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Qualitative research: standards, challenges, and guidelinesK Malterud
Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Ulriksdal 8c, N 5009, Bergen, Norway
Lancet 358:483-8. 2001....
Systematic text condensation: a strategy for qualitative analysisKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
Scand J Public Health 40:795-805. 2012..To present background, principles, and procedures for a strategy for qualitative analysis called systematic text condensation and discuss this approach compared with related strategies...
Can sustained arousal explain the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?Vegard B Wyller
Division of Paediatrics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Behav Brain Funct 5:10. 2009..Finally, we propose a causal link between sustained arousal and the experience of fatigue. The model of sustained arousal embraces all main findings concerning CFS disease mechanisms within one theoretical framework...
[Qualitative methods in medical research--preconditions, potentials and limitations]Kirsti Malterud
Seksjon for allmennmedisin Universitetet i Bergen Ulriksdal 8 C 5009 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:2468-72. 2002..These are, however, challenges that must be overcome in all scientific pursuits, irrespective of the type of data used...
[Preventing failures and malfunction in general practice]Kirsti Malterud
Fjellsiden legesenter, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2239-41. 2007..According to governmental regulations, general practitioners are responsible for identifying domains within their office procedures where failures may happen, or where rules are broken...
[Quality assurance and review in general practice]Kirsti Malterud
Fjellsiden legesenter, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2236-8. 2007..We have experienced that our dedication to relevance, reality, and flexible format has contributed to giving quality assurance a natural place in a busy general practice office...
[Whirlpool and pseudomonas infection--a local outbreak]Kirsti Malterud
Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Universitetet i Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:1779-81. 2007..The most common of these, Pseudomonas folliculitis, is a self-limiting disease in otherwise healthy people, and does not require antibiotic treatment...
Symptoms as a source of medical knowledge: understanding medically unexplained disorders in womenK Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Fam Med 32:603-11. 2000..Also examined is the impact of commonly occurring teaching traps related to gender, psychosocial labeling, universalistic understanding, omnipotence, and power...
Avoiding humiliations in the clinical encounterKirsti Malterud
Research Unit and Department of General Practice, Centre of Health and Society, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 25:69-74. 2007..The Awareness Model is presented as a strategy for clinical practice and education, emphasizing the role of the doctor's own emotions. Potentials and pitfalls are discussed...
Humiliation instead of care?Kirsti Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, N 5018 Bergen, Norway
Lancet 366:785-6. 2005
The doctor who cried: a qualitative study about the doctor's vulnerabilityKirsti Malterud
Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, Denmark
Ann Fam Med 3:348-52. 2005..We wanted to explore those clinical events when doctors had exposed their vulnerability toward patients in a potentially beneficial way...
[Qualitative methods in medical research--conditions, possibilities and challenges]Kirsti Malterud
, Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis og Afdeling for Almen Medicin, og, Universitetet i Bergen
Ugeskr Laeger 167:2377-80. 2005
Women's wisdom--a source of knowledge for medicineKirsti Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Lancet 368:1139-40. 2006
When the helper humiliates the patient: a qualitative study about unintended intimidationsKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
Scand J Public Health 36:92-8. 2008..To explore experiences of intimidating patients/clients from the perspective of the professional...
Epidemiological research on marginalized groups implies major validity challenges; lesbian health as an exampleKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
J Clin Epidemiol 62:703-10. 2009..Several methodological problems consequently appear...
When doctors experience their vulnerability as beneficial for the patients: a focus-group study from general practiceKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 27:85-90. 2009..To describe events where doctors have experienced that their own sense of vulnerability might have been beneficial for the patient...
[Chronic muscular pain is not unexplainable]Kirsti Malterud
Allmennmedisinsk forskningsenhet Bergen, Unifob helse, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen, Norway
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 130:2356-9. 2010..Such perspectives can be used as a point of departure for understanding and change of conditions shaping vulnerability and resistance...
Obesity in general practice: a focus group study on patient experiencesKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice in Bergen, Uni Health, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 28:205-10. 2010..To explore obese patients' experiences with GPs' management of their weight problems...
"Norwegians fear fatness more than anything else"--a qualitative study of normative newspaper messages on obesity and healthKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health, Kalfarveien 31, N 5018 Bergen, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 81:47-52. 2010..To explore normative aspects of the Norwegian discourse on obesity...
Gendered health resources and coping--a study from general practiceK Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Scand J Public Health 29:183-8. 2001..The aim of this study was to explore gender and coping in primary health care patients, by comparing self-assessed health resources in men and women...
[Subjective symptoms without objective findings--a challenge for theory and practice of general medicine]K Malterud
Københavns Universitet, Panum Institutet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Afdeling for almen medicin og Central forskningsenhed for almen praksis, Universitetet i Bergen, Seksjon for allmennmedisin, Norge
Ugeskr Laeger 163:6729-34. 2001..Applying the theoretical framework of "recognition" and "empowerment", I propose some strategies intended to help the practitioner to encounter these challenges in everyday clinical practice...
[A shared room of reflection where the patient's symptoms are valid sources of knowledge]K Malterud
Seksjon for allmennmedism Universitetet i Bergen Ulriksdal 8 C 5009 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 121:3605-9. 2001..In our project "Symptoms as a source of knowledge" we studied women's medically unexplained disorders from the viewpoint that the patient's knowledge represents significant potential for creative understanding...
Vulnerability as a strength: why, when, and how?Kirsti Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, N 5018 Bergen, Norway
Scand J Public Health Suppl 66:3-6. 2005
Reflexivity and metapositions: strategies for appraisal of clinical evidenceKirsti Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
J Eval Clin Pract 8:121-6. 2002..Evidence-based practice in the original sense requires that doctors reflect upon their own positions as knowers, in the process of situated knowing, where certain rhetorical spaces rule...
Preventing obesity: challenges and pitfalls for health promotionKirsti Malterud
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 76:254-9. 2009..To explore challenges to health promotion strategies against obesity, with special attention to the Scandinavian context...
Positive self-assessed general health in patients with medical problems. A qualitative study from general practiceKirsti Malterud
Central Research Unit and Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 22:11-5. 2004..By underestimating the patient's strong sides, the doctor may be contributing to disempowerment and bypassing knowledge needed for adequate medical diagnosis and management...
Experiences of guilt and shame in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a qualitative interview studyJan C Frich
Research Unit for General Practice, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, P O Box 1130, Blindern, University of Oslo, N 0318 Oslo, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 69:108-13. 2007..To explore patients' experiences of guilt and shame with regard to how they manage familial hypercholesterolemia...
The purpose of the general practice consultation from the patient's perspective--theoretical aspectsH Thorsen
Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, and Central Research Unit of General Practice, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fam Pract 18:638-43. 2001..General characteristics of the doctor, such as being considerate or professionally skillful, are not included...
"If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician": a qualitative study about existential experiences among physiciansM Aase
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, PO Box 7804, N 5020 Bergen, Norway
J Med Ethics 34:767-71. 2008..Physicians are exposed to matters of existential character at work, but little is known about the personal impact of such issues...
Diagnostic work in general practice: more than naming a diseaseMerete Undeland
University of Bergen, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Bergen, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 20:145-50. 2002..To explore the medically unexplained disorders by examining endpoints of irresolute diagnostic strategies...
Obstructions for quality care experienced by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)--a case studyAnn Marit Gilje
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 73:36-41. 2008..To explore obstructions for quality care from experiences by patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...
Lesbian women's experiences with health care: a qualitative studyMari Bjorkman
Research Unit for General Practice, Unifob Health Bergen, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 27:238-43. 2009..Although the social situation for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people has improved over the last decades, lesbian women still face unique challenges when seeking healthcare services...
"So you think I'll survive?": a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or interventionM A Schaufel
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, PO Box 7804, N 5020 Bergen, Norway
Heart 95:1245-9. 2009..To explore doctor-patient interactions and decision-making processes before high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention with special attention to existential challenges. Design,..
Mutual understanding: a communication model for general practiceArne Hantho
Research Unit and Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 20:244-51. 2002..To present our pursuits towards development of a simple model for clinical communication intended for application by the practitioner as a tool for enhancing mutual understanding...
Toward an agenda for evaluation of qualitative researchBrynjulf Stige
University of Bergen, Norway
Qual Health Res 19:1504-16. 2009..The seven items of the composite agenda EPICURE are presented and exemplified. Features and implications of the agenda approach to research evaluation are then discussed...
Generalized symptoms in adult women with acute uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: an observational studyAnders Baerheim
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
MedGenMed 5:1. 2003..In conclusion, generalized symptoms of feeling out of sorts are frequent in adult women with acute uncomplicated lower UTI, and equally frequent in all ages whether the patient shows bacteriuria or not...
[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in municipal health services--a simple program for training and maintenance]Janecke Thesen
Seksjon for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen, 5018 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:322-3. 2004..Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with defibrillation may be a life-saving procedure. We present a course for CPR training and skills preservation developed by local paramedics and GPs and aimed at primary care professionals...
The art and science of clinical knowledge: evidence beyond measures and numbersK Malterud
Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Ulriksdal 8c, N 5009, Bergen, Norway
Lancet 358:397-400. 2001..Qualitative inquiry could contribute to a broader understanding of medical science...
Unravelling empowering internal voices-a case study on the interactive use of illness diariesP Stensland
Division for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Fam Pract 18:425-9. 2001..CONCLUSION: The reflective practitioner may contribute to transform a consultation from repetitive patterns to a dialogue based on the patient's own coping resources...
The social construction of clinical knowledge - the context of culture and discourse. Commentary on Tonelli (2006), Integrating evidence into clinical practice: an alternative to evidence-based approaches. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 12, 24Kirsti Malterud
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
J Eval Clin Pract 12:292-5. 2006
Coping with headacheRune Slettbakk
Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 24:22-6. 2006..To describe self-initiated actions and cognitive strategies used for coping by women who suffer from episodic tension-type headache...
[Dialogues on risks and health resources in general practice]Hanne Hollnagel
Central Forskningsenhed for Almen Praksis, Afdeling for Almen Medicin, Københavns Universitet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab
Ugeskr Laeger 164:5225-9. 2002..By introducing a salutogenetic perspective, we hope to shift attention towards the patient's resources and strengths. Communication can mediate oppression as well as empowerment...
Gender in medicine -- does it matter?Bibi Hølge-Hazelton
University of Aarhus, Department of Pedagogy, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 37:139-45. 2009..A broad range of socio-cultural issues have been recognized as determinants for health and disease. A notion of gender neutrality is still alive in the medical culture, suggesting that gender issues are not relevant within this field...
Management of dementia in primary health care: the experiences of collaboration between the GP and the district nurseF B Waldorff
Central Research Unit and Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Fam Pract 18:549-52. 2001..We are at present planning a study to address these aspects...
Making the invisible body visible. Bone scans, osteoporosis and women's bodily experiencesSusanne Dalsgaard Reventlow
Research Unit and Department of General Practice Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Center for Health and Community, 5, Øster Farimagsgade, P O Box 2099, 1014 K Copenhagen, Denmark
Soc Sci Med 62:2720-31. 2006..The findings raise some fundamental questions concerning the use of medical technology for the prevention of asymptomatic disorders...
Women's needs and wants when seeing the GP in relation to menopausal issuesLotte Hvas
Central Research Unit and Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 22:118-21. 2004..To explore women's needs and wants when seeing the GP in relation to menopausal issues...
[Has the obesity epidemic reached Norway?]Elisabeth Ulset
Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Universitetet i Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:34-7. 2007..The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide during the last decades. The goal of this article is to explore whether the obesity epidemic has reached Norway...
Why did I get chronic fatigue syndrome? A qualitative interview study of causal attributions in women patientsAtle Soderlund
Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 23:242-7. 2005..To explore causal attributions among women with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...
Awareness of risk of osteoporosis may cause uncertainty and worry in menopausal womenLotte Hvas
Central Research Unit and Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 33:203-7. 2005..A study was undertaken to explore how menopausal women are affected by awareness of potential risk of osteoporosis...
Screening and brief intervention for excessive alcohol use: qualitative interview study of the experiences of general practitionersAnders Beich
Central Research Unit and Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, DK 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
BMJ 325:870. 2002..To explore the suitability of a screening based intervention for excessive alcohol use by describing the experiences of general practitioners who tried such an intervention in their everyday practice...
Stories about bodies: a narrative study on self-understanding and chronic painSissel Steihaug
SINTEF Helse, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 26:188-92. 2008..To explore experiences from a process of change for women with chronic pain...
[Salutogenesis and empowerment in the perspective of general practice]Liv Tveit Walseth
Songdalen legesenter, 4645 Nodeland
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:65-6. 2004
Recognition and reciprocity in encounters with women with chronic muscular painSissel Steihaug
Scand J Prim Health Care 20:151-6. 2002..In this article, based on Anne-Lise Løvlie Schibbye's psychological theories, we explore and analyse how recognising interaction can be enacted in practice...
Identity and coping experiences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a synthesis of qualitative studiesLillebeth Larun
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Norway
Patient Educ Couns 69:20-8. 2007..To provide insight into patients' and doctors' experiences with CFS...
You can't prevent everything anyway: a qualitative study of beliefs and attitudes about refusing health screening in general practiceKaren Dorthe Bach Nielsen
The Ebeltoft Health Promotion Project, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Fam Pract 21:28-32. 2004..The aim of this study was to explore beliefs and attitudes about refusing health screening in general practice...
[Key questions in consultation--a clinical communication method]Kirsti Malterud
Kobenhavns Universitet, Pannum Instituttet, Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis
Ugeskr Laeger 166:2034-5. 2004
It is hard work behaving as a credible patient: encounters between women with chronic pain and their doctorsAnne Werner
Centre for Women s Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo, P O Box 1040 Blindern, N 0315 Oslo, Norway
Soc Sci Med 57:1409-19. 2003..The material was interpreted within a feminist frame of reference, emphasising the relationship between dignity and shame, power and disempowerment for women patients' with medically unexplained disorders...
Part process analysis: a qualitative method for studying provider-patient interactionSissel Steihaug
Health Department, Stovner Urban District Oslo, Ekornvien 4, N 07777, Norway
Scand J Public Health 31:107-12. 2003..The principles and procedures of a qualitative research method with the capacity to explore details and foundations of interaction between patients and doctors is presented...
"The pain isn't as disabling as it used to be": how can the patient experience empowerment instead of vulnerability in the consultation?Anne Werner
Centre for Women s Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway
Scand J Public Health Suppl 66:41-6. 2005..This study explores how doctors can help patients transform vulnerability into strength, instead of increasing a feeling of disempowerment...
Long-term impact of elevated cardiovascular risk detected by screening. A qualitative interview studyKaren Dorthe Bach Nielsen
The Ebeltoft Health Promotion Project, Noerreport 4, DK 8400 Ebeltoft, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 23:233-8. 2005..To explore how persons with an elevated cardiovascular risk score (CRS) balanced health-related advice against the life they wanted to live or were able to live...
Women at risk of coronary heart disease experience barriers to diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative interview studyJan C Frich
Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 24:38-43. 2006..To explore barriers in the health service to diagnosis and treatment experienced by women at increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD)...
The fibromyalgia diagnosis: hardly helpful for the patients? A qualitative focus group studyMerete Undeland
Department of Neurology, Buskerud Hospital Trust, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 25:250-5. 2007..To explore experiences and consequences of the process of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia...
Patients' written life stories: a gateway for understandingBenny Ehrenreich
The General Practitioners, Borups Allé 1, 1st Floor, Copenhagen N, DK 2200, Denmark
Scand J Prim Health Care 25:33-7. 2007..To explore how statements drawn from patients' written life stories can help general practitioners understand their patients' maladaptive thought patterns and their negative schemata...
Being lesbian--does the doctor need to know?Mari Bjorkman
Rodelokka Health Center, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 25:58-62. 2007..She may fear a negative reaction in the doctor, based on knowledge of marginalization and prejudice of homosexuals throughout history...
Encountering the continuing challenges for women with chronic pain: recovery through recognitionAnne Werner
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway
Qual Health Res 13:491-509. 2003..Because of the normative and gendered way the term "coping(ability)" has been used, the authors introduce recovery competence as a more fruitful concept...
How do patients at risk portray candidates for coronary heart disease? A qualitative interview studyJan C Frich
Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Blindern, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 25:112-6. 2007..To explore how patients at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) portray candidates for CHD...
"I am allowed to be myself": women with chronic muscular pain being recognizedSissel Steihaug
Health Department, Urban District Stovner/Oslo, Norway
Scand J Public Health 30:281-7. 2002..An explicit presentation of the human and moral value behind the treatment programme represents a challenge...
'I am not the kind of woman who complains of everything': illness stories on self and shame in women with chronic painAnne Werner
Centre for Women s Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo, P O Box 1040 Blindern, N 0315 Oslo, Norway
Soc Sci Med 59:1035-45. 2004..Behind their stories, we hear whispered accounts relating to the medical narrative about hysteria; rejections of the stereotype medical discourse of the crazy, lazy, illness-fixed or weak woman...
[Family practice--a clinical discipline between theory and practice]Kirsti Malterud
Ugeskr Laeger 164:5357. 2002
"I recognise myself in that situation..." Using photographs to encourage reflection in general practitionersTorgeir Gilje Lid
Eiganes Legekontor, St Olavsgt 9B, N-4005 Stavanger, Norway
BMJ 329:1488-90. 2004
[Is Norwegian public health policy going to be more individual-oriented?]Dag Stenvoll
Stein Rokkan senter for flerfaglige, samfunnsstudier, Universitetet i Bergen, 5015 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:603-5. 2005..According to a recent Danish study, public health policies in Sweden and Denmark have become more oriented towards the individual over the last few years. We wanted to explore the development in Norway over the last decade...
Perceived vulnerability to heart disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a qualitative interview studyJan C Frich
Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ann Fam Med 4:198-204. 2006..This interview study aimed to explore how patients with a diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia understand and perceive their vulnerability to coronary heart disease...
[How did health personnel perceive supervision of obstetric institutions?]Helga Arianson
Helsetilsynet i Hordaland, Postboks 7310, 5020 Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:1179-81. 2008..We therefore wanted to study the experience of being audited among health care providers and leaders of institutions and subsequent adjustments after the audit...
[Strategies for the diagnosis of dementia. Experiences of collaboration between general practitioners and district nurses]Frans Boch Waldorff
Central Forskningsenhed for Almen Praksis, Panum Instituttet, ,
Ugeskr Laeger 164:3767-70. 2002..Possible approaches to improved care should focus on an inter-professional understanding of the importance of early, shared, decision-making, emphasising early identification and care of diagnosed demented patients...
[Somatization--a bad diagnosis]Kirsti Malterud
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:1092. 2002
