Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno
PhD candidate and assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Nursing Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesBackground and activities
Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno is a phd-candidate at the Department of Public Health and Nursing. He is a part of the research groups “Musculoskeletal Research” and “Epidemiology and Medical Statistics”. He teaches at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and is a representative for the National Research School in Population Based Epidemiology (EPINOR).
Research interests
- Sleep problems
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Epidemiology focusing on lifestyle factors
- Occupational research
Ongoing studies
- Time-use domains and health
- Insomnia symptoms and prognosis of chronic pain
- Musculoskeletal phenotypes in primary health care
- Familial risk of chronic pain (family linkage data)
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
- (2019) Long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. vol. 16 (45).
- (2019) Representative patient samples are unnecessary in clinical research. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. vol. 4 (139).
- (2019) The interplay between sleeplessness and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein on risk of chronic musculoskeletal pain: longitudinal data from the Tromsø Study. Sleep. vol. 42 (9).
- (2019) The joint effect of insomnia symptoms and lifestyle factors on risk of self-reported fibromyalgia in women: longitudinal data from the HUNT Study. BMJ Open.
- (2019) Work-Related Mental Fatigue, Physical Activity and Risk of Insomnia Symptoms: Longitudinal Data from the Norwegian HUNT Study. Behavioural Sleep Medicine.
- (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.