Monica Isabel Olsen

Olsen disputerer for ph.d.-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen:

“Physical performance, physical and perceived health, and the use of healthcare services in a population of adults with intellectual disability”
The North Health in Intellectual Disability (NOHID) study

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her!

The doctoral thesis!

Auditoriet er åpent for publikum, men vil også bli strømmet.

 

Prøveforelesning starter kl 10:15 og vil ha følgende tittel: 

“Fatigue and cognitive challenges in adults with cerebral palsy: implications for habilitation”.

 

Disputas starter kl 12:00

Direktelenke disputas!

Direktelenke prøveforelesning!

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.

The auditorium is open to the public. The defense will still also be streamed!

A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

 

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

In a community-based multicentre cross-sectional survey, we investigated physical health and use of healthcare services in Norwegian adults with intellectual disabilities. In a substudy we used the same physical capability tests as used in the Tromsø study. We found that the participants in their thirties in average performed similar on physical capability tests as participants in the general population aged 80 years. Despite many physical health conditions, most experienced their health as good. Risk of poor perceived health were higher for women, those with motor disabilities, more physical health conditions and with lack of physical activity.
Norwegian guidelines recommend annual health checks. The use of health checks was low (57%), more for adults with a more severe degree of intellectual disability. Cervical cancer screening was seldom performed. Perceived dental health was poor in 39% despite frequent use of dental care services.
Results from our study show a need for increased focus on physical and dental health in adults with intellectual disability. Physical capability tests should be part of annual health checks. The quality of dental care services needs improvement.

 

Hovedveileder

Professor Audny Gabriele Wagner Anke, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Biveiledere

Førsteamanuensis Eva Stensland, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Psykologspesialist og ph.d. Marianne Halvorsen Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge

Bedømmelseskomité

Docent Elisabet Rodby Bousquet, Avdelingen för ortopedi, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper (IKVL), Lunds universitet, Sverige - 1. opponent.

Professor Bjørnar Hassel, Avdeling for nevrohabilitering, Oslo Universitetssykehus Ullevål, og UiO - 2. opponent.

Førsteamanuensis Hege Gjertsen, Institutt for vernepleie, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Førsteamanuensis Pauline Cavanagh, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

 

When: 07.06.22 at 10.15–15.15
Where: Aud Cortex
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Employees, Students, Guests, Invited
Contact: Andrea Jennerwein
E-mail: andrea.jennerwein@uit.no
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