Truls Ostbye (Østbye)
Truls Ostbye (Østbye)
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Professor, Duke Kunshan University, China
Research interests include: chronic disease epidemiology; obesity; health services research; population health; public health; social medicine; medical informatics; health information systems; health surveys; program evaluation; cost-of-illness; clinical trials; primary care reform; international collaboration; electronic distance education; pharmacoepidemiology; aging; nutrition; dementia; diabetes; and stroke.
NORWAY; CANADA
Projects
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Prevalence and Correlates of Health-related Lifestyle Behaviors among Adults in Southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Aging and Social Isolation in Singapore: a community survey
Singapore
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Associate Medical Officers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Attitudes and Knowledge in Reference to HIV/AIDS Among Public Health Midwives in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Caregivers of School Age Children with Downs Syndrome in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Clinical Rotations at Karapitya Teaching Hospital
Sri Lanka
- DIAFOTO: a telemedicine intervention to reduce diabetes complications
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Evaluation of the Health Promotion Boards "Lose to Win" Obesity Reduction Campaign
Singapore
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Health of the Elderly in rural Maharashtra
India
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Health Problems Among Foreign Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Health Problems among Rubber Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Optimal Detection of Causes of Acute Febrile Illness, Including Emerging Zoonotic and Vector-borne Pathogens in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Prehospitalization Care and Transport of Patients with Severe Injuries in Southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
- Prematurity and Cause of Death: A longitudinal analysis of 1 million Norwegian births
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The Singapore Community Caregiving Survey
Singapore
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Various Projects Relating to Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
Singapore
Publications
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Ang FJL, Cheung YB, Gandhi M, Malhotra R, Ostbye T, Malhotra C, et al. Development of the PRECIOUS Short-Form (PRECIOUS-SF) quality of care measure for children with serious illnesses. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2025 Jan 24;9(1):12.Tillekeratne LG, De Soyza W, Iglesias-Ussel MD, Olague S, Palangasinghe D, Nagahawatte A, et al. Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tools: Strategies to Improve the Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Low-Resource Settings. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Dec 4;111(6):1173–7.Aloweni F, Lim SH, Gunasegaran N, Ostbye T, Ang SY, Siow KCE. Community-Acquired Pressure Injuries: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Effect of Care Bundles-An Integrative Review. Journal of clinical nursing. 2024 Dec;33(12):4618–34.Renard V, LaNoue M, Østbye T, Boehm LM, Wahid L. Mary Steps Out: Capturing Patient Experience through Qualitative and AI Methods. NEJM AI. 2024 Nov 27;1(12).
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