Field of work
Lecturer and supervisor at the master programme in clinical nursing (specialisation in diabetes nursing) and the PhD programme Health, Function and Participation. Currently on 40% leave.
I also work at Haukeland University Hospital (HUH) as a senior advisor at Centre for patient-reported outcomes data, Department of Research and Development. I have extensive experience as a diabetes nurse at the Department of Internal Medicine, HUH. I have also been a postdoctoral fellow at the same clinic from January 2022 to September 2025.
I represent the nursing field in the Regional Ethics Committee (REK Vest) (2025-2029). In addition, I am a member of the National Council for Diabetes (Directorate of Health).
Courses Taught
On master level:
- Clinical diabetes nursing
- Diabetes treatment
- Diabetes follow-up
- Diabetes distress
- Health literacy
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Research methods and ethics
On PhD level:
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Intervention studies
Research areas
- Diabetes in adults
- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice and research
- PROM data from the Norwegian Diabetes Register for Adults
- Diabetes distress, diabetes self-management, hypoglycaemia symptom awareness, general well-being and depression in adults with type 1 diabetes
- Diabetes and menopause
- Patient activation in chronic diseases
- Hypoglyceamia in elderly people with diabetes
- Cardiac rehabilitation after coronary percutaneous intervention, diabetes and other comorbidities
Publications
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Prevalence and risk factors for impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia: A registry-based study of 10,202 adults with type 1 diabetes in Norway
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Sex differences in diabetes distress and general well-being among adults with type 1 diabetes: Insights from a population-based registry study
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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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Diabetes Distress and Associations With Demographic and Clinical Variables: A Nationwide Population-Based Registry Study of 10,186 Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in Norway
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Patient activation in adults attending appointments in general practice: a cross-sectional study