Annica Backman

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Associate professor, combined with clinical employment at Department of Nursing

Biologihuset, Hus C, plan 3, 4 och 5. Hus D2, plan 3. Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Framing person-centred leadership in residential care: a cross-cultural adaptation of the aged-care clinical leadership qualities framework

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Backman, Annica C.; Sundström, Malin; Jeon, Yun-Hee; et al.

Health and quality of life in nursing homes: a repeated cross-sectional study on the impact of leadership and person-centred care

Nursing Open, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 12, (7)

Bäckman, Håkan; Lindkvist, Marie; Niklasson, Johan; et al.

A complex intervention to strengthen person-centered care and leadership in residential care facilities (the PERLE study): protocol for a development and implementation study

JMIR Research Protocols, JMIR Publications 2025, Vol. 14

Edberg, Anna-Karin; Backman, Annica C.

Person-centred leadership in residential care for older people from the perspective of registered nurses: a qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 9

Jönsson, Marie; Edberg, Anna-Karin; Sundström, Malin; et al.

Person-centred leadership in residential care for older people as described by first-line managers

BMC Nursing, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 24, (1)

Jönsson, Marie; Edberg, Anna-Karin; Wallin, Anneli Orrung; et al.

Assistant nurses' experiences of ethical challenges while working in residential care facilities during the pandemic: an interview study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 39, (2)

Karlsson, Anna-Carin; Sundström, Malin; Backman, Annica C.; et al.

Nursing home managers' descriptions of multi-level barriers to leading person-centred care: a content analysis

International Journal of Older People Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 19, (1)

Backman, Annica C.; Ahnlund, Petra; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Moving between doing and being - Meanings of person-centredness as narrated by nursing home managers: A phenomenological hermeneutical study

Nursing Open, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 11, (1)

Backman, Annica C.; Sjögren, Karin; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Ethical challenges in residential care facilities during COVID-19: leaders' perspective

Nursing Ethics, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 31, (8) : 1661-1673

Karlsson, Anna-Carin; Edberg, Anna-Karin; Sundström, Malin; et al.

Pharmacological treatment of pain in Swedish nursing homes: prevalence and associations with cognitive impairment and depressive mood

Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Walter de Gruyter 2024, Vol. 24, (1)

Rankin, Linda; Lindkvist, Marie; Backman, Annica C.; et al.

Use of heart failure medications in older individuals and associations with cognitive impairment

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)

Abramsson, Linnea; Backman, Annica C.; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Exploring the impact of nursing home managers' leadership on staff job satisfaction, health and intention to leave in nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 32, (19-20) : 7227-7237

Backman, Annica C.; Lindkvist, Marie; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Longitudinal changes in nursing home leadership, direct care staff job strain and social support in Swedish nursing homes: findings from the U-AGE SWENIS study

International Journal of Older People Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 18, (1)

Backman, Annica C.; Lindkvist, Marie; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Psychometric evaluation of the Indonesian version of the person-centered care assessment tool

International Journal of Older People Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 18, (6)

Weni, Woro Mustika; Shimizu, Megumi; Ando-Ohmura, Chiaki; et al.

The significance of nursing home managers' leadership: longitudinal changes, characteristics and qualifications for perceived leadership, person-centredness and climate

Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 31, (9-10) : 1377-1388

Backman, Annica C.; Lövheim, Hugo; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.

Who’s in the House? Staffing in Long-Term Care Homes Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic

Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Sage Publications 2022, Vol. 8

Vellani, Shirin; Zuniga, Franziska; Spilsbury, Karen; et al.

The influence of nursing home managers’ leadership on person-centred care and stress of conscience: A cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 20, (1)

Backman, Annica C.; Sjögren, Karin; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Characteristics of nursing home units with high versus low levels of person-centred care in relation to leadership, staff- resident- and facility factors: findings from SWENIS, a cross-sectional study in Sweden

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)

Backman, Annica; Sandman, Per-Olof; Sköldunger, Anders

Strengthening International Research in Long-Term Care: Recommended Common Data Elements to Support Clinical Staff Training

Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 7

Chu, Charlene H.; McGilton, Katherine S.; Spilsbury, Karen; et al.

Embodying person-centred being and doing: leading towards person-centred care in nursing homes as narrated by managers

Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 29, (1-2) : 172-183

Backman, Annica C.; Ahnlund, Petra; Sjögren, Karin; et al.

Exploring a Common Data Element for International Research in Long-Term Care Homes: A Measure for Evaluating Nursing Supervisor Effectiveness

Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 6

McGilton, Katherine S.; Backman, Annica C.; Boscart, Veronqiue; et al.

Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 21, (7) : 962-965

McGilton, Katherine S.; Escrig-Pinol, Astrid; Gordon, Adam; et al.

Exploring person-centred care in relation to resource utilization, resident quality of life and staff job strain: findings from the SWENIS study

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)

Sköldunger, Anders; Sandman, Per-Olof; Backman, Annica C.

Understanding Contextual Differences in Residential LTC Provision for Cross-National Research: Identifying Internationally Relevant CDEs

Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Sage Publications 2019, Vol. 5 : 1-8

Siegel, Elena O.; Backman, Annica; Cai, Yi; et al.

Resource use and its association to cognitive impairment, ADL functions, and behavior in residents of Swedish nursing homes: Results from the U-Age program (SWENIS study)

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 34, (1) : 130-136

Sköldunger, Anders; Wimo, Anders; Sjögren, Karin; et al.

Leadership: person-centred care and the work situation of staff in Swedish nursing homes

Umeå University medical dissertations, 1957

Backman, Annica

Job strain in nursing homes: exploring the impact of leadership

Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol. 27, (7-8) : 1552-1560

Backman, Annica; Sjögren, Karin; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.

Characteristics of highly rated leadership in nursing homes using item response theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 73, (12) : 2903-2913

Backman, Annica; Sjögren, Karin; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.

The relative impact of symptoms, resident characteristics and features of nursing homes on residents’ participation in social occupations: cross-sectional findings from U-Age Swenis

Journal of Occupational Science, Taylor & Francis 2017, Vol. 24, (3) : 327-337

Lood, Qarin; Björk, Sabine; Sköldunger, Anders; et al.

Characteristics of highly rated leadership in Swedish nursing homes

The Gerontologist, Oxford University Press 2016, Vol. 56 : 283-283

Backman, Annica; Lövheim, Hugo; Sjögren, Karin; et al.

Towards person-centredness in aged-care: exploring the impact of leadership

Journal of Nursing Management, Vol. 24, (6) : 766-774

Backman, Annica; Sjögren, Karin; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.

The Umeå Ageing and health research programme (U-age): exploring person-centred care and health promoting living conditions for an ageing population

Nordic journal of nursing research, Sage Publications 2016, Vol. 36, (3) : 168-174

Edvardsson, David; Backman, Annica; Bergland, Ådel; et al.

Cognitive impairment and resource use in Swedish nursing homes: results from the Svenis study

The Gerontologist, Oxford University Press 2016, Vol. 56 : 389-389

Sköldunger, Anders B.; Wimo, A.; Sandman, Per-Olov; et al.

Leadership behavior in relation to person-centeredness and person-centered climate - a cross-sectional study in residential aged care in Sweden

The Gerontologist, Vol. 55 : 806-807

Backman, Annica C.; Lövheim, Hugo; Sjögren, Karin; et al.

Leading towards person-centred care – Nursing home managers' experiences of leading person-centred care in highly person-centred Swedish nursing homes

Backman, Annica; Ahnlund, Petra; Sjögren, Karin; et al.

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