Finn E Skjeldestad

..Such studies are important to understand risk factors associated with infection and to develop screening recommendations...

..This arrangement has since been expanded to cover hormonal contraception, with the exception of the hormonal coil. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the arrangement...

..To investigate the impact of intrauterine devices on subsequent fertility...

..To investigate quality of life (QoL) among women reporting urinary incontinence (UI)...

..To examine incidence and risk factors of partner change among Norwegian teenage girls attending youth health clinics...

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..The study objective was to investigate Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) testing patterns, prevalence, and incidence among men and women in Sør-Trøndelag county, central Norway, 1990-2003...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term quality of life in women treated successfully for gynaecological cancer and a control group of representative women selected from the general population...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic conditions in long-term survivors of gynaecological cancer compared with a representative group of women from the general population...

..The study objective was to assess Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) prevalence, risk factors, and genitourinary symptoms among young men...

..To study urinary incontinence among long-term survivors of gynecological cancer...

..The aims of this study were to investigate quality of life and the prevalence, intensity and presentation of pain in long-term survivors of gynecological cancer compared to a representative group of women from the general population...

..In conclusion, men diagnosed with CT infection are relatively open on notifying sexual partners but have low compliance to meeting for test-of-cure...

..To assess incidence during a 10-year study period and to identify and discuss clinical relevance for prognostic factors of survival within a cohort of Norwegian ovarian cancer patients...

..Recent studies show divergent results concerning the risk of ectopic pregnancy following Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection...

..The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the new copayment system on female sterilization epidemiology...

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..To examine the effect of centralized surgery on overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer and, in particular, patients with advanced disease (stage III/IV)...

..Also predictive of high knowledge scores were frequent discussions about contraception with peers. Talks about contraception with health workers were unrelated to knowledge scores...

..Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) as a risk factor for ectopic pregnancy (EP) has mainly been established through seroepidemiologic cross-sectional studies...

..Information given during brief and annual discussions with health professionals appears to have an insignificant impact as compared with information from other sources. Our results plead for an over-the-counter practice...

..As there are limited epidemiological data on HPV infection in Norway, we determined prevalence and identified sociobehavioural correlates of HPV 6/11/16/18 infection in young Norwegian women...

..New administration forms for hormonal contraception and a higher patient's charge for sterilisation of women have changed the pattern of contraceptive use in Norway...

..We wanted to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a sample of young women and to assess risk factors related to sexual behaviour that are predictive of such infection...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate trends in ectopic pregnancy in relation to fertility patterns in general...

..The purpose of this study was to analyse trends for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a population of women seeking termination of pregnancy, and to assess whether socio-demographic characteristics are predictive of such infections...

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..The increase in notification cannot be interpreted as an increase in chlamydia prevalence since knowledge of testing patterns and prevalence of chlamydia by sex and age is virtually absent...

..Alternative strategies such as implementation of do-it-yourself tests by urine or vulvovaginal sampling procedures have to be provided as a low-threshold service...

..Little is documented about Norwegian women's knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV). The purpose of this study was to investigate young Norwegian women's knowledge of HPV transmission and diseases associated with the virus...

..The objective of this open randomized study was to compare the clinical performance of Nova T380 and Gyne T380 Slimline copper intrauterine devices (IUDs)...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy in Norway from 1990 to 2001...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate incidence and treatment of ectopic pregnancy in Norway (1990 to 2001)...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate cholecystectomy incidence and laparoscopy rates in Norway (1990-2002)...

..The purpose of this study was to chart changes in surgical treatment of inguinal or femoral hernia in Norway from 1990-91 to 1999-2003...

..Increased testing rates for Chlamydia infection among young women can be achieved by more use of self-administered sampling methods. In this study, vulval swabs and urine are compared to conventional cervix samples...

..The knowledge of testing patterns and prevalence of chlamydia among Norwegian men is sparse...

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..The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of gastro-oesophageal antireflux surgery in Norway from 1999 to 2003, in comparison with the 1990 to 1998 period...

..The aim of our study was to examine time to pregnancy, pregnancy outcome and the need for infertility workup in a cohort of previous copper IUD users...

..This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and puerperium and to identify risk factors for pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism...