Silje Rebekka Heltveit-Olsen

• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Gopinathan, Unni; Blix, Hege Salvesen; Elstrøm, Petter & Høye, Sigurd (2024). Effect of methenamine hippurate shortage on antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in Norway-an interrupted time series analysis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. ISSN 0305-7453. 79(5), p. 1109–1117. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae078. Full text in Research Archive
• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lunde, Lene; Brænd, Anja Maria; Spehar, Ivan; Høye, Sigurd & Sundvall, Pär-Daniel [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2024). Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. ISSN 0281-3432. 42(1), p. 214–224. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2023.2301562. Full text in Research Archive
• Fossum, Guro Haugen; Brænd, Anja Maria; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Rørtveit, Guri; Høye, Sigurd & Straand, Jørund (2023). Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. ISSN 0281-3432. 41(4), p. 427–434. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2023.2266477. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Objective Dependent on clinical setting, geography and timing during the pandemic, variable symptoms of COVID-19 have been reported. Our aim was to describe self-reported symptom intensity and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients. Design Web-based survey. Setting Norway between March 2020 and July 2021. Subjects Adults in home isolation. Main outcome measures Participants reported possible COVID-19 symptoms, duration of symptoms, score of symptom severity (Likert scale 0–3), risk factors, comorbidity, and questions regarding follow-up and information from primary health care. Results Of 477 participants, 379 (79%) had PCR-confirmed COVID-19, 324 (68%) were females, and 90% were younger than 60 years. Most common symptoms were “fatigue and/or muscle ache” (80%), nasal symptoms (79%), and headache (73%). The mean severity of symptoms was generally low. Symptoms with the highest mean scores were “fatigue and/or muscle ache” (1.51, SD 1.02) and headache (1.27 (SD 1.00). Mean scores for severity ranged from 0.28 (nausea) to 1.51 (fatigue and/or muscle ache). Women reported higher symptom scores than men. For “affected sense of smell and/or taste”, patients either reported a high symptom score (24%) or no affliction at all (49%). A third of the participants (32%) were followed-up by primary care health personnel, and almost 40% had sought or received information about COVID-19 from general practitioners. Conclusion The mean severity of symptoms among nonhospitalized adult COVID-19 patients was generally low. We found large variations in the occurrence and severity of symptoms between patients.

• Hartman, Esther; Van De Pol, Alma C.; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lindbæk, Morten; Høye, Sigurd & Lithén, Sara Sofia [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2023). Effect of a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for suspected urinary tract infections in frail older adults (ImpresU): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial in four European countries. The BMJ. ISSN 1756-1833. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072319. Full text in Research Archive
• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lunde, Lene; Brænd, Anja Maria Lyche; Spehar, Ivan; Høye, Sigurd & Skoglund, Ingmarie [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2022). Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. ISSN 0281-3432. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2142796. Full text in Research Archive
• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Sundvall, Pär-Daniel; Gunnarsson, Ronny; Arnljots, Egill Snaebjörnsson; Kowalzcyk, Anna & Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2022). Methenamine hippurate to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections in older women: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (ImpresU). BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055. 12:e065217(11), p. 1–11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065217. Full text in Research Archive
• Hartman, Esther; Groen, Wim; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lindbæk, Morten; Høye, Sigurd & Skoglund, Ingmarie [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2022). Decisions on antibiotic prescribing for suspected urinary tract infections in frail older adults: A qualitative study in four European countries. Age and Ageing. ISSN 0002-0729. 51(6). doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac134. Full text in Research Archive
• Hartman, Esther; Groen, Wim; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lindbæk, Morten; Høye, Sigurd & Sundvall, Pär-Daniel [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2021). Multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention using a participatory-action-research approach to improve antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in frail elderly (ImpresU): study protocol for a European qualitative study followed by a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055. 11(10), p. 1–8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052552. Full text in Research Archive

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• Fossum, Guro Haugen; Brænd, Anja Maria Lyche; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Høye, Sigurd; Rørtveit, Guri & Straand, Jørund (2022). CovidNor - The Patient Study.
• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka; Lunde, Lene; Brænd, Anja Maria; Spehar, Ivan; Høye, Sigurd & Skoglund, Ingmarie [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2022). Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal interview study. .
• Fossum, Guro Haugen; Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka & Høye, Sigurd (2020). Experiences of patients and primary health care professionals during the COVID-19 epidemic in Norway .
• Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka & Hartman, Esther (2019). Improving rational prescribing for urinary tract infections in frail elderly (ImpresU).

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