Runar Barstad Solberg
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Researcher (Ph.D.) at the Center for Epidemic Intervention Research (CEIR). My responsibilities are to conduct effectiveness studies and randomized trials of interventions. My research is primarily focused on the effect of infection control measures, but also includes associations between physical activity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease, in additon to the effect of measures on physical and mental health. I hold a Ph.D. in sports medicine, with further specialization in physical activity and public health.
Projects and publications
- Runar Barstad Solberg, Atle Fretheim, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Mette Fagernes, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Lars G. Hemkens, Christopher James Rose, Petter Elstrøm, (2024). Personal protective effect of wearing surgical face masks in public spaces on self-reported respiratory symptoms in adults: pragmatic randomised superiority trial. The BMJ doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078918
- Lena Malnes, Sveinung Berntsen, Elin Kolle, Andreas Ivarsson, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, Geir Kåre Resaland, Runar Barstad Solberg, Tommy Haugen, (2023). School-based physical activity in relation to active travel – a cluster randomized controlled trial among adolescents enrolled in the school in motion study in Norway. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity doi: 10.1186/s12966-023-01534-x
- Eva Leibinger, Andreas Åvitsland, Geir Kåre Resaland, Runar Barstad Solberg, Elin Kolle, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, (2022). Relationship between health-related quality of life and physical fitness in Norwegian adolescents. Quality of Life Research doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03309-6
- Runar Barstad Solberg, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Morten Fagerland, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Sveinung Berntsen, Geir Kåre Resaland, Esther M.F. van Sluijs, Ulf Ekelund, Elin Kolle, (2021). Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial. Preventive Medicine Reports doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101648
- Runar Barstad Solberg, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Ulf Ekelund, Reidar Säfvenbom, Tommy Haugen, Sveinung Berntsen, Andreas Åvitsland, Øystein Lerum, Geir Kåre Resaland, Elin Kolle, (2021). Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial – the School in Motion study. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10901-x
- Lene Annette Hagen Haakstad, Charlotte Jakobsen, Runar Barstad Solberg, Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Christina Gjestvang, (2021). Mirror, mirror - Does the fitness club industry have a body image problem?. Psychology of Sport And Exercise doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101880
- Elin Kolle, Runar Barstad Solberg, Reidar Säfvenbom, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, Sveinung Berntsen, Geir Kåre Resaland, Ulf Ekelund, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, May Grydeland, (2020). The effect of a school-based intervention on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength: the School in Motion cluster randomized trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01060-0
- Andreas Åvitsland, Eva Leibinger, Geir Kåre Resaland, Runar Barstad Solberg, Elin Kolle, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, (2020). Effects of school-based physical activity interventions on mental health in adolescents: The School in Motion cluster randomized controlled trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity s. 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2020.100348
- Andreas Åvitsland, Eva Leibinger, Tommy Haugen, Øystein Lerum, Runar Barstad Solberg, Elin Kolle, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, (2020). The association between physical fitness and mental health in Norwegian adolescents. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08936-7
- Mona Bjørbæk, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Cathinka Halle Julin, Petter Elstrøm, Signe Agnes Flottorp, Atle Fretheim, Christine Holst, Unni Gopinathan, Heather Eileen Menzies Munthe-Kaas, Andrew David Oxman, Matthew Prescott Oxman, Christopher James Rose, Sarah Ellen Rosenbaum, Runar Barstad Solberg, Tone Bruun, Arnfinn Helleve, Simon Arnold Lewin, Annlaug Selstø, (2024). Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR) Annual Report 2023.
- Mette Fagernes, Hanne-Merete Eriksen-Volle, Christine Holst, Christopher James Rose, Runar Barstad Solberg, Petter Elstrøm, (2023). Study protocol: Evaluation of the National tool for observation of infection prevention measures in the healthcare (NOST) – a cluster randomized trial.
- Elin Kolle, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Reidar Säfvenbom, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, May Grydeland, Ulf Ekelund, Inge Dehli Andersen, Geir Kåre Resaland, Øystein Lerum, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Sveinung Berntsen, Lena Malnes, Tommy Haugen, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, Andreas Åvitsland, Eva Leibinger, Runar Barstad Solberg, (2019). Hovedrapport: School in motion.
- Atle Fretheim, Petter Elstrøm, Cathinka Lønning Halle, Unni Gopinathan, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Runar Barstad Solberg, Arnfinn Helleve, (2024). Why were so few randomized trials of public health and social measures conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Norwegian experience. Trials doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08547-2
- Eva Leibinger, Andreas Åvitsland, Geir Kåre Resaland, Runar Barstad Solberg, Elin Kolle, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, (2019). Relationship between health-related quality of life, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness in adolescents.
- Andreas Åvitsland, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, Øystein Lerum, Eva Leibinger, Runar Barstad Solberg, Elin Kolle, Tommy Haugen, (2019). Physical fitness and mental health in adolescents - What we know, and what we don't.
- Andreas Åvitsland, Reidar Säfvenbom, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Elin Kolle, Geir Kåre Resaland, Sveinung Berntsen, Eva Leibinger, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, Runar Barstad Solberg, (2019). A new approach to school time physical activity: The "Don't worry, be happy" intervention model.
- Andreas Åvitsland, Eva Leibinger, Øystein Lerum, Lena Malnes, Runar Barstad Solberg, Sindre Mikal Dyrstad, (2018). Sammenhengen mellom fysisk form og psykisk helse hos norske 13-14-åringer.