Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno
PhD candidate and assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Nursing Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Øya helsehus, Håkon Jarls gate 11, Samfunnsmedisinbygget
Background and activities
Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno is a phd-candidate at the Department of Public Health and General Practice. He is a part of the research groups “Musculoskeletal Research” and “Epidemiology and Medical Statistics”. He is also a university lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and EPINOR representative (National Research School in Population Based Epidemiology).
Research interests
- Sleep problems
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Epidemiology focusing on lifestyle factors
- Occupational research
Ongoing studies
- The optimal balance between physical behaviours and sleep among workers
- The influence of insomnia on prognosis of chronic pain
- Sleep problems, c-reactive protein and chronic musculoskeletal pain
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) Concurrent changes in physical activity and body weight in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT Study. Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement. vol. 28.
- (2018) Objectively measured occupational and leisure-time physical activity: cross-sectional associations with sleep problems. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. vol. 44 (2).
- (2018) The joint association of musculoskeletal pain and domains of physical activity with sleep problems: cross-sectional data from the DPhacto study, Denmark. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.
- (2018) Physical work exposure, chronic musculoskeletal pain and risk of insomnia: longitudinal data from the HUNT study, Norway. Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- (2017) Sleep positions and nocturnal body movements based on free-living accelerometer recordings: association with demographics, lifestyle, and insomnia symptoms. Nature and Science of Sleep. vol. 9.
- (2017) Do physical activity and body mass index modify the association between chronic musculoskeletal pain and insomnia? Longitudinal data from the HUNT study, Norway. Journal of Sleep Research. vol. 27.