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Mats Westas

Lecturer

I am teaching the undergraduate education of future nurses as well as the specialist education for future specialist nurses. My teaching assignments also extend to being a course coordinator and examiner for independent courses at the advanced level.

Presentation

Assignments in the Nursing Program

I work as a teacher in the undergraduate program for future nurses, where I teach and supervise students in their academic and practical studies towards the profession.

Assignments in the Specialist Nursing Program

I also work as a course coordinator and teaching instructor in several independent courses included in the Specialist Nursing Program. As a course coordinator, I am responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the course content, ensuring it maintains high academic standards and is relevant to the students' future professional lives.

Research Activities

My research focuses on care within cardiovascular diseases. Currently, I am working on a project that aims to use CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to help heart patients manage depression, anxiety, and stress. This project can be seen as an extension of my dissertation and contributes to improving care and quality of life for these patients.

Publications

2026

Mats Westas, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma, Semyon Melnikov (2026) Trajectories of insomnia symptoms in patients with heart failure: a longitudinal analysis European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvag021
Mats Westas, Lena Ekström, Jan Sandqvist, Charlotte Wåhlin, Gerhard Andersson, Peter Johansson (2026) Feasibility of classic massage for Swedish nurses: a mixed methods pre-post-test design study BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, Vol. 26, Article 131 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-026-05356-9
Niklas Ferdinand Carlsson, Leonie Klompstra, Mats Westas (2026) Exploring Nursing Students' Experiences in a Brief Virtual Reality-Enhanced Workshop: Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study JMIR Nursing, Vol. 9, Article e85780 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/85780

2025

Mats Westas, Semyon Melnikov (2025) Prevalence and Outcomes of Fears in Advanced Heart Failure: Differences Across Disease Stages Current Heart Failure Reports, Vol. 22 (Article, review/survey) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11897-025-00705-0

2024

Magda Eriksson-Liebon, Mats Westas, Peter Johansson, Ghassan Mourad (2024) Long-term effects and predictors of change of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy on cardiac anxiety in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: a randomized controlled trial BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 24, Article 216 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05661-y

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