Research Group for Child and Family Centred Care
Our vision is to promote, create, translate, and implement innovative research of high quality which can make a difference for children and young people with various conditions.
Stress research
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The aim with this research is to increase knowledge about children’s stress. A special focus is on development of the stress system in preterm infants and interventions to mitigate stress and stress related consequences.
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Mörelius E, Ivars K, Gustafsson PA, Theodorsson E, Nelson N. Salivary cortisol circadian rhythm in infants at psychosocial risk showed more variations than previous studies of healthy full-term infants. Acta Paediatrica. 2017;106(12):2060-1.
Ivars K, Nelson N, Theodorsson A, Theodorsson E, Ström J, Mörelius E. Development of Salivary Cortisol Circadian Rhythm in Preterm Infants. Plos One. 2017;12(8):e0182685. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182685
Mörelius E, Örtenstrand A, Theodorsson E, Frostell A. Continuous skin-to-skin contact after preterm birth and the effects on salivary cortisol, parental stress, depression, and breastfeeding. Early Human Development 2015;91:63-70.
The EACI Study
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The overall aim with this project is to improve parent-infant interaction during admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, thus increase possibilities for stress resilience and a secure attachment.
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Sahlen-Helmer C, Birberg Thornberg U, Abrahamsson T, Morelius E. Mothers' experiences of a new early collaborative intervention, the EACI, in the neonatal period: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2023;32:2892-2902.
Sahlén Helmer C, Birberg Thornberg U, Mörelius E. An early collaborative intervention focusing on parent-infant interaction in the neonatal period. A descriptive study of the developmental framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(12):6656. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126656.
Bonding in Neonatal care
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This study focus on social-emotional parent-infant bonding and how bonding develops during the neonatal intensive care trajectory.
Sleep when the child is sick
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Parental sleep when their child is sick is an individualised experience influenced by several factors. In this project we aim to study, prevent, and improve parents sleep when their child is sick.
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Smith S, Tallon M, Smith J, Angelhoff C, Mörelius E. Parental sleep when their child is sick: A phased principle-based concept analysis. Journal of Sleep Research 2022;31(5):e13575
Edéll-Gustafsson U, Angelhoff, C, Johnsson, E, Karlsson, J, Mörelius, E. Hindering and buffering factors for parental sleep in neonatal care. A phenomenographic study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2015;24:717-727
Mörelius E, Hemmingsson H. Parents of children with physical disabilities - perceived health in relation to parental night-time attention. Child: Health, Care and Development, 2014;40(3):412-8. doi: 10.1111/cch.12079
Children with functional constipation
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The objective of this project is to increase the knowledge about children with functional constipation and further use the new knowledge to improve care and quality of life.
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Children's experiences of functional constipation: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis
Flankegård G, Mörelius E, Rytterström P. Everyday life with childhood functional constipation: a qualitative phenomenological study of parents’ experiences. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2022;67:e165-171
Flankegård G, Mörelius E, Duchen K, Rytterström P. Questioning their parental identity: Lived experiences of parents who give pharmacological treatment to children with functional constipation at home. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2020;76:3519-3527
Houghton D, Arabiat D, Ireson D, Mörelius E. A scoping review of non-pharmacological health education provided to families of children with idiopathic childhood constipation within primary health care. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 2022;13:1-17.
The Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set (AHPEQS)
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In this study the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Sets (AHPEQS) for children and parents are translated into Swedish, scientifically tested and implemented in two children’s hospitals to evaluate experiences of hospital care.
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Developing a child-reported measure of inpatient experience of healthcare
Nelson HJ, Pienaar C, McKenzie C, Williams AM, Swaminathan G, Mӧrelius E. Development of the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set for Parents. Collegian 2023;30(2):213-221.
Needs of children's questionnaire
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The aim with this project is to translate, test and implement the Needs of Children’s questionnaire (NCQ) to discuss, evaluate and improve individualised hospital care with and for admitted children aged 5-18 years.
