Matilda Holmbom
PhD student
I am a full-time PhD student focusing on informal caregivers of people with heart disease. My research explores how caregiving impacts family life and the health of caregivers, as well as their preparedness to care and need for support.
Publications
2024
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Research
- Heart & Mind: I am part of a Scandinavian collaboration between research groups in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, studying how parental heart disease affects different family members and the family as a unit.
- Support for informal caregivers: I am part of a research group that has designed an internet-based support program for informal caregivers of people with heart failure. The aim is to evaluate whether use of the support program improves caregivers' preparedness to care, health, perceived control, ability to support self-care and knowledge of heart failure.