Associate Professor

Elisabeth Grov Beisland

Department of Health and Caring sciences

Field of work

Teaching and supervision at master's and PhD levels in clinical nursing, Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, campus Bergen.

Study coordinator for Master of Science in Nursing, Clinical Specialties (Gastro, Infection & Infection Control, Pulmonary, Neurology, Urological, Stoma & Incontinence, Nursing and Clinical Forensic Medicine for Nurses)

PhD from UiB 2015, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Clinical Medicine 1, with the thesis "Health- related Quality of Life, Distress and Psycholsocial Factors in Head and Neck and Renal Cancer Patients".

Member of StudForsk

HVL, IHO's representative in the Norwegian Network for Educational Research in Nursing (NorNERN),

Member of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)'s expert panel for the preparation of a diagnosis-specific quality of life questionnaire for kidney cancer patients.

Member of the research network LIVSFORSK

Member and deputy chair of the research group Cancer and Quality of Life

Member of the WestPaed research group Children's and Adolescent Clinic, Helse Bergen

Member of the European Association of Urological Nurses (EAUN) Scientific Congress Office (SCO)

The main interest in my research is the patient perspective in acute, critical and chronic illness, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Teaches

Nursing care for acute, critical and chronically ill somatic patients
Quantitative method
Qualitative method
Quality of life
Clinical practice
Evidence-based practice
PROM/PREM
Academic writing

Researching

How cancer, treatment, symptoms and psychosocial factors affect quality of life
Patient-reported data (PROMS)
Cancer patients
Advanced Home Hospital for Children
Clinical Practice for Nursing Students in a Somatic Hospital
Quality of life
Mastery
Kidney cancer
Head and throat cancer
Elderly cancer patients over 80 years of age
Fear of COVID-19 in nursing students

Research groups

Cancer and Quality of Life
LIVSFORSK
West Paed, Bergen Regional Health Authority
National Research Group for Quality in Clinical Practice NORNERN

MAMET1SKS, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Research Methods, Fall 2025, subject responsible
MSS590, Master's Thesis, Spring 2026
MSU510, Clinical Urotherapy , Fall 2025
SPE590, Master’s Thesis, Fall 2025
SPE590, Master’s Thesis, Spring 2026
SYKB390, Bachelor thesis, Fall 2025
SYKB390, Bachelor thesis, Spring 2026

Publications

Er universitetspedagogiske kurs relevante? Erfaringer fra et kurs om diskusjon som læringsaktivitet

Jens Breivik, Kristine Ludvigsen, Ingjald Pilskog, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Alexander Selvikvåg Lundervold (2024)
Women’s experiences with postpartum urinary retention – a qualitative study

Monica Aga, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Sykepleien Forskning 2024 ;Volum 19.
Parents’ experiences of sleep testing in children under the auspices of hospital at home

Mathilde Granodd, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Sykepleien Forskning 2024
Health-related Quality of Life Assessment in Renal Cell Cancer: A Scoping Review

Franziska Gross, Ida Marie Lind Rasmussen, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Gøril Tvedten Jorem, Christian Beisland, Helle Pappot (2024)

European Urology Oncology (EUO) 2024
Quality of life and symptoms in cancer patients more than 80 years of age

Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)
Nurses’ experiences of implementing a hospital-managed home-care programme for preterm infants and their parents

Siri Jacobsen Heimdal, Asgjerd Litleré Moi, Merete Benestad, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Journal of Neonatal Nursing 2024 ;Volum 31. s. 229-237
Mødre forteller om gode erfaringer med å registrere barns søvn hjemme

Granodd Mathilde, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Sykepleien 2024
Urinretensjon kom overraskende på kvinner etter fødselen

Monica Aga, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

https://sykepleien.no/fag 2024
Kvinners erfaringer med postpartum urinretensjon – en kvalitativ studie

Monica Aga, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Sykepleien Forskning 2024 ;Volum 19.
Foreldres erfaringer med søvnregistrering av barn i avansert hjemmesykehus

Mathilde Granodd, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

Sykepleien Forskning 2024
When art meets medicine: Use of flexible laryngoscopy in development of singers’ voices - A Scoping Review

Maria Vollsæter, Petrine Solli Veierød, Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, Ola Drange Røksund, Asgjerd Litlere Moi, Gøril Tvedten Jorem (2024)

Journal of Voice 2024
Children's and parents' experiences of home care provided by hospital staff: A scoping review

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Jorunn Drageset, Mari Gaupås Blindheim, Gøril Tvedten Jorem, Asgjerd Litlere Moi (2024)

Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) 2024
Women’s experiences of assessment for urinary incontinence: a qualitative study

Lotte Miriam Eri Mjelde, Anne Torine Litherland, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2024)

British Journal of Nursing 2024 ;Volum 33. s. 168-174
Quality of life in home-dwelling cancer patients aged 80 years and older: a systematic review

Inger Helen Hardeland Hjelmeland, Jorunn Drageset, Øyvind Nordvik, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2022)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 ;Volum 20.
Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Reflections on Professional Development Within the Nursing Leadership Role When Participating in Student-run Teams: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Student’s Reflection Notes

Marit Hegg Reime, Karin Bell, Bente Albrigtsen, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2022)

Sage Open Nursing 2022 ;Volum 8. s. 1-11
Cancer patients ≥80 years of age admitted for surgical treatment – Baseline characteristics from the elderly somatic cancer patient study (ELDSOCA)

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Nina Martine Andresen, Kristin Hovland, Frank Pfeffer, Christian Beisland, Jorunn Drageset (2022)
Development of an EORTC Quality of Life Module for Renal Cell Cancer Patients: Phase I

Lisa Wintner, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Christian Beisland, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Bernhard A Holzner (2022)

European psychiatry 2022 ;Volum 65.
The impact of educational concerns and satisfaction on baccalaureate nursing students’ distress and quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic; a cross-sectional study

Tone Nygaard Flølo, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, John Roger Andersen, Kristin Haraldstad, Inger Helen Hardeland Hjelmeland, Marjolein M. Iversen (2022)

BMC Nursing 2022 ;Volum 21.
Sykepleierstudentene oppgir lav livskvalitet under pandemien

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, John Roger Andersen, Ola Bratås, Bodil Bø, Kristin Haraldstad (2021)

Sykepleien 2021
Development of an EORTC Quality of Life Module for Renal Cell Cancer Patients: Phase I

Lisa Wintner, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Christian Beisland, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Bernhard A Holzner (2021)
Correction to: Quality of life among cancer inpatients 80 years and older: a systematic review (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, (2021), 19, 1, (98), 10.1186/s12955-021-01685-0)

Jorunn Drageset, Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre Sandvik, Leslie S.P. Eide, Gunhild Austrheim, Mary T. Fox, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2021)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 ;Volum 19.
Kunnskapsbasert praksis i sykepleierutdanning - et implementeringsprosjekt

Anne Kristin Snibsøer, Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre Sandvik, Vivian L. Haugland, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Marianne Fjose (2021)
Kunnskapsbasert praksis i sykepleierutdanning - et implementeringsprosjekt

Anne Kristin Snibsøer, Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre Sandvik, Vivian L. Haugland, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Marianne Fjose (2021)
Helsepersonells forventninger og erfaringer med oppstart av avansert hjemme sykehus (AHS) for barn og unge i Helse Bergen

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Ann-Cathrin Melby, Tone Johnsgaard, Ola Drange Røksund, Asgjerd Litleré Moi (2021)
Sykepleiestudenters refleksjoner over kompetanseutvikling i administrasjon og ledelse etter implementering av studentdrevet team. En kvalitativ analyse av refleksjonsnotat.

Marit Hegg Reime, Karin Bell, Bente Albrigtsen, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2021)
Associations between educational concerns and satisfaction, psychological distress and quality of life in baccalaureate nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tone Nygaard Flølo, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, John Roger Andersen, Kristin Haraldstad, Inger Helen Hardeland Hjelmeland, Marjolein M. Iversen (2021)
Quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in 2600 baccalaureate nursing students at five universities: a cross-sectional study

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, John Roger Andersen, Ola Bratås, Bodil Bø, Kristin Haraldstad (2021)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 ;Volum 19.
HVL erstattet klinisk praksis med alternativt pedagogisk opplegg

Bente Elisabeth Bendixen, Marit Hegg Reime, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Tonje Sibbern, Dag Gunnar Brekke, Anne Kristin Snibsøer (2021)

Sykepleien 2021 ;Volum 109.
Quality of life among cancer inpatients 80 years and older: a systematic review

Jorunn Drageset, Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre Sandvik, Leslie S.P. Eide, Gunhild Austrheim, Mary T. Fox, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2021)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 ;Volum 19. s. 1-16
Personality and educational level determine self-reported health-related quality-of-life and distress in patients with renal tumors awaiting radical surgery

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Elen Martine Hauge, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2020)

Scandinavian Journal of Urology 2020 ;Volum 54. s. 304-312
Helse og livskvalitet hos kognitivt intakte elektive kreftpasienter over 80 år

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Nina Martine Andresen, Lene Lønnheim, Stine Nøttveit, Frank Pfeffer, Turid Aas (2019)
Poliklinikken må utnyttes som praksisarena for sykepleierstudenter

Margareth. G. Haukom, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Hilde Nesse (2019)

Tidsskriftet sykepleien 2019
Evidence Based Practice learning in a Norwegian Bachelor Nursing Programmer Implementation of an experiential hands on component

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Anne-Siri Fismen, Anne Kristin Snibsøer, Christine Kurz Landy (2019)
A systematic review of quality of life research in medicine and health sciences

Kristin Haraldstad, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Randi Andenæs, John Roger Andersen, Marit Helen Andersen, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2019)

Quality of Life Research 2019 ;Volum 28. s. 2641-2650
Personality and choice of coping are important for self-reported health-related quality of life in patients with renal tumors prior to radical surgery

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2019)
Level of distress is closely related to personality and choice of coping in patients with renal tumors prior to radical surgery

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2019)
A systematic snapshot review of quality of life research in medicine and health science

Kristin Haraldstad, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Randi Andenæs, John Roger Andersen, Marit Andersen, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2018)
Veiledet praksis på poliklinikk for sykepleiestudenter. Kan poliklinikk/dagenhet være en egnet læringsarena for sykepleiestudenter eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Hilde Nesse, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Anne- Marie Lerner, Margareth. G. Haukom, Hilde Smith-Strøm (2016)
It is possible for nursing students to achieve the learning objectives in their hospital clinical training at the outpatient clinic? Experiences from the students

Hilde Nesse, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Anne- Marie Lerner, Margareth. G. Haukom, Hilde Smith-Strøm (2016)
Development of a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire intended to be used in conjunction with the general European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) in renal cell carcinoma patients

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, August Bakke, Leif Bostad, Christian Beisland (2016)

Acta Oncologica 2016 ;Volum 55. s. 349-356
Health-related Quality of Life, Distress and Psychosocial Factors in Head and Neck and Renal Cancer Patients. Quality of Life in HNSCC and RCC patients.

Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2015)

Universitetet i Bergen
Health-related Quality of Life, Distress and Psychosocial Factors in Head and Neck and Renal Cancer Patients. Quality of Life in HNSCC and RCC patients

Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, August Bakke, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2015)

Universitetet i Bergen
Health-related quality of life, personality and choice of coping are related in renal cell carcinoma patients

Elisabeth Beisland, Christian Beisland, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, August Bakke, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Hans Jørgen Aarstad (2015)

Scandinavian Journal of Urology 2015 ;Volum 49. s. 282-289
Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors after renal cancer treatment

Christian Beisland, Elisabeth Beisland, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Leif Bostad, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad (2014)

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 2014 ;Volum 48. s. 52-64
Health related quality of life (HRQoL) personality and choice of coping is associated in renal cell carcinoma patinets

Elisabeth Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2013)
Psykometrisk validering av et diagnosespesifikt livskvalitets- skjema (HRQoL,) ment brukt sammen med det generelle EORTC livskvalitests- skjemaet (QLQ) på nyrekreft-pasienter

Elisabeth Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2013)
Psychometric validation of a disease-specific Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) questionnaire intended to be used in conjunction with the general European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) in Renal Cell Carcinoma patients

Elisabeth Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2013)
Health related quality of life (HRQoL), personality and choice of coping is associated in renal cell carcinoma patients

Elisabeth Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Christian Beisland (2013)

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 2013 ;Volum 47. s. 33-34
Stability of distress and health-related quality of life as well as relation to neuroticism, coping and TNM stage in head and neck cancer patients during follow- up

Elisabeth Beisland, Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Arild Andre Østhus, Hans Jørgen Aarstad (2013)

Acta Oto-Laryngologica 2013 ;Volum 133. s. 209-217
Er det mulig å få til god sykehuspraksis for sykepleiestudenter på medisinsk og kirurgisk poliklinikk, eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Hilde Smith-Strøm, Hilde Nesse, Elisabeth Beisland, L.J. Johnsen, M Grundeland, Margareth. G. Haukom (2012)
Personality, choice of coping and T stage predict level of distress in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up

Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Elisabeth Beisland, Hans Jørgen Aarstad (2012)

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 2012 ;Volum 269. s. 2121-2128
Er det mulig å få til god sykehuspraksis for studenter på poliklinikk, eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder? Erfaringer fra bruk av poliklinikk/dagenhet som veiledet praksisarena for sykepleiestudenter i bachelorutdanningen. Abstract

Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Laila Johanne Johnsen, Mona Grundeland, Margareth. G. Haukom, Anne-Marie Lerner, Kristin Mo (2012)
Oppsummerte erfaringer fra første del av Poliklinikk- prosjektet

Margareth. G. Haukom, Elisabeth Grov Beisland (2012)
Veiledet praksis på poliklinikk. Kan poliklinikk/dagenhet være en egnet læringsarena for sykepleiestudenter eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Hilde Nesse, Elisabeth Grov Beisland, Anne- Marie Lerner, Margareth. G. Haukom, Hilde Smith-Strøm, Glenn Michael Fjeldstad (2012)
Distress, quality of life, neuroticism and psychological coping are related in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up

Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Elisabeth Beisland, Arild André Østhus, Hans Jørgen Aarstad (2011)

Acta Oncologica 2011 ;Volum 50. s. 390-398
Distress and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients during follow up

Anne Kari Hersvik Aarstad, Elisabeth Beisland, Arild Andre Østhus, Hans Jørgen Aarstad (2010)

Elisabeth Grov Beisland

Field of work

Publications

Quality of life and symptoms in cancer patients more than 80 years of age

Mødre forteller om gode erfaringer med å registrere barns søvn hjemme

Urinretensjon kom overraskende på kvinner etter fødselen

Cancer patients ≥80 years of age admitted for surgical treatment – Baseline characteristics from the elderly somatic cancer patient study (ELDSOCA)

Sykepleierstudentene oppgir lav livskvalitet under pandemien

Kunnskapsbasert praksis i sykepleierutdanning - et implementeringsprosjekt

Kunnskapsbasert praksis i sykepleierutdanning - et implementeringsprosjekt

Helsepersonells forventninger og erfaringer med oppstart av avansert hjemme sykehus (AHS) for barn og unge i Helse Bergen

Sykepleiestudenters refleksjoner over kompetanseutvikling i administrasjon og ledelse etter implementering av studentdrevet team. En kvalitativ analyse av refleksjonsnotat.

Associations between educational concerns and satisfaction, psychological distress and quality of life in baccalaureate nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Helse og livskvalitet hos kognitivt intakte elektive kreftpasienter over 80 år

Evidence Based Practice learning in a Norwegian Bachelor Nursing Programmer Implementation of an experiential hands on component

Personality and choice of coping are important for self-reported health-related quality of life in patients with renal tumors prior to radical surgery

Level of distress is closely related to personality and choice of coping in patients with renal tumors prior to radical surgery

A systematic snapshot review of quality of life research in medicine and health science

Veiledet praksis på poliklinikk for sykepleiestudenter. Kan poliklinikk/dagenhet være en egnet læringsarena for sykepleiestudenter eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Health related quality of life (HRQoL) personality and choice of coping is associated in renal cell carcinoma patinets

Psykometrisk validering av et diagnosespesifikt livskvalitets- skjema (HRQoL,) ment brukt sammen med det generelle EORTC livskvalitests- skjemaet (QLQ) på nyrekreft-pasienter

Psychometric validation of a disease-specific Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) questionnaire intended to be used in conjunction with the general European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) in Renal Cell Carcinoma patients

Health related quality of life (HRQoL), personality and choice of coping is associated in renal cell carcinoma patients

Er det mulig å få til god sykehuspraksis for sykepleiestudenter på medisinsk og kirurgisk poliklinikk, eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Er det mulig å få til god sykehuspraksis for studenter på poliklinikk, eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder? Erfaringer fra bruk av poliklinikk/dagenhet som veiledet praksisarena for sykepleiestudenter i bachelorutdanningen. Abstract

Oppsummerte erfaringer fra første del av Poliklinikk- prosjektet

Veiledet praksis på poliklinikk. Kan poliklinikk/dagenhet være en egnet læringsarena for sykepleiestudenter eller er det fremdeles sengepost som gjelder?

Distress and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients during follow up