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Gerd Kvale
Researcher at University of Bergen
Publications - 117
Citations - 4714
Gerd Kvale is an academic researcher from University of Bergen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 102 publications receiving 3917 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerd Kvale include Haukeland University Hospital.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Zopiclone for Treatment of Chronic Primary Insomnia in Older Adults A Randomized Controlled Trial
Børge Sivertsen,Siri Omvik,Ståle Pallesen,Bjørn Bjorvatn,Odd E. Havik,Gerd Kvale,Geir Høstmark Nielsen,Inger Hilde Nordhus +7 more
TL;DR: Interventions based on CBT are superior to zopiclone treatment both in short- and long-term management of insomnia in older adults, and at 6 months, patients receiving CBT had better sleep efficiency using polysomnography than those taking zopicLone.
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Cognitive behavioral treatments of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published 1993-2014.
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of all RCTs of CBT for OCD using the interview-based Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, published 1993 to 2014 finds that CBT was significantly better than antidepressant medication, but the combination of CBTs and medication was not significantly better.
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Outcome of psychological treatments of pathological gambling: a review and meta‐analysis
TL;DR: Psychological interventions for pathological gamble seem to be yield very favourable short- and long-term outcomes.
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Attentional and physiological characteristics of patients with dental anxiety.
Bjørn Helge Johnsen,Julian F. Thayer,Jon Christian Laberg,Bjørn Wormnes,Magne Raadal,Erik Skaret,Gerd Kvale,Einar Berg +7 more
TL;DR: Heart rate, heart rate variability, and skin conductance level were recorded while patients were exposed to scenes of dental treatment as well as a Stroop attentional task to show the importance of vagal cardiac control in attentional, emotional, and physiological processes in patients suffering from dental fear.
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Prevalence of insomnia in the adult Norwegian population.
Ståle Pallesen,Inger Hilde Nordhus,Geir Høstmark Nielsen,Odd E. Havik,Gerd Kvale,Bjørn Helge Johnsen,Svein Skjøtskift +6 more
TL;DR: Logistic regression analysis performed on the different insomnia symptoms revealed that somatic and psychiatric health were the strongest predictors of insomnia, whereas gender, age, and socioeconomic status showed a more inconsistent relationship.