Torbjørn Wisløff
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Publications 2025
Fracture liaison service (FLS) is associated with lower subsequent fragility fracture risk and mortality: NoFRACT (the Norwegian capture the fracture initiative)
Osteoporos Int (in press)
DOI 10.1007/s00198-024-07376-y, PubMed 39808195
Assessment of Transserosal Microcirculation with Visible Light Spectroscopy and Laser Doppler Flowmetry in Patients with Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Vasc Health Risk Manag, 21, 61-69
DOI 10.2147/VHRM.S484787, PubMed 39963255
Effects of Systemic Anticancer Treatment on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
JACC CardioOncol, 7 (2), 96-106
DOI 10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.11.004, PubMed 39967210
Publications 2024
Receipt of hepatitis E vaccine and fetal loss in rural Bangladesh: further analysis of a double-blind, cluster-randomised, controlled trial
Lancet Glob Health, 12 (8), e1300-e1311
DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00193-1, PubMed 39030061
What do patients with heart failure disclose about medication adherence at home to their hospital and primary care doctors? Exploratory interaction-based observational cohort study
BMJ Open, 14 (8), e086440
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086440, PubMed 39117414
Impact of the ESC Cardio-Oncology Guidelines Biomarker Criteria on Incidence of Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction
JACC CardioOncol, 6 (1), 83-95
DOI 10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.10.008, PubMed 38510299
Serial secretoneurin measurement and risk of ventricular arrhythmias and death in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Clin Biochem, 135, 110868
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110868, PubMed 39706544
Short-term association between air temperature and mortality in seven cities in Norway: A time series analysis
Scand J Public Health, 14034948241233359 (in press)
DOI 10.1177/14034948241233359, PubMed 38439134
Municipality assessment of temperature-related mortality risks in Norway
Environ Res, 266, 120614
DOI 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120614, PubMed 39672493
Longitudinal cholesterol trends across socioeconomic groups in Norway: the influence of lipid-lowering drugs in the population-based Tromsø Study 1994-2016
BMJ Open, 14 (12), e089819
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089819, PubMed 39725421
Publications 2023
Epidemiology of forearm fractures in women and men in Norway 2008-2019
Osteoporos Int, 35 (4), 625-633
DOI 10.1007/s00198-023-06990-6, PubMed 38085341
The feasibility of a multidimensional intervention in lymphoma survivors with chronic fatigue
Support Care Cancer, 32 (1), 22
DOI 10.1007/s00520-023-08204-5, PubMed 38095797
Perceived burden and need for support among caregivers of cancer patients
Acta Oncol, 62 (7), 794-802
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2240008, PubMed 37540581
Educational patterns of health behaviors and body mass index: A longitudinal multiple correspondence analysis of a middle-aged general population, 2007-2016
PLoS One, 18 (12), e0295302
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0295302, PubMed 38039296
Are relative educational inequalities in multiple health behaviors widening? A longitudinal study of middle-aged adults in Northern Norway
Front Public Health, 11, 1190087
DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1190087, PubMed 37674677
Muscle strength characteristics following megaprosthetic knee reconstruction for bone sarcoma
Surg Oncol, 48, 101944
DOI 10.1016/j.suronc.2023.101944, PubMed 37062091
Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Res Protoc, 12, e45244
DOI 10.2196/45244, PubMed 36920460
Correction: Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Res Protoc, 12, e54462
DOI 10.2196/54462, PubMed 37963373
National health registries - a 'goldmine' for studying non-communicable disease occurrence in Norway - the NCDNOR project
Scand J Public Health, 52 (8), 988-996
DOI 10.1177/14034948231214580, PubMed 38073227
Validation of forearm fracture diagnoses in administrative patient registers
Arch Osteoporos, 18 (1), 111
DOI 10.1007/s11657-023-01322-x, PubMed 37615791
Aiming toWards Evidence baSed inTerpretation of Cardiac biOmarkers in patients pResenting with chest pain using Point of Care Testing (WESTCOR-POC): study design
Scand Cardiovasc J, 57 (1), 2272585
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2023.2272585, PubMed 37905548
General-Purpose Methods for Simulating Survival Data for Expected Value of Sample Information Calculations
Med Decis Making, 43 (5), 595-609
DOI 10.1177/0272989X231162069, PubMed 36971425
Comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in the population-based Tromsø Study
BMC Public Health, 23 (1), 994
DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-15928-w, PubMed 37248482
The liver-heart axis in patients with severe obesity: The association between liver fibrosis and chronic myocardial injury may be explained by shared risk factors of cardiovascular disease
Clin Biochem, 123, 110688
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2023.110688, PubMed 37995847
Completeness of medication information in admission notes from emergency departments
BMC Health Serv Res, 23 (1), 1425
DOI 10.1186/s12913-023-10371-4, PubMed 38104071
Publications 2022
Cost-effectiveness of a rule-out algorithm of acute myocardial infarction in low-risk patients: emergency primary care versus hospital setting
BMC Health Serv Res, 22 (1), 1274
DOI 10.1186/s12913-022-08697-6, PubMed 36271364
Cost-effectiveness of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease Prevention Strategies: Maternal Vaccine Versus Seasonal or Year-Round Monoclonal Antibody Program in Norwegian Children
J Infect Dis, 226 (Suppl 1), S95-S101
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiac064, PubMed 35292816
Does Androgen Deprivation for Prostate Cancer Affect Normal Adaptation to Resistance Exercise?
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (7)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph19073820, PubMed 35409505
Ten-year trends of national healthcare costs of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic eczema in 3 million Norwegians
Allergy, 77 (5), 1614-1616
DOI 10.1111/all.15225, PubMed 35048378
Quality of Life (QoL) Assessment in the Patients Operated with Either Laparoscopic or an Open Aortobifemoral Bypass for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease (AIOD): 2 Years Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Vasc Health Risk Manag, 18, 61-71
DOI 10.2147/VHRM.S350836, PubMed 35221689
Validity of self-reported educational level in the Tromsø Study
Scand J Public Health, 51 (7), 1061-1068
DOI 10.1177/14034948221088004, PubMed 35593433
Publications 2021
Cost and health impact analysis of herpes zoster vaccination in Norway
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res, 22 (2), 315-326
DOI 10.1080/14737167.2021.1973893, PubMed 34488508
Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews With Costs and Cost-Effectiveness Outcomes: An ISPOR Good Practices Task Force Report
Value Health, 24 (4), 463-472
DOI 10.1016/j.jval.2021.01.002, PubMed 33840423
Clinical and economic impact of universal varicella vaccination in Norway: A modeling study
PLoS One, 16 (7), e0254080
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0254080, PubMed 34237090
Distress, problems and unmet rehabilitation needs after treatment for gynecological cancer
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 101 (3), 313-322
DOI 10.1111/aogs.14310, PubMed 34964982
An Efficient Method for Computing Expected Value of Sample Information for Survival Data from an Ongoing Trial
Med Decis Making, 42 (5), 612-625
DOI 10.1177/0272989X211068019, PubMed 34967237
Integrating the clinical pharmacist into the emergency department interdisciplinary team: a study protocol for a multicentre trial applying a non-randomised stepped-wedge study design
BMJ Open, 11 (11), e049645
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049645, PubMed 34824109
Lifestyle and Empowerment Techniques in Survivorship of Gynaecologic Oncology (LETSGO study): a study protocol for a multicentre longitudinal interventional study using mobile health technology and biobanking
BMJ Open, 11 (7), e050930
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050930, PubMed 34253678
Cost-effectiveness of meningococcal vaccination of Norwegian teenagers with a quadrivalent ACWY conjugate vaccine
Hum Vaccin Immunother, 17 (8), 2777-2787
DOI 10.1080/21645515.2021.1880209, PubMed 33631080
Publications 2020
Estimating (quality-adjusted) life-year losses associated with deaths: With application to COVID-19
Health Econ, 30 (3), 699-707
DOI 10.1002/hec.4208, PubMed 33368853
Lifestyle among long-term survivors of cancers in young adulthood
Support Care Cancer, 29 (1), 289-300
DOI 10.1007/s00520-020-05445-6, PubMed 32358776
Is the Disease Burden from COPD in Norway Falling off? A Study of Time Trends in Three Different Data Sources
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 15, 323-334
DOI 10.2147/COPD.S235106, PubMed 32103931
Thromboembolic events after high-intensity training during cisplatin-based chemotherapy for testicular cancer: Case reports and review of the literature
Int J Cancer, 147 (11), 3189-3198
DOI 10.1002/ijc.33151, PubMed 32525564
Publications 2019
Chronic fatigue and associated factors among long-term survivors of cancers in young adulthood
Acta Oncol, 58 (5), 753-762
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1557344, PubMed 30696351
Exploring the potential cost-effectiveness of a vocational rehabilitation program for individuals with schizophrenia in a high-income welfare society
BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1), 140
DOI 10.1186/s12888-019-2130-7, PubMed 31064371
Changes in fatigue, health-related quality of life and physical activity after a one-week educational program for cancer survivors
Acta Oncol, 58 (5), 682-689
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1562210, PubMed 30862228
Financial and temporal costs of patient isolation in Norwegian hospitals
J Hosp Infect, 104 (3), 269-275
DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.11.012, PubMed 31760129
Healthcare costs associated with varicella and herpes zoster in Norway
Vaccine, 37 (29), 3779-3784
DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.05.063, PubMed 31151798
Patient-reported outcome measures in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a 1-year prospective study
BMJ Open Ophthalmol, 4 (1), e000353
DOI 10.1136/bmjophth-2019-000353, PubMed 31673632
Psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) in a Norwegian population of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration compared to a control population
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 17 (1), 140
DOI 10.1186/s12955-019-1203-0, PubMed 31412873
Cost comparison analysis of laparoscopic versus open aortobifemoral bypass surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Open Access J. Clin. Trials, 11, 11-18
DOI 10.2147/OAJCT.S192552
Economic evaluation of lipid lowering with PCSK9 inhibitors in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: Methodological aspects
Atherosclerosis, 287, 140-146
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.06.900, PubMed 31280039
Publications 2018
Effect of a Fracture Liaison Service on the Rate of Subsequent Fracture Among Patients With a Fragility Fracture in the Norwegian Capture the Fracture Initiative (NoFRACT): A Trial Protocol
JAMA Netw Open, 1 (8), e185701
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5701, PubMed 30646281
Advancing estimation of chronological age by utilizing available evidence based on two radiographical methods
Int J Legal Med, 133 (1), 217-229
DOI 10.1007/s00414-018-1848-y, PubMed 29736772
Physical activity and associations with treatment-induced adverse effects among prostate cancer patients
Support Care Cancer, 27 (3), 1001-1011
DOI 10.1007/s00520-018-4389-5, PubMed 30094728
Development and testing of a patient-derived questionnaire for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: dimensions of importance in treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Acta Ophthalmol, 96 (8), 804-811
DOI 10.1111/aos.13847, PubMed 30198182
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of PCSK9 inhibitors vs. ezetimibe through LDL-C reductions in a Norwegian setting
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother, 4 (1), 15-22
DOI 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvx010, PubMed 28444187
Are PCSK9 Inhibitors Cost Effective?
Pharmacoeconomics, 36 (9), 1031-1041
DOI 10.1007/s40273-018-0671-0, PubMed 29777433
The Screening Illustrator: separating the effects of lead-time and overdiagnosis in mammography screening
Eur J Public Health, 28 (6), 1138-1142
DOI 10.1093/eurpub/cky085, PubMed 29796623
Impact of age on excess risk of coronary heart disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia
Heart, 104 (19), 1600-1607
DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312706, PubMed 29622598
Feasibility of reaching world health organization targets for hepatitis C and the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies
J Viral Hepat, 25 (9), 1066-1077
DOI 10.1111/jvh.12904, PubMed 29624813
Economic Evaluation of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in Norway
Pharmacoeconomics, 36 (5), 591-601
DOI 10.1007/s40273-017-0604-3, PubMed 29396744
Publications 2017
Perceived needs for different components in a rehabilitation program among cancer survivors with chronic fatigue compared to survivors without chronic fatigue
Acta Oncol, 56 (2), 245-253
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2016.1266091, PubMed 28075207
Cost-utility analysis comparing laparoscopic vs open aortobifemoral bypass surgery
Vasc Health Risk Manag, 13, 217-224
DOI 10.2147/VHRM.S138516, PubMed 28670132
Determining the impact of 24/7 phone support on hospital readmissions after aortic valve replacement surgery (the AVRre study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, 18 (1), 246
DOI 10.1186/s13063-017-1971-y, PubMed 28693599
[New Norwegian threshold value for a good year of life?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (7), 518
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0137, PubMed 28383223
Publications 2016
The predicted lifetime costs and health consequences of calcium and vitamin D supplementation for fracture prevention-the impact of cardiovascular effects
Osteoporos Int, 27 (6), 2089-98
DOI 10.1007/s00198-016-3495-9, PubMed 26846776
Long-term, self-reported health outcomes in kidney donors
BMC Nephrol, 17, 8
DOI 10.1186/s12882-016-0221-y, PubMed 26754798
More Use of Peritoneal Dialysis Gives Significant Savings: A Systematic Review and Health Economic Decision Model
J Clin Med Res, 9 (2), 104-116
DOI 10.14740/jocmr2817w, PubMed 28090226
Cognitive Patient Education for Low Back Pain in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 41 (6), 455-62
DOI 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001268, PubMed 26966970
Cost-effectiveness of antiplatelet drugs after percutaneous coronary intervention
Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes, 2 (1), 52-57
DOI 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcv023, PubMed 29474586
Publications 2015
Prevalence, Employment Rate, and Cost of Schizophrenia in a High-Income Welfare Society: A Population-Based Study Using Comprehensive Health and Welfare Registers
Schizophr Bull, 42 (2), 476-83
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbv141, PubMed 26433216
Markov - modeling
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 135 (16), 1432
Priority-setting criteria in the Norwegian health services
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (15), 1373-5
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.0228, PubMed 26315241
[Re: Markov modeling]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (16), 1432
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.0837, PubMed 26356444
Publications 2014
Estimating QALY gains in applied studies: a review of cost-utility analyses published in 2010
Pharmacoeconomics, 32 (4), 367-75
DOI 10.1007/s40273-014-0136-z, PubMed 24477679
Economic evaluation of warfarin, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
Pharmacoeconomics, 32 (6), 601-12
DOI 10.1007/s40273-014-0152-z, PubMed 24715603
Publications 2013
Cost and health consequences of treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis with ursodeoxycholic acid
Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 38 (7), 794-803
DOI 10.1111/apt.12435, PubMed 23915021
Cost effectiveness of drug-eluting stents as compared with bare metal stents in patients with coronary artery disease
Am J Ther, 20 (6), 596-601
DOI 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3182211a01, PubMed 21822114
Publications 2012
A competing risk approach for the European Heart SCORE model based on cause-specific and all-cause mortality
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 20 (5), 827-36
DOI 10.1177/2047487312445425, PubMed 22498473
Cancer risk with folic acid supplements: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Open, 2 (1), e000653
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000653, PubMed 22240654
Regarding adequate methods for comparison of effect measures reply
J. Clin. Epidemiol., 65 (4), 462-463
DOI 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.10.005
Choice of generic antihypertensive drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease--a cost-effectiveness analysis
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 12, 26
DOI 10.1186/1471-2261-12-26, PubMed 22475076
Publications 2011
Norway's new principles for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: age differentiated risk thresholds
BMJ-British Medical Journal, 343, d3626
DOI 10.1136/bmj.d3626
Publications 2010
Considerable variation in NNT - a study based on Monte Carlo simulations
J Clin Epidemiol, 64 (4), 444-50
DOI 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.025, PubMed 20947294
Publications 2008
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a universal vaccination programme with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) in Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis, 40 (9), 721-9
DOI 10.1080/00365540802014872, PubMed 18712627
Lung function increases with increasing level of physical activity in school children
Pediatr Exerc Sci, 20 (4), 402-10
DOI 10.1123/pes.20.4.402, PubMed 19168917
Publications 2006
Controlled clinical trials in cancer pain. How controlled should they be? A qualitative systematic review
Br J Cancer, 94 (11), 1559-67
DOI 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603162, PubMed 16705312
[Vaccination--value for money?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (20), 2670-3
PubMed 17057767
Cost effectiveness of adding 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV-7) vaccine to the Norwegian childhood vaccination program
Vaccine, 24 (29-30), 5690-9
DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.042, PubMed 16735083
Publications 2004
Forebygging av restenose i hjertets kransårer
In Rapport, Kunnskapssenteret, Oslo, nr 8/2004, 143 s.
BIBSYS 050087517, ISBN 82-8121-008-7
Urban air pollution and mortality in a cohort of Norwegian men
Environ Health Perspect, 112 (5), 610-5
DOI 10.1289/ehp.6684, PubMed 15064169
[Dissemination of evidence-based information about PSA test and prostatic cancer to physicians]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (22), 2893-5
PubMed 15550959
[Number needed to treat (NNT)-- misleading, misunderstood, misused?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (15), 1926-9
PubMed 15306861