About
Line Kildal Bragstad is a professor of occupational therapy at Oslo Metropolitan University and holds a part-time position at the Department of Health and Society at the University of Oslo. Her research focuses on complex interventions in health and rehabilitation services, with an emphasis on services for individuals with long-term, chronic, and complex conditions. Bragstad is particularly interested in research related to municipal health and care services and interventions that span across services and sectors. In recent years, she has had a special focus on services and support for individuals with stroke and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Bragstad is dedicated to method development in complex interventions, with a focus on process evaluation and the use of various methods in knowledge development in the field. She teaches courses on complex interventions in health and rehabilitation, knowledge translation and implementation, mixed methods, quantitative methods, and statistics.
Selected institutional and external institution responsibilities:
- Member of Expert review panel for funding program Research in DAM Foundation, 2020 - 2024
- OsloMets representative in the national research school MUNI-HEALTH-CARE 2021 - 2023
- Member of expert panel for CoEN 2019: Pathfinder 4, 2019-2020 og CoEN 2022: Pathfinder 2022-2023 for UKRI MRC.
- Research group Leader for "Complex intervnetions in the health services" (KompIHS), University of Oslo, 2019 -
External research profiles:
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Line_Bragstad
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9645-3770
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Other health sciences Health sciences Health service and health administration research
Subject areas
Action research Disability Medical statistics User participation Care-taking of elders Cerebral stroke Psycho-social difficulties Parkinson's disease Old people Application development Next of kin Mixed methods Complex interventions Non-pharmacological intervention Aquired brain injury
Countries
Denmark Spain United Kingdom Norway USA
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Navarta-Sánchez, Maria Victoria; Palmar-Santos, Ana; Pedraz-Marcos, Azucena; Reidy, Claire; Soilemezi, Dia; Haahr, Anita; Sørensen, Dorthe; Smidt, Helle Rønn; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Portillo-Vega, Mari Carmen
(2023).
Perspectives of people with Parkinson's disease and family carers about disease management in community settings: A cross-country qualitative study.
Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN).
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16636
Svendsen, Edel Jannecke; Killi, Eli Marie; Rohrer-Baumgartner, Nina Marit; Holthe, Ingvil Laberg; Sandhaug, Maria; Borgen, Ida Maria Henriksen; Wade, Shari L.; Hauger, Solveig Lægreid; Løvstad, Marianne; Bragstad, Line Kildal
(2023).
Children’s, parents’, and teachers’ experiences of the feasibility of a telerehabilitation intervention for children with acquired brain injury in the chronic phase – a qualitative study of acceptability and participation in the Child In Context Intervention (CICI).
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09589-z
Jeppestøl, Kristin; Kirkevold, Marit; Bragstad, Line Kildal
(2023).
Early warning scores and trigger recommendations must be used with care in older home nursing care patients: Results from an observational study.
9 p.
Nursing Open.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1724
van Nimwegen, Dagmar; Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Kirkevold, Marit; Sveen, Unni; Hafsteinsdóttir, Thora; Schoonhoven, Lisette; Visser-Meily, Anne; de Man-van Ginkel, Janneke M.
(2023).
Interventions for improving psychosocial well-being after stroke: A systematic review.
International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Vol. 142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104492
Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Smidt, Helle Rønn; Haahr, Anita; Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Sørensen, Dorthe; Navarta-Sánchez, Maria Victoria; Portillo-Vega, Mari Carmen; Bragstad, Line Kildal
(2023).
Filling the gap in service provision. Partners as family carers to people with Parkinson's disease: A Scandinavian perspective.
13 p.
Chronic Illness.
https://doi.org/10.1177/17423953231174470
Lindemann, Kristina Yvonne Kathe; Danbolt, Svana; Ramberg, Lene Kristine Marsby; Eyjólfsdóttir, Brynhildur; Wang, Yun; Heli-Haugestøl, Anne Gjertine; Walcott, Sara; Mjåland, Odd; Navestad, Gerd; Hermanrud, Silje; Juul-Hansen, Knut Erling; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Opheim, Randi; Kleppe, Andreas; Kongsgaard, Ulf Erik
(2023).
Patient-reported nausea after implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for gynae-oncology patients.
7 p.
International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
Vol. 33.
https://doi.org/10.1136/ijgc-2023-004356
Amundsen, Olav; Moger, Tron Anders; Holte, Jon Helgheim; Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Tjerbo, Trond; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke
(2023).
Combination of health care service use and the relation to demographic and socioeconomic factors for patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a descriptive cohort study.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09852-3
Nielsen, Tove Lise; Kruse, Naja Benigna; Haahr, Anita; Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Palmar-Santos, Ana; Navarta-Sánchez, Maria Victoria; Pedraz-Marcos, Azucena; Pires, Sanda Bartolomeu; Roberts, Helen; Portillo-Vega, Mari Carmen
(2022).
Exploring health and social services in Denmark, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom for the development of Parkinson's care pathways. A document analysis.
12 p.
Health and Social Care in the Community.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13970
Soilemezi, Dia; Palmar-Santos, Ana; Navarta-Sánchez, Maria Victoria; Roberts, Helen; Pedraz-Marcos, Azucena; Haahr, Anita; Sørensen, Dorthe; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Portillo-Vega, Mari Carmen
(2022).
Understanding support systems for Parkinson's disease
management in community settings: A cross‐national
qualitative study.
Health Expectations.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13691
Jeppestøl, Kristin; Kirkevold, Marit; Bragstad, Line Kildal
(2021).
Assessing acute functional decline in older patients in home nursing care settings using the Modified Early Warning Score: A qualitative study of nurses’ and general practitioners’ experiences.
11 p.
International Journal of Older People Nursing.
https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12416
