Erik Olsson
Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Cardiovascular Psychology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 63
- E-mail:
- erik.mg.olsson@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-1591-7407
Short presentation
Professor in health psychology. Main interests are cardiovascular disease, mental health, behaviour change and modifiable risk-factors. Researchgroup: Research in cardiovascular psychology
Biography
Dr Olsson is professor of health psychology and clinical psychologist. He leads the research group Research in cardiovascular psychology. His main interest is cardiovascular psychology including aspects of stress, anxiety, depression and health behaviors in cardiovascular disease. He also does research in heart rate variability and e-health.
Dr Olsson is supervisor to PhD-students Philip Leissner and Mikael Andersén at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University. He is also assistant supervisor to other PhD-students at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet.

Publications
Recent publications
A randomized controlled trial of beta-blockers effects on cardiac anxiety
Part of General Hospital Psychiatry, p. 26-32, 2025
- DOI for A randomized controlled trial of beta-blockers effects on cardiac anxiety
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Prevalence and social determinants of anxiety and depression among adults in Ghana systematic review
2024
Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Prevalence and social determinants of anxiety and depression among adults in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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Part of Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Emotional Distress in Younger (<55 Years) and Older (≥55) Patients After a First-Time Myocardial Infarction and Its Prospective Associations With Working Status and Secondary Preventive Goals Among the Younger Cohort
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Hypocapnia in women with fibromyalgia
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2024
- DOI for Hypocapnia in women with fibromyalgia
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All publications
Articles in journal
A randomized controlled trial of beta-blockers effects on cardiac anxiety
Part of General Hospital Psychiatry, p. 26-32, 2025
- DOI for A randomized controlled trial of beta-blockers effects on cardiac anxiety
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Part of Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Emotional Distress in Younger (<55 Years) and Older (≥55) Patients After a First-Time Myocardial Infarction and Its Prospective Associations With Working Status and Secondary Preventive Goals Among the Younger Cohort
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Hypocapnia in women with fibromyalgia
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2024
- DOI for Hypocapnia in women with fibromyalgia
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Part of European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, p. 720-727, 2024
- DOI for Association of anxiety and recurrent cardiovascular events: investigating different aspects of anxiety
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 789-797, 2024
- DOI for Short- and long-term effects of beta-blockers on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with myocardial infarction and preserved left ventricular function: a pre-specified quality of life sub-study from the REDUCE-AMI trial
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Part of European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, p. 708-718, 2024
- DOI for Effects of beta-blockers on quality of life and well-being in patients with myocardial infarction and preserved left ventricular function: a prespecified substudy from REDUCE-AMI
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Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, p. 101-101, 2024
Designing Software for Web-based Psychosocial Care: Longitudinal Design Science Research in U-CARE
Part of Communications of the Association for Information Systems, p. 1153-1192, 2024
Part of BMC Public Health, 2024
- DOI for “It’s about how you take in things with your brain” - young people’s perspectives on mental health and help seeking: an interview study
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Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2024
- DOI for The Sukaribit Smartphone App for Better Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study
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Part of Archives of Public Health, 2023
- DOI for Association between usage of household cooking fuel and congenital birth defects-18 months multi-centric cohort study in Nepal
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Part of European Heart Journal Open, 2023
- DOI for Randomized evaluation of routine beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction quality of life (RQoL): design and rationale of a multicentre, prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint study
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Management of emotional distress following a myocardial infarction: a qualitative content analysis
Part of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, p. 47-64, 2023
- DOI for Management of emotional distress following a myocardial infarction: a qualitative content analysis
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Part of Cancer Medicine, p. 17273-17283, 2023
- DOI for The role of a discussion forum within a web-based psychoeducational intervention focusing on sex and fertility: What do young adults communicate?
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2023
- DOI for Long-term effects on depression and anxiety of an internet-based stepped care intervention for patients with cancer and symptoms of depression and anxiety: The U-CARE AdultCan trial
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Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
- DOI for No effects on heart rate variability in depression after treatment with dorsomedial prefrontal intermittent theta burst stimulation
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Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1032-1040, 2022
- DOI for Quality of life in mothers and fathers of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Sweden, Finland and Denmark
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2022
- DOI for Reducing stress and anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries or Takotsubo syndrome: A non-randomized feasibility study
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Part of Resuscitation, p. 352-360, 2022
- DOI for Wellbeing, emotional response and stress among lay responders dispatched to suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
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The factor structure of the cardiac anxiety questionnaire, and validation in a post-MI population
Part of BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
- DOI for The factor structure of the cardiac anxiety questionnaire, and validation in a post-MI population
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Part of Disability and Rehabilitation, p. 3834-3842, 2022
- DOI for Self-perceived cognitive status and cognitive challenges associated with cardiac rehabilitation management: experiences of elderly myocardial infarction patients.
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Part of Trials, 2022
- DOI for The e-mental health treatment in Stockholm myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronaries or Takotsubo syndrome study (E-SMINC): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 491-500, 2022
- DOI for Association between β-blocker dose and quality of life after myocardial infarction: a real-world Swedish register-linked study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
- DOI for Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients Reporting Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression After Myocardial Infarction: U-CARE Heart Randomized Controlled Trial Twelve-Month Follow-up
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Part of Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, p. 121-128, 2021
- DOI for Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability in Schizophrenia or Depression: Impact of Anticholinergic Burden and Other Factors
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
- DOI for Commencement of and Retention in Web-Based Interventions and Response to Prompts and Reminders: Longitudinal Observational Study Based on Two Randomized Controlled Trials
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Part of BMC Public Health, 2021
- DOI for Factors associated with measles vaccination status in children under the age of three years in a post-soviet context: a cross-sectional study using the DHS VII in Armenia
- Download full text (pdf) of Factors associated with measles vaccination status in children under the age of three years in a post-soviet context: a cross-sectional study using the DHS VII in Armenia
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 372-379, 2020
- DOI for Association between β-blocker dose and cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction: insights from the SWEDEHEART registry
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Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 145-154, 2020
Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 378-380, 2020
Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
- DOI for Designing a Web-Based Psychological Intervention for Patients With Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries: User-Centered Design Approach
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Part of Psychiatry Research, 2020
Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 1510-1518, 2019
Part of International Journal of Cardiology, p. 19-24, 2019
- DOI for Cardiac rehabilitation goal attainment after myocardial infarction with versus without diabetes: A nationwide registry study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019
- DOI for Identification of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Patients With Cancer: Comparison Between Short and Long Web-Based Questionnaires
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1884-1884, 2018
Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
- DOI for Predicting Adherence to Internet-Delivered Psychotherapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety After Myocardial Infarction: Machine Learning Insights From the U-CARE Heart Randomized Controlled Trial
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
- DOI for Treatment Activity, User Satisfaction, and Experienced Usability of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Depression and Anxiety After a Myocardial Infarction: Mixed-Methods Study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
- DOI for Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety among Patients with a Recent Myocardial Infarction: The U-CARE Heart Randomized Trial
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Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 910-920, 2018
- DOI for Factors associated with emotional distress in patients with myocardial infarction: Results from the SWEDEHEART registry
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Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, Supplement, p. 167-173, 2018
- DOI for The effect of group-based cognitive behavioral therapy on inflammatory biomarkers in patients with coronary disease: results from the SUPRIM-trial
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Part of American Heart Journal, p. 12-20, 2017
- DOI for Temporal changes in myocardial infarction incidence rates are associated with periods of perceived psychosocial stress: A SWEDEHEART national registry study
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Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 639-646, 2017
- DOI for Young adulthood cognitive ability predicts statin adherence in middle-aged men after first myocardial infarction: A Swedish National Registry study
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Part of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p. 917-925, 2017
Part of Journal of Psychosomatic Research, p. 30-37, 2017
- DOI for Emotional Distress as a Predictor of Statin Non-adherence among Swedish First-Time Myocardial Infarction Patients, 2006–2013
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Part of International Journal of Cardiology, p. 13-17, 2017
- DOI for Cognitive ability, lifestyle risk factors, and two-year survival in first myocardial infarction men: A Swedish National Registry study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2017
- DOI for Health-Related Internet Use in People With Cancer: Results From a Cross-Sectional Study in Two Outpatient Clinics in Sweden
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2017
- DOI for Fifteen Challenges in Establishing a Multidisciplinary Research Program on eHealth Research in a University Setting: A Case Study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2016
- DOI for Motivation and Treatment Credibility Predicts Dropout, Treatment Adherence, and Clinical Outcomes in an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Relaxation Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Part of JMIR mhealth and uhealth, 2016
- DOI for The Preference for Internet-Based Psychological Interventions by Individuals Without Past or Current Use of Mental Health Treatment Delivered Online: A Survey Study With Mixed-Methods Analysis
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Part of Computers in human behavior, p. 550-558, 2016
Part of Supportive Care in Cancer, p. 4017-4023, 2016
Part of Trials, 2015
- DOI for Treatment of depression and anxiety with internet-based cognitive behavior therapy in patients with a recent myocardial infarction (U-CARE Heart): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015
- DOI for Measuring Use of Health-Related Support on the Internet: Development of the Health Online Support Questionnaire (HOSQ)
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Part of Internet Interventions, p. 289-296, 2015
Part of Psychophysiology, p. 412-418, 2014
- DOI for Adolescent girls with emotional disorders have a lower end-tidal CO2 and increased respiratory rate compared with healthy controls
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Part of BMC Cancer, p. 414, 2013
- DOI for Internet-based stepped care with interactive support and cognitive behavioral therapy for reduction of anxiety and depressive symptoms in cancer: a clinical trial protocol
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Heart Rate Variability During Choral Singing
Part of Music and medicine, p. 52-59, 2013
Part of Music and Medicine, p. 102-107, 2011
Part of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, p. 71-80, 2011
Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 63-73, 2011
Part of Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, p. 5-12, 2011
Psychophysiological characteristics of women suffering from stress-related fatigue.
Part of Stress and Health, p. 113-126, 2010
Part of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, p. 163-170, 2010
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 604-611, 2010
Part of European Journal of Applied Physiology, p. 877-883, 2009
Part of Planta Medica, p. 105-12, 2009
Part of Artif Intell Med, p. 159-76, 2006
Social competence and behavioural problems in children with hearing impairment
Part of Audiology, p. 88-92, 2000
Articles, review/survey
Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Prevalence and social determinants of anxiety and depression among adults in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Prevalence and social determinants of anxiety and depression among adults in Ghana systematic review
2024
Part of 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, 2023
Decreased prevalence of psychological distress after acute myocardial infarction from 2006 to 2013
2016
p. 788, 2016
2016
2016
Myocardial Infarction and Google Searches on "Stress"
2016
2016
p. 373-373, 2015
Hyperventilation and autonomic hyperarousal are related to emotional disorders in adolescent girls
p. 234-234, 2014
2014
Affective Outcomes in the SUPRIM Stress Management Program for Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
2014
2013
2013
2013
U-CARE: A research program on psychosocial care via the internet
2012
U-CARE: a research program on psychosocial care via the internet
2012
Respiratory Patterns in Adolescent Girls with Anxiety and Depression As Compared to Healthy Controls
2012
Psychosocial care via internet, a mode to achieve improved patient care at a lower cost?
2011
p. 1894, 2011
Using breathing in psychophysiological stress profiling
p. 209-209, 2007
Psychophysiological treatment for stress related somatic complaints: a randomized controlled stud
p. 405-405, 2004