Research projects

Research projects: 

• Loneliness Among Older Citizens in Nyborg Municipality
  COPe and Nyborg Municipality are collaborating on the project "Systematic Assessment of Loneliness and Distress Among Older Citizens and Strengthening of Competencies Among Care and Support Staff."
  The project investigates the issue of loneliness among older citizens and develops a competency module for employees in municipal elder care. The aim is to focus on prevention, early detection, and interventions that can alleviate loneliness and distress among older citizens.
  The project is supported by grant funding from the Danish Social and Housing Authority over a three-year period.

• Empowering Older Adults: A Citizen science exploration of vulnerability.

PhD projects: 

• Patient outcomes and experiences of Social Nursing Initiatives in Hospitals
  PhD student: Lisa Kvist Antonsen
  Main supervisor: Annmarie Lassen, Consultant at the department of Emergency Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Christina Østervang, research nurse, Department of Emergency Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  
  

• Emergency Care for Nursing Home Residents – An explorative study on acute events at Nursing Homes

  PhD student: Trine Lenskjold Rudebeck

  Main supervisor: Annmarie Lassen, professor and consultant at the department of Emergency Medicine, Odense University Hospital

  Co-supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital; Christina Østervang, research nurse, Department of Emergency Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  
  
• Promoting a Patient-Centred Culture in Health Systems and Health Research: Developing, Testing and Validating a Framework and Online Toolkit for Evaluating User Involvement Strategies on Culture Change” (PIVOT-studiet)
  

  PhD student: Emil Laurberg Mogensen, research assistant
  Main supervisor: Jan Erik Henriksen, Professor, Dr.med. PhD, Research unit of SDCO – Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisors: Lisbeth Rosenbek Minét, PT PhD, Professor Geriatrics Research Unit; Flemming Smedegaard, Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Language; Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  
  

• Older LGBT+ peoples lived experiences with healthcare services – a qualitative study
  PhD student: Anders Valentin Johansen, research assistent, Cand. Scient. San. Publ.
  Main supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisor: Lotte Evron, Christine Swane, Laila Twisttmann Bay

Completed PhD projects:

• Formation of Professional Identity in Nursing Education - A qualitative study 
  PhD student: Jette Soerensen, RN, Lecture, UCL University College, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
  Main supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisors: Mari Holen, Associate Professor, Cand. cur. & PhD, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University; Ida Skytte Jakobsen, Cand.psych. & Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, UCL University College; Palle Larsen, Associate Professor, RN, MScN and PhD, Head of Research, Health Sciences Research Centre, UCL University College 
  
  

• The Multilingual Encounter in the Danish Healthcare System
  PhD student: Lisbeth Birkelund, Master of Arts, language teacher
  Main supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisors: Karin B. Dieperink, Professor in Cancer and Family Nursing, Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital; Morten Sodemann, professor in Global Health and Migrant Medicine, Odense University Hospital; Johanna F. Lindell, Post.doc
  
  

• In the Footsteps of the Old Patient
  PhD student: Sanne Have Beck, RN, Master of Science (MSc) in Health Science
  Main supervisor: Dorthe S. Nielsen, Professor in Vulnerability, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital
  Co-supervisors: Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Professor in Geriatrics; Astrid Janssens, Professor in Patient and Public Participation; Grethe Eilertsen, Professor in Clinical Nursing