Lena Wettergren
Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Caring Sciences
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 16
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 433 75 18, +46 73 469 71 48
- E-mail:
- lena.wettergren@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husargatan 3
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-1279-2191
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Short presentation
I am a professor in care science combined with clinical operation as a registered nurse at Uppsala University Hospital, Hematology and Oncology. My research focuses on sexual and reproductive health in young adults with cancer and I lead the research program Fex-Can - Fertility and sexuality following cancer.I am also involved in research and doctoral education in Uganda and Ethiopia. I teach in the Nursing programs, at Bachelor and Master levels.
Media
Study: Many women with cancer have sex problems
Interview in Swedish public television
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/manga-kvinnor-med-cancer-har-problem-med-sex
Publications
Recent publications
- Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting young adults with sexual problems 1.5 years after cancer diagnosis—Results from a randomized controlled trial (2024)
- Young adult patients with cancer’s experiences and self-perceived evaluation of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting sexual dysfunction 1.5 years after a cancer diagnosis (2024)
- Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention, Fex-can sex, for young adult childhood cancer survivors with sexual dysfunction (2024)
- Perceptions of caring behaviors (2024)
- Nurses' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia (2024)
All publications
Articles
- Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting young adults with sexual problems 1.5 years after cancer diagnosis—Results from a randomized controlled trial (2024)
- Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention, Fex-can sex, for young adult childhood cancer survivors with sexual dysfunction (2024)
- Perceptions of caring behaviors (2024)
- Nurses' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia (2024)
- Reproductive late effects and testosterone replacement therapy in male childhood cancer survivors (2024)
- Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda (2024)
- Health-related quality of life and supportive care needs in young adult cancer survivors (2024)
- Do young adults with cancer receive information about treatment- related impact on sex life? (2023)
- Patients' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia (2023)
- Patients' experience of undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (2023)
- Health-related quality of life among patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis in Ethiopia (2023)
- Premature ovarian insufficiency and chance of pregnancy after childhood cancer (2023)
- Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the PROMIS Sexual Function and Satisfaction Measures in clinical and nonclinical young adult populations (2023)
- Prevalence and predictors for fertility-related distress among 1010 young adults 1.5 years following cancer diagnosis - results from the population-based Fex-Can Cohort study (2023)
- The role of a discussion forum within a web-based psychoeducational intervention focusing on sex and fertility (2023)
- Psychometric Properties of the Caring Behaviors Inventory-16 in Ethiopia (2022)
- Psychometric properties of the kidney disease quality of life-36 (KDQOL-36) in Ethiopian patients undergoing hemodialysis (2022)
- Including a discussion forum in a web-based intervention on fertility and sexuality following cancer - Usage and content (2022)
- Cancer in young adulthood (2022)
- Efficacy of a Web-Based Psychoeducational Intervention for Young Adults With Fertility-Related Distress Following Cancer (Fex-Can) (2022)
- Prevalence and risk factors for sexual dysfunction in young women following a cancer diagnosis - a population-based study (2022)
- Sexual dysfunction in young adult survivors of childhood cancer - A population-based study (2021)
- Psychometric properties of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in Uganda (2021)
- Towards a new understanding of HIV-related stigma in the era of efficient treatment (2021)
- Fertility-related information received by young women and men with cancer - a population-based survey (2021)
- What makes it work? (2020)
- Sexual Dysfunction Among Young Adults in Sweden (2020)
- Health-related quality of life and needs of care and support of adult Tanzanians with cancer (2012)
Conferences
- Young adult patients with cancer’s experiences and self-perceived evaluation of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting sexual dysfunction 1.5 years after a cancer diagnosis (2024)
- Involving young adult cancer survivors as co-researchers in the development of an internet intervention for fertility distress and sexual dysfunction following cancer (2024)
- An internet-delivered intervention targeting fertility-related distress and sexual dysfunction following cancer - a randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase (2024)
- An internal pilot study to test the Fertility and Sexuality following Cancer (Fex-Can) 2.0 intervention (2023)
