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Karin Törnbom
Senior Lecturer
Department of Social WorkAbout Karin Törnbom
Research areas:
My research focus is on participation in society and everyday life for persons with long-term medical conditions. The main aim is to raise awareness of psychosocial aspects related to living with a long-term condition, an area that is not very much acknowledged in medical research. I have primarily focused on participation in the labor market and the public arena, as well as in family life, leisure, and informal networks.
To enable participatory-driven research designs, I often work in close collaboration with patient partners and with methods that highlight transparency and equality for example, the photovoice method.
Ongoing research projects:
I am part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Gothenburg and the Region Västra Götaland in a research project concerning a collaborative model for health professionals who work closely with persons diagnosed with burnout syndrome.
As part of a collaborative project involving primary care, the University of Gothenburg and the Chalmers Centre for Healthcare Improvement, I supervise doctoral students in qualitative methodology. This project investigates sick leave and the return to work process.
I am also part of a collaboration between Rehabilitation Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy and the University of Gothenburg, following up persons who have received intensive care for covid-19. We are currently investigating experiences of residual symptoms and how they are managed in everyday life, at six months and one-year follow-up. We are also looking at their return to work and contacts with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
I am a member of the research platform Social Work, Health and Ill Health at the Department of Social Work. Members of the group share a common interest in issues concerning the psychosocial gradient of health and ill health.
Education:
My educational activities primarily involve teaching at the program for social work, with focus on psychosocial work as well as theory, methods, and ethical issues. I also supervise examination projects at various levels. My teaching concerns perspectives on mental illness, the elderly and theories that are important for psychosocial counselling in general and for health and ill health in particular. I teach an advanced course in quantitative and mixed methods. I am co-leader for the course “Elderly and Ageing” at the basic level and for "Psychosocial work" at advanced level as well as “Client engagements, methods, and ethics I and II” at the new Master of Science in Health Care Counselling program.
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A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview
study.
Märit Löfgren, Karin Törnbom, Daniel Gyllenhammar, Lena Margareta Nordeman, Gun Rembeck, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson, Dominique Hange
Scandinavian journal of primary health care - 2024 -
Exploring organisational support to apply best practice in the sick leave and rehabilitation process from a multiprofessional front-line perspective: a qualitative
study.
Märit Löfgren, Daniel Gyllenhammar, Dominique Hange, Lena Margareta Nordeman, Gun Rembeck, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson, Karin Törnbom
BMJ open - 2024 -
Process evaluation of the CO-WORK-CARE model: Collaboration and a person-centred dialogue meeting for patients with common mental disorder in primary health
care.
Eva-Lisa Petersson, Karin Törnbom, Cecilia Björkelund, Margaretha Jerlock, Dominique Hange, Camilla Udo, Irene Svenningsson
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences - 2024 -
Patients' experiences of very early supported discharge after stroke: safety, emotional support and feelings of control in everyday
life.
Karin Törnbom, Gunnel Carlsson, Åsa Nordin, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Disability and rehabilitation - 2024 -
Coming home in the context of very early supported discharge after stroke - An interview study of patients'
experiences
Gunnel Carlsson, Karin Törnbom, Åsa Nordin, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES - 2024 -
Professionals' experiences of what affects health outcomes in the sick leave and rehabilitation process-A qualitative study from primary care
level.
Märit Löfgren, Karin Törnbom, Daniel Gyllenhammar, Lena Margareta Nordeman, Gun Rembeck, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson, Dominique Hange
PLOS ONE - 2024 -
Defining the undefined: understanding an ongoing project aimed at
formalizing the assignment and use of theory and methods of health
social
workers
Karin Törnbom, Daniel Ståhl, Elisabet Sernbo
NASSW/FORSA 2024 Research Conference; Social Work as Emancipatory Practice: Creating Pathways towards Social Justice - 2024 -
Rehabilitation cooperation and person-centred dialogue meeting for patients sick-listed for common mental disorders: 12 months follow-up of sick leave days, symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and work ability - a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial from the CO-WORK-CARE
project.
Cecilia Björkelund, Ausra Saxvik, Irene Svenningsson, Eva-Lisa Petersson, Lilian Wiegner, Maria Eh Larsson, Karin Törnbom, Carl Wikberg, Nashmil Ariai, Shabnam Nejati, Gunnel Hensing, Dominique Hange
BMJ open - 2023 -
Figuring Out Life After Covid-19: a Qualitative Study From
Sweden.
Alexandra C Larsson, Karin Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Annie Palstam, Hanna C Persson
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2023 -
Understanding concerns after severe COVID-19: A self-imposed lockdown guarded by
anxiety?
Karin Törnbom, Alexandra C Larsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Annie Palstam, Hanna C Persson
PloS one - 2023 -
How can care managers strengthen health literacy among patients with common mental disorders? A qualitative
study
Shabnam Nejati, Karin Törnbom, Dominique Hange, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences - 2023 -
Recovering from COVID-19 - A Process Characterised by Uncertainty: A Qualitative
study.
Marie Engwall, Karin Törnbom, Hanna C Persson, Annie Palstam
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2022 -
"Gaining control through close collaboration" - GPs' experiences of a Collaborative Care Model for patients with Common Mental Disorders who need sick leave
certification.
Ausra Saxvik, Irene Svenningsson, Karin Törnbom, Eva-Lisa Petersson, Cecilia Björkelund, Goda Gabartaite, Dominique Hange
BJGP open - 2022 -
Experiences of patients with common mental disorders concerning team-based primary care and a person-centered dialogue meeting: An intervention to promote return to
work.
Ausra Saxvik, Karin Törnbom, Eva-Lisa Petersson, Dominique Hange, Shabnam Nejati, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson
PloS one - 2022 -
Back to life: Is it possible to be myself again? A qualitative study with persons initially hospitalised due to
COVID-19.
Karin Törnbom, Marie Engwall, Hanna C Persson, Annie Palstam
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2022 -
The care manager meeting the patients' unique needs using the care manager model-A qualitative study of experienced care
managers.
Irene Svenningsson, Dominique Hange, Camilla Udo, Karin Törnbom, Cecilia Björkelund, Eva-Lisa Petersson
BMC family practice - 2021 -
Return to work predicts perceived participation and autonomy by individuals with
stroke.
Emma Westerlind, Hanna C Persson, Karin Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Disability and rehabilitation - 2020 -
The experiences of care managers and rehabilitation coordinators of a primary care intervention to promote return to work for patients with common mental disorders: a qualitative
study.
Eva-Lisa Petersson, Karin Törnbom, Dominique Hange, Shabnam Nejati, Margaretha Jerlock, Carl Wikberg, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson
BMC family practice - 2020 -
Long-term participation 7-8 years after stroke: Experiences of people in
working-age.
Karin Törnbom, Jörgen Lundälv, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
PloS one - 2019 -
”My life after stroke through a camera lens” – A Photovoice study on participation in
Sweden
Karin Törnbom, Jörgen Lundälv, Annie Palstam, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
PLoS ONE - 2019 -
Participation after stroke in a short- and long-term
perspective
Karin Törnbom
2019 -
Experiences of treadmill walking with non-immersive virtual reality after stroke or acquired brain injury - A qualitative
study.
Karin Törnbom, Anna Danielsson
PloS one - 2018 -
Self-Perceived Participation and Autonomy at 1-Year Post Stroke: A Part of the Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study at the University of Gothenburg (SALGOT
Study)
Karin Törnbom, Kristin Hadartz, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases - 2018 -
Self-Assessed Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Impact of Stroke at 1 Month: The Importance of Stroke Severity and
Participation
Karin Törnbom, Hanna C Persson, Jörgen Lundälv, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases - 2017 -
Consequences and coping strategies six years after a subarachnoid hemorrhage - A qualitative
study
Hanna C Persson, Karin Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Marie Törnbom
Plos One - 2017 -
Perceptions of physical activity and walking in an early stage after stroke or acquired brain
injury.
Karin Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Anna Danielsson
PLoS ONE - 2017 -
The impact of physical functioning on participation in the first year
post-stroke
Karin Törnbom, Hanna C Persson, Jörgen Lundälv, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2017 -
Experiences of treadmill walking and audio-visual feedback after stroke – an interview
study
Anna Danielsson, Karin Törnbom
Nordic Stroke 2017. 19th Nordic Congress on Cerebrovascular Diseases, August 23-25, Aarhus, DK - 2017 -
Swedish Citizens with Cerebral Palsy or Spina Bifida – Perceived Experiences of Social Life and
Employment
Karin Törnbom, Marie Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Review of disability studies: an international journal - 2017 -
VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF PHYSICAL TRAINING IN PEOPLE WITH STROKE OR OTHER BRAIN
INJURY
Anna Danielsson, Karin Törnbom
20th European Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Estoril Portugal 23-28 April 2016 - 2016 -
Experience of treadmill walking and audio-visual feedback after brain
injury
Anna Danielsson, Karin Törnbom
ACPIN-INPA International Neurophysiotherapy Conference, London UK, 17-18 March 2016 - 2016 -
Experiences of participation in a Swedish society among adults with cerebral palsy or spina bifida: involvement and
challenges.
Karin Törnbom, Marie Törnbom, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation - 2013