Two PhD theses — Photo: Jeanette Tenggren Durkan

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PhD-projects

Ongoing and completed PhD-projects linked to GPCC, with links to theses.

Current PhD-projects associated with GPCC

Student name	Project title
Veronica Almstedt	Development and evaluation of a person-centered care model for patients with hard-to-heal-wounds in community healthcare
Ulrika Andersson	E-health in the treatment of hypertension in primary care
Sara Bergström	Person-centred, integrated care for older people after a fall accident
Julia Bäck	Development and evaluation of a person-centred and integrated care unit in collaboration with municipal and regional primary care, with and for older persons with frailty
Salwan Diwan	Using Nudging Strategies to Facilitate the Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in the Postoperative Phase
Kristoffer Gustavsson	Care for healthcare – Explorations of work-related health in the shift towards person-centred integrated care
Benjamin Harvey	Economic evaluation of person-centred healthcare programmes: applications in the development, implementation, and evaluation of e-health interventions
Mikaela Hällström	Comparative effectiveness and experiences of transitional care models for adolescents with Type 1 diabetes in the transition to adulthood: The STEPSTONES-DIAB project
Angelica Höök	Person-centred measurement of symptoms in children with a universally designed e-health tool
Amanda Jacobsen	Facilitation as support for a more person-centered ambulance care
Annie Jonnergård	Person-centred learning: Co-creation of an educational module for higher education
Kiana Kiani	The Launch of The European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) in Sweden: An exploratory multi-stakeholder analysis
Stina Mannheimer	Determinants of medicine related decision-making for patients with multi-morbidity in primary health care, and outcomes of person-centred care
Åsa Nordin	Very early supported discharge after Stroke from a person-centred perspective
Frida Temple	Empowering Future Midwives: The role of Person-centred care and Simulation-based learning in Midwifery education
Valentina Vidaurrazaga Aras	Development of Person-Centered Care in a Forensic Psychiatric Setting
Angelica Wiljén	Children with a long-term illness right to be heard during treatment and care.
Jenny Wising	Identifying key components in transition programs towards Good Quality Local Health Care: Evaluation of two approaches to support implementation efforts

Completed Doctoral theses associated with GPCC

PhD name	Title of PhD thesis (click to see)
Katarina Allerby	Exploring person-centered care in acute psychosis care settings. Findings from the Person-Centered Psychosis Care project.
Sara Alsén	Understanding mental illness and promoting mental health -Experiences of Exhaustion Disorder and Effects of a Person-Centred eHealth Intervention
Susanne Ahlstedt Karlsson	Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy
Tariq Alharbi	Implementation of person-centred care: Facilitators and Barriers
Annikki Arola	Capturing the experience of health among persons aging in a migration context – Health promotion interventions as means to enable health and occupations in daily life
Ulrika Bengtsson	Self-management in hypertension care
Isak Berge	Giving justice to the unheard voices - progress and challenges in involving frail older persons in research on ageing and health
Ida Björkman	A gender perspective on irritable bowel syndrome, symptoms, experiences and the development of a person-centred support intervention
Elin Blanck	Meeting at a Distance – on Partnership and Person-Centred Care
Cecilia Brain	Cognition, Adherence and Stigma in schizophrenia – The COAST study
Victoria Brattström	Putting Healthcare Centre Stage: A Theatrical Arts Study of Partnership in Healthcare encounters
Lena Böhn	Food-related gastrointestinal symptoms, nutrient intake and dietary interventions in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Matilda Cederberg	Supporting mental health - Effects, communicative processes and experiences of a person-centred eHealth intervention
Louise Danielsson	Moved by movement: A person-centered approach to physical therapy in the treatment of major depression
Nina Ekman	Development and testing of an observation-based method to assess person-centeredness in health care
Karin Eriksson	The supporting conversation partner in disordered communication
Caroline Feldthusen	Fatigue in persons with rheumatoid arthritis – A person-centred physical therapy approach
Andreas Fors	Person-centred care and self-efficacy – Experiences, measures and effects after an event of acute coronary syndrome
Emma Forsgren	Person-centred care and communication disorders: Exploration and facilitation of conversational interaction involving people with acquired neurogenic communication disorders and health care providers
Ulla Fredriksson Larsson	Fatigue and recovery after myocardial infarction
Helena Fridberg	The complexities of implementing PCC in a real-world setting –A case study with seven embedded units.
Roar Hermansen Østby	Taking older persons seriously: Exploring personcentred and participatory approaches for fair responsibility in health and social care
Pernilla Jonsson	Problematic medication use in headache – Epidemiology and qualitative aspects of medication overuse headache and non-adherence to prophylactic migraine treatment
Emma Kjörk	A standardised follow-up model to support people after stroke -Development and application using the post-stroke checklist
Elvira Lange	Exercise in older adults with rheumatoid arthritis - a person-centred approach
Anette Larsson	Muscle strength and resistance exercise in women with fibromyalgia - a person-centered approach
Veronica Lilja	Dribbling past chronic pain – Evaluating meaningful support through a remote person-centred care intervention
Jeanette Lindberg	Patients as partners: assessment of patients' experiences, preferences, perceived capacities and needs of care and rehabilitation
Karolina Linden	Women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy and postpartum Well-being and diabetes management
Qarin Lood	Discovering the capabilities of ageing persons who are born abroad: crossing norms, moving health promotion forward
Åse Lundin	Returning to work by working together - Experiential perspectives on sick leave due to chronic pain and an evaluation of a remote person-centred intervention
Doris Lydahl	Same and Different? Perspectives on the Introduction of person-Centred Care as Standard Healthcare
Jonna Norman	Breathing and mindfulness-based training for persons with heart failure - studies of experiences and effects on symptoms and signs, wellbeing, and health
Alexander Olausson	Prerequisites and effects of an opioid-free anaesthesia pathway in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
Annie Palstam	Aspects of work and health in women with Fibromyalgia
Laura Pirhonen	Health economic evaluations of person-centred care projects and development of new health economy methods
Mona Rafsten	Postural balance, anxiety and motor function after stroke, at a very early supported discharge with continued rehabilitation
Malin Rex	Patient safety and person-centeredness in healthcare for patients with suicidal behavior
Lena Rosenlund	Towards an item bank to measure patient-reported experience of person-centred care
Ramona Schenell	Maintaining self-determination in palliative phase in residential care- a model to facilitate person-centred care for older persons
Frida Smith	Patient Education Materials from a person-centred perspective - Coping and co-design in colorectal cancer care
Hilda Svensson	Finding ways forward with pain as a fellow traveler. Older women’s experience of living with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and back pain
Ulrika Wallbing	Help Overcoming Pain Early (HOPE) - a person-centred intervention for adolescents with chronic pain in a school setting
Sara Wallström	Health in connection with takotsubo syndrome. Experiences, symptoms and utilization of health care
Karin Weman Josefsson	You don't have to love it - Exploring the mechanisms of exercise motivation using self-determination theory in a digital context.
Filipa Ventura	Person-centred e-support - foundations for the development of nusring interventions in outpatient cancer care
Axel Wolf	Person-centred care: Possibilities, barriers and effects in hospitalised patients

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2 December 2025