A5056855929- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
Danish Business Authority
2025
Aalborg University Hospital
2015-2024
Aalborg University
2012-2024
St. Mary's Hospital
2023
University of Nottingham
2023
North Denmark Region
2017
The University of Adelaide
2016
Svendborg Sygehus
2008-2012
Recruitment is one of the most serious challenges in performing randomized controlled trials. Often clinical trials with participants diagnosed schizophrenia are terminated prematurely because recruitment resulting a considerable waste resources form time, funding, and participants' efforts. Dropout rates also high. often due to patients not wanting participate research but can be clinicians' concerns regarding individuals as research. This paper reports how overcoming related revealed high...
Abstract Background Studies on procalcitonin (PCT) for identifying sepsis were published as early 1993 and since then, PCT has been the topic of over 8,500 studies. Several studies show to be superior CRP in differentiating invasive infections such from viral infections, especially disease course. However, its actual use clinical practice is poorly documented. Our aim was study febrile children attending ED across Europe compare this CRP. Methods The MOFICHE/PERFORM study, a prospective...
Background Diagnostic errors (DEs) are a significant global patient safety issue, often associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to overlooked, delayed, or incorrect diagnoses. Our aim was study the occurrence of DEs adverse events (AEs), patient-related harm identify vulnerable steps in diagnostic process. Methods A retrospective analysis data from two public, national databases—National Health Care Compensation Claims Database (2009–2018) Danish Patient Safety AEs (2015–2020)....
Literature indicates that using smartphone technology is a feasible way of empowering young adults recently diagnosed with schizophrenia to manage everyday living their illness. The perspective on this matter, however, unexplored.This study aimed at exploring how used and perceived app (MindFrame) as tool foster power in the management illness.Using participatory design thinking methods, MindFrame was iteratively developed. consists allows access resources aid self-management. affiliated...
Person-specific evidence was developed as a grounded theory by analyzing 20 selected case descriptions from interventions using the guided self-determination method with people various long-term health conditions. It explains mechanisms of mobilizing relational capacity including person-specific in shared decision-making. self-insight first step, achieved individuals completed reflection sheets enabling them to clarify their personal values and identify actions or omissions related...
In forensic mental health care (FMHC), family caregivers perceive themselves as burdened in their relationships with the service user (the member illness) and by difficult collaboration healthcare professionals (HCPs). There is a political objective to involve this group treatment of care. To improve caregiver involvement FMHC, research about perceptions needed. This study aims explore caregivers' interactions HCPs. The method used was qualitative. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews 12...
Poor insight has a negative impact on the outcome in schizophrenia; consequently, poor is logical target for treatment. However, neither medication nor psychosocial interventions have been demonstrated to improve insight. A method originally designed diabetes patients their illness management, Guided Self-Determination (GSD), adapted use with schizophrenia (GSD-SZ). The purpose of this study was investigate effect GSD-SZ as supplement treatment usual (TAU) compared TAU alone outpatients...
Abstract Smartphone technology is being increasingly viewed as key to engaging young adults with schizophrenia in their own mental health care. In an attempt use smartphones engagement tool, we conducted a participatory design process, where ( n = 4), healthcare providers 7), software designers 3), graphic designer 1), recorder and team leader 1) co‐designed smartphone application for early phase This paper reports the co‐design process. Based on variety of written data‐sources, describes...
Abstract Background Decision-making and problem-solving processes are powerful activities occurring daily across all healthcare settings. Their empowering potential is seldom fully exploited, they may even be perceived as disempowering. We developed the EMPOWER-UP questionnaire to enable assessment of users’ perception empowerment health conditions, settings, providers’ professional backgrounds. This article reports initial development EMPOWER-UP, including face content validation. Methods...
Adolescents with ADHD are at increased risk of having a co-existing medical disorder. Research shows that and disorder interferes the adolescents' daily life, creating dual task cannot be managed as two independent disorders. Interventions to support adolescents in managing living needed. The Guided-Self-Determination intervention might suitable for this population, it is an empowerment-based facilitating patient involvement self-management disease. purpose study was evaluate how Guided...
People with schizophrenia have shortened life expectancy partly due to physical ill health. Management of coexisting mental and health issues is complex, knowledge in the field lacking. This study investigated how was managed among people schizophrenia, by integrating findings from three separate analyses conducted an ethnographic study. Qualitative data generation methods were used; 505 h work undertaken nine participants 27 healthcare professionals interviewed using a semi-structured...
Children constitute 6-10% of all patients attending the emergency department (ED) by medical services (EMS). However, discordant EMS use in children occurs 37-61% with fever as an important risk factor. We aimed to describe utilisation among febrile European EDs. This study is part observational multicentre assessing management and outcome up 18 years (MOFICHE) twelve EDs eight countries. Discordant was defined absence markers urgency including intermediate/high triage urgency, advanced...
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT?: There is a need to shed light on healthcare professionals' reactions the use of Guided Self-Determination method in mental health hospital better understand and adjust implementation process evidence-based practice. Healthcare professionals´ values beliefs play an important role when implementing practice real-world settings. PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: The study identifies opposite positions professionals: being ready or resistant change intervention....
Person-centered care responsive to individual preferences, needs, and values is recognized as an important aspect of high-quality health care, patient empowerment increasingly viewed a central core value person-centered care. Web-based interventions aimed at report beneficial effect on physical activity; however, there limited information available barriers, facilitators, user experiences. A recent review the digital self-management support tools suggests quality life in patients with...
Treatment groups in Mental Health Service is cost-effective, increases patients´ self-understanding and stimulate change Research shows that people with mental illness have different barriers to attend group sessions which often originates from a lack of trust other people, but it known the possibility build gradual among participants encourages attendance.
Peer support is a collaborative practice where people with lived experience of mental health conditions engage in supporting like-minded. impacts on personal recovery and empowerment creates value at an organisational level. However, the implementation peer into existing services often impeded by barriers embedded culture role expectations. Non-peer professionals' orientation attitudes towards workers (PSWs) are essential factors support, this study explored non-peer understanding their PSWs...
Objectives: This qualitative study aims to examine parental experiences of feasibility and relational changes from participating in the Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT) intervention. Methods: Thirteen parents children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (mean age 3.89 years) participated semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was performed, inspired by an abductive approach informed theories attachment system, caregiving system mentalisation. Results: Three...
Delusions in persons with schizophrenia who have limited insight been targeted different treatment modalities equivocal results. Working the Guided Self-Determination method used shared decision-making and problem solving, a 55-year-old male diagnosed gained into his own delusions during period of six weeks individual training. The case study is based on qualitative data, reflection sheets, interview field notes from patient's new developed process resistance to receptiveness then doubt...