Academic interests
Courses taught
Background
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Master's in Health Economic, Policy and Management (M.Phil.), University of Oslo
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Juris Doctor (J.D.) Common Law (incomplete), University of Ottawa
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Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology / Physiology, University of Ottawa
Positions held
Publications
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Danielsen, Anders Skyrud; Cyr, Pascale Renée; Berg, Thale Cathrine; Jønsberg, Eirik; Eriksen-Volle, Hanne-Merete & Kacelnik, Oliver
(2022).
Register-based surveillance of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.
ISSN 0029-2001.
142(8),
p. 702–705.
doi:
10.4045/tidsskr.21.0906.
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Background: This study describes results from the surveillance of COVID-19 infections in nursing homes in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material and method: All data in the study are from Beredt C19, an emergency preparedness register that collects data from a wide range of sources. We used the data set 'Health and Care' in the Norwegian Registry for Primary Health Care to define a nursing home population and linked this to other sources in the emergency preparedness register to estimate incidence rates, hospitalisations and deaths related to COVID-19 among nursing home residents in 2020. A log-binomial regression model was used to analyse the risk of death related to COVID-19.
Results: Of the 83 114 persons who were included in the study, 35 758 (43 %) were older than 80 years. We found that 570 persons (0.69 %) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in 2020. A total of 19 041 residents died during the study period, whereof 248 (1.3 %) deaths were related to COVID-19. The relative risk of dying from COVID-19 rose with age and was highest for long-term nursing home residents.
Interpretation: Nursing home residents have a high background mortality, so despite the high lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the high proportion of the COVID-19-related deaths that have occurred in nursing homes, COVID-19-related deaths accounted for a relatively minor proportion of all deaths among nursing home residents.
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Cyr, Pascale Renée; Pedersen, Kine; Iyer, Anita Lakshmi; Bundorf, Kate; Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy & Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte
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(2021).
Providing more balanced information on the harms and benefits of cervical cancer screening: A randomized survey among US and Norwegian women.
Preventive Medicine Reports.
ISSN 2211-3355.
doi:
10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101452.
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We aimed to identify how additional information about benefits and harms of cervical cancer (CC) screening impacted intention to participate in screening, what type of information on harms women preferred receiving, from whom, and whether it differed between two national healthcare settings. We conducted a survey that randomized screen-eligible women in the United States (n = 1084) and Norway (n = 1060) into four groups according to the timing of introducing additional information. We found that additional information did not significantly impact stated intentions-to-participate in screening or follow-up testing in either country; however, the proportion of Norwegian women stating uncertainty about seeking precancer treatment increased from 7.9% to 14.3% (p = 0.012). Women reported strong system-specific preferences for sources of information: Norwegians (59%) preferred it come from a national public health agency while Americans (59%) preferred it come from a specialist care provider. Regression models revealed having a prior Pap-test was the most important predictor of intentions-to-participate in both countries, while having lower income reduced the probabilities of intentions-to-follow-up and seek precancer treatment among U.S. women. These results suggest that additional information on harms is unlikely to reduce participation in CC screening but could increase decision uncertainty to seek treatment. Providing unbiased information would improve on the ethical principle of respect for autonomy and self-determination. However, the clinical impact of additional information on women's understanding of the trade-offs involved with CC screening should be investigated. Future studies should also consider country-specific socioeconomic barriers to screening if communication re-design initiatives aim to improve CC screening participation.
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Cyr, Pascale Renée; Jain, Vageesh; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Ottersen, Trygve & Gopinathan, Unni
(2021).
Evaluations of public health interventions produced by health technology assessment agencies: A mapping review and analysis by type and evidence content.
Health Policy.
ISSN 0168-8510.
125(8),
p. 1054–1064.
doi:
10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.05.009.
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Aas, Eline; Silwal, Sanju; Cyr, Pascale-Renée; Holt, Tonje; Ormhaug, Silje Mørup & Jensen, Tine Kristin
(2020).
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescent with post-traumatic stress symptom: A comparison of 16D and condition-specific instruments.
Nordic Journal of Health Economics.
ISSN 1892-9729.
8(1),
p. 46–71.
doi:
10.5617/njhe.6929.
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Iyer, Anita Lakshmi; Bundorf, M. Kate; Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte; Goldhaber-Flebert, Jeremy D.; Cyr, Pascale-Renée & Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø
(2019).
How does information on the harms and benefits of cervical cancer screening alter the intention to be screened?: a randomized survey of Norwegian women.
European Journal of Cancer Prevention.
ISSN 0959-8278.
28(2),
p. 87–95.
doi:
10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000436.
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Gopinathan, Unni; Ottersen, Trygve; Cyr, Pascale Renée & Chalkidou, Kalipso
(2021).
Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for HTA Around the Globe: Exploring the Next Frontiers of HTA and Best Practices; Comment on “Use of Evidence-informed Deliberative Processes by Health Technology Assessment Agencies Around the Globe”.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
ISSN 2322-5939.
10(4),
p. 232–236.
doi:
10.34172/ijhpm.2020.145.
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Dec. 20, 2018 1:15 PM
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