Field of study
Pain Quanitative research methods Gender and women perspectives Chronic pain Pain research Women's health Self-management support Coronary Heart Disease Intervention research
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Impact of cancer chemotherapy treatment on hearing, smell and cognitive function (CanHear)
This PhD project investigates how two different types of chemotherapy may affect sensory functions such as smell and hearing, as well as cognition, in individuals undergoing cancer treatment.
Completed research projects
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Patient safety culture and adverse events in surgical context
The qualitative and sequential PhD project explores patient safety culture and adverse events in the evidence and the surgical context.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Rein, Lisa
;
Tørris, Christine
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Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
; Rising, Malin Holmström;
Torbjørnsen, Astrid
; Mogensen, Tina Rich;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2026).
What Is Known About Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Cardiovascular Risk Factors—A Scoping Review.
Epidemiologia.
Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia7030059
Lillekroken, Daniela
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Hessevaagbakke, Elisabeth
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Grov, Ellen Karine
; Hansen, Lene Strandberg; Hovland, Olav Johannes;
Indregard, Anne Marthe Rustad
;
Lindeflaten, Katrin
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Røhrl, Kari
; Strømstad, André;
Torbjørnsen, Astrid
;
Øygarden, Anne-Martha Utne
;
Tørris, Christine
;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2026).
Navigating new pathways – healthcare personnel’s experiences transitioning from traditional nursing homes to the dementia village care model in Norway.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 26.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14223-9
Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
;
Grov, Ellen Karine
; Silvola, Juha Tapio;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2025).
Enhancing surgical care for torture survivors: healing trauma, promoting recovery, and advancing best practices.
BMC Surgery.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-025-03042-0
Parry, Monica;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
; Nickerson, Nicole; Lie, Irene
(2025).
Family Caregivers and Cardiovascular Disease: An Intersectional Approach to Good Health and Wellbeing.
Stanley, Selwyn (Ed.).
International Perspectives on Family Caregiving. p. 135-157.
Emerald Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-612-120251008
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
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Torbjørnsen, Astrid
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Thordardottir, Björg Sigridur Anna
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Lund, Anne
; Hovland, Olav Johannes;
Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie
(2025).
Exploring intentions: factors influencing international study decisions in healthcare bachelor degree programs.
BMC Medical Education.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07136-4
Nylén-Eriksen, Mats
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Stojiljkovic, Marko
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Lillekroken, Daniela
;
Lindeflaten, Katrin
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Hessevaagbakke, Elisabeth
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Flølo, Tone Nygaard
; Hovland, Olav Johannes;
Solberg, Ada Marie Svarstad
;
Hansen, Sylvia
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Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Tørris, Christine
(2025).
Game-thinking; utilizing serious games and gamification in nursing education - a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC Medical Education.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06531-7
Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
;
Grov, Ellen Karine
;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2025).
“After torture, everything changed”: the unpacking of trauma from torture with interpretative phenomenological analysis and Merleau-Ponty’s theory of the lived body.
BMC Psychology.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02507-4
Vikan, Magnhild
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Haugen, Arvid Steinar
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Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen
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Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
; Husby, Vigdis Kvitland Schnell; Deilkås, Ellen Catharina Tveter;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
(2025).
Patient safety culture through the lenses of surgical patients: a qualitative study.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12366-9
Parry, Monica; Huang, Tony C.T.; Clarke, Hance;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
; Harvey, Paula; Parentene, Laura; Norris, Colleen; Pilote, Louise; Price, Jennifer; Stinson, Jennifer N.; O`Hara, Arland; Fernando, Madusha; Watt-Watson, Judy; Nickerson, Nicole; DeBonis, Vincenza Spiteri; Hart, Donna; Faubert, Christine
(2025).
Development and Systematic Evaluation of a Progressive Web Application for Women With Cardiac Pain: Usability Study.
JMIR Human Factors.
https://doi.org/10.2196/57583
Grødal, Turi Sørbøen; Røyseng, Malin;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone
(2025).
Helserelatert livskvalitet hos kvinner som har mottatt fysioterapi for bekkenleddsmerter etter fødsel: En scoping review.
Fysioterapeuten.
Vol. 92.
https://doi.org/https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/bek