Borghild Løyland
Biographic Data
| ID | 6785205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Borghild Løyland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Borghild |
| FAMILY NAME | Løyland |
| SIGNATURE | LØYLAND B |
| AFFILIATIONS | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8044-7990 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Healthcare workers’ knowledge, beliefs, and thoughts on improving hand hygiene practices in nursing homes
Background: Hand hygiene adherence in nursing homes is too low to prevent transmission of healthcare-associated infections, and it is difficult to achieve long-lasting increased hand hygiene adherence. There is a need for more information about healthcare workers' knowledge, beliefs, and routines in hand hygiene practices to better understand how to improve them. Methods: Five second-year students in a bachelor's degree in nursing conducted nine …
Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of suffering and mortality for residents of nursing homes. Surveillance of infections is essential for infection prevention and is missing in many countries. The aim of this study is to explore infection rates and antibiotic use in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data…
Unpacking the Public Health Triad of Social Inequality in Health, Health Literacy, and Quality of Life—A Scoping Review of Research Characteristics
Social inequalities in health, health literacy, and quality of life serve as distinct public health indicators, but it remains unclear how and to what extent they are applied and combined in the literature. Thus, the characteristics of the research have yet to be established, and we aim to identify and describe the characteristics of research that intersects social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life. We conducted a scoping…
What is Known About Students and Sleep
Higher education students are considered to belong to a population susceptible to poor sleep health; however, there is a lack of broader evidence reviews. This systematic review aims to map out and categorize the existing literature related to higher education students and sleep. The present evidence map is based on a comprehensive systematic literature search of ten electronic databases, which resulted in 15,286 unique citations. After title/abs…
A review of self-rated generic quality of life instruments used among older patients receiving home care nursing
In the last two decades, quality of life and health-related quality of life have become commonly used outcome measures in the large number of studies evaluating healthcare and home care nursing. The objective of this systematic search and review was to evaluate studies that include self-rated generic quality of life instrument used among elderly patients receiving home care nursing. Searches were conducted in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Cinahl …
Are people with mental disorders excluded from work and from active labour market programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
The relationship between chronic pain and health-related quality of life in long-term social assistance recipients in Norway
LTRs with chronic pain rated both the physical and mental components of HRQOL lower than LTRs without chronic pain. The MCS score in both groups was negatively effected
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The relationship between chronic pain and health-related quality of life in long-term social assistance recipients in Norway
LTRs with chronic pain rated both the physical and mental components of HRQOL lower than LTRs without chronic pain. The MCS score in both groups was negatively effected
A review of self-rated generic quality of life instruments used among older patients receiving home care nursing
In the last two decades, quality of life and health-related quality of life have become commonly used outcome measures in the large number of studies evaluating healthcare and home care nursing. The objective of this systematic search and review was to evaluate studies that include self-rated generic quality of life instrument used among elderly patients receiving home care nursing. Searches were conducted in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Cinahl …
Are people with mental disorders excluded from work and from active labour market programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
What is Known About Students and Sleep
Higher education students are considered to belong to a population susceptible to poor sleep health; however, there is a lack of broader evidence reviews. This systematic review aims to map out and categorize the existing literature related to higher education students and sleep. The present evidence map is based on a comprehensive systematic literature search of ten electronic databases, which resulted in 15,286 unique citations. After title/abs…
Unpacking the Public Health Triad of Social Inequality in Health, Health Literacy, and Quality of Life—A Scoping Review of Research Characteristics
Social inequalities in health, health literacy, and quality of life serve as distinct public health indicators, but it remains unclear how and to what extent they are applied and combined in the literature. Thus, the characteristics of the research have yet to be established, and we aim to identify and describe the characteristics of research that intersects social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life. We conducted a scoping…
Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of suffering and mortality for residents of nursing homes. Surveillance of infections is essential for infection prevention and is missing in many countries. The aim of this study is to explore infection rates and antibiotic use in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data…
Healthcare workers’ knowledge, beliefs, and thoughts on improving hand hygiene practices in nursing homes
Background: Hand hygiene adherence in nursing homes is too low to prevent transmission of healthcare-associated infections, and it is difficult to achieve long-lasting increased hand hygiene adherence. There is a need for more information about healthcare workers' knowledge, beliefs, and routines in hand hygiene practices to better understand how to improve them. Methods: Five second-year students in a bachelor's degree in nursing conducted nine …
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · MEDLINE (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Nursing homes (2 works) · Political science (2 works)