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| F GallefossSummaryAffiliation: Section of Pulmonary Medicine Country: Norway Publications
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The effects of patient education in COPD in a 1-year follow-up randomised, controlled trialFrode Gallefoss
Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Department, Vest Agder Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 52:259-66. 2004..5 and associated with a concomitant saving of NOK 41,900. Patient education of patients with COPD improved patient outcomes and reduced costs in a 12-month follow-up...
Impact of patient education and self-management on morbidity in asthmatics and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseF Gallefoss
Medical Department, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Respir Med 94:279-87. 2000..Increasing number of GP visits was correlated with decreased health-related quality of life as measured by the SGRQ for both the asthmatics and the COPD patients...
Does smoking affect the outcome of patient education and self-management in asthmatics?Frode Gallefoss
Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Department, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 49:91-7. 2003....
[Smoking cessation intervention and barriers against it among general practitioners in Vest-Agder county]Frode Gallefoss
Lungeseksjonen, Medisinsk avdeling, Vest Agder Sykehus 4604 Kristiansand
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:2608-11. 2002..The aim of this study was to evaluate enquiry about smoking and to identify the barriers to engaging in tobacco prevention among general practitioners (n = 147) in Vest-Agder county, Norway in 2001...
[The effect of patient education in asthma, a randomized controlled trial]Frode Gallefoss
Lungeseksjonen Medisinsk avdeling Vest Agder sykehus 4604 Kristiansand
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:2702-6. 2002..Our aim was to evaluate costs and consequences of patient education in asthmatics in a twelve-month follow-up...
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of self-management in patients with COPD--a 1-year follow-up randomized, controlled trialFrode Gallefoss
Medical Department, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Respir Med 96:424-31. 2002..A reduced need of 100 DDD of rescue medication was associated with a concomitant saving of NOK5600. We conclude that patient education of patients with COPD in a 12-month follow-up improved patient outcomes and reduced costs...
Patient satisfaction with healthcare in asthmatics and patients with COPD before and after patient educationF Gallefoss
Medical Department, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Respir Med 94:1057-64. 2000..At baseline, overall satisfaction with the outpatient clinic was so beneficial that we had little chance of detecting any improvement...
Cost-effectiveness of self-management in asthmatics: a 1-yr follow-up randomized, controlled trialF Gallefoss
Medical Dept, Vest-Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Eur Respir J 17:206-13. 2001..The results were robust to realistic changes in the assumptions upon which they were based. It could be concluded from this study that patient education in asthmatics in a 12-month follow-up improved patient outcomes and reduced costs...
TB status among Kosovar refugeesO G Rysstad
Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Department, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:458-63. 2003....
Does smoking cessation improve quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease?Petter Quist-Paulsen
Department of Internal Medicine, Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J 40:11-6. 2006..To evaluate whether smoking cessation after a coronary event improves quality of life, and to assess whether quality of life is a predictor of smoking cessation...
Delays in the diagnostic pathways for primary pulmonary carcinoma in Southern NorwayHeidi B Rolke
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Respir Med 101:1251-7. 2007..This study intends to evaluate the delays in the diagnostic pathways for primary lung cancer in Southern Norway, and to compare results with recommendations from the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Swedish Lung Cancer Group (SLCG)...
Randomised controlled trial of smoking cessation intervention after admission for coronary heart diseasePetter Quist-Paulsen
Medical Department, Soerlandet Sykehus Kristiansand, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
BMJ 327:1254-7. 2003..To determine whether a nurse led smoking cessation intervention affects smoking cessation rates in patients admitted for coronary heart disease...
[Tobacco kills]Frode Gallefoss
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:154. 2002
Predictors of smoking cessation in patients admitted for acute coronary heart diseasePetter Quist-Paulsen
Department of Internal Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Norway
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 12:472-7. 2005..In order to increase the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs, it is important to have knowledge of the predictors of smoking cessation. Further, it is unknown whether smoking cessation programs have impact on these predictors...
Cost effectiveness of a smoking cessation program in patients admitted for coronary heart diseasePetter Quist-Paulsen
Department of Internal Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:274-80. 2006..Our objectives were to estimate the cost effectiveness of a smoking cessation program, and to compare it with other treatment modalities in cardiovascular medicine...
