Karolina Lindén
Om Karolina Lindén
Karolina Lindén är barnmorska och filosofie doktor i Vårdvetenskap och docent i reproduktiv och perinatal hälsa. Hon är legitimerad sjuksköterska samt legitimerad barnmorska. Hon undervisar i huvudsak på barnmorskeprogrammet, men även vid sjuksköterskeprogrammet, på den kompletterande utbildningen för sjuksköterskor från land utanför EU samt vid fristående kurser inom omvårdnad och reproduktiv och perinatal hälsa på avancerad nivå. Karolina Lindéns undervisning innefattar färdighetsträning vid kliniskt träningscentrum (KTC).
Karolina Linden is a midwife, and an associate professor in reproductive and perinatal health, at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Linden has a PhD in Health Care Sciences with the thesis “Women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy and postpartum – well-being and diabetes management”. Her research revolves around women with added medical risk during pregnancy, birth and/or postpartum. Linden is particularly interested in PREM/PROM and specializes in measuring experiences with validated instruments in large population cohort studies and RCTs. She also uses qualitative methodology, mixed-design studies and performs systematic literature reviews. In 2021 Linden published a commentary in the Lancet. She is main supervisor to two PhD-students and co-supervisor to three. Linden has written a book chapter in a textbook for university students about transition to parenthood. Linden has been engaged as an expert in sexual, reproductive, and perinatal health by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. She is currently the primary investigator for one longitudinal national multi-center study, COPE Staff (www.snaks.se/cope-staff), and one international cohort study, What matters to mum?, a collaboration between Sweden and South Africa.
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The experience of being a partner to a childbearing woman whose pregnancy is complicated by pre-eclampsia: A Swedish qualitative
study
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare - 2023 -
Working conditions for healthcare workers at a Swedish university hospital infectious disease department during the COVID-19 pandemic: barriers and facilitators to maintaining employee
wellbeing.
Malin Veje, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Ylva Carlsson, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Alessio Degl'Innocenti, Linda Ahlstrom, Helle Wijk, Magnus Åkerström
Frontiers in psychology - 2023 -
A Longitudinal Dyadic Study of Six Leisure Activities in Swedish Couples During the Transition to
Parenthood
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden
Sex Roles - 2023 -
Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth: Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European
region.
Céline Miani, Lisa Wandschneider, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Benedetta Covi, Helen Elden, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Zalka Drglin, Elizabete Pumpure, Raquel Costa, Virginie Rozée, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetic, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Amira Ćerimagić, Maryse Arendt, Ilaria Mariani, Karolina Linden, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Dārta Jakovicka, Heloisa Dias, Jovana Ruzicic, Claire de Labrusse, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Mehreen Zaigham, Anja Bohinec, Dace Rezeberga, Catarina Barata, Anouk Pfund, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean and quality of maternal and newborn health care in private versus public facilities: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 16
countries.
Marzia Lazzerini, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Virginie Rozée, Raquel Costa, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Maria Węgrzynowska, Karolina Linden, Maryse Arendt, Serena Brigidi, Céline Miani, Elizabete Pumpure, Jelena Radetic, Daniela Drandic, Amira Cerimagic, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Alina Liepinaitienė, Carina Rodrigues, Claire de Labrusse, Barbara Baranowska, Mehreen Zaigham, Lara Martín Castañeda, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Dārta Jakovicka, Jovana Ruzicic, Simona Juciūtė, Teresa Santos, Michael Gemperle, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Helen Elden, Marija Mizgaitienė, Ornella Lincetto, Emma Sacks, Ilaria Mariani
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Quality of maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth for migrant versus nonmigrant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 11 countries of the WHO European
region.
Raquel Costa, Carina Rodrigues, Heloísa Dias, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Mehreen Zaigham, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Maryse Arendt, Teresa Santos, Lisa Wandschneider, Zalka Drglin, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetic, Virginie Rozée, Helen Elden, Antonia N Mueller, Catarina Barata, Céline Miani, Anja Bohinec, Jovana Ruzicic, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Karolina Linden, Sara Geremia, Claire de Labrusse, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at discharge during the COVID-19 pandemic in 17 WHO European Region
countries.
Ilana Azulay Chertok, Rada Artzi-Medvedik, Maryse Arendt, Emma Sacks, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Carina Rodrigues, Raquel Costa, Karolina Linden, Mehreen Zaigham, Helen Elden, Daniela Drandic, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Céline Miani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Marzia Lazzerini, Ilaria Mariani
International breastfeeding journal - 2022 -
Understanding the experience of partners to women whose pregnancy is complicated by
Pre-eclampsia
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
NJF konferensen i Helsingfors, 2022 - 2022 -
Understanding the experience of partners to women whose pregnancy is complicated by
preeclampsia
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Muntlig presentation - 2022 -
Expectant parents’ emotions evoked by pregnancy: A longitudinal dyadic analysis of couples in the Swedish Pregnancy
Panel
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden
Social Science and Medicine - 2022 -
Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO
standards.
Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Ilaria Mariani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Marzia Lazzerini, Helen Elden
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 2022 -
Being in the shadow of the unknown — Swedish women's lived experiences of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenological
study
Karolina Linden, Nimmi Domgren, M. Zaigham, Verena Sengpiel, M. E. Andersson, A. Wessberg
Women and Birth - 2022 -
Challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program: a mixed-methods Swedish survey in the COPE Staff cohort
study
M. Wadell, A. K. Ortqvist, Karolina Linden, Magnus Åkerström, O. Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, S. Graner, M. Jonsson, Elin Naurin, V. Sengpiel, Malin Veje, A. Wessberg, M. Zaigham
Bmc Medical Education - 2022 -
Working conditions for hospital-based maternity and neonatal health care workers during extraordinary situations-A pre-/post COVID-19 pandemic analysis and lessons
learned
Magnus Åkerström, Ylva Carlsson, Verena Sengpiel, M. Veje, Anders Elfvin, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Alessio Degl'Innocenti, Linda Åhlström, Helle Wijk, Karolina Linden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare - 2022 -
Working conditions for hospital-based maternity and neonatal health care workers during extraordinary situations – a pre/post COVID-19 pandemic analysis and lessons
learned
Magnus Åkerström, Ylva Carlsson, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Veje, Anders Elfvin, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Alessio Degl'Innocenti, Linda Åhlström, Helle Wijk, Karolina Linden
NJF Congress Helsinki - 2022 -
Quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: online survey investigating maternal perspectives in 12 countries of the WHO European
Region.
Marzia Lazzerini, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Zalka Drglin, Maryse Arendt, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Helen Elden, Raquel Costa, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetić, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Céline Miani, Serena Brigidi, Virginie Rozée, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Barbara Tasch, Sigrun Kongslien, Karolina Linden, Catarina Barata, Magdalena Kurbanović, Jovana Ružičić, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Lara Martín Castañeda, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Anja Bohinec, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Mehreen Zaigham, Teresa Santos, Lisa Wandschneider, Ana Canales Viver, Amira Ćerimagić, Emma Sacks, Emanuelle Pessa Valente
The Lancet regional health. Europe - 2022 -
WHO Standards-based questionnaire to measure health workers' perspective on the quality of care around the time of childbirth in the WHO European region: development and mixed-methods validation in six
countries.
Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Sandra Morano, Marina Otalea, Ioana Nanu, Micaela Iuliana Nanu, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Mehreen Zaigham, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Sigrun Kongslien, Ingvild Nedberg, Raquel Costa, Carina Rodrigues, Heloísa Dias, Daniela Drandić, Magdalena Kurbanović, Emma Sacks, Moise Muzigaba, Ornella Lincetto, Marzia Lazzerini
BMJ open - 2022 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The effect of pregnancy on perceived female and male
traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
European Journal of Politics and Gender - 2021 -
Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19
outbreak
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Daniel Enström, Anton Wallin, Ingrid Andreasson, Birgitta Attebo, Ottilia Eriksson, Klara Martinsson, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
European Journal of Public Health - 2021 -
Som att ständigt vara överskuggad av det okända- en fenomenologisk studie av kvinnors upplevelse av graviditet under
covid-19pandemin
Karolina Linden, Nimmi Domgren, Zaigham Mehreen, Verena Sengpiel, Andersson Maria, Anna Wessberg
State of the art covid-19 - 2021 -
The implementation process of the Confident Birth method in Swedish antenatal education: opportunities, obstacles and
recommendations.
Sofia Jansson, Sepideh Farahshoor, Karolina Linden, Malin Bogren
Health promotion international - 2021 -
Study protocol: establishment of a multicentre pre-eclampsia database and biobank in Sweden: GO PROVE and UP MOST, a prospective cohort
study.
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Malin E Andersson, Ove Karlsson, Sven Egron Thörn, Jonatan Oras, Verena Sengpiel, Teresia Svanvik, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Katja Junus, Susanne Lager, Ida Enskär, Teelkien van Veen, Johan Wikström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anna Stigsdotter Neely, Anna-Karin Wikström, Lina Bergman
BMJ open - 2021 -
Impact of the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth learning programme on care provider skills and maternal health outcomes in low-income countries — An integrative
review
Malin Bogren, Anna Denovan, Felicity Kent, Marie Berg, Karolina Linden
Women and Birth - 2021 -
COVID-19 in Pregnancy and Early Childhood (COPE): study protocol for a prospective, multicentre biobank, survey and database cohort
study.
Ylva Carlsson, Lina Bergman, Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Ola Andersson, Malin Veje, Anna Sandström, Anna-Karin Wikström, Hanna Östling, Helena Fadl, Magnus Domellöf, Marie Blomberg, Sophia Brismar Wendel, Ulrika Åden, Verena Sengpiel
BMJ open - 2021 -
Expanding the concept of safety in antenatal care
provision.
Karolina Linden
Lancet (London, England) - 2021 -
COPE Staff – En utvärdering av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och upplevelsen av att arbeta nära gravida, födande och nyfödda under
COVID-19-pandemin
Ola Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Veje, Anna Wessberg, Magnus Åkerström, Karolina Linden
State of the Art Covid-19 - 2020 -
Hur upplever gravida och deras partners Covid-19
pandemin?
Elias Markstedt, Elin Naurin, Anton Wallin, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
2020 -
COPE Staff – En utvärdering av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och upplevelsen av att arbeta nära gravida, födande och nyfödda under
COVID-19-pandemin
Ola Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Veje, Anna Wessberg, Magnus Åkerström, Karolina Linden
Svenska Läkarsällskapet, State of the Art Covid-19. 15-16 december 2020, Abstract Book - 2020 -
Who safeguards pregnant women's autonomy during the COVID-19
pandemic?
Karolina Linden, Rikke Damkjær Maimburg
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives - 2020 -
Initial Validation of the Diabetes and Breastfeeding Management Questionnaire
(DBM-Q).
Karolina Linden, Marie Berg, Carina Sparud Lundin, Annsofie Adolfsson, Jeanette Melin
International journal of environmental research and public health - 2020 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
NJF Congress 2019 Abstract Book - 2019 -
The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
American Political Science Association 2018 - 2018 -
Women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy and postpartum Well-being and diabetes
management
Karolina Linden
2018 -
Web-Based Intervention for Women With Type 1 Diabetes in Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Critical Analysis of Adherence to Technological Elements and Study
Design
Marie Berg, Karolina Linden, Annsofie Adolfsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, Agneta Ranerup
Journal of Medical Internet Research - 2018 -
Well-being, diabetes management and breastfeeding in mothers with type 1 diabetes – An explorative
analysis
Karolina Linden, Marie Berg, A. Adolfsson, Carina Sparud Lundin
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - 2018 -
Person-centred, web-based support in pregnancy and early motherhood for women with Type 1 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled
trial
Karolina Linden, Marie Berg, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson, Carina Sparud Lundin
Diabetic Medicine - 2018 -
A midwifery challenge – supporting well-being in early pregnant women with type 1
diabetes
Karolina Linden, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, Marie Berg
31st International Confederation of Midwives Triennal Congress, Toronto, Canada 18-22 June 2017 - 2017 -
Well-Being and Diabetes Management in Early Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes
Mellitus
Karolina Linden, Carina Sparud Lundin, A. Adolfsson, Marie Berg
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2016 -
A woman-centered web-support program during pregnancy and early motherhood for women with type 1
diabetes
Karolina Linden, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson, Marie Berg
The International Confederation of Midwives. ICM 30th Triennial Congress. 1-5 June 2014 Prague, Czech Republic - 2014 -
A web-based support for pregnant women and new mothers with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Sweden (MODIAB-Web): study protocol for a randomized controlled
trial.
Annsofie Adolfsson, Karolina Linden, Per-Göran Larsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, Marie Berg
Trials - 2014 -
Webstöd för hälsosamt moderskap vid typ 1
diabetes
Karolina Linden
Reproduktiv Hälsa. Svenska Barnmorskeförbundets konferens 2013. 23–24 oktober, Stockholm. - 2013 -
Study protocol for evaluating a web-support program with a control group for pregnant women and new mothers with type 1 diabetes
mellitus.
Karolina Linden, Carina Sparud Lundin, Marie Berg, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson
7th International DIP Symposium - Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic syndrome & Pregnancy. Florence, Italy, March 13-16, 2013 - 2013 -
Web-based support as a person-centered and health oriented service for women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy and early
motherhood.
Karolina Linden, Marie Berg, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson, Agneta Ranerup, Carina Sparud Lundin
21st International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. 22-24 May 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden - 2013 -
Ongoing Research: A Social and learning Community to Support Self-Management in Childbearing Women with Type 1
diabetes.
Karolina Linden, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ann-Sofie Adolfsson, Agneta Ranerup, Marie Berg
Medicine 2.0. 6th World Congress on Social Media, Mobile Apps, Internet/Web 2.0. London, 23-24 September 2013. Abstracts - 2013 -
Web-based information for pregnant women and new mothers with type 1 diabetes- a description of the development
process
Karolina Linden, Marie Berg, Carina Sparud Lundin
BMC Medical informatics and decision making - 2012