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
Subject areas
Patient progress active aging Implementation Science Health and care services Person-centred care
Research groups
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
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Bergland, Astrid; Debesay, Jonas
(2022).
Balancing standardisation and individualisation in transitional care pathways: a meta-ethnography of the perspectives of older patients, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals.
BMC Health Services Research
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Vol. 22.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/93311
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
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Vol. 10.
https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/research-projec...
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Løchting, Ida; Molin, Marianne (2022). Use of Dietary Supplements and Perceived Knowledge among Adults Living with Fibromyalgia in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients . Vol. 14.
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee (2021). Helhetlige pasientforløp: brukernes erfaringer med pasientdeltakelse og personsentrert omsorg i kommunal korttidsrehabilitering i overgangen mellom sykehus og hjem. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning . Vol. 7.
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Bergland, Astrid (2021). The practice environment’s influence on patient participation in intermediate healthcare services – the perspectives of patients, relatives and healthcare professionals. BMC Health Services Research .
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Debesay, Jonas; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid (2019). The dramaturgical act of positioning within family meetings: Negotiation of patients’ participation in intermediate care services. Qualitative Health Research .
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Debesay, Jonas; Bye, Asta; Langaas, Anne; Bergland, Astrid (2019). Choice, Voice, and Coproduction in Intermediate Care: Exploring Geriatric Patients’ and Their Relatives’ Perspectives on Patient Participation. Sage Open . Vol. 9.
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Debesay, Jonas; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid
(2019).
Health‐care professionals’ experiences of patient participation among older patients in intermediate care—At the intersection between profession, market and bureaucracy.
Health Expectations
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Vol. 22.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/74448
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Debesay, Jonas; Langaas, Anne; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid (2018). A Concept Analysis of Patient Participation in Intermediate Care. Patient Education and Counseling .
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Bergland, Astrid; Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken (2017). Associations between physical function and depression in nursing home residents with mild and moderate dementia: a cross-sectional study. 11 p. BMJ Open . Vol. 7.
