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Marit S. Jordhøy
Researcher at Innlandet Hospital Trust
Publications - 64
Citations - 4194
Marit S. Jordhøy is an academic researcher from Innlandet Hospital Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Quality of life (healthcare). The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 64 publications receiving 3712 citations. Previous affiliations of Marit S. Jordhøy include Oslo University Hospital & University of Oslo.
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment can predict complications in elderly patients after elective surgery for colorectal cancer: A prospective observational cohort study
Siri Rostoft Kristjansson,Arild Nesbakken,Marit S. Jordhøy,Marit S. Jordhøy,Eva Skovlund,Riccardo A. Audisio,Hans Olaf Johannessen,Arne Bakka,Torgeir Bruun Wyller +8 more
TL;DR: CGA can identify frail patients who have a significantly increased risk of severe complications after elective surgery for colorectal cancer.
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Challenges in palliative care research; recruitment, attrition and compliance: experience from a randomized controlled trial
TL;DR: Issues of major concern, including recruitment, patient attrition and compliance, arising from an RCT that compared comprehensive palliative care to conventional care are discussed, and recommendations are given for those planning similar research.
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A palliative-care intervention and death at home: a cluster randomised trial
Marit S. Jordhøy,Peter Fayers,Turi Saltnes,Marianne Ahlner-Elmqvist,Magnus Jannert,Stein Kaasa +5 more
TL;DR: The palliative-care intervention enabled more patients to die at home, and more resources for care in the home and an increased focus on use of nursing homes would be necessary, however, to increase time at home and reduce hospital admissions.
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Quality of Life in Palliative Cancer Care: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial
TL;DR: A general program of palliative care may be important to ensure flexibility and to meet the needs of terminally ill patients, however, to achieve improvements on a group level of the various dimensions of quality of life, specific interventions directed toward specific symptoms or problems may have to be defined, evaluated, and included in the program.
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Family satisfaction with end-of-life care for cancer patients in a cluster randomized trial.
TL;DR: The main aim of this study was to examine similarities and differences in satisfaction with care between 112 family members who were close to patients who had participated in an intervention with a comprehensive palliative care program and the 68 family members in a conventional care program (controls).