Andreas Blomqvist

My name is Andreas Blomqvist and I am wearing two hats! Some days I am an entrepreneur, running an eHealth business in Stockholm, and other days I am a PhD-student in the field of medical science, focusing on physical activity and heart failure.

Physical activity and heart failure

Heart failure is a very common disease with 250 000 afflicted in Sweden alone. Efficacious pharmacological treatment is readily available, but adequate self-care behaviour is in fact also a very potent way to deal with the disease.

There is strong evidence that people with heart failure greatly benefit from exercise, but for many people it is not feasible to attend structure physical therapy and many lead sedentary lives. My research is dedicated towards the development of a home-based support for these people, designed to encourage and support increased physical activity.

Education

MSc in Electrical Engineering, KTH 2004
MBA, Blekinge Institute of Technology 2009

Publications

2024

Andreas Blomqvist, Maria Bäck, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma (2024) Usability and feasibility analysis of an mHealth-tool for supporting physical activity in people with heart failure BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol. 24, Article 44

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2020

Andreas Blomqvist, Maria Bäck, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma (2020) Utility of single-item questions to assess physical inactivity in patients with chronic heart failure ESC Heart Failure, Vol. 7, p. 1467-1476

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Organisation

Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health (ORH)

We carry out education and research in nursing. We run the nursing program in Linköping and Norrköping, as well as the Midwife program and 7 programs on an advanced level for specialist nurses.

Nursing science

Nursing science focuses on generating knowledge of health promotion, aiming to maintain and improve health, alleviate suffering and create conditions for a peaceful death.