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Helge Skirbekk

Helge Skirbekk

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 928 00 261
  • Office: +47 672 36 460
E-mail
  • helge.skirbekk@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Helge Skirbekk is a medical sociologist. He is particularly interested in the development of trust relations in the health care system, suc as the importance of trust for health literacy, communication, learning, management and general social issues. Skirbekk is also concerned with health communication challenges, clinical priorities, welfare technology, user participation and philosophy of science.

Field of study

Clinical communication   Medical Ethics   Qualitative methods   Medical Sociology   Philosophy of science   History of Science   User participation   Theory of social roles   Research on Wittgenstein's philosophy   Habermas   Social science methods   Trust   Health Literacy

Research groups

Research projects

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Fordal, Linda; Stenberg, Jonas; Follestad, Turid; Saksvik, Simen B.; Skirbekk, Helge ; Olsen, Alexander; Skandsen, Toril (2026). Long-Term Outcomes of Patients Seeking Specialized Health Care For Persisting Post-Concussion Symptoms After a Mild Head Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2026.03.018

Sandboe, Maria I.; Fordal, Linda; Olsen, Alexander; Iverson, Grant L.; Skirbekk, Helge ; Thastum, Mille Møller; Nielsen, Jørgen Fældbæk; Saksvik, Simen Berg; Skandsen, Toril (2026). Comparing people with persisting post-concussion symptoms from an emergency department-based research sample with patients in a clinical rehabilitation sample: an explorative, retrospective analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. Vol. 58.
https://doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v58.45004

Hansen, Diana Dobran; Tinbod, Unn; Feng, Xin; Dammen, Toril; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea—A Mixed Methods Study of Facilitators and Barriers to Treatment Adherence. International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy (IJOM). Vol. 51.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijom51020006

Varga, Andreea Isabela; Spehar, Ivan; Veggeland, Frode; Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Factors influencing trust among colleagues in hospital settings: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12159-6

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit og autonomi - utfordringer i forholdet mellom lege og leder. Kirchhoff, Ralf; Vik, Erlend; Ødegård, Atle (Ed.). Helseledelse : om utfordringer og lederroller i endring. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4353732

Conradsen, Stein; Osnes, Ester Alnes; Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Trust in Schoolteachers: A Scoping Review Protocol. Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education (NJSRE). Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.23865/njsre.v2.5699

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit og helsekompetanse. Helseth, Sølvi; Pettersen, Kjell Sverre; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Ed.). Helsekompetanse Teori, forskning og praksis. p. 264-272. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4621824

Varga, Andreea Isabela; Spehar, Ivan; Veggeland, Frode; Skirbekk, Helge (2023). Factors influencing trust among colleagues in a hospital setting: a systematic review. PROSPERO International prospectie register of systematic reviews.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4955257

Conradsen, Stein; Vardinghus-Nielsen, Henrik; Skirbekk, Helge (2023). Patient Knowledge and Trust in Health Care. A Theoretical Discussion on the Relationship Between Patients’ Knowledge and Their Trust in Health Care Personnel in High Modernity. Health Care Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00467-7

Skirbekk, Helge ; Magelssen, Morten; Conradsen, Stein (2023). Trust in healthcare before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15716-6



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Textbooks

Skirbekk, Helge (2012). Tillit i Norge. ISBN: 9788282260367. 338 p. Res Publica.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3882620



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Research reports

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Hjernerystelsesguiden. 40 p. Hjernerystelsesforeningen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4784824

Skirbekk, Helge ; Søraas, Lars Haakon (2022). Med rett til å bytte? Ventetider for å bytte fastlege i Norge. 30 p. Legelisten.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3801297

Sørensen, Kari; Skirbekk, Helge ; Hilde, Wøien (2022). Just a little needle stick. Pain and fear related to long-term needle injections in children with rheumatic diseases: An exploratory study. ISBN: 9788234800818. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3837367

Conradsen, Stein; Skirbekk, Helge (2021). Patients’ knowledge and their trust in healthcare personnel in elective surgery. A mixed methods study including an extended theoretical discussion. ISBN: 9788279622956. 168 p. Høgskulen i Volda.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3160579

Hertzberg, Tuva Kolstad; Skirbekk, Helge (2018). En jobb å leve med? - en kvalitativ og kvantitativ studie blant norske leger om hvordan ønsket om å være en god lege utfordrer balansen mellom jobb og hjem. ISBN: 9788283772456. 200 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5230376

Finset, Arnstein; Skirbekk, Helge (2014). ””Du trenger ikke trekke kølapp!” Rapport fra Likepersonsprosjektet. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av likepersonstjenesten ved Vardesenteret på Radiumhospitalet. 28 p. Kreftforeningen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3437717

Skirbekk, Helge (2013). Likemannsprosjektet Første rapport fra undersøkelse av likemannstjenesten ved Vardesenteret på Radiumhospitalet 2013. 24 p. Kreftforeningen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3417611

Skirbekk, Helge ; Finset, Arnstein; Grimen, Harald; Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin; Hjortdahl, Per (2008). The patient's trust. Theoretical analyses of trust and a qualitative study in general practice consultations. ISBN: 9788280722614. 194 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4707175

Skirbekk, Helge (2005). The third meeting of the Verona Network on Sequence Analysis. Finding common grounds in defining patient cues and concerns and the appropriateness of provider responses. 4 p. Elsevier.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3905782



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Dissemination

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Kornelia Minsaas er usynlig syk: – Det var som å navigere seg frem i et mørkt rom.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337348

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Behovet for gode og gjensidige tillitsrelasjoner. Helsekompetanse blant personer med innvandrerbakgrunn. Helseetaten.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337423

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Korleis kan helsepersonell bygge helsekompetanse med pasientar og pårørande?. Nettverksmøte for læring og meistring i Møre og Romsdal. Nettverk for læring og meistring i Møre og Romsdal.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337422

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Dagsnytt 18 - TV: 13. november 2025 · Epstein om Jagland - NRK TV.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337345

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Viktig å komme i gang med aktivitet etter hjernerystelse – NRK Norge – Oversikt over nyheter fra ulike deler av landet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337343

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Kveldsnytt: 12. november 2025 · Slipper Epstein-dokumenter - NRK TV.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337339

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Helsekompetanse og tillit - Hvordan bygge relasjon mellom pasient og helsepersonell. Forebygging og rehabilitering . Drammen kommune.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337418

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Workshop on health literacy w Don Nutbeam.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337413

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Tillit under press - hva betyr det for helsepersonells handlingsrom?. Tillit under press - hva betyr det for helsepersonells handlingsrom?. Medisinsk-filosofisk forum .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337406

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Tillit i tverrfaglig forskningssamarbeid. Tillit i tverrfaglig forskningssamarbeid. Forskningsledelse i partnerskap .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337402



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