I work with a broad range of methods, both qualitative and quantitative, co-design studies, RCT studies, registries etc.
Anna Strömberg
Professor
I am Professor of Nursing and Vice-Dean for Research and Doctoral Education at the Faculty of Medicine. My research is about how digital tools can support self-care and rehabilitation for people with heart disease.
Presentation
My research focuses on developing interventions for rehabilitation and psycho-educational support to persons with long-term cardiac illness and their families and to evaluate their efficacy and effectiveness on self-care behavior, health-related quality of life, physical function, participation in care, perceived control, survival and health care utilization. At present my research is focusing on evaluating and implementing eHealth tools to support self-care in persons with long-term illness especially heart failure. My main research tracks are: (1) interventions using tele-rehabilitation and exergaming to improve physical activity in elderly with long-term illness, (2) evaluations of different types of multidisciplinary disease management programs, (3) interventions to support family members/caregivers using eHealth, (4) Theory development in self-care and (5) developing instruments to measure patient reported outcome and experience measures.
I work with a broad range of methods, both qualitative and quantitative, co-design studies, RCT studies, registries etc.
I work with a broad range of methods, both qualitative and quantitative, co-design studies, RCT studies, registries etc.
About me
CV
- University Certificate in Nursing 1990, Linköping University.
- Bachelor of Nursing Science 1997, Linköping University.
- Master of Nursing Science 1999, Halmstad University.
- PhD 2001-12-10, Faculty of Medicine, Linköping University.
- Associate professor 2005
- Professor 2010
- I mainly teach in doctoral education where I am an examiner/course leader for the PhD courses Scientific Methodology and Self care in chronic illness
- I have supervised 24 PhD students that have graduated (8 as main supervisor, 16 as co-supervisor), and I have had 4 full-time post docs for 3-4 years each and 3 part-time post docs. I currently lead a research group with 9 ongoing PhD students (3 as main supervisor, 6 as co-supervisor) and 3 post docs.
Publications
2026
Prognostic value of baseline and longitudinal changes in exercise capacity and quality of life in the HF-Wii Swedish population
Open heart, Vol. 13, Article e004130
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2026-004130
How to Implement Recommendations on Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Management Program Into Practice? Lithuanian Experience
American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 273, p. 11-18
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2026.05.030
Adolescents' Need for Support When Living With a Parent Having Heart Disease: A Nordic Qualitative Study
Journal of Family Nursing
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10748407261444289
The Dynamic Nature of Caregiving in Advanced Heart Failure With Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis
Current Heart Failure Reports, Vol. 23, Article 19
(Article, review/survey)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11897-026-00758-9
Trajectories of insomnia symptoms in patients with heart failure: a longitudinal analysis
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvag021