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
-
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?
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
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.
Implementation Science.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01334-2
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
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
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
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.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010005
Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee
;
Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt
(2022).
Assuring patient participation and care continuity in intermediate care: Getting the most out of family meetings using the four habits model.
10 p.
Health Expectations.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13591
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.
16 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07823-8
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.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-5984-2021-02-03
