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Rolf Wynn is affiliated with the University Hospital of North Norway in Norway. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on psychology, medicine, and social sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and social topics.

The scientist's subfields of study include clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, psychiatry and mental health, and health, demonstrating a broad engagement with both mental and physical health issues.

Wynn's work covers a range of main topics related to digital health and public health communication. These topics include mobile health and mHealth applications, digital mental health interventions, social media in health education, mental health treatment and access, healthcare decision-making and restraints, misinformation and its impacts, and health literacy and information accessibility.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Wynn showcase involvement in public health and surgical reporting standards, as well as investigations into misinformation related to COVID-19. Notable recent publications include:

  • "The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines," 2020, International Journal of Surgery
  • "The PROCESS 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Preferred Reporting Of CasE Series in Surgery (PROCESS) Guidelines," 2020, International Journal of Surgery
  • "COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review," 2021, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • "Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review," 2022, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Factors Engaging Users of Diabetes Social Media Channels on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: Observational Study," 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Wynn include:

  • Elia Gabarrón
  • Gunnar Ellingsen
  • Gro Hilde Ramsdal
  • Ole Grønli
  • Line Elisabeth Solbakken

Wynn has published regularly in venues such as:

  • Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
  • European Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • European citizens' use of E-health services: A study of seven countries

    Hege K Andreassen;Maria M Bujnowska-Fedak;Catherine E Chronaki;Roxana C Dumitru

  • Ebola, Twitter, and misinformation: a dangerous combination?

    Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi;Elia Gabarron;Rolf Wynn

  • COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review.

    Elia Gabarron;Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi;Rolf Wynn

  • Comparison of two self administered psychiatric questionnaires (GHQ-12 and SRQ-20) in primary care in Chile

    R. Araya;R. Wynn;G. Lewis

  • Use of social media for sexual health promotion: a scoping review

    Elia Gabarron;Rolf Wynn

  • Informed citizen and empowered citizen in health: results from an European survey

    Silvina Santana;Berthold Lausen;Maria Bujnowska-Fedak;Catherine E Chronaki

  • Psychiatric inpatients' experiences with restraint

    Rolf Wynn

  • Empathy as an interactionally achieved phenomenon in psychotherapy: Characteristics of some conversational resources

    Rolf Wynn;Michael Wynn

  • Psychopathy in women: theoretical and clinical perspectives.

    Rolf Wynn;Marita H Høiseth;Gunn Pettersen

  • Use of the internet for health purposes: trends in Norway 2000–2010

    Silje Wangberg;Hege Andreassen;Per Kummervold;Rolf Wynn;Rolf Wynn

  • Staff's attitudes to the use of restraint and seclusion in a Norwegian university psychiatric hospital

    Rolf Wynn

  • The history of the case report: a selective review:

    Trygve Nissen;Rolf Wynn

  • Giving cell phones to pregnant women and improving services may increase primary health facility utilization: a case-control study of a Nigerian project.

    Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi;Rolf Wynn;Rolf Wynn

  • Social Media Use in Interventions for Diabetes: Rapid Evidence-Based Review.

    Elia Gabarron;Eirik Årsand;Rolf Wynn

  • Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review

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  • Medicate, restrain or seclude? Strategies for dealing with violent and threatening behaviour in a Norwegian university psychiatric hospital

    Rolf Wynn

  • Qualities clients wish for in their therapists.

    Henrik Littauer;Hal Sexton;Rolf Wynn

  • The recent history of the clinical case report: a narrative review.

    Trygve Nissen;Rolf Wynn;Rolf Wynn

  • Coercion in psychiatric care: clinical, legal, and ethical controversies

    Rolf Wynn

  • Health information accessed on the internet: the development in 5 European countries

    Per Egil Kummervold;Rolf Wynn

  • Nurse training of a patient-centered information procedure for CABG patients.

    Svein Bergvik;Rolf Wynn;Tore Sørlie

  • Diabetes on Twitter: A Sentiment Analysis:

    Elia Gabarron;Enrique Dorronzoro;Octavio Rivera-Romero;Rolf Wynn

  • Sleep timing, chronotype, mood, and behavior at an Arctic latitude (69° N).

    Oddgeir Friborg;Jan H. Rosenvinge;Rolf Wynn;Michael Gradisar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan H. Rosenvinge
Jan H. Rosenvinge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Oddgeir Friborg
Oddgeir Friborg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Brita Elvevåg
Brita Elvevåg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Martin Eisemann
Martin Eisemann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Michael Gradisar
Michael Gradisar Flinders University
Srikant Sarangi
Srikant Sarangi Aalborg University

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