Hilde Risvoll

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her 

The doctoral thesis 

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15, samme sted

«Hensiktsmessig bruk av legemidler for personer med demens»

Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trial lecture will also be streamed: 

Disputasen vil bli strømmet her
Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.

The defense will be streamed here
A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

The use of dietary supplement (DS) (herbs included) is common among patients with dementia and may represent a risk, as DS may have negative interaction with their prescription drugs or cause adverse effects in other ways. However, none of the groups of primary health care professionals perceived themselves as being responsible for safeguarding patients' DS use.

Almost half of the patients with dementia used DS and 11% of these used combinations of DS and prescription drugs that could potentially cause side-effects due to interaction. Only one-third of the patients received help with taking their DS correctly, leaving the rest in risk of misdosing.

Half of the general practitioners (GPs) and the employees in home care service (HCS), but few pharmacy employees, expressed that they have had concerns about patients’ DS use. One-third of the employees in HCS and two-thirds of the GPs had intervened when they discovered potentially dangerous DS use. None of the health care professionals attributed the responsibility for the safety of these patients’ DS use to their own profession, and there was no common agreement on how to increase safe DS use in this vulnerable patient group.

Hovedveileder:

Professor Frauke Musial, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Biveiledere:

Professor Marit Waaseth, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Førsteamanuensis Kjell H. Halvorsen, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

 Ph.d. Trude Giverhaug, legemiddelfaglig rådgiver i Fag – og kvalitetssenteret UNN

Bedømmelseskomité

Seniorforsker 1 Sverre Bergh, Nasjonalt Senter for Aldring og Helse, Sykehuset Innlandet HF- 1. Opponent

Professor Susanne Kaae, Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen - 2. Opponent

Professor Guri Skeie, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Disputasleder: Professor Miek Jong, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

De som ønsker å opponere ex. auditorio, kan sende en e-post til leder av disputas innen kl. 13:00 disputasdagen: Miek Jong: miek.jong@uit.no

If you want to oppose ex. auditorio, send an e-mail to the leader of the defence before 13:00 on the day of the defence:  Miek Jong: miek.jong@uit.no