Hanna Vestala

PhD student

My PhD project concerns patient participation in primary healthcare and implementation. I also teach at the Nursing programme and courses in Diabetes.

Presentation

With many years of clinical nursing experience in the specialised care of persons with chronic disease, I know how important it is to involve the patients in their care and to consider their needs and abilities to engage in their own healthcare. In my PhD project I study factors that hinder or alleviate a person-centred patient participation in primary health care.

CV

Degree of Master’s in Medical Science (120 credits) with a major in Nursing, Area of Emphasis: Health, Quality and Interprofessional Competence, 2022
Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing Medical Care, 2014
Master of Medical Science (60 credits) in Nursing, 2011
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2006

Research assignments

Teaching in the Nursing Programme (180 credits)
Teaching in courses in Diabetes.

Network

Graduate School Integrated Care

Publications

2024

Hanna Vestala, Marcus Bendtsen, Patrik Midlov, Karin Kjellgren, Ann Catrine Eldh (2024) Is patient participation in hypertension care based on patients' preferences? A cross-sectional study in primary healthcare European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Vol. 23, p. 903-911 (Article in journal)

Continue to DOI

Hanna Vestala, Marcus Bendtsen, Patrik Midlov, Karin Kjellgren, Ann Catrine Eldh (2024) Effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients living with hypertension - a randomized controlled trial in primary care Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (Article in journal)

Continue to DOI

Research

I am a PhD student in a project called “Patients’ participation in primary healthcare- Studies on factors that hinder or alleviate and strategies that facilitate person-centred care.“