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Staff photo Birgitta Olofsson

Birgitta Olofsson

I am a professor of nursing with a combined employment.

Research qualifications: Docent

Works at

Affiliation
Professor, combined with clinical employment at Department of Nursing Role: Assistant head of department
Location
Biologihuset, Hus C, plan 3, 4 och 5. Hus D2, plan 3. Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Areas of research:
GERDA - Gerontologic Regional Database
, to investigate factors associated with, and threats to, successful ageing, partly via self-reported surveys (from 65 years of age) and partly via interviews during home visits (from 85 years and older). Silver-MOINCA, the aim is to find out how socioeconomic and cardiovascular factors in middle age (50-64 years) and cardiovascular incidents relate to active and healthy ageing among the very old people (≥ 80 years). Hip fracture among old adults. Is the surgical method important regarding pain and function after a non-displaced hip fracture? The doctoral project will compare pain and function in older adults depending on the surgical technique and describe the patient's experience of the rehabilitation process over time. We will investigate the relationship between hip fracture and depressive symptoms and risk factors for increased 36-month mortality among old adults, focusing on delirium, dementia, and depressive symptoms. Safety in perioperative care of patients undergoing arthroplasty – the operating room nurses’ perspectives. Safety in perioperative care of patients undergoing arthroplasty - operating room nurses' perspective. The overall aim of this project is to explore patient safety, including infection prevention, in perioperative care of patients undergoing arthroplasty according to operating room nurses’ perspectives.

Ortho-geriatric Home rehabilitation study, to evaluate if geriatric home rehabilitation may reduce hospitalization and re-admissions in old patients with hip fracture. MIDRED - Multidimensional InterDisciplinary REhabilitation program for people with Dementia, the overall objective of the study is to evaluate whether a person-centred multidimensional interdisciplinary rehabilitation program for community dwelling older people with dementia, including education and counselling to informal primary caregivers, increases the proportion of people with dementia still living at home after two and three years. Nu-DESC study, to study risk factors for delirium after cardiac surgery and, to study the complications of delirium, one and three years after cardiac surgery. Femoral nerve block study, to evaluate if femoral nerve blockade in patients with hip fracture may reduce the pre-and peroperative need for systemic analgesics and also the number of postoperative complications. Amp-study, to evaluate whether peripheral intermittent nerve block can reduce phantom pain in patients undergoing amputation of their lower leg compared with conventional analgesia with epidural. U-CHEC - Umeå Centre of Health Science. U-CHEC is a multidisciplinary academic centre within health research. Our ambition is to support high quality collaborative research which leads to transformation in equitable public health and care.  

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print), Elsevier 2024, Vol. 122
Almevall, Ariel; Dahlin Almevall, Albin; Öhlin, Jerry; et al.
The International Journal of Aging & Human Development
Bergfrid, Martin; Gustafson, Yngve; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.
Journal of Affective Disorders, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 362 : 706-715
Corneliusson, Laura; Gustafson, Yngve; Olofsson, Birgitta
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Hasselgren, Låtta; Conradsson, Mia; Lampinen, Josefine; et al.
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024, Vol. 19, (4)
Jonsson, Fanny; Olofsson, Birgitta; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Nyberg, Anette; Jirwe, Maria; Fagerdahl, Ami; et al.
BMJ open quality, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2024, Vol. 13, (1)
Nyberg, Anette; Olofsson, Birgitta; Fagerdahl, Ami; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Snellman, Sandra; Hörnsten, Carl; Olofsson, Birgitta; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Svahn, Sofia; Appelblad, Leona; Lövheim, Hugo; et al.
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 57, (1)
Claesson Lingehall, Helena; Gustafson, Yngve; Svenmarker, Staffan; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Lindelöf, Nina; Nilsson, Ingeborg; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.
Ortopediskt magasin, Järna: Svensk ortopedisk förening 2023, (1) : 22-25
Morberg, Per; Paradowski, Przemyslaw; Röding, Fredrik; et al.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Sage Publications 2023, Vol. 51, (5) : 744-753
Nyqvist, Fredrica; Nilsson, Ingeborg; Näsman, Marina; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Olofsson, Erika; Gustafson, Yngve; Mukka, Sebastian; et al.
Sage Open Nursing, Sage Publications 2023, Vol. 9 : 1-10
Unneby, Anna; Olofsson, Birgitta; Lindgren, Britt-Marie
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, IOS Press 2023, Vol. 93, (1) : 61-74
Weidung, Bodil; Lövheim, Hugo; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.
Geriatric Nursing, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 48 : 37-42
Almevall, Albin Dahlin; Wennberg, Patrik; Zingmark, Karin; et al.
Delirium Communications
Amgarth-Duff, Ingrid; Hosie, Annemarie; Caplan, Gideon A.; et al.
Gastroenterology Nursing, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022, Vol. 45, (4) : 211-230
Boman, Erika; Nylander, Malin; Oja, Josefine; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Burman, Maria; Hörnsten, Carl; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, Springer 2022, Vol. 26, (7) : 706-713
Burman, Maria; Hörnsten, Carl; Öhlin, Jerry; et al.
Aging & Mental Health, Routledge 2022, Vol. 26, (2) : 431-437
Johansson, Sanna; Lövheim, Hugo; Olofsson, Birgitta; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, Springer Nature 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Karlsson, Åsa; Olofsson, Birgitta; Stenvall, Michael; et al.
European Journal of Ageing, Springer 2022, Vol. 19 : 1441-1453
Lampinen, Josefine; Conradsson, Mia; Nyqvist, Fredrica; et al.
Sage Open Nursing, Sage Publications 2022, Vol. 8 : 1-10
Unneby, Anna; Gustafson, Yngve; Olofsson, Birgitta; et al.
European Journal of Ageing, Springer 2022, Vol. 19 : 545-554
Viglund, Kerstin; Olofsson, Birgitta; Lundman, Berit; et al.
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, S. Karger 2022, Vol. 51 : 135-141
Öhlin, Jerry; Toots, Annika; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.
BMJ open quality, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 10, (4)
Nyberg, Anette; Olofsson, Birgitta; Otten, Volker T C; et al.
Omvårdnad på avancerad nivå: kärnkompetenser inom sjuksköterskans specialistområden, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2021 : 201-210
Olofsson, Birgitta
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Human Kinetics 2021, Vol. 29, (4) : 678-685
Öhlin, Jerry; Gustafson, Yngve; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.
Clinical Interventions in Aging, DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD, 2020, Vol. 15 : 1575-1586
Karlsson, Åsa; Berggren, Monica; Olofsson, Birgitta; et al.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 101, (4) : 571-578
Karlsson, Åsa; Lindelöf, Nina; Olofsson, Birgitta; et al.
European Journal of Ageing, Springer 2020, Vol. 17 : 31-41
Näsman, Marina; Niklasson, Johan; Nygård, Mikael; et al.
Journal of Aging Research, Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2020, Vol. 2020
Näsman, Marina; Niklasson, Johan; Saarela, Jan; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, Springer 2020, Vol. 20
Öhlin, Jerry; Ahlgren, Anders; Folkesson, Robert; et al.
Clinical Rehabilitation, Sage Publications 2019, Vol. 33, (1) : 64-73
Berggren, Monica; Karlsson, Åsa; Lindelöf, Nina; et al.
AANA Journal, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 2019, Vol. 87, (4) : 277-284
Kollberg, Sandra E.; Häggström, Ann-Cristin E.; Claesson Lingehall, Helena; et al.
Aging & Mental Health, Routledge 2019 : 84-91
Näsman, Marina; Niklasson, Johan; Saarela, Jan; et al.
Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 28, (11-12) : 2309-2318
Smulter, Nina; Claesson Lingehall, Helena; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
Journal of Nursing Home Research, Vol. 4 : 49-55
Burman, Maria; Hörnsten, Carl; Carlsson, Maine; et al.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 33, (4) : 623-632
Olofsson, Birgitta; Persson, Maria; Bellelli, G.; et al.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Saunders Elsevier 2018, Vol. 32, (2) : 684-690
Smulter, Nina; Lingehall, Helena Claesson; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print), Vol. 69 : 61-68
Niklasson, Johan; Näsman, Marina; Nyqvist, Fredrica; et al.
Injury, ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2017, Vol. 48, (7) : 1542-1549
Unneby, Anna; Svensson, Olle; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 16
Berggren, Monica; Stenvall, Michael; Englund, Undis; et al.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 17, (5) : 464.e9-464.e15
Karlsson, Åsa; Berggren, Monica; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Vol. 85 : 75-75
Niklasson, Johan; Hörnsten, Carl; Conradsson, Mia; et al.

Education:
Orthopedic and geriatric nursing, acute state of confusion (delirium), quantitative method both on basic and advanced levels.