Tone Morken

07.08.2019: In Norway, musculoskeletal disorders are the single largest cause of sickness absence or exclusion from the labour market (1, 2). For some, these afflictions cause long-term sickness absence and disability (2, 3). Longer absences reduce the likelihood of returning to work (4). Self-efficacy is a key...

28.11.2017: LEMCs are a part of the national emergency notification service designed to receive telephone calls and handle requests to the out-of-hours emergency primary health care service (OOH service, legevakt) for emergency assistance (1). Collaboration between the LEMC and the OOH doctor is crucial, and in...

25.11.2014: Out-of-hours (OOH) emergency health services in Norway are changing. A growing number of municipalities find it difficult to maintain local out-of-hours services and therefore seek to establish inter-municipal collaboration. The on-call burden on GPs will be lessened, which may render positions in...

25.11.2014: A number of studies have shown that increasing travel distances lead to less use of various health services. Geography may play as large a role as demographic and socioeconomic factors. Examples include the rate of participation in mammography programmes (1), follow-up of patients with dementia (2)...

25.09.2008: Individuals who have experienced catastrophes, accidents or unexpected deaths have an increased incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (1) –  (4). According to randomised controlled studies, cognitive-behaviour therapy seems to be the most effective measure to prevent post-traumatic stress...