About
Trine Brun Kittelsen is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty for Health Sciences in the research project “Pediatric palliative care, the lived experiences of the child, siblings and parents”. She has a bachelors degree in occupational therapy from Tromsø University College (2000) and a masters degree in occupational therapy with the masters thesis “Professionals encounter with grief in parents of children with disabilities”. Trine has extensive clinical experience as a pediatric occupational therapist in the municipal health service and the Habilitation Service. She is a member of the national interdisciplinary research network Children in palliative care – CHIP.
Fields of study
Subject areas
Habilitation Pediatric Palliative Care
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Kittelsen, Trine Brun
; Castor, Charlotte;
Lee, Anja
;
Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal
;
Winger, Anette
(2024).
Focusing on life rather than illness: the lived experience of children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions—a qualitative study.
Palliative Care & Social Practice.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524241301431
Kittelsen, Trine Brun
; Bruun Lorentsen, Vibeke; Castor, Charlotte;
Lee, Anja
;
Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal
;
Winger, Anette
(2024).
It's about living a normal life: parents' quality of life when their child has a life-threatening or life-limiting condition - a qualitative study.
BMC Palliative Care.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01417-3
Kittelsen, Trine Brun
; Castor, Charlotte;
Lee, Anja
;
Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal
;
Winger, Anette
(2024).
“What about me?”: lived experiences of siblings living with a brother or sister with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2321645
