About
Linda Kvæl is a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Health Sciences, the research group Aging, Health and Welfare, and researcher II for NOVA, Department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies. She has a PhD in health sciences from OsloMet. Kvæl has clinical experience as a physiotherapist from the community care services with a master's degree in rehabilitation of older persons. Her research interests include quality in health and care services for older people and their relatives, with a special focus on participation, active aging in context, person-centered care and implementation of evidence-based knowledge.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Health service and health administration research Health sciences
Subject areas
Patient progress active aging Implementation Science Health and care services Person-centred care
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Enabling Ageing in Place (AgePlace)
In this project the researchers aim to generate new knowledge on the precondition for safe ageing in place.
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FALLPREVENT: Implementation of evidence-based, fall-prevention programmes in the health care services: Quality, competency and effectiveness
In this project we aim to develop and test an innovative user-based programme for the implementation of falls-prevention programmes in Norway.
Completed research projects
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Area Review of Housing Solutions and Health and Care Services for the Elderly
How can the state and municipality more effectively facilitate elderly people to age in place?
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Crosscare-Old: A Cross Sectoral Approach to High Quality Healthcare Transitions for Older People
The project aims to increase the understanding of the role of cross-sectoral factors that constitute barriers for high quality care transitions for older people from hospital to municipal care.
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The IPIC Study
Effects of an interprofessional education programme on patient participation among older people in intermediate care services: A quasi experimental study.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Rimereit Aarønes, Turid
;
Taraldsen, Kristin
;
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
(2025).
Assessment of older persons with multimorbidity in Norwegian primary care: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' experiences and preferences in fostering continuity of care.
BMC Health Services Research.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12185-4
Linnerud, Siv;
Bjerk, Maria
; Olsen, Nina Rydland;
Taraldsen, Kristin
;
Brovold, Therese
;
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
(2024).
Managers’ perspectives on their role in implementing fall prevention interventions: a qualitative interview study in Norwegian homecare services.
11 p.
Frontiers in Health Services.
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1456028
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
; Gulbrandsen, Pål; Werner, Anne;
Bergland, Astrid
(2024).
Implementation of the four habits model in intermediate care services in Norway: a process evaluation.
13 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11647-z
Bjerk, Maria
; Flottorp, Signe A.;
Pripp, Are Hugo
; Øien, Henning; Hansen, Tonya Moen; Foy, Robbie; Close, Jacqueline; Linnerud, Siv;
Brovold, Therese
;
Solli, Rune
; Olsen, Nina Rydland; Skelton, Dawn A.; Rydwik, Elisabeth; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Idland, Gro;
Kvæl, Linda
; Vieira, Edgar;
Taraldsen, Kristin
(2024).
Tailored implementation of national recommendations on fall prevention among older adults in municipalities in Norway (FALLPREVENT trial): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial.
11 p.
Implementation Science.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01334-2
Linnerud, Siv;
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
;
Bjerk, Maria
;
Taraldsen, Kristin
; Skelton, Dawn A.;
Brovold, Therese
(2024).
Feasibility of an implementation strategy for preventing falls in homecare services.
14 p.
Implementation Science Communications.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00615-7
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
;
Bergland, Astrid
; Eldh, Ann Catrine
(2023).
Preference-based patient participation in intermediate care: Translation, validation and piloting of the 4Ps in Norway.
Health Expectations.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13899
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
;
Gautun, Heidi
(2023).
Social inequality in navigating the healthcare maze: Care trajectories from hospital to home via intermediate care for older people in Norway.
Social Science and Medicine.
Vol. 333.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116142
Bunæs-Næss, Heidi
;
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
;
Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad
; Heywood, Sophie;
Heiberg, Kristi Elisabeth
(2023).
Aquatic high-intensity interval training (HIIT) may be similarly effective to land-based HIIT in improving exercise capacity in people with chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
13 p.
BMJ Open sport & exercise medicine.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001639
Linnerud, Siv;
Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford
; Graverholt, Birgitte; Idland, Gro;
Taraldsen, Kristin
;
Brovold, Therese
(2023).
Stakeholder development of an implementation strategy for fall prevention in Norwegian home care – a qualitative co-creation approach.
10 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10394-x
Gautun, Heidi
;
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee
; Bratt, Christopher
(2022).
After Hospital: Should Older Care-Needing Patients Be Transferred to Their Homes or to an intermediate Care Institution?.
Healthcare.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030475