Toril Dammen
- Adjunct Professor
- +47 901 63 433
Publications 2024
Treatment patterns and adherence to lipid-lowering drugs during eight-year follow-up after a coronary heart disease event
Atherosclerosis, 393, 117550
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117550, PubMed 38657552
Videoconference-delivered metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression in post-COVID-19 syndrome: A baseline-controlled single-arm pilot trial
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 88, 77-78
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.02.003, PubMed 38365510
"It takes time to see the whole picture": patients' views on improvement in cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy after three years
Front Psychiatry, 15, 1342950
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1342950, PubMed 38559399
A multi-component intervention increased access to smoking cessation treatment after hospitalization for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a randomized trial
Eur Heart J Open, 4 (2), oeae028
DOI 10.1093/ehjopen/oeae028, PubMed 38666249
Verbal memory is linked to average oxygen saturation during sleep, not the apnea-hypopnea index nor novel hypoxic load variables
Sleep Med, 123, 29-36
DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.08.028, PubMed 39232262
Prevalence of insomnia and feasibility of a nurse-administered digital cognitive behavioural therapy two years after corona virus disease hospitalisation
Sleep Med, 125, 108-113
DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.11.028, PubMed 39577316
Publications 2023
Psychiatric disorders, rumination, and metacognitions in patients with type D personality and coronary heart disease
Nord J Psychiatry, 77 (6), 540-546
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2023.2182358, PubMed 37079379
Metacognitions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a psychometric study of the metacognitions questionnaire-30
Front Psychol, 14, 1265102
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1265102, PubMed 37928565
Attention training technique delivered in groups as treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with coronary heart disease: study protocol for a waiting-list randomized controlled trial
Front Psychol, 14, 1226539
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1226539, PubMed 37790218
Predictors of health-related quality of life in outpatients with coronary heart disease
Front Psychol, 14, 1119093
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1119093, PubMed 37359852
Barriers and facilitators for smoking cessation in chronic smokers with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease enrolled in a randomized intervention trial: A qualitative study
Front Psychol, 14, 1060701
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1060701, PubMed 37034951
Editorial: Progress in understanding and treating distress, sleep, and personality in heart and lung disease
Front Psychol, 14, 1323677
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1323677, PubMed 38023028
Frailty, health literacy and self-care in patients admitted with acute heart failure
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (17)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0297, PubMed 37987080
Experience with the use of a digital sleep diary in symptom management by individuals with insomnia -a pilot mixed method study
Sleep Med X, 6, 100093
DOI 10.1016/j.sleepx.2023.100093, PubMed 38162592
Risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease patients with Type D personality
Front Psychol, 14, 1119146
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1119146, PubMed 37057178
Publications 2022
The Attention Training Technique Reduces Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A Pilot Feasibility Study
Front Psychol, 13, 948081
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.948081, PubMed 35967654
Insomnia as a predictor of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease
Sleep Adv, 3 (1), zpac007
DOI 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac007, PubMed 37193392
Worry and rumination predict insomnia in patients with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study with long-term follow-up
J Clin Sleep Med, 18 (3), 779-787
DOI 10.5664/jcsm.9712, PubMed 34633284
How therapists in cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic therapy reflect upon the use of metaphors in therapy: a qualitative study
BMC Psychiatry, 22 (1), 433
DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-04083-y, PubMed 35761306
The longitudinal course of anxiety, depression and apathy through two years after stroke
J Psychosom Res, 162, 111016
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111016, PubMed 36063628
Novel oxygen desaturation parameters are associated with cardiac troponin I: Data from the Akershus Sleep Apnea Project
J Sleep Res, 31 (5), e13581
DOI 10.1111/jsr.13581, PubMed 35289009
The course and determinants of post-traumatic stress over 12 months after hospitalization for COVID-19
Front Psychiatry, 13, 931349
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.931349, PubMed 35911221
Tailored clinical management after blinded statin challenge improved the lipid control in coronary patients with self-perceived muscle side effects
J Intern Med, 291 (6), 891-893
DOI 10.1111/joim.13454, PubMed 35103360
Shared genetic loci between depression and cardiometabolic traits
PLoS Genet, 18 (5), e1010161
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010161, PubMed 35560157
Relationships between depression, anxiety, type D personality, and worry and rumination in patients with coronary heart disease
Front Psychol, 13, 929410
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.929410, PubMed 36186321
Shared decision making: A novel approach to personalized treatment in obstructive sleep apnea
Sleep Med X, 4, 100052
DOI 10.1016/j.sleepx.2022.100052, PubMed 36039181
Publications 2021
Evaluating Routine Blood Tests According to Clinical Symptoms and Diagnostic Criteria in Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
J Clin Med, 10 (14)
DOI 10.3390/jcm10143105, PubMed 34300271
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress in Hospitalized and Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18 (4)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18042079, PubMed 33672759
Insomnia in patients with coronary heart disease: prevalence and correlates
J Clin Sleep Med, 17 (5), 931-938
DOI 10.5664/jcsm.9082, PubMed 33399066
The relationship between directly measured statin adherence, self-reported adherence measures and cholesterol levels in patients with coronary heart disease
Atherosclerosis, 336, 23-29
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.09.020, PubMed 34610521
Effect of atorvastatin on muscle symptoms in coronary heart disease patients with self-perceived statin muscle side effects: a randomized, double-blinded crossover trial
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother, 7 (6), 507-516
DOI 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvaa076, PubMed 32609361
The Synergistic Process of Improvement in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depression
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18 (5)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18052292, PubMed 33652563
Digging down or scratching the surface: how patients use metaphors to describe their experiences of psychotherapy
BMC Psychiatry, 21 (1), 533
DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03551-1, PubMed 34706691
Clinical and psychological factors in coronary heart disease patients with statin associated muscle side-effects
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 21 (1), 596
DOI 10.1186/s12872-021-02422-7, PubMed 34915854
Mechanisms of change and heterogeneous treatment effects in psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial
BMC Psychol, 9 (1), 11
DOI 10.1186/s40359-021-00517-6, PubMed 33482927
Shared genetic architecture between neuroticism, coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk factors
Transl Psychiatry, 11 (1), 368
DOI 10.1038/s41398-021-01466-9, PubMed 34226488
Publications 2020
Medical and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Low Physical Activity and Increasing Exercise Level After a Coronary Event
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev, 40 (1), 35-40
DOI 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000399, PubMed 30720643
Challenges in coronary heart disease prevention - experiences from a long-term follow-up study in Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J, 55 (2), 73-81
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2020.1852308, PubMed 33274648
Preventable clinical and psychosocial factors predicted two out of three recurrent cardiovascular events in a coronary population
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 20 (1), 61
DOI 10.1186/s12872-020-01368-6, PubMed 32024471
Publications 2019
Statin-associated muscle symptoms in coronary patients: design of a randomized study
Scand Cardiovasc J, 53 (3), 162-168
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2019.1612085, PubMed 31030568
Publications 2018
Managing patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes after coronary events: individual tailoring needed - a cross-sectional study
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 18 (1), 160
DOI 10.1186/s12872-018-0896-z, PubMed 30075751
The prevalence and predictors of elevated C-reactive protein after a coronary heart disease event
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 25 (9), 923-931
DOI 10.1177/2047487318768940, PubMed 29635941
The follow-up after myocardial infarction - is it good enough?
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.1050, PubMed 29513442
The follow-up after myocardial infarction- is it good enough?
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (5), 434-437
BEtablocker Treatment After acute Myocardial Infarction in revascularized patients without reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (BETAMI): Rationale and design of a prospective, randomized, open, blinded end point study
Am Heart J, 208, 37-46
DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.10.005, PubMed 30530121
Publications 2017
Thought Field Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Wait-List for Agoraphobia: A Randomized, Controlled Study with a 12-Month Follow-up
Front Psychol, 8, 1027
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01027, PubMed 28676782
Medical and psychosocial factors and unfavourable low-density lipoprotein cholesterol control in coronary patients
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 24 (9), 981-989
DOI 10.1177/2047487317693134, PubMed 28196429
Reproducibility of an extensive self-report questionnaire used in secondary coronary prevention
Scand J Public Health, 45 (3), 269-276
DOI 10.1177/1403494816688375, PubMed 28181463
The role of cardiac rehabilitation in secondary prevention after coronary events
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 24 (13), 1360-1368
DOI 10.1177/2047487317719355, PubMed 28664773
Medical and sociodemographic factors predict persistent smoking after coronary events
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 17 (1), 241
DOI 10.1186/s12872-017-0676-1, PubMed 28877684
Unfavourable risk factor control after coronary events in routine clinical practice
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 17 (1), 40
DOI 10.1186/s12872-016-0387-z, PubMed 28109259
Optimal blood pressure control after coronary events: the challenge remains
J Am Soc Hypertens, 11 (12), 823-830
DOI 10.1016/j.jash.2017.10.007, PubMed 29128603
Publications 2016
Patient characteristics and risk factors of participants and non-participants in the NOR-COR study
Scand Cardiovasc J, 50 (5-6), 317-322
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2016.1202445, PubMed 27323914
Comparing the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire with physician assessments: a preliminary study
FATIGUE, 4 (1), 52-62
DOI 10.1080/21641846.2015.1126026
Publications 2015
Psychological distress and mortality in patients with acute dyspnea: data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 2 Study
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 37 (6), 548-53
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.07.007, PubMed 26298205
The role of medical and psychosocial factors for unfavourable coronary risk factor control
Scand Cardiovasc J, 50 (1), 1-8
DOI 10.3109/14017431.2015.1111408, PubMed 26488672
Publications 2014
Symptom clusters in patients on dialysis and their association with quality-of-life outcomes
J Ren Care, 40 (1), 23-33
DOI 10.1111/jorc.12051, PubMed 24438743
Symptom clusters predict mortality among dialysis patients in Norway: a prospective observational cohort study
J Pain Symptom Manage, 49 (1), 27-35
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.04.005, PubMed 24858738
An open trial of group metacognitive therapy for depression in Norway
Nord J Psychiatry, 69 (2), 126-31
DOI 10.3109/08039488.2014.936502, PubMed 25124119
Publications 2013
Sleep complaints, depression and quality of life in Norwegian dialysis patients
Clin Nephrol, 80 (2), 88-97
DOI 10.5414/CN107916, PubMed 23611520
Self-perceived quality of sleep and mortality in Norwegian dialysis patients
Hemodial Int, 18 (1), 87-94
DOI 10.1111/hdi.12066, PubMed 23841517
Change and impact of illness perceptions among patients with non-cardiac chest pain or benign palpitations following three sessions of CBT
Behav Cogn Psychother, 41 (4), 398-407
DOI 10.1017/S1352465813000179, PubMed 23507293
Anxiety and depressive disorders in dialysis patients: association to health-related quality of life and mortality
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 35 (6), 619-24
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.05.006, PubMed 23896282
Publications 2012
Type D personality is associated with increased prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in community-residing persons without coronary heart disease
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 21 (5), 592-600
DOI 10.1177/2047487312462800, PubMed 23008135
Novel cardiovascular risk markers in depression: no association between depressive symptoms and osteoprotegerin or adiponectin in persons at high risk for sleep apnea
J Affect Disord, 145 (3), 400-4
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2012.05.065, PubMed 22862888
Circulating cytokine concentrations are not associated with major depressive disorder in a community-based cohort
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 34 (3), 262-7
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.01.017, PubMed 22401706
Sleep apnoea, anxiety, depression and somatoform pain: a community-based high-risk sample
Eur Respir J, 40 (2), 400-7
DOI 10.1183/09031936.00111411, PubMed 22441739
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) as a treatment for anxiety symptoms: a randomized controlled trial
Explore (NY), 8 (6), 331-8
DOI 10.1016/j.explore.2012.08.002, PubMed 23141789
Illness perception among patients with chest pain and palpitations before and after negative cardiac evaluation
Biopsychosoc Med, 6 (1), 19
DOI 10.1186/1751-0759-6-19, PubMed 23017128
Health-related quality of life and all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes on dialysis
BMC Nephrol, 13, 78
DOI 10.1186/1471-2369-13-78, PubMed 22863310
Screening for anxiety and depression in dialysis patients: comparison of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory
J Psychosom Res, 73 (2), 139-44
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.04.015, PubMed 22789418
Mortality and health-related quality of life in prevalent dialysis patients: Comparison between 12-items and 36-items short-form health survey
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 10, 46
DOI 10.1186/1477-7525-10-46, PubMed 22559816
Publications 2011
Mental health and sleep in permanent atrial fibrillation patients from the general population
Clin Cardiol, 34 (5), 327-31
DOI 10.1002/clc.20883, PubMed 21319172
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and concentration of C-reactive protein in Type D personality persons without cardiovascular disease
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 18 (3), 504-9
DOI 10.1177/1741826710389383, PubMed 21450648
Major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and cardiac biomarkers in subjects at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea
Psychosom Med, 73 (5), 378-84
DOI 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318219e64e, PubMed 21597031
Obstructive sleep apnea, verbal memory, and executive function in a community-based high-risk population identified by the Berlin Questionnaire Akershus Sleep Apnea Project
Sleep Breath, 16 (1), 223-31
DOI 10.1007/s11325-011-0493-1, PubMed 21350844
A Norwegian population-based study on the risk and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea. The Akershus Sleep Apnea Project (ASAP)
J Sleep Res, 20 (1 Pt 2), 162-70
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00861.x, PubMed 20561172
Psychiatric disorders, body mass index and C-reactive protein in dialysis patients
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 33 (5), 454-61
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.06.010, PubMed 21831445
Renal transplant acceptance status, health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients
J Ren Care, 38 (2), 98-106
DOI 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2011.00254.x, PubMed 21917125
Publications 2010
[Depression and cardiovascular disease--is there an association?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 130 (7), 729-32
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.08.0361, PubMed 20379333
Patients with noncardiac chest pain and benign palpitations referred for cardiac outpatient investigation: a 6-month follow-up
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 32 (4), 406-12
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.03.003, PubMed 20633745
Short-term cognitive behavioral therapy for non-cardiac chest pain and benign palpitations: a randomized controlled trial
J Psychosom Res, 70 (2), 117-23
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.013, PubMed 21262413
Are there common core features of apathy in different neuropsychiatric samples as assessed by the Apathy Evaluation Scale?
Nord J Psychiatry, 64 (1), 49-57
DOI 10.3109/08039480903274415, PubMed 19883192
Health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients: associations with current smoking
Scand J Urol Nephrol, 44 (1), 46-55
DOI 10.3109/00365590903449324, PubMed 20030569
Publications 2009
Cardiac and psychiatric diagnoses among patients referred for chest pain and palpitations
Scand Cardiovasc J, 43 (4), 256-9
DOI 10.1080/14017430902946749, PubMed 19431049
Early detection of patients at risk for anxiety, depression and apathy after stroke
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 32 (1), 80-5
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.10.001, PubMed 20114132
Screening for anxiety and depression after stroke: comparison of the hospital anxiety and depression scale and the Montgomery and Asberg depression rating scale
J Psychosom Res, 67 (4), 325-32
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.03.007, PubMed 19773025
Publications 2008
Nine-year follow-up of panic disorder in chest pain patients: clinical course and predictors of outcome
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 30 (2), 138-46
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.12.009, PubMed 18291295
Nonfearful panic disorder in chest-pain patients: status after nine-year follow-up
Psychosomatics, 49 (5), 426-37
DOI 10.1176/appi.psy.49.5.426, PubMed 18794512
Health-related quality of life in non-cardiac chest pain patients with and without panic disorder
Int J Psychiatry Med, 38 (3), 271-86
DOI 10.2190/PM.38.3.d, PubMed 19069572
Publications 2007
A long-term follow-up study of chest pain patients: effect of panic disorder on mortality, morbidity, and quality of life
Cardiology, 110 (1), 8-14
DOI 10.1159/000109400, PubMed 17934263
[Life after heart transplantation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 127 (24), 3194
PubMed 18084358
Brystsmerter: angst eller hjertesykdom?
In Pasienten og sykdommen: psykiske faktorer ved somatisk sykdom, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 31-39
BIBSYS 071387927
Integrity assessment of interrupted or degraded well barriers
PROC MONOGR ENG WATE, 2503-+
Depresjon og tretthet/utmattelse hos pasienter med hjerneslag
In Pasienten og sykdommen: psykiske faktorer ved somatisk sykdom, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 159-167
BIBSYS 071388346
Publications 2006
A 1-year follow-up study of chest-pain patients with and without panic disorder
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 28 (6), 516-24
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.08.005, PubMed 17088168
Publications 2004
Nonfearful panic disorder in chest pain patients
Psychosomatics, 45 (1), 69-79
DOI 10.1176/appi.psy.45.1.69, PubMed 14709762
Psychological factors, pain attribution and medical morbidity in chest-pain patients with and without coronary artery disease
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 26 (6), 463-9
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.08.004, PubMed 15567212
Publications 2002
[Psychological factors in non-cardiac chest pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 122 (14), 1391-5
PubMed 12098909
Publications 2000
Mitral valve prolapse versus panic disorder in patients with chest pain - Reply
J. Intern. Med., 247 (4), 518-519
Personality profiles in patients referred for chest pain. Investigation with emphasis on panic disorder patients
Psychosomatics, 41 (3), 269-76
DOI 10.1176/appi.psy.41.3.269, PubMed 10849460
The relationship between cognitions and panic attack intensity
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 102 (4), 300-2
DOI 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102004300.x, PubMed 11089731
Comparing Personality Diagnostic questionnaire-4+ with Longitudinal, Expert, All Data (LEAD) standard diagnoses in a sample with a high prevalence of axis I and axis II disorders
Compr Psychiatry, 41 (4), 295-302
DOI 10.1053/comp.2000.0410295, PubMed 10929799
Publications 1999
Psychological factors in chest pain patients referred to cardiological out-patient investigation: with emphasis on panic disorder
Department of Psychiatry and Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 000611824, ISBN 82-91049-28-9
Panic disorder in chest pain patients referred for cardiological outpatient investigation
J Intern Med, 245 (5), 497-507
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00447.x, PubMed 10363751
The detection of panic disorder in chest pain patients
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 21 (5), 323-32
DOI 10.1016/s0163-8343(99)00037-7, PubMed 10572773
The Illness Attitude Scales in chest pain patients: a study of psychometric properties
J Psychosom Res, 46 (4), 335-42
DOI 10.1016/s0022-3999(98)00127-5, PubMed 10340232