6 mg were compared to 1.0 mg intravenous naloxone by measuring the blood concentrations of naloxone. The pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic aspects of naloxone was investigated in an explorative study in healthy volunteers administered 1.0 mg intravenous naloxone after steady state opioid agonism was obtained by a target-controlled infusion of remifentanil. Opioid effect was measured by pupillometry and simultaneous arterial and venous blood samples for drug quantification were collected. The current use of naloxone was investigated in a 5-year observational study of pre-hospital naloxone administration by Oslo emergency medical services. Data was linked to the Cause of Death Registry. The uptake was rapid, and bioavailability of nasal naloxone was 52-54%. The nasal spray was well-tolerated and there were no serious adverse events. The remifentanil infusion provided steady state conditions and the effect of 1.0 mg intravenous naloxone rapidly reversed the opioid effect. In 2215 overdose cases, 92% were treated with intramuscular naloxone, initial doses were 0.4 or 0.8 mg. One-week mortality from drug-related deaths were 4.1/ per 1000 episodes with no deaths from rebound toxicity. The nasal spray had a rapid, systemic uptake and a higher bioavailability than improvised sprays. This indicates that an optimized nasal spray may deliver a therapeutic dose of naloxone. Using remifentanil TCI to obtain a steady-state opioid agonism may be a useful tool for comparing new naloxone products. Intramuscular naloxone in doses of 0.4 - 0.8 mg were effective and safe in the treatment of prehospital overdoses.
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- 2020
55. Hvem er de som setter sprøyter alene? En kvantitativ undersøkelse blant 497 personer som bruker opioider og/eller sentralstimulerende midler
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Helle, Marte Kristin and Gjersing, Linn
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spesialsykepleie ,helse- og sosialfag ,Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808 [VDP] ,rus- og psykisk helsearbeid - Abstract
Master`s thesis in Mental Health and addiction issues Formål: Å undersøke hvor mange deltakere som hadde brukt opioider og/eller sentralstimulerende midler med sprøyte, og hvor mange som hadde brukt sprøyter alene. Beskrive disse i form av utvalgte variabler, og undersøke predikatorer for å bruke sprøyter alene. Metode: Tverrsnittsundersøkelse blant gate- og lavterskelrekrutterte deltakere i syv norske byer i september 2017 (n=497). Statistiske forskjeller ble undersøkt ved hjelp av t-test, anova test, kjikvadrat test og fishers exact test. Multinomisk logistisk regresjonsanalyse ble brukt for å undersøke predikatorer for sprøytebruk alene. Resultater: 360 (72%) av 497 deltakere hadde brukt rusmidler med sprøyte en eller flere ganger. Sammenlignet med dem som ikke hadde brukt sprøyter, så var de yngre (42 vs.47 år t=4,5 p
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56. Narkotika i Norge
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Gjersing, Linn Renathe and Amundsen, Ellen Johanna
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57. [Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) in chronic musculoskeletal pain].
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Storheim K, Gjersing L, Bølstad K, and Risberg MA
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- Calcinosis therapy, Chronic Disease, Fasciitis, Plantar therapy, High-Energy Shock Waves adverse effects, Humans, Lithotripsy adverse effects, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome therapy, Tennis Elbow therapy, Treatment Outcome, High-Energy Shock Waves therapeutic use, Lithotripsy methods, Musculoskeletal Diseases therapy, Pain Management
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Background: The use of shock wave therapy (ESWT) and radial pressure-wave therapy (rESWT) is controversial in chronic musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this literature review is to assess the effect of these therapies in rotator cuff syndrome with and without calcium deposits, lateral epicondylitis and planar fasciitis., Material and Methods: Medical databases were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials. 54 were identified; 49 of these assessed the effect ESWT and five assessed the effect rESWT. 27 studies were of high of medium quality and form the basis for the assessment of effect., Results: Treatment with ESWT only had a positive effect in chronic rotator cuff syndrome with calcium deposits and was not effective in the absence of calcium deposits and chronic lateral epicondylitis. The effect in chronic plantar fasciitis was variable. Only a few randomized controlled trials assess the effect of rESWT, but the results indicate that there is an effect on chronic rotator cuff syndrome with calcium deposits and chronic lateral epicondylitis. The theoretical rationale for treatment with shock waves and radial pressure waves is uncertain. No studies compare the two therapies., Interpretation: Treatment with ESWT or rESWT is only likely to be effective in patients with chronic rotator cuff syndrome and calcium deposits. rESWT may be attempted for chronic lateral epicondylitis. For other diagnoses the treatment effect is either absent or uncertain.
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58. [Self-satisfied course leadership--seen from the other side].
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Wüsthoff L, Havnes I, Gjersing L, and Willersrud A
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- Educational Measurement, Humans, Ethics, Research, Plagiarism, Students, Medical
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- 2008
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