CIRCLE – Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care
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Together with people with own experience of disease in one-self and close ones we develop, test, evaluate, and implement psychological interventions, several of these are webbased. We also investigate whether different recruitment methods and methods to support continued participation in research studies has an impact on recruitment and retention rates.
Research projects
Find out more about our research projects that we are working on within our research group

U-CARE
Our group hosts the strategic research programme Uppsala University Psychosocial Care Programme

Group members
Publications
A growing concern: Online access to minors’ health records
2025
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 The Gerontologist, 2025
- DOI for An Intersectional Perspective on Digital Health: Longitudinal Narratives and Observations With Older and Middle-Aged Women Experiencing Homelessness
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Part of General Hospital Psychiatry, p. 95-99, 2025
- DOI for Association between psychological inflexibility, distress and health-related quality of life in people with cardiovascular disease
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Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 897-908, 2025
- DOI for Desiring support on a winding road with challenging intersections: Social and professional support for sexual minority forced migrant men
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Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2025
- DOI for Engagement With an Internet-Administered, Guided, Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Parents of Children Treated for Cancer: Analysis of Log-Data From the ENGAGE Feasibility Trial
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Part of Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 2025
Part of BMC Geriatrics, 2025
- DOI for Extracted step parameters during the timed up and go test discriminate between groups with different levels of cognitive ability: a cross-sectional study
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Microsimulation models on child and adolescent health: a scoping review protocol
Part of BMJ Open, 2025
- DOI for Microsimulation models on child and adolescent health: a scoping review protocol
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Part of The journal of artificial intelligence research, p. 937-972, 2025
Part of JMIR Research Protocols, 2025
- DOI for Research Participants’ Engagement and Retention in Digital Health Interventions Research: Protocol for Mixed Methods Systematic Review
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Part of International Review of Sociology, p. 72-88, 2025
- DOI for Seeking public assistance to escape violence: a study on relocation co-created with women with lived experience of homelessness
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Part of The Gerontologist, 2025
- DOI for Supporting Older People Experiencing Homelessness and Memory Problems in Hostels: Learning From an Ethnographic Study
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2025
- DOI for What are the training and support needs for homelessness hostel staff supporting older residents with memory and cognitive problems?: A qualitative study
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A Nordic Perspective on Patient Online Record Access and the European Health Data Space
Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024
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Part of BMC Geriatrics, 2024
- DOI for Adaptation of a guided low-intensity behavioral activation intervention for people with dementia in Sweden: a qualitative study exploring the needs and preferences of key stakeholders
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Adolescents' and Young Adults' Experiences of Offense from Reading Their Health Records Online
Part of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, p. 1422-1423, 2024
- DOI for Adolescents' and Young Adults' Experiences of Offense from Reading Their Health Records Online
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Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2024
- DOI for Adolescents' reasons for accessing their health records online, perceived usefulness and experienced provider encouragement: a national survey in Sweden
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Part of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, p. 337-343, 2024
- DOI for Adoption of additive manufacturing in oral and maxillofacial surgery among university and non-university hospitals in Sweden: findings from a nationwide survey
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Affordance trajectories and the usefulness of online records access among older adults in Sweden
Part of Digital Health, 2024
- DOI for Affordance trajectories and the usefulness of online records access among older adults in Sweden
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2024
- DOI for Asking about violence and abuse among patients experiencing homelessness: a focus group study with healthcare professionals
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Part of Health Expectations, 2024
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 BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball: a qualitative study of support when living with chronic pain in Sweden
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Benchmarking usability of patient portals in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Part of International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2024
- DOI for Benchmarking usability of patient portals in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
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Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2024
Part of Qualitative Health Research, p. 676-690, 2024
- DOI for Collaborative Interpretation of Researcher-Generated Photo-Elicitation Findings: Insights From Women With Lived Experience of Homelessness
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Conferences led by patients facilitate democratic decision making in healthcare
Part of The BMJ, 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 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 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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Part of Digital Health, 2024
Part of Cancer Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Examining the involvement of guardians of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Tanzania as public contributors to inform the design and conduct of the GuardiansCan project: A mixed‐methods study protocol
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Excess mortality among people in homelessness with substance use disorders: a Swedish cohort study
Part of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, p. 473-478, 2024
- DOI for Excess mortality among people in homelessness with substance use disorders: a Swedish cohort study
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2024
Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2024
- DOI for Experiences from patients in mental healthcare accessing their electronic health records: results from a cross-national survey in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
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Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Exploring adults' recollections of growing up with childhood motor difficulties: a qualitative study using systematic text condensation
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Part of Digital Health, 2024
- DOI for Generative artificial intelligence writing open notes: A mixed methods assessment of the functionality of GPT 3.5 and GPT 4.0
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Part of Health Promotion International, 2024
- DOI for Health literacy and its association with mental and spiritual well-being among women experiencing homelessness
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Part of Nursing Open, 2024
- DOI for Home care for patients with opioid use disorders: A qualitative study of registered nurses' experiences of pain management
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Part of NordiCHI '24, 2024
- DOI for Impact of healthcare education on preferences for electronic health records: Results from national survey of patient users in Sweden
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Part of Technology in society, 2024
- DOI for Implementation of medical technology in management and engineering studies: A systematic literature review and future research agenda
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2024
Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2024
- DOI for Involving parents of children treated for cancer in Sweden as public contributors to inform the design and conduct of an evaluation of internet-administered self-help for parents of children treated for cancer: a protocol
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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 Culture, Health and Sexuality, p. 1088-1103, 2024
- DOI for Mental health and societal challenges among forced migrants of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions: health professionals' descriptions and interpretations
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Part of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, p. 869-875, 2024
- DOI for Oral and maxillofacial surgeons' views on the adoption of additive manufacturing: findings from a nationwide survey
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Participatory research approaches in long-term care facilities for older adults: a meta-ethnography
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2024
- DOI for Participatory research approaches in long-term care facilities for older adults: a meta-ethnography
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Part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2024
- DOI for Preferences of support and barriers and facilitators to help-seeking in pregnant women with severe fear of childbirth in Sweden: a mixed-method study
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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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