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
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
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; 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; 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; 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
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.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06175-z
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.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319873054
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.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019876318
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.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12896
