The overall goal of my research is to conduct studies that aim to give people with chronic diseases the conditions for activity and participation in their everyday life. I have a particular interest in studying digital technology that can create opportunities for activity, participation and health. The research is closely related to Integrated Care and association to the surrounding society. I teach occupational therapist students at first- and second- cycle and at postgraduate level.
Prerequisites for activity and participation in everyday life
My research focuses on people with chronic conditions, their ability and opportunity, to perform everyday life activities, and thereby promote health. My doctoral thesis, which I defended in 2021, is entitled "Digital support for people with cognitive impairment: An intervention to increase the occupational performance in everyday life". The PhD-project was part of the development of a user-friendly, interactive, digital reminder support called: RemindMe, for elderly people with cognitive impairment. The intervention that was developed in the project was examined from different perspectives, with a focus on the actual use of the reminder and its impact on the participants' occupational performance. The result indicated that the participants felt more independent, and they were more satisfied with the performance of their everyday activities after using RemindMe for three months.
Since 2021 I have been working in a research project developing and investigating exergames with the aim of increasing peoples physical activity (https://liu.se/forskning/heart-exg ). The Heart-eXg study aims to reduce sedentary time for people with chronic conditions by playing an exergame on their smartphone. The play requires physical activity based on the participants physical ability. In this project, I will have a particular focus on the participants' performance of activities in everyday life.
Since August 2022, I have an assignment as Assoc. director of the Graduate School: Integrated Care in the South-East healthcare region. In this assignment, I have worked with the start-up of the graduate school, as well as planning and performing seminars with the PhD-students. At the occupational therapy program, I work as a teacher with a special focus on students' learning in theory and practice regarding assessment and interventions for people with chronic condition. At the second cycle, I am the course coordinator in the course Health Promotion and Rehabilitation for older people – focus on Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy.
