Markus Saarijärvi
About Markus Saarijärvi
Research presentation
Markus Saarijärvi has a PhD in healthcare sciences and biomedical sciences. Markus holds a position as an assistant researcher and his research concerns the development, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions in health.
Research
At the institute, Markus' research focuses on transitions in care for adolescents with chronic conditions. His current research project Stepstones-Implement investigates implementation and evaluation of a person-centered transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease in the university hospitals of Sweden.
https://www.gu.se/forskning/stepstones-implement
Markus Saarijärvi's PhD thesis was within the STEPSTONES project (Swedish Transition Effects Project Supporting Teenagers with chrONic mEdical conditionS) focusing on process evaluation and health economic analysis of a person-centered transition program for adolescents with chronic conditions. His PhD was a double degree between University of Gothenburg and KU Leuven in Belgium.
Markus is also part of the editorial board of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and appointed as Section Editor for Knowledge translation in cardiovascular care.
Research group
Markus is part of the research group “Health Care Transition Research Group”.
https://www.gu.se/en/research/health-care-transition-research-group
Markus is also a researcher at PROCOME Research group at the Department of learning, informations, management and ethics at Karolinska Institutet:
https://ki.se/en/lime/about-us-at-procome
Clinical experience
His clinical experience as a clinical nurse specialist covers intensive care, organ transplantation, cardiac care and refugee medicine.
Key words
Adolescents, long-term illnesses, congenital heart defects, transition of care, health economics, implementation science, process evaluation
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The STEPSTONES transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease is effective in improving patient empowerment: a randomized controlled
trial
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Markus Saarijärvi, Åsa Burström, Sandra Skogby, Eva Fernlund, Shalan Fadl, Annika Rydberg, Katarina Hanseus, Kazamia Kalliopi, Philip Moons
ESC 2022 - 2022-01-01 -
Process evaluation in complex
interventions
Markus Saarijärvi
EuroHeartCare and Heart Failure congress 2022. Madrid May 21-23rd: Process evaluation in complex interventions - 2022-01-01 -
Interviewing at a distance: challenges and
opportunities
Markus Saarijärvi
EuroHeartCare and Heart Failure congress 2022. Madrid May 21-23rd - 2022-01-01 -
Cost-effectiveness of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: The Stepstones
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten
55th annual meeting for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology AEPC. Geneva. May 25-28th - 2022-01-01 -
Process and economic evaluation of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the Stepstones
project
Markus Saarijärvi
- 2022-01-01 -
Implementation fidelity of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the STEPSTONES
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Health Services Research - 2022-01-01 -
Så ska övergången till vuxenvården bli bättre för
unga
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Hjärtebarnet - 2021-01-01 -
Mechanisms of Impact and Experiences of a Person-Centred Transition Programme for Adolescents With Chd: The Stepstones
Project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Health Services Research - 2021-01-01 -
When face-to-face interviews are not possible: Tips and tricks for video, telephone, online chat, and email interviews in qualitative
research
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2021-01-01 -
Participants and non-participants – factors affecting representativeness and reach in randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of complex
interventions
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Nordic Conference in Nursing Research, Copenhagen 4-6th October 2021 - 2021-01-01 -
Participation of young people in transition programs: Lessons
learned
Markus Saarijärvi
54th annual meeting for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology AEPC 2021. 25-27 May Gothenburg. - 2021-01-01 -
Factors affecting adolescents’ participation in randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of healthcare interventions: the case of the STEPSTONES
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Medical Research Methodology - 2020-01-01 -
Process evaluation of complex cardiovascular interventions: How to interpret the results of my
trial?
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Ewa-Lena Bratt
European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology - 2020-01-01 -
Empowering young persons with congenital heart disease: Using intervention mapping to develop a transition program - the STEPSTONES
project.
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Journal of pediatric nursing - 2020-01-01 -
Processutvärdering av ett personcentrerat övergångsprogram för ungdomar med medfödda hjärtfel i övergång till vuxenlivet –
STEPSTONES-projektet
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Hanna Gyllensten, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Centrum för personcentrerad vård (GPCC) 10-årsjubileumskonferens 6-7 feb 2020, Konferenscentrum Wallenberg vid Sahlgrenska akademin i Göteborg - 2020-01-01 -
Transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease in transition to adulthood: protocol for a mixed-method process evaluation study (the STEPSTONES
project).
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMJ open - 2019-01-01 -
The Scope of Research on Transfer and Transition in Young Persons With Chronic
Conditions
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Philip Moons, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Eva Goossens
Journal of Adolescent Health - 2019-01-01 -
Transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease in transition to adulthood: protocol and rationale for a mixed-methods process evaluation study (the STEPSTONES
project)
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Knowledge Utilization (KU) Colloquium 2019, 25-28 juni, Montebello, Quebec, Canada - 2019-01-01 -
Transition program to empower adolescents with chronic conditions in their transition to adulthood: methods and rationale for the STEPSTONES
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Lars Wallin, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons
Forte Talks, 26-27 mars 2019, Stockholm - 2019-01-01 -
Person-centered and Empowering Care for Adolescents with Chronic Conditions during Transition to
Adulthood
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Sandra Skogby, Anna-Lena Brorsson, Carina Sparud Lundin
SAHM - Society of Adolescent and Health Medicine Annual meeting March 6-9 2019, Washington, US. - 2019-01-01 -
Scoping the field of transfer and transition in young persons with cardiovascular
conditions
Markus Saarijärvi, Mariela Acuña Mora, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Eva Goossens
EuroHeartCare 2018, Dublin - 2018-01-01 -
STEPSTONES - pågående studie för att förbättra övergången till vuxenlivet för ungdomar med medfödda
hjärtfel
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Hjärtebarnet - 2018-01-01 -
Mapping the field: scoping reviews as a method to identify gaps in nursing
research
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons, Eva Goossens
Nordic Conference of Nursing Research 2018 - 2018-01-01