Ann Catrine Eldh
Associated Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Health Services Research
- E-mail:
- anncatrine.eldh@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husarg. 3
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Associate Professor in caring sciences and affiliated to the research group in health and medical research at the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences. Both my clinical background and my research is in improvements in healthcare, and I am particularly interested in knowledge implementing - including issues such as patient participation and facilitating evidence-based practice strategies. Besides this research collaboration, I work with these issues at Linköping University.
Research
Earlier and ongoing research projects:
- Patient participation - what it is and what it is not. 2002-2006. PhD program. Funded by Capio, Capio S:t Görans sjukhus and SLL.
- Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence - FIRE. 2009-2013. Funded by the European Union.
- Kvalitetsregister som Verktyg för kvAlitetsutvecKling - KVAK. 2012-2016. Funded by SKL.
- Primary Leaders Implementing Stroke guidelines - PLIS. 2013. Funded by Vårdal.
- MOral - managers as facilitators of evidence-based oral care in frail older people. 2015. Funded by Region Dalarna.
- Facilitating implementation of Preference-based Patient Participation, by means of the 4Ps tool. 2018- ongoing. Funded by FORSS.
- Onset PrevenTion of urinary Incontinence in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation. Pilot study 2014-15, funded by Vårdal. RCT 2020- ongoing. Funded by FORTE.

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2026
- DOI for Implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines to prevent urinary retention in hospitals: A process evaluation in orthopaedic care
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Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 3740-3751, 2026
- DOI for Contextual Factors Affecting Evidence-Based Practice in Orthopaedic Nursing and Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Study
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Part of Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, 2026
- DOI for Considering Preference-Based Patient Participation-Scientific and Clinical Outcome Measures With the Patient Preferences for Patient Participation Tool
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2026
- DOI for Effectiveness of the Components of a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Intervention Among University Students (Buddy): Factorial Randomized Trial
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First-line managers' experience of guideline implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 7181-7191, 2025
- DOI for First-line managers' experience of guideline implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2026
- DOI for Implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines to prevent urinary retention in hospitals: A process evaluation in orthopaedic care
- Download full text (pdf) of Implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines to prevent urinary retention in hospitals: A process evaluation in orthopaedic care
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Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 3740-3751, 2026
- DOI for Contextual Factors Affecting Evidence-Based Practice in Orthopaedic Nursing and Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Study
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Part of Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, 2026
- DOI for Considering Preference-Based Patient Participation-Scientific and Clinical Outcome Measures With the Patient Preferences for Patient Participation Tool
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2026
- DOI for Effectiveness of the Components of a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Intervention Among University Students (Buddy): Factorial Randomized Trial
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First-line managers' experience of guideline implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 7181-7191, 2025
- DOI for First-line managers' experience of guideline implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Part of Implementation Science Communications, 2025
- DOI for Nuancing the continuum from ideal to real-world implementation: a letter to the editor on Nilsen et al.
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Part of Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, 2025
- DOI for Patient participation — 18 months of patient and staff perspectives in kidney care: A mixed methods study addressing the effects of facilitating staff person-centredness
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Part of European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, p. 903-911, 2024
- DOI for Is patient participation in hypertension care based on patients' preferences?: A cross-sectional study in primary healthcare
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Part of Digital Health, 2024
- DOI for "Simply complicated": Uncovering the processes of lifestyle behavior change among college and university students with access to a digital multiple lifestyle intervention
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2024
- DOI for Facilitating person-centered patient participation in kidney care: a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study incorporating a tool and training of local implementation teams
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2024
- DOI for First-line managers' experience of guideline implementation in orthopaedic nursing and rehabilitation: a qualitative study
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Part of International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Patient participation in orthopaedic care: a survey on hip surgery patients' preferences for and experiences of engagement in their health
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Part of Frontiers in Health Services, 2024
- DOI for Hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial designs-critical assessments, innovative applications, and proposed advancements
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Part of International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2024
- DOI for Adherence to evidence-based guidelines for prevention of urinary retention in hip surgery patients: a multicentre observational study
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, p. 225-233, 2024
- DOI for Effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients living with hypertension - a randomized controlled trial in primary care
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Part of Health Expectations, 2024
- DOI for Preference-based patient participation in intermediate care: Translation, validation and piloting of the 4Ps in Norway
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Part of Nordic journal of nursing research, 2023
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Part of Frontiers in Health Services, 2023
- DOI for Facilitating facilitators to facilitate: Some general comments on a strategy for knowledge implementation in health services
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Part of BMC Nephrology, 2023
- DOI for Patient participation in end-stage kidney disease care: variation over time and effects of staff-directed interventions - a quasi-experimental study
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Part of BMC SPORTS SCIENCE MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, 2023
- DOI for Athletes' experiences of using a self-directed psychological support, the BAck iN the Game (BANG) smartphone application, during rehabilitation for return to sports following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
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Patients' experiences of urinary retention and bladder care-A qualitative study in orthopaedic care
Part of International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 2023
- DOI for Patients' experiences of urinary retention and bladder care-A qualitative study in orthopaedic care
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Part of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, p. 330-338, 2023
- DOI for Evaluation of patient participation in relation to the implementation of a person‐centered nursing shift handover
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Part of Nursing Inquiry, 2023
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Part of International Journal of Health Policy and Management, p. 1574-1576, 2022
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for A balancing act-finding one's way to health and well-being: A qualitative analysis of interviews with Swedish university students on lifestyle and behavior change
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Part of Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
- DOI for Dog Owners' Ideas and Strategies Regarding Dental Health in Their Dogs-Thematic Analysis of Free Text Survey Responses
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Patient preferences and experiences of participation in surgical cancer care
Part of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, p. 405-414, 2022
- DOI for Patient preferences and experiences of participation in surgical cancer care
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
- DOI for A Human, Organization, and Technology Perspective on Patients' Experiences of a Chat-Based and Automated Medical History-Taking Service in Primary Health Care: Interview Study Among Primary Care Patients
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Part of Implementation Science, 2021
- DOI for Onset PrevenTIon of urinary retention in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation, OPTION-a study protocol for a randomised trial by a multi-professional facilitator team and their first-line managers' implementation strategy
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Part of Health Expectations, p. 1443-1449, 2021
- DOI for Conceptualizing patient participation in psychiatry: A survey describing the voice of patients in outpatient care
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Part of Health Expectations, p. 1833-1841, 2021
- DOI for Preference‐based patient participation for most, if not all: A cross‐sectional study of patient participation amongst persons with end‐stage kidney disease
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Quotations in qualitative studies: Reflections on constituents, custom, and purpose
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2020
- DOI for Quotations in qualitative studies: Reflections on constituents, custom, and purpose
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Assessing and reporting patient participation by means of patient preferences and experiences
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2020
- DOI for Assessing and reporting patient participation by means of patient preferences and experiences
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Part of JMIR Human Factors, 2020
- DOI for Health Care Professionals' Experience of a Digital Tool for Patient Exchange, Anamnesis, and Triage in Primary Care: Qualitative Study
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Part of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, p. 457-464, 2020
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Part of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, p. 185-192, 2020
- DOI for Using Nonparticipant Observation as a Method to Understand Implementation Context in Evidence-Based Practice
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Part of European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, p. 185-193, 2019
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Part of Health Expectations, p. 1285-1293, 2019
- DOI for Patient participation in dialysis care: A qualitative study of patients' and health professionals' perspectives
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Facilitating patient participation by embracing patients' preferences: A discussion
Part of Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, p. 1070-1073, 2019
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Nursing management matters for registered nurses with a PhD working in clinical practice
Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 955-962, 2019
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Part of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, p. 45-52, 2018
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Supporting first-line managers in implementing oral care guidelines in nursing homes
Part of Nordic journal of nursing research, p. 87-95, 2018
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Part of Patient Education and Counseling, p. 1137-1142, 2018
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2017
- DOI for Clinical interventions, implementation interventions, and the potential greyness in between -a discussion paper
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2017
- DOI for Sustainability of knowledge implementation in a low- and middle- income context: Experiences from a facilitation project in Vietnam targeting maternal and neonatal health
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Are data from national quality registries used in quality improvement at Swedish hospital clinics?
Part of International Journal for Quality in Health Care, p. 909-915, 2017
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Part of BMJ Open, 2016
- DOI for Factors facilitating a national quality registry to aid clinical quality improvement: findings of a national survey
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2015
- DOI for Depicting the interplay between organisational tiers in the use of a national quality registry to develop quality of care in Sweden
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Part of Implementation Science, p. 189, 2014
- DOI for Local politico-administrative perspectives on quality improvement based on national registry data in Sweden: a qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, p. 354, 2014
- DOI for Facilitators and barriers to applying a national quality registry for quality improvement in stroke care
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Articles, review/survey
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Part of Implementation Science Communications, 2025
- DOI for Combined use of the integrated-Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) framework with other implementation frameworks: a systematic review
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Chapters in book
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Patientdelaktighet -: dåtid, nutid och framtid
Part of Delaktighet och patientmedverkan, Studentlitteratur, 2018