Field of work
Associate professor at the master's 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 the Centre for patient-reported outcomes data in the Department of Research and Development. I have extensive experience as a diabetes nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine at 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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Navigating comorbidity: addressing the dual burden of coronary artery disease and diabetes
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Comparison of information provided on diabetes distress when using PAID-20, PAID-11 or PAID-5. A registry-based study applying IRT analyses among 10,190 adults with type 1 diabetes in Norway
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Hypoglycaemia and its associations with diabetes and age-related factors in older home-dwelling people with diabetes
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"Problem Areas in Diabetes" (PAID) for kartlegging av diabetes distress: Hvilken versjon av spørreskjemaet skal man velge i forskning og klinisk praksis?
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Thresholds for the 20-item Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale: A Population-Based Study of Adults with Type 1 Diabetes