Field of work
Associate Professor at the Section for Master's in Public Health and General Nursing at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences. Study program coordinator at the master's in advanced clinical nursing/nurse practitioner.
Defended her thesis in 2017: "Telemedicine follow-up in diabetes foot ulcer care: Essential conditions and contextual factors from the perspective of health care professionals"
Research within the area:
- Conducts research on health-service development and follow-up in the municipal healthcare service (GP's office) in the treatment of people with chronic disease (type 2 diabetes and COPD)
- prevention of chronic diseases
- Overweight challenges and obesity surgery
- Follow-up in primary healthcare/general practice
- Delegation of healthcare tasks in primary health care
- Digitalisation in the follow-up of chronic diseases in primary health care
- Applying counselling methodology for changing health behaviour
- The use of technology in the collaboration between primary and specialist healthvare services
- Experiences of young adults born prematurely
- Advanced Clinical Nurses (Nurse Practitioner) Role and Function in Health Services
I work 20% clinically as a diabetes nurse in general practice.
Teaches
- Diabetes and the follow-up of people with diabetes
- Service development and follow-up of persons with chronic diseases in the municipal health service
- Pedagogical Supervision Methods and Communication
- Qualitative research methods
Research groups
- KAS500, Advanced Nursing Care for Patients with Acute and Critical Health Problems, Fall 2025
- KAS510, Patients with Complex and Long-Term Health Problems, Fall 2025
- KAS530, Project Plan, Spring 2026
- KAS590, Master's Thesis, Fall 2025
- KAS590, Master's Thesis, Spring 2026
- MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Spring 2026
- MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Fall 2025
- PHDH909, Health, Function and Participation, Spring 2026
- PHDH909, Health, Function and Participation, Fall 2025
- SÅR1102, Wounds Caused by Systemic Diseases, Spring 2026
Publications
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Prediabetes and cardiovascular risk factors: the effectiveness of a guided self-determination counselling approach in primary health care, a randomized controlled trial
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Health literacy among people at risk or with type 2 diabetes in Norwegian primary care—A cross sectional study
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Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing palliative care for patients with diabetes – a qualitative study
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The implementation of telemedicine in wound care: a qualitative study of nurses’ and patients’ experiences
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Interprofessional follow-up for people at risk of type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare–a randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews
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Experiences of an interprofessional follow-up program in primary care practice
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Watershed Moments: Participatory Research in the Weight Loss Surgery Field
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Evaluation of an interprofessional follow-up intervention among people with type 2 diabetes in primary care—A randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews
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Patients’ experiences with participating in a team‑based person‑centred intervention for patients at risk of or diagnosed with COPD in general practice
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Can Waist-to-Height Ratio and Health Literacy Be Used in Primary Care for Prioritizing Further Assessment of People at T2DM Risk?
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Prevalence of increased risk of type 2 diabetes in general practice: a cross-sectional study in Norway
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Patient activation in adults attending appointments in general practice: a cross-sectional study
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Using HbA1c measurements and the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score to identify undiagnosed individuals and those at risk of diabetes in primary care
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Person-specific evidence has the ability to mobilize relational capacity: A four-step grounded theory developed in people with long-term health conditions
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PREDIABETES PREVALENCE: Health Literacy and Wellbeing among urban and rural residents in primary care in North Iceland.
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Interdisciplinary follow-up program for adults at risk or with manifest type 2 diabetes.
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Team-based Guided Self-Determination follow-up among people at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes or with manifest disease in four general practices in Vestland and Viken.
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Diabetessykepleieres rolle i primærhelsetjenesten – en kvalitativ studie
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Telemedicine follow-up care of chronic ulcers in primary health care – a cluster randomized trial
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Guided Self-Determination som verktøy i sjukepleiekonsultasjonar i primærhelsetenesta – ein litteraturstudie
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Young adults with type 1 diabetes and their experiences with diabetes follow‐up and participation in the DiaPROM pilot trial: A qualitative study
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Nurses’ and physicians’ experiences with diabetes consultations and the use of dialogue tools in the DiaPROM pilot trial: A qualitative study
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The role of diabetes nurses in primary health care- factors that contribute to success and failure
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Telemedisinsk oppfølging av diabetes fotsår – et alternativ til dagens praksis?
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Effectiveness of a team-based follow-up program in general practice: a mixed-method complex intervention trial among people with chronic conditions.
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Application of telemedicine in diabetes foot ulcer care. A qualitative inquiry
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Helsepersonell sine erfaringer med bruk av telemedisin i diabetes fotsår behandling
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Young adults with type 1 diabetes and their experiences with the transition from paediatric to adult care
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Transition from paediatric to adult care: a qualitative study of the experiences of young adults with type 1 diabetes
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Diabetessykepleiers rolle og funksjon – en undersøkelse med bruk av spørreskjema og individuelle intervju
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Implementing a team-based person-centered self-management support intervention among people with diabetes type 2 in general practice.
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Telemedisinsk oppfølging i diabetes fotsår behandling: helsepersonell sine erfaringer.
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Healthcare professionals`experience in using telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery.
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Telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery: Healthcare professionals`experiences.
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Reconfiguring clinical communication in the electronic counselling context: The nuances of disruption
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Telemedicine follow-up facilitates more comprehensive diabetes foot ulcer care : a qualitative study in home based and specialist health care
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Overgang fra barn- til voksenavdeling med diabetes type 1, en kvalitativ studie av unge voksnes erfaringer
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Telemedicine follow-up in diabetes foot ulcer care: Essential conditions and contextual factors from the perspective of health care professionals
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Diabetes eHealth Intervention may disrupt the patterns of nurse-patient communication in the primary care
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Conditions for success in introducing telemedicine in diabetes foot care : a qualitative inquiry
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Learning to practise the Guided Self-Determination approach in type 2 diabetes in primary care: A qualitative pilot study
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Health care professionals` perspectives on the introduction of telemedicine
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Improving quality in documentation and communication between health care professionals when adopting telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery.
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Interpretive Deion as a strategy in the study of the health care professionals`experiences in using telemedicine in diabetes foot care.
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Erfaringer med å lære og å praktisere personsentrert veiledning i primærhelsetjenesten. En kvalitativ studie
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Telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery : health care professionals’ experience
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Telemedicine Versus Standard Follow-Up Care for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial (DiaFOTo)
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Experience of knowledge and skills that are essential in self-managing a chronic condition : a focus group study among people with type 2 diabetes
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Learning and practicing the Guided Self-Determination method in primary care for type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study
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Health care Professionals`experiences using telemedicine in diabetes foot care. A qualitative study.
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PROCESS EVALUATION – DIABETES TELEMEDICINE FOOT CARE INTERVENTION
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A focus-group study of health-care professionals. Diabetes telemedicine foot care intervention
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Experiences of nurses as they introduce the Guided Self-Determination (GSD) counselling approach in outpatient nurse consultations among people with type 1 diabetes