Frida Andréasson

My research is about informal care and the impact on family life, identity, couplehood and health. Other research interests are technology-based support and participatory research.

Informal care, family life, Heart disease and online support for carers

Informal carers are many times made invisible within health care but they have an important role on a societal level and in relation to the person they are providing help, care and support to.

Among other things, my research group study how families with youths living at home are affected when an adult suffers from heart disease. We also study the effects of an online support programme developed for and together with carers of people with heart failure. Our primary hypothesis is that the online support programme increases informal carers preparedness to care for a person with heart failure.

About me

CV

I am a sociologist and a social worker. I have a PhD in Health Science and is currently working as a post doc at the Medical Faculty. Among other things, I have been working as a social worker in the municipality and for several years with Research and Development, and now I am eager to further develop my skills as a researcher during my time as a post doc.

Networks

I am a member of the Cesar network, which is a network of researchers for collaboration in the area of research in cardiac care in Sweden
I am also part of CircM, which is a strategic research network at Linköping University and Region Östergötland
I am also part of Ethnographic forum at Linnaeus university in which we as members share an interest for ethnographic research

Publications

Frida Andréasson (2021)

Doing informal care: Identity, couplehood, social health and information and communication technologies in older people's everyday lives

Frida Andréasson, Ritva Gough (2009)

Anställda och brukare utforskar och utvärderar: 50 landstings- och kommunverksamheter för psykiskt funktionshindrade

Francesco Barbabella, Arianna Poli, Frida Andréasson, Benjamin Salzmann, Roberta Papa, Elizabeth Hanson, Areti Efthymiou, Hanneli Doehner, Cristina Lancioni, Patrizia Civerchia, Giovanni Lamura (2016)

A Web-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Family Caregivers of Older People: Results from a Mixed-Methods Study in Three European Countries

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Research

Research networks

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Cesar-Network

CESAR is a group of researchers that are working toward Collaboration and Exchange in Swedish cardiovascular cAring Research.

CircM

CircM is a strategic research network for researchers at Linköping University and Region Östergötland within the research field circulation and cardio-metabolic risk factors.

Coworkers

Anna Strömberg

Deputy Dean, Professor

Hanna Allemann

Lecturer

Ingela Thylén

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Marie Lundberg

Research Nurse

Nora Östrup

Coordinator

Matilda Holmbom

Lecturer

Tiny Jaarsma

Professor

Organisation

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

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.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.