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Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl

Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl

Job title
  • Researcher
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 50, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: H119
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 404 74 325
  • Office: +47 672 36 868
E-mail
  • linda.kval@oslomet.no
Affiliation

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 sciences   Health service and health administration research

Subject areas

Patient progress   active aging   Implementation Science   Health and care services   Person-centred care

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Aarønes, Turid Rimereit ; 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. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12185-4

Bunæs-Næss, Heidi ; Heywood, Sophie; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Heiberg, Kristi Elisabeth ; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad (2025). Effects of aquatic high-intensity interval training on aerobic capacity in adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: the AquaHigh randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090612

Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Bye, Asta ; Bergland, Astrid ; Fromholt Olsen, Cecilie (2025). Healthcare professionals' experiences of the Four Habits Model communication course: A qualitative and survey approach to evaluate impact in an intermediate care setting. 10 p. BMJ Open. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091143

Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford (2025). Ageing in place or stuck in place: A critical qualitative study on older adults’ independence across six municipalities in Norway. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 375.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118098

Solli, Rune ; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Olsen, Nina Rydland; Brovold, Therese (2025). Evaluation of content validity and feasibility of the World Falls Guidelines’ three key questions to identify falls among older adult users of home care services in Norway. 12 p. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12606-y

Solli, Rune ; Olsen, Nina Rydland; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Taraldsen, Kristin ; Brovold, Therese (2025). Falls prevention and management for older adults in home care services in Norway: a retrospective patient record review. European Geriatric Medicine.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-025-01224-w

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

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

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

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



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