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Maria Liljeroos

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

I have the privilege of working in the best of two worlds where I combine both clinical work and research to improve care for patients and families living with heart failure.

Improved heart failure care

My work focuses on improving care for patients and families who lives with heart failure.

I work part time as a heart failure nurse and part time I work with care development at the medical department at Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna, and also in primary care.

I am also the process leader for the heart failure process in the county council of Sörmland where we worked systematically to implement nurse-led heart failure clinics in primary care.

I teach in single courses in cardiovascular care, both in Linköping and at other universities.

Within research, I participate in several different projects, both nationally and internationally, all focusing on strengthening the care for patients with heart diseases. Research areas mainly are related to improving the care and self-care of cardiac patients, and includes information and communication technology, distance monitoring and eHealth.

About me

CV

  • Registered nurse 1988
  • PhD exam 2017
  • Docent 2022

Publications

Selected publications

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Maria Liljeroos, Anna Strömberg, Kristofer Årestedt, Misook L. Chung (2018)

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing , Vol.17 , s.527-534 Continue to DOI

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Maria Liljeroos, Susanna Ågren, Tiny Jaarsma, Kristofer Årestedt, Anna Strömberg (2017)

Quality of Life Research , Vol.26 , s.367-379 Continue to DOI

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Maria Liljeroos, Susanna Ågren, Tiny Jaarsma, Kristofer Årestedt, Anna Strömberg (2015)

PLOS ONE , Vol.10 , s.e0138058- Continue to DOI

Recent publications

2025

Maria Liljeroos, Karin Stromqvist Baathe, Michail Tonkonogi, Marina Arkkukangas (2025) Educated peers' experiences and perceptions of the group-based FallFitness exercise programme for older adults Age and Ageing, Vol. 54, Article afaf218 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Annika Pohl, Maria Liljeroos, Tiny Jaarsma (2025) "The message hurts, but it would be worse if nothing was said" - Communicating severe illness and the imminence of death to patients with end stage heart failure and their families - A longitudinal interview study PLOS ONE, Vol. 20, Article e0328993 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Marina Arkkukangas, Karin Stromqvist Baathe, Michail Tonkonogi, Maria Liljeroos (2025) More Than Just Exercise: Older Adults' Experience of the Peer-Led Group-Based FallFitness Program Clinical Interventions in Aging, Vol. 20, p. 931-939 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emma Säfström, Maria Liljeroos (2025) Personalizing Care for Informal Heart Failure Caregivers: Challenges and Practical Implications Current Heart Failure Reports, Vol. 22, Article 14 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Heidrun Sturm, Weber Julia, Fabiano Tonaco Borges, Andrew Dickinson, Beat Sottas, Carina Wennerholm, Christina Andreae, Maria Liljeroos, Tiny Jaarsma, Stefanie Joos, Antonia Bauer (2025) Patient's Perception of Primary Health Care Provision With Respect to Access, Continuity and Coordination-InCept: An International Qualitative Perspective International Journal of Health Planning and Management (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

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