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Anna Dencker
Senior Researcher
Reproductive and perinatal health-
Patient Experiences and Prerequisites of Collaboration as Partners in Person-Centred Care: An Interview
Study.
Lena Rosenlund, Sofie Jakobsson, Helen Lloyd, Anna Diffner, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Anna Dencker
Nursing Open - 2025 -
Health outcomes up to 5 years in children born as a second child after a previous caesarean section in a first pregnancy: a Swedish population-based register study between 1999 and
2015
Anna Dencker, Huiqi Li, Ida Lyckestam Thelin, Valerie Smith, Christina Nilsson, Ingela Lundgren, Lars Ladfors, Anders Elfvin
BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN - 2025 -
Work and health-related determinants of midwives' intention to leave: Nationwide cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies in
sweden.
Gunnel Hensing, Anna Dencker, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Malin Hansson
Midwifery - 2025 -
Maternal and newborn plasma oxytocin levels in response to maternal synthetic oxytocin administration during labour, birth and postpartum - a systematic review with implications for the function of the oxytocinergic
system
S. Buckley, K. Uvnas-Moberg, Z. Pajalic, K. Luegmair, A. Ekstrom-Bergstrom, Anna Dencker, C. Massarotti, A. Kotlowska, L. Callaway, S. Morano, I. Olza, C. M. Magistretti
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2023 -
Women's experiences of psychological treatment and psychosocial interventions for postpartum depression: a qualitative systematic review and
meta-synthesis
Pamela Massoudi, L. A. Strömwall, J. Åhlen, M. K. Fredriksson, Anna Dencker, E. Andersson
BMC Women's Health - 2023 -
Burnout among midwives—the factorial structure of the burnout assessment tool and an assessment of burnout levels in a Swedish national
sample
Emina Hadžibajramović, Malin Hansson, Magnus Åkerström, Anna Dencker, Gunnel Hensing
BMC Health Services Research - 2022 -
Neonatal outcomes associated with mode of subsequent birth after a previous caesarean section in a first pregnancy: A Swedish population-based register study between 1999 and
2015
Anna Dencker, Ida Lyckestam Thelin, Valerie Smith, Ingela Lundgren, Christina Nilsson, Huiqi Li, Lars Ladfors, Anders Elfvin
BMJ Paediatrics Open - 2022 -
Women's lived experiences of induction of labour in late- and post-term pregnancy within the Swedish post-term induction study - a phenomenological
study
Helena Nilvér, Ingela Lundgren, Helen Elden, Anna Dencker
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being - 2022 -
Implementation of a midwifery model of womancentered care in practice: Impact on oxytocin use and childbirth
experiences
Ingela Lundgren, Anna Dencker, Marie Berg, C. Nilsson, L. Bergqvist, O. Á Ólafsdóttir
European Journal of Midwifery - 2022 -
Job satisfaction in midwives and its association with organisational and psychosocial factors at work: a nation-wide, cross-sectional
study.
Malin Hansson, Anna Dencker, Ingela Lundgren, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Monica Eriksson, Gunnel Hensing
BMC health services research - 2022 -
Measuring patient experiences of person-centred care: Translation, cultural adaption and qualitative evaluation of item candidates for use in England and
Sweden.
Lena Rosenlund, Sofie Jakobsson, Helen Lloyd, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Miriam Hermansson, Anna Dencker
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences - 2022 -
Professional courage to create a pathway within midwives’ fields of
work
Malin Hansson, Ingela Lundgren, Gunnel Hensing, Anna Dencker, Monica Eriksson, Ing-Marie Carlsson
https://njfcongress.fi/abstracts-and-posters/ - 2022 -
Implementation of a midwifery model of woman-centered care in practice: Impact on oxytocin use and
childbirth
experiences
Ingela Lundgren, Anna Dencker, Marie Berg, Christina Nilsson, Liselotte Bergqvist, Olaf Asta Olafsdotter
European Journal of Midwifery - 2022 -
Women's childbirth experience emphasizing own capacity and safety: A cross-sectional Rwandan
study.
Judith U Mukamurigo, Marie Berg, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Malin Bogren, Anna Dencker
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 2021 -
Professional courage to create a pathway within midwives’ fields of work: a grounded theory
study
Malin Hansson, Ingela Lundgren, Gunnel Hensing, Anna Dencker, Monica Eriksson, Ing Marie Carlsson
BMC Health Services Research - 2021 -
Women's childbirth experiences in the Swedish Post-term Induction Study (SWEPIS): a multicentre, randomised, controlled
trial.
Helena Nilvér, Anna Wessberg, Anna Dencker, Henrik Hagberg, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Helena Fadl, Jan Wesström, Verena Sengpiel, Ingela Lundgren, Christina Bergh, Anna-Karin Wikström, Sissel Saltvedt, Helen Elden
BMJ open - 2021 -
Barnmorskans organisatoriska och psykosocial
arbetssituation
Malin Hansson, Anna Dencker, Ingela Lundgren, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Monica Eriksson, Gunnel Hensing
https://sbfkonferens.se/ - 2021 -
Dosage of oxytocin for augmentation of labor and women’s childbirth experiences: A randomized controlled
trial
Lotta Selin, Marie Berg, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Anna Dencker
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2021 -
Women’s experiences of fear of childbirth: a metasynthesis of qualitative
studies
Helena Wigert, Christina Nilsson, Anna Dencker, Cecily Begley, Elisabeth Jangsten, Carina Sparud Lundin, Margareta Mollberg, Harshida Patel
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - 2020 -
How much synthetic oxytocin is infused during labour? A review and analysis of regimens used in 12
countries
D. Daly, K. C. S. Minnie, A. Blignaut, E. Blix, A. B. V. Nilsen, Anna Dencker, K. Beeckman, M. M. Gross, J. Pehlke-Milde, S. Grylka-Baeschlin, M. Koenig-Bachmann, J. A. Clausen, E. Hadjigeorgiou, S. Morano, L. Iannuzzi, B. Baranowska, I. Kiersnowska, K. Uvnas-Moberg
PLoS ONE - 2020 -
Work situation and professional role for midwives at a labour ward pre and post implementation of a midwifery model of care - A mixed method
study
Malin Hansson, Ingela Lundgren, Anna Dencker, Charles Taft, Gunnel Hensing
International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being - 2020 -
Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire
(CEQ)
S. Kazemi, Anna Dencker, F. Pazandeh, A. Montazeri, S. Sedigh-Mobarakabadi, S. Hajian
BioMed Research International - 2020 -
Measuring women's experiences of decision-making and aspects of midwifery support: a confirmatory factor analysis of the revised Childbirth Experience
Questionnaire
Anna Dencker, Liselotte Bergqvist, Marie Berg, Josephine T. V. Greenbrook, C. Nilsson, Ingela Lundgren
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2020 -
Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during breastfeeding-A systematic
review
K. Uvnas-Moberg, A. Ekstrom-Bergstrom, S. Buckley, C. Massarotti, Z. Pajalic, K. Luegmair, A. Kotlowska, L. Lengler, I. Olza, S. Grylka-Baeschlin, P. Leahy-Warren, E. Hadjigeorgiu, S. Villarmea, Anna Dencker
PLoS ONE - 2020 -
Childbirth experience questionnaire 2: Validating its use in the United
Kingdom
K. F. Walker, Anna Dencker, J. G. Thornton
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X - 2020 -
Validation of Fatigue Impact Scale with various item sets – a Rasch
analysis
Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Alan Tennant, Sofie Jakobsson, Magnus Simrén, Charles Taft, Anna Dencker
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2019 -
Validation of the Iranian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire
2.0
Solmaz Ghanbari-Homayi, Anna Dencker, Zahra Fardiazar, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Shahla Meedya, Eesa Mohammadi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2019 -
Translation and cultural adaptation of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) in
Iran
Zahra Abbaspoor, Lida Moghaddam-Banaem, Shabnam Ronaghi, Anna Dencker
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research - 2019 -
Quality of intrapartum care for healthy women with spontaneous onset of labour in Rwanda: A health facility-based, cross-sectional
study.
Judith U Mukamurigo, Anna Dencker, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Joseph Ntaganira, Marie Berg
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives - 2019 -
Causes and outcomes in studies of fear of childbirth: A systematic
review.
Anna Dencker, Christina Nilsson, Cecily Begley, Elisabeth Jangsten, Margareta Mollberg, Harshida Patel, Helena Wigert, Eva Hessman, Helen Sjöblom, Carina Sparud Lundin
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 2019 -
High-dose versus low-dose of oxytocin for labour augmentation: a randomised controlled
trial.
Lotta Selin, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Maria Jonsson, Anna Dencker, Gunnar Wallin, Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Elisabeth Almström, Max Petzold, Marie Berg
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 2019 -
Work situation and professional role for midwives at a labour ward, pre and post the introduction of a midwifery model of
care.
Malin Hansson, Ingela Lundgren, Anna Dencker, Charles Taft, Gunnel Hensing
NJF Congress Reykjavik 2019 - 2019 -
Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth - a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of
oxytocin.
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Anette Ekström-Bergström, Marie Berg, Sarah Buckley, Zada Pajalic, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Alicja Kotłowska, Luise Lengler, Bogumila Kielbratowska, Fatima Leon-Larios, Claudia Meier Magistretti, Soo Downe, Bengt Lindström, Anna Dencker
BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 2019 -
Offering weight management support to pregnant women with high body mass index: A qualitative study with
midwives
Ellinor K. Olander, Frida Berg, Marie Berg, Anna Dencker
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - 2019 -
Evaluation of a midwifery model of woman-centred care during childbirth – a mixed method
study
Ingela Lundgren, Olof Asta Olafsdottir, Anna Dencker, Christina Nilsson, Liselotte Bergqvist, Charles Taft, Marie Berg
NJF Congress 2019 Reykjavik Conference app - 2019 -
Patient-reported outcome measures in osteoarthritis: a systematic search and review of their use and psychometric
properties.
Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Anna Dencker, Annie Palstam, Gert Person, Mike C Horton, Reuben Escorpizo, Ayse A Küçükdeveci, Sehim Kutlay, Atilla H Elhan, Gerold Stucki, Alan Tennant, Philip G Conaghan
RMD open - 2018 -
Definitions, measurements and prevalence of fear of childbirth: a systematic
review
Christina Nilsson, Eva Hessman, Helen Sjöblom, Anna Dencker, Elisabeth Jangsten, Margareta Mollberg, Harshida Patel, Carina Sparud Lundin, Helena Wigert, Cecily Begley
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2018 -
Individual and Group Psycho-Educational Counseling on Knowledge, Attitude and Preference for Birth Method in Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Controlled
Trial.
Mahnaz Nosratabadi, Khadija Hekmat, Anna Dencker, Zahra Abbaspoor
Journal of family & reproductive health - 2018 -
Associations between perceptions of care and women's childbirth experience: a population-based cross-sectional study in
Rwanda
Judith U Mukamurigo, Marie Berg, Joseph Ntaganira, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye , Anna Dencker
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2017 -
Midwife-led maternity care in Ireland - a retrospective cohort
study
Anna Dencker, V. Smith, C. McCann, Cecily Begley
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2017 -
The meaning of a poor childbirth experience - A qualitative phenomenological study with women in
Rwanda.
Judith U Mukamurigo, Anna Dencker, Joseph Ntaganira, Marie Berg
PloS one - 2017 -
Evaluation of a model of woman-centred care during
childbirth
Ingela Lundgren, Olof Asta Olafsdottir, Charles Taft, Christina Nilsson, Anna Dencker, Marie Berg
31th ICM Triennieal Congress 18-22 June 2017 - 2017 -
Routine interventions in childbirth before and after initiation of an Action Research
project
Viola Nyman, Leyla Roshani, Marie Berg, Terese Bondas, Soo Downe, Anna Dencker
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - 2017 -
The Spanish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E): Reliability and validity
assessment
F. J. Soriano-Vidal, A. Oliver-Roig, J. Cabrero-García, N. Congost-Maestre, Anna Dencker, M. Richart-Martínez
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2016 -
High Dose versus Low Dose Oxytocin for Augmentation of Delayed Labour: a randomized controlled
trial
Lotta Selin, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Gunnar Wallin, Elisabeth Almström, Anna Dencker, Max Petzold, Marie Berg
NJF (Nordiskt Jordemoderförbund) Congress. Programme and abstracts. Gothenburg, May 12-14, 2016 - 2016 -
Adopting a healthy lifestyle when pregnant and obese – an interview study three years after
childbirth.
Anna Dencker, Åsa Premberg, Ellinor K Olander, Christine McCourt, Karin Haby, Sofie Dencker, Anna Glantz, Marie Berg
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2016 -
Support to adopt a healthy lifestyle for pregnant women with BMI >
30
Anna Dencker, Åsa Premberg, Ellinor K. Olander, Christine McCourt, Karin Haby, Sofie Dencker, Anna Glantz, Marie Berg
The NJF Congress (Nordiskt Jordemorförbund), Gothenburg, 12-14 May 2016 - 2016 -
Minimal important differences for fatigue patient reported outcome measures-a systematic
review
Åsa Nordin, Charles Taft, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Anna Dencker
Bmc Medical Research Methodology - 2016 -
Tailoring fatigue assessments to the patient: item banking and computer adaptive
testing.
Anna Dencker, Charles Taft, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Alan Tennant
Nordic Conference in Nursing Research, Stockholm 15-17 June 2016 - 2016 -
Person-centred care in interventions to limit weight gain in pregnant women with obesity - a systematic
review
Ellinor K Olander, Marie Berg, Christine McCourt, Eric Carlström, Anna Dencker
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2015 -
Mother and baby risks associated with obesity in pregnancy: a systematic review of
reviews
Jamile Marchi, Marie Berg, Anna Dencker, Ellinor K. Olander, Cecily Begley
16th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference, 4 – 5 November 2015, at Trinity College Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery - 2015 -
Risks for the mother and baby associated with obesity in pregnancy: a systematic review of
reviews
Jamile Marchi, Marie Berg, Anna Dencker, Ellinor K. Olander, Cecily Begley
Poster presentation abstract at Hot Topic Conference: Obesity & Pregnancy 2015, that took place 29-30th October 2015 in London, UK. - 2015 -
Risks associated with obesity in pregnancy, for the mother and baby: a systematic review of
reviews
J. Marchi, Marie Berg, Anna Dencker, E. K. Olander, Cecily Begley
Obesity Reviews - 2015 -
Childbirth experience questionnaire: validating its use in the United
Kingdom
Kate F Walker, Philippa Wilson, George J Bugg, Anna Dencker, Jim G Thornton
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2015 -
Multidimensional fatigue inventory and post-polio syndrome - a Rasch
analysis
Anna Dencker, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Charles Taft, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - 2015 -
A systematic review identifying outcomes to measure the effect of oxytocin used in treating delay in
labour
Cecily Begley, Gross Mechthild, Anna Dencker, Carina Benstoem, Marie Berg, Declan Devane
Optimizing childbirth across Europe - an intedisciplinary maternity care conference. 9-10 April 2014, Brussels. Part of COST Action IS0907: Childbirth Cultures, Concerns & Consequences: Creating a dynamic EU framework for Optimal maternity care. - 2014 -
Outcome measures in studies on the use of oxytocin for the treatment of delay in labour: A systematic
review
Cecily Begley, M.M. Groß, Anna Dencker, C. Benstoem, Marie Berg, D. Devane
Midwifery - 2014 -
The inclusion of person-centred care in interventions developed to target the gestational weight gain of pregnant women with obesity. A systematic
review.
Ellinor K. Olander, Marie Berg, Christine McCourt, Eric Carlström, Anna Dencker
10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK. Wednesday 3rd December 2014 – Thursday 4th December 2014 - 2014 -
Construct Validity of the Swedish version of the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale in an oncology sample – a Rasch
analysis.
Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Anna Dencker, Sofie Jakobsson, Charles Taft, Alan Tennant
Value in Health - 2014 -
High dose versus low dose oxytocin for augmentation of delayed labour, a randomized controlled
trial
Lotta Selin, Marie Berg, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Gunnar Wallin, Elisabeth Almström, Anna Dencker, Max Petzold
Optimizing childbirth across Europe - an intedisciplinary maternity care conference. 9-10 April 2014, Brussels. Part of COST Action IS0907: Childbirth Cultures, Concerns & Consequences: Creating a dynamic EU framework for Optimal maternity care. - 2014 -
Midwifery-led childbirth care in Ireland – five years of experience after the MidU
trial.
Anna Dencker, Valerie Smith, Colette McCann, Cecily Begley
Optimising Childbirth Across Europe An Interdisciplinary Maternity Care Conference. 9-10 April 2014, Brussels, Belgium - 2014 -
Professional´s skills in assment of perineal tears after childbirth - a systematic
review
Ann Morris, Marie Berg, Anna Dencker
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2013 -
Women's experiences after early versus postponed oxytocin treatment of slow progress in first childbirth - a randomized controlled
trial.
Liselotte Bergqvist, Anna Dencker, Charles Taft, Håkan Lilja, Lars Ladfors, Lena Skaring-Thorsén, Marie Berg
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives - 2012 -
Predictive factors related to labour duration in healthy nulliparous women with spontaneous onset of active labour - a prospective
study
Anna Dencker, Liselotte Bergqvist, Håkan Lilja, Marie Berg
ICM 29th Triennial Congress i Durban, Sydafrika 19 - 23 Juni 2011 - 2011 -
Avvaktande eller aktiv handläggning vid långsam förlossningsprogress hos friska förstföderskor - En studie om riskfaktorer, obstetriskt utfall och
förlossningsupplevelse
Anna Dencker
2010 -
Childbirth experience questionnaire (CEQ): development and evaluation of a multidimensional
instrument.
Anna Dencker, Charles Taft, Liselotte Bergqvist, Håkan Lilja, Marie Berg
BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 2010 -
Identification of latent phase factors associated with active labor duration in low-risk nulliparous women with spontaneous
contractions
Anna Dencker, Marie Berg, Liselotte Bergqvist, Håkan Lilja
ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA - 2010 -
Childbirth outcomes after early versus delayed oxytocin augmentation of slow
progress.
Anna Dencker
The 18th Congress of the Nordic Federation of Midwives - 2010 -
Early versus delayed oxytocin augmentation in nulliparous women with prolonged labour--a randomised controlled
trial.
Anna Dencker, Marie Berg, Liselotte Bergqvist, Lars Ladfors, L S Thorsén, Håkan Lilja
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 2009 -
Prolonged labour: risk factors, management and outcome in a Swedish
setting.
Anna Dencker
International Conference of Midwives, Glasgow 2008 - 2008 -
Deficiency in rest and nutrition increase the risk for prolonged labor in nulliparous
women
Anna Dencker, Liselotte Bergqvist, Lars Ladfors, Lena Skaring-Thorsén, Håkan Lilja
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2007 -
Stimulera med oxytocin eller avvakta vid sekundär värksvaghet hos
förstföderskor?
Anna Dencker
Nordisk Jordemorkongress, Åbo, 2007 - 2007 -
Labor augmentation by means of oxytocin – women's
experiences
Liselotte Bergqvist, Anna Dencker, Lars Ladfors, Lena Skaring-Thorsén, Håkan Lilja
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2007 -
Effekter och biverkningar, om
oxytocin
Anna Dencker
Jordemodern - 2007 -
A randomized trial of labor augmentation by early versus delayed oxytocin infusion in nulliparous women with prolonged
labor
Anna Dencker
Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Göteborg, 2006 - 2006 -
Oxytocinstimulering av friska förstföderskor – lösning eller
problem?
Anna Dencker
SFOG-veckan 2006, Helsingborg - 2006 -
Att sy efter förlossning – välj rätt
tråd
Anna Dencker
Jordemodern - 2006 -
Suturing after childbirth--a randomised controlled study testing a new monofilament
material.
Anna Dencker, Ingela Lundgren, Tommy Sporrong
Bjog - 2006 -
Oxytocinstimulering vid värksvaghet under
förlossning
Anna Dencker
Perinatalmedicinskt årsmöte, Stockholm, 2005 - 2005 -
A randomized trial of labor augmentation by oxytocin vs delayed oxytocin treatment or no oxytocin in nulliparous women with spontaneous
contractions
Anna Dencker, Lars Ladfors, Skaring-Thorsén, Liselotte Bergqvist, Håkan Lilja
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2005 -
Suturing after childbirth – a randomised controlled study testing a new suture
material.
Anna Dencker
Nordisk Jordemorkongress, Reykjavik, 2004 - 2004