Publications

2024

Akerstrom M, Severin J, Roczniewska M, Jonsdottir IH, Hadzibajramovic E (2024) Examining preventive occupational health and safety management in the Swedish welfare sector–questionnaire development, its validity and reliability, and initial findings on employers’ knowledge. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0311788.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311788

Hansson C, Hadžibajramović E, Svensson PA, Jonsdottir IH. Increased plasma levels of neuro-related proteins in patients with stress-related exhaustion: A longitudinal study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024 Sep;167:107091. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107091. PMID: 38964018

Schuller, S., de Rijk, A., Corin, Let al. Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace and its Association with Possible Actions of Managers to Prevent Sickness Absence of Employees with Mental Health Problems in the Swedish Private Sector: a Video Vignette StudyJ Occup Rehabil (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-024-10220-z

Ellbin S, Lindegård A, Jonsdottir H Ingibjörg, Dahlborg E.  Psychologists’ involvement in and experiences of treating patients with stress-related exhaustion in primary care. BMC Primary Care (2024) 25:56  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02287-7

Härenstam, A, Björk, L, Corin, L (2024).Trust chains in public sector organizations and their significance for work unit performance and employee turnover intentionInternational Public Management  Journal. DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2024.2322142 Svensk sammanfattning

Härenstam, A., Berntson, E., Björk, L., Corin, L., Fältén, R., & Bujacz, A. (2024). Measuring Trust in Public Sector Organizations – Research Note. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 9(1): 4, 1–9. DOI : https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.234

Björkelund C, Petersson EL, Svenningsson I, Saxvik A, Wiegner L, Hensing G, Jonsdottir IH, Larsson M, Wikberg C, Ariai N, Nejati S, Hange D. Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress - a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2024 Mar 31:1-15. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2024.2329212. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38555865.

Hadžibajramović E, Schaufeli W, De Witte H (2024) The ultra-short version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT4)–development, validation, and measurement invariance across countries, age and gender.  PLOS ONE 19(2): e0297843. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297843,

Akerstrom, M., Severin, J., Miech, E.J. et al. Reducing sickness absence among public-sector healthcare employees: the difference-making roles of managerial and employee participation. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02048-0

Alexiou E, Wijk H, Åkerström M, Jonsdottir IH et al. Worry perception and its association with work conditions among healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a web-based multimethod survey at a university hospital in SwedenBMJ Open 2024;14:e080248. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080248

Lindegård A, Grimby-Ekman A,Wahlström J,Gustafsson E,. Can biofeedback training in combination with ergonomic information reduce pain among young adult computer users with neck and upper extremity symptoms? - A randomized controlled intervention study, Applied Ergonomics, Volume 114, 2024

2023

Dahlqvist, I., Ståhl, C., Severin, J. et al. Shifting from an individual to an organizational perspective in work environment management – a process evaluation of a six-year intervention program within the Swedish public sector. BMC Public Health 23, 1108 Svensk sammanfattning

Alsén S, Hadžibajramović E, Jonsdottir IH, Ali L, Fors A. Effectiveness of a person-centred eHealth intervention in reducing symptoms of burnout in patients with common mental disorders - secondary outcome analysis of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Prim Care.

Reinhardt, P., Ellbin, S., Carlander, A., Hadzibajramovic, E., Jonsdottir, I. H., & Lindqvist Bagge, A. (2023). Is the road to burnout paved with perfectionism? The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in a clinical longitudinal sample of female patients with stress-related exhaustion. Journal of Clinical Psychology 

Gillberg N, Ahlstrom L, Erichsen Andersson A, Fallman SL, Degl’Innocenti A, Jonsdottir IH, Wijk H and Wikström E (2023). Resilience capability and capacity in unexpected crises - Experiences and lessons learned in a healthcare organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Nursing Management

Beno, A., Bertilsson, M., Holmgren, K., Glise, K., Pousette, A., Segerfelt, K., & Björk, L. (2023). Does employer involvement in primary health care enhance return to work for patients with stress-related mental disorders? a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Primary Care

Bjorkelund C, Saxvik A, Svenningsson I, Pettersson E-L, Wiegner L, Larsson M, Törnbom K, Wikberg C, Ariai N, Nejati S, Hensing G, Hange D. Rehabilitation cooperation and person-centred dialogue meeting for patients sick-listed for common mental disorders: 12 months follow-up of sick leave days, symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and work ability – a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial from the CO-WORK-CARE project. BMJ Open General practice / Family practice

Cobaleda-Cordero, A., Karlsson, M., & Babapour Chafi, M. (2023). Design for user experience of control with flexible office environments-explorative user tests with prototypes. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics

Malin Veje, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Ylva Carlsson, Ingibjörg H. Jonsdottir, Alessio Degl’Innocenti, Linda Ahlstrom, Helle Wijk samt Magnus Åkerström. (2023)

Working conditions for healthcare workers at a Swedish university hospital infectious disease department during the COVID-19 pandemic – Barriers and facilitators to maintaining employee wellbeing. Frontiers in psychology

Robin Jonsson, Kerstin Nilsson, Lisa Björk, Agneta Lindegård (2023)

Engaging the missing actor: lessons learned from an age-management intervention targeting line managers and their HR partners. Journal of workplace learning.

Horne, I. M. T., Veggeland, F., Bååthe, F., Drewes, C., & Rø, K. I. (2023). Understanding peer support: a qualitative interview study of doctors one year after seeking support. BMC Health Services Research. 2023

Akerstrom, M, Sengpiel, V, Hadžibajramović, E, et al. (2023)

The COPE Staff study: Study description and initial report regarding job satisfaction, work-life conflicts, stress, and burnout among Swedish maternal and neonatal healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2023

Forooraghi M, Miedema E, Ryd N, Wallbaum H, Babapour Chafi M (2023) Relationship between the design characteristics of activity-based flexible offices and users’ perceptions of privacy and social interactions. Building Research & Information

Björk,L., Corin,L., Åkerström, M., Jonsdottir, IH., Innocenti, AD., Wijk, H., Ahlström,L. (2023)

Under pressure – The working situation of Swedish healthcare managers during the first wave of COVID-19. Publicerad i Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1052382

 

2022

Bååthe, F., von Knorring, M., & Isaksson-Rø, K. (2022).

How hospital top managers reason about the central leadership task of balancing quality of patient care, economy and professionals’ engagement: an interview study.

Leadership in Health Services, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). 

 

Montgomery A, Lainidi O, Johnson J, Creese J, Baathe F, Baban A, Bhattacharjee A, Carter M, Dellve L, Doherty E, Jendeby MK, Morgan K, Srivastava M, Thompson N, Tyssen T, Vohra V.  (2022)

Employee silence in healthcare: charting new avenues for leadership and management. 

Health Care Management Review 

 

Hagqvist, E., Ekberg, K., Lidwall, U., Nyberg, A., Landstad, B. J., Wilczek, A., Bååthe, F., Sjöström, M. (2022). The Swedish HealthPhys Study: Study Description and Prevalence of Clinical Burnout and Major Depression among Physicians. Chronic Stress, 6

Sage Journals

Jacobsson, M., Härgestam, M., Bååthe, F., & Hagqvist, E. (2022). Organizational logics in time of crises: How physicians narrate the healthcare response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Swedish hospitals.

BMC Health Services Research 22(1), 1-14.

Bringedal, B. H., Rø, K. I., Bååthe, F., Miljeteig, I., & Magelssen, M. (2022). Guidelines and clinical priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic–Norwegian doctors’ experiences.

BMC Health Services Reserch, 22 (1), 1-9.

Isaksson Rø, K., Magelssen, M., Bååthe, F., Miljeteig, I., & Bringedal, B. (2022).

Duty to treat and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Norwegian physicians’ perspectives and experiences—a questionnaire survey.

BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 

Deilkås, E. T., Rosta, J., Baathe, F., Søfteland, E., Lexberg, Å. S., Røise, O., & Rø, K. I. (2022).

Physician participation in quality improvement work- interest and opportunity: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Primary Care, 23(1), 267.

Holmström, P., Björk-Eriksson, T., Davidsen, P., Bååthe, F., & Olsson, C. (2022).

Insights gained from a re-analysis of five improvement cases in healthcare integrating system dynamics into action research. International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Sandberg JV, Hansson C, Göteson A, Joas E, Jakobsson J, Pålsson E, Landén M.

Proteins associated with future suicide attempts in bipolar disorder: A large-scale biomarker discovery study. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 13.

Hansson C, Zetterberg H, Snellman A, Blennow K, Jonsdottir IH. (2022)

Biomarkers of brain injury in patients with stress-related exhaustion: A longitudinal study

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 Sep 17;146:105929. 

Svenningsson, I., Björkelund, C., Hange, D., Wiegner, L., Ariai, N., Petersson, E-L. (2022)

Symptom patterns in patients newly sick listed for common mental disorders and associations with work-related and socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care

BMJ. 2022 12:7, 

Hadžibajramović, E., Hansson, M., Akerstrom, M., Dencker, A., & Hensing G. (2022)

Burnout among midwives—the factorial structure of the burnout assessment tool and an assessment of burnout levels in a Swedish national sample

 BMC Health Services Research, 22:1167

Eklöf, B., Larsson, H., Ellbin, S., Jonsdottir, I. H., O'Dwyer, S., & Hansson, C. (2022).

The role of self-reported stressors in recovery from Exhaustion Disorder: a longitudinal study.

BMC psychiatry, 22(1), 529.

Simrén J, Andreasson U, Gobom J, Calvet MS, Borroni B, Gillberg C, Nyberg L, Fernell E, Depypere H, Hansson C, Jonsdottir IH, Zetterberg H, Blennow K.

Establishment of reference values for plasma neurofilament light based on 1724 healthy subjects aged 5-90 years.

Brain Commun. 2022 Jul 4;4.

Lindegård A, Glise K, Wiegner L, Reinhardt P, Hadzibajramovic E, Ellbin S, Pettersson S, Jonsdottir I. Effects of additional individually tailored interventions on sick-leave and symptoms in patients with exhaustion disorder – A randomized controlled trial.

J Rehabil Med. 2022;54

Åkerström M, Carlsson Y, Sengpiel V, Veje M, Elfvin A, Jonsdottir IH, DeglÍnnocenti A, Ahlström L, Wijk H och Linden K. 

Working conditions for hospital-based maternity and neonatal health care workers during extraordinary situations – A pre-/post COVID-19 pandemic analysis and lessons learned

Sexual & Reproductive Healtcare, 2022

Wådell M, Örtqvist A, Linden K, Akerstrom M, Andersson O, Carlsson Y, Graner S, Jonsson M, Naurin E, Sengpiel V, Veje M, Wessberg A & Zaigham M

Challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program: a mixed-methods Swedish survey in the COPE Staff cohort study

BMC Medical Education, 2022

Ståhl C och Norvell Gustavsson I, Linköpings universitet, Jonsdottir IH och Åkerström M, Institutet för stressmedicin

Multilevel, risk group-oriented strategies to decrease sickness absence in the public sector: evaluation of interventions in two regions in Sweden | SpringerLink

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2022

Cederberg M, Alsén S, Ali L, Ekman I, Glise K, Jonsdottir I, Gyllensten H, Swedberg K, Fors A

Effects of a Person-Centered eHealth Intervention for Patients on Sick Leave Due to Common Mental Disorders (PROMISE Study): Open Randomized Controlled Trial

 JMIR Mental Health, 2022

Lennartsson AK, Arvidson, E, Börjesson, M, Jonsdottir, IH

DHEA-S production capacity in relation to perceived prolonged stress

Stress, 2022

Hadžibajramović E, Schaufeli W, De Witte H.

Shortening of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—from 23 to 12 items using content and Rasch analysis

BMC Public Health, 2022

Severin J, Svensson M, Akerstrom M.

Cost–Benefit Evaluation of an Organizational-Level Intervention Program for Decreasing Sickness Absence among Public Sector Employees in Sweden

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022

Wikström E, Severin J, Jonsdottir I.H and Akerstrom M.

Process facilitators shifting between the support and expert roles in a complex work environment intervention in the Swedish healthcare sector

Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2022

Babapour M, Hultberg A, Bosic N.

Post-Pandemic Office Work- Perceived Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Work Environment

Sustainability, 2022 

 

Older Publications

2021

Ellbin S, Jonsdottir IH and Baathe F.
"Who I Am Now, Is More Me." An Interview Study of Patients' Reflections 10 Years After Exhaustion Disorder
Frontiers of Psychiatry, 2021

Wollter Bergman M, Berlin C., Babapour Chafi M, Falck A.-C and Ortengren R.
Cognitive Ergonomics of Assembly Work from a Job Demands–Resources Perspective: Three Qualitative Case Studies
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Babapour Chafi M, Cobaleda-Cordero A.
Methods for eliciting user experience insights in workplace studies: spatial walkthroughs, experience curve mapping and card sorting
Journal of corporate real estate, 2021

Melina Forooraghi, Antonio Cobaleda-Cordero and Maral Babapour Chafi
A healthy office and healthy employees: a longitudinal case study with a salutogenic perspective in the context of the physical office environment
Building Research & Information, 2021

Berlin, C, Bligard L-O, Babapour Chafi M and Eriksson S.
Development of a stakeholder identification and analysis method for human factors integration in work system design interventions – Change Agent Infrastructure
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 2021

Alexiou E, Steingrimsson S, Akerstrom M, Jonsdottir IH, Ahlstrom L, Finizia C, Wijk H and Degl’Innocenti A 
A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers’ Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
Frontiers of Psychiatry, 2021

Jonsdottir IH, Degl’ Innocenti A, Ahlstrom L, Finitzia C, Wijk H and Akerstrom M.
A pre/post analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial work environment and recovery among hospital staff in a large university hospital in Sweden
Journal of Public Health Research, 2021

Bergenheim A, Ahlborg G Jr, Bernhardsson, S.
Nature-Based Rehabilitation for Patients with Long-Standing Stress-Related Mental Disorders: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of Patients’ Experiences
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Beno A, Hensing G, Lindegard A, Jonsdottir IH.
Self-reported changes in work situation - a cross-sectional study of patients 7 years after treatment for stress-related exhaustion
BMC Public Health, 2021

Gulin S, Ellbin S, Jonsdottir IH, Lindqvist Bagge AS.
Is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder related to stress-related exhaustion?
Brain and Behavior, 2021

Ellbin S, Jonsdottir I.H, Eckerstrom C, Eckerstrom M.
Self‐reported cognitive impairment and daily life functioning 7–12 years after seeking care for stress‐related exhaustion
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2021

Corin, L, Pousette, A, Berglund, T, Dellve, L, Hensing, G and Bjork, L. 
Occupational trajectories of working conditions in Sweden: Development trends in the Swedish workforce, 1997–2015
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2021

Bjork L, Glise K, Pousette A, Holmgren K, Bertilsson M.
Implementing employer involvement for patients with stress-related disorders in Swedish primary care – a process evaluation
Journal of Family Medicine & Community Health, 2021

Akerstrom M, Severin J, Imberg H, Jonsdottir I.H, Bjork L, Corin L
Methodological approach for measuring the effects of organisational-level interventions on employee withdrawal behaviour
Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2021

Liff R & Wikström E
Rumours and gossip demand continuous action by managers in daily working life, Culture and Organization
Culture and organization, 2021

Akerstrom M, Corin L, Severin J, Jonsdottir I.H. Bjork L
Can Working Conditions and Employees’ Mental Health Be Improved via Job Stress Interventions Designes and Implemented by Line Managers and Human Resources on an Operational Level?
IJERPH, 2021

Severin J, Bjork L, Corin L, Jonsdottir I.H. Akerstrom M
Process Evaluation of an Operational-Level Job Stress Intervention Aimed at Decreasing Sickness Absence among Public Sector Employees in Sweden
IJERPH, 2021

2020

Rosta J, Baathe F, G Aasland O, Isaksson Ro K
Changes in work stress among doctors in Norway from 2010 to 2019: a study based on repeated surveys
BMJ Open, 2020

Holmström P, Hallberg S, Björk-Eriksson T, Lindberg J, Olsson C, Bååthe F, Davidsen P
Insights gained from a systematic reanalysis of a successful model‐facilitated change process in health care
Wiley Online Library, 2020

Soderberg, M, Andersson, E. M, Bjork, L, & Wastensson, G.  
Study Demands, Social Support and Mental Health in Teacher Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Educational and Social Research 10(3),1.
Journal of education and social research, 2020

Cederberg M, Ali L, Ekman I, Glise K, Jonsdottir I.H, Gyllensten H, Swedberg K, Fors A.
Person-centred eHealth intervention for patients on sick leave due to common mental disorders: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation (PROMISE).
BMJ Open, 2020 

Arvidson E, Dahlman AS, Borjesson M, Gullstrand L, Jonsdottir IH.
The effects of exercise training on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity and autonomic response to acute stress-a randomized controlled study.  
BMC Trials

Hakansson, C., Gard, G. & Lindegard, A.
Perceived work stress, overcommitment, balance in everyday life, individual factors, self-rated health and work ability among women and men in the public sector in Sweden – a longitudinal study.
Archives of Public Health, 2020

Rosta, J., Baathe, F., Aasland, O. G., & Isaksson Ro, K. (2020).
Changes in work stress among doctors in Norway from 2010 to 2019: a study based on repeated surveys.
BMJ open, 2020

Holmstrom, P., Hallberg, S., Bjork‐Eriksson, T., Lindberg, J., Olsson, C., Baathe, F., & Davidsen, P.
Insights gained from a systematic reanalysis of a successful model‐facilitated change process in health care. Systems Re-search and Behavioral Science.
Wiley online library, 2020

Hadžibajramović E, Shaufeli W, De Witte H
A Rasch analysis of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)
PLOS ONE

Arvidsson I, Gremark Simonsen J, Lindegard-Andersson A, Bjork J, Nordander C
The impact of occupational and personal factors on musculoskeletal pain - a cohort study of female nurses, sonographers and teachers.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2020

Skau S, Jonsdottir IH, Sjors Dahlman A, Johansson B, Kuhn HG.
Exhaustion disorder and altered brain activity in frontal cortex detected with fNIRS.
Stress, 2020 

Glise K, Wiegner L, Jonsdottir I.H.
Long-Term follow-up of residual symptom in patients treated fpr stress-related exhaustion
BMC Psychology, 2020

Jonsson R, Lindegard A, Bjork L, Nilsson K.
Organizational hindrances to the retention of Older Healthcare workers
Nordic Journal of Working Life

Sorbo, A, Eiving I, Theodorsson E, Rydenhag B, Jonsdottir I.H.
Pre‐traumatic conditions can influence cortisol levels before and after a brain injury.
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2020

Gerber M, Borjesson M, Jonsdottir I.H. Lindwall M. 
Association of change in physical activity and sleep complaints: Results from a 6-year longitudinal study with Swedish health care workers. 
Sleep medicine 2020 

2019

Sorbo, A, Eiving I, Theodorsson E, Rydenhag B, Jonsdottir IH.
Pre‐traumatic conditions can influence cortisol levels before and after a brain injury.
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2019

Lindegard A, Wastensson G, Hadzibajramovic E, Grimby-Ekman A
Longitudinal associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and stress-related exhaustion, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances
BMC Public Health, 2019

van Ettinger-Veenstra H, Lundberg P, Alfoldi P, Sodermark M, Graven-Nielsen T, Sjors A, Engstrom M, Gerdle B.
Chronic widespread pain patients show disrupted cortical connectivity in default mode and salience networks, modulated by pain sensitivity
J Pain Res, 2019

Berthelsen H, Westerlund H, Pejtersen J H, Hadzibajramovic E.
Construct validity of a global scale for social capital based on COPSOQ III PLOS One 2019

Hadzibajramovic E, Ahlborg Jr G, Grimby-Ekman A.
Concurrent and lagged effects of psychosocial job stressors on symptoms of burnout.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2019 

Holmgren K, Hensing G, Bültmann U, Hadzibajramovic E, Niklasson Larsson M. Does early identification of work-related stress, combined with feedback at GP-consultation, prevents sick leave the following 12 months? A randomized controlled trial in Primary Health Care.
BMC Public Health 2019 

Wiegner L, Hange D, Svenningson I, Bjorkelund C, Peterson E-L
Newly educated care managers’ experiences of providing care for persons with stress-related mental disorders in the clinical primary care context. 
PLoS One 2019

Babapour Chafi, M, Harder M, Bodin Danielsson, C
Workspace preferences and non-preferences in Activity-based Flexible Offices: Two case studies
Applied Ergonomics, 2019

Dahlman A.S, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Glise K, Jonsdottir I.H
Growth factors and neurotrophins in patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder
Sciencedirect, 2019

Baathe F, Rosta J, Bringedal B, Isaksson Ro
How do doctors experience the interactions among professional fulfillment, organisational factors and quality of patient care?
BMJ Open 2019

Cregard A & Corin L
Public sector managers: the decision to leave or remain in a job
Human Resource Development International 

Jonsdottir I.H, Dahlman A.S
Endocrine and immunological aspects of burnout: a narrative review
National Center for Biotechnology Information

Gerber M, Borjesson M, Jonsdottir I.H. Lindwall M.
Association of change in physical activity and sleep complaints: Results from a 6-year longitudinal study with Swedish health care workers.
Sleep medicine2019. 

2018

Arvidsson E, Dahlman A.S, Borjesson M, Gullstrand L, Jonsdottir I.H
Exercise training and physiological responses to acute stress: study protocol and methodological considerations of a randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Bertilsson M, Maeland S, Love J, Ahlborg Jr G, Werner L.E, Hensing G
The capacity to work puzzle: a qualitative study of physicians’ assessments for patients with common mental disorders
BMC Family Practice

Bjork L, Glise K, Pousette A, Bertilsson M, Holmgren K
I
nvolving the employer to enhance return to work among patients with stress-related mental disorders – study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Swedish primary health care
BMC Public Health

Hadrévi J, Jonsdottir I.H.,Jansson P, Eriksson J.W, Sjors A
Plasma metabolomic patterns in patients with exhaustion disorder
Stress - The International Journal on the Biology of Stress

Brodin E, Hadzibajramovic E, Baghaei F, Sunnerhagen KS, Lundgren-Nilsson A. 
Self-reported activity  of Swedish persons with haemophilia Persons: change over 2.5 years.
Journal of rehabilitation medicin, 2018

2017

Bergman S, Love J, Hultberg A, Skagert K
Employees´conceptions of coworkership in a Swedish health care organization
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies

Ellbin S, Engen N, Jonsdottir I.H, Nordlund A
Assessment of cognitive function in patients with stress-related exhaustion using the Cognitive Assessment Battery (CAB)
Journal of clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2017

Jonsdottir I.H, Nordlund A, Ellbin S, Ljung T, Glise K, Wahrborg P, Sjors A.
Working memory and attention are still impaired after three years in patients with stress-related exhaustion.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Gerber M, Lindwall M, Borjesson M, Hadzibajramovic E, Jonsdottir I.H. 
Low leisure-time physical activity, but not shift-work, is associated with subjective sleep complaints: A two-year prospective study in Swedish hospital employees. 
Mental Health and Physical activity.

Cregard, A., Corin, L., & Skagert, K 
Voluntary turnover among public sector managers: A review. 
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration.

Krabbe, D, Ellbin S, Nilsson M, Jonsdottir IH, Samuelsson H 
Executive function and attention in patients with stress-related exhaustion: perceived fatigue and effect of distraction. 
The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 2017

Wramsten W M, Dellve L, Ahlborg Jr G, Jacobsson C. 
Swedish Healthcare Managers and the Media – A Study of Strategies and Support During Mass Media Attention. 
Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2017

Stenfors C, Jonsdottir IH, Magnusson-Hanson L, Theorell T. 
Systemic cytokine levels, cognitive complaints and cognitive function in a population-based sample of working adults. 
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2017

Hakansson C, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Occupational imbalance and the role of perceived stress in predicting stress-related disorders. 
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017

Corin L, & Bjork, L. 
Job demands and job resources in human service managerial work – An external assessment through work content analysis. 
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, January 4, 2017.

2016

Bjork, L, & Harenstam, A. 
Differences in organizational preconditions for managers in genderized municipal services. 
Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2016

Rodjer L, Jonsdottir I.H., Borjesson M. 
Physical activity on prescription (PAP): self-reported physical activity and quality of life in a Swedish primary care population, 2-year follow-up
Scandinavian journal of primary care, November 2016

Lindegard, A, Nordander, C, Jacobsson, H, Arvidsson I 
Opting to wear prismatic spectacles was associated with reduced neck pain in dental personnel: a longitudinal cohort study. 
BMC Musculoskeletal disorders, 2016

Lennartsson, A.-K, Jonsdottir, I & Sjors, A.  
Low heart rate variability in patients with clinical burnout. 
International Journal of Psychophysiology, Dec 2016

Lennartsson A-K, Theorell T, Kushnir M, Jonsdottir IH, 
Changes in DHEA-s levels during the first year of treatment in patients with clinical burnout are related to health development
Biological Psychology, aug 2016

Bergman C, Dellve L and Skagert K, 
Exploring communication processes in workplace meetings: A mixed methods study in a Swedish healthcare organization, 
Work, Juli 2016

Gerber, Borjesson, Ljung, Lindwall och Jonsdottir, 
Fitness Moderates the Relationship between Stress and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Med Sci Sports Exerc, Juni 2016 

Baathe F, Ahlborg G Jr, Edgren L, Lagstrom A, Nilsson K. 
Uncovering paradoxes from physicians' experiences of patient-centered ward-round. 
Leadership in Health Services, 2016

Hakansson C och Ahlborg jr G, 
Occupations, perceived stress, and stress-related disorders among women and men in the public sector in Sweden
Scand J Occup Therapy, May 2016

Eklof M, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Improving communication among healthcare workers: a controlled study. 
Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016

2015

Grimby G, Börjesson M, Jonsdottir IH, Schnohr P, Thelle DS and Saltin B. 
The "Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale" and its application to health research.
Scand J Med Sci Sports, December 2015 

Lindegård A, Jonsdottir IH, Börjesson M, Lindwall M and Gerber M. 
Changes in mental health in compliers and non-compliers with physical activity recommendations in patients with stress-related exhaustion
BMC Psychiatry, November 2015

Lennartsson A-K, Theorell T, Kushnir M, Jonsdottir I. 
Low Levels of Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate in Younger Burnout Patients. 
PLOS One, Oktober 2015 

Hadzibajramovic E, Ahlborg jr G, Håkansson C, Lundgren-Nilsson Å och Grimby-Ekman A. 
Affective stress responses during leisure time: Validity evaluation of a modified version of the Stress-Energy Questionnaire. 
J Public Health, September 2015

Lennartsson A-K, Sjörs A, Jonsdottir IH. 
Indication of attenuated DHEA-s response during acute psychosocial stress in patients with clinical burnout
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, maj 2015

Fredriksson-Larsson, U., Brink, E., Grankvist, G., Jonsdottir, I.H. and Alsen, P. 
The Single-Item Measure of Stress Symptoms after Myocardial Infarction and Its Association with Fatigue. 
Open Journal of Nursing 2015

Grill C, Ahlborg Jr G, Wikström E, Lindgren EC. 
Multiple balances in workplace dialogue - experiences of an intervention in health care. 
Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015 

Sjörs A, Jonsdottir IH. 
No alterations in diurnal cortisol profiled before and during treatment in patients with stress-related exhaustion
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 2015

Gerber, M., Jonsdottir, I.H., Arvidson E., Lindwall M, Lindegård A. 
Promoting Graded Exercise as a Part of Multimodal Treatment in Patients Diagnosed with Stress-Related Exhaustion
Journal of clinical nursing, 2015

Wiegner L, Hange D, Björkelund C och Ahlborg Jr G
Prevalence of perceived stress and associations to symptoms of exhaustion, depression and anxiety in a working age population seeking primary care - an observational study
BMC Family Practice, 2015

Hadzibajramovic E, Ahlborg G Jr, Grimby-Ekman A, Lundgren-Nilsson Å
Internal construct validity of the stress-energy questionnaire in a working population, a cohort study
BMC Public Health 2015

Sahlin E, Ahlborg G Jr, Tenenbaum A, Grahn P
Using Nature-Based Rehabilitation to restart a stalled process of rehabilitation in individuals with stress-related mental illness
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2015

Lennartsson A-K, Sjörs A, Währborg P, Ljung T, Jonsdottir IH
Burnout and hypocortisolism – a matter of severity? A study on ACTH and cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress
Frontiers in Psychiatry, February 2015

Bertilsson M, Löve J, Ahlborg Jr G, Hensing G
Health care professional's experience-based understanding of individuals' capacity to work while depressed and anxious
Scandinavian Journal of Occypational Therapy, Januari 2015

2014

Lindwall M., Gerber M, Börjeson M, Jonsdottir I.H., Ahlborg Jr G. 
The relationship of change in physical activity with change in depression, anxiety, and burnout: A longitudinal study of Swedish health care workers. 
Health Psychol, Nov 2013 

Eva Sahlin, Agneta Lindegård, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Patrik Grahn, Josefa Vega Matuszczyk & Gunnar Ahlborg Jr.
The Influence of the Environment on Directed Attention, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate—An Experimental Study Using a Relaxation Intervention
Landscape Research, 2014

Fredrik Baathe, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr, Annica Lagström, Lars Edgren, Kerstin Nilsson. 
Physician experiences of patient-centered and team- based ward rounding – an interview based case-study. 
Journal of Health Administration, 2014

Lindegård A, Larsman P, Hadzibajramovic E, Ahlborg G Jr. 
The influence of perceived stress and musculoskeletal pain on work performance and work ability in Swedish health care workers. 
Int Arch Occup Environ Health, Maj 2014 

Gerber, M, Jonsdottir I.H, Lindwall M, Ahlborg Jr. G. 
Physical Activity in Employees with Differing Occupational Stress and Mental Health Profiles: A Latent Profile Analysis. 
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Augusti 2014

Grill C, Ahlborg Jr, Wikström E. 
Health care managers learning by listening to subordinates' dialogue training. 
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2014

Sahlin E, Ahlborg G Jr, Vega Matuszczyk J, Grahn P. 
Nature-Based Stress Management Course for Individuals at Risk of Adverse Health Effects from Work-Related Stress—Effects on Stress Related Symptoms, Workability and Sick Leave.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2014 

Bertilsson M, Vaez M, Waern M, Ahlborg G, Hensing G. 
A prospective study on self-assessed mental well-being and work capacity as determinants of all-cause sickness absence. 
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Juni 2014

Sjörs A, Ljung T, Jonsdottir IH. 
Diurnal salivary cortisol in relation to perceived stress at home and at work in healthy men and women. 
Biol. Psychol, April 2014  

Glise K, Ahlborg G Jr, Jonsdottir IH.
Prevalence and course of somatic symptoms in patients with stress related exhaustion: Does sex or age matter? 
BMC Psychiatry, 2014 

Lennartsson AK, Billig H, Jonsdottir IH. 
Burnout is associated with elevated prolactin levels in men but not in women. 
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Maj 2014 

Hasselberg K, Jonsdottir I, Ellbin S and Skagert K, 
Self-reported stressors among patients with Exhaustion Disorder: an exploratory study of patient records

BMC Psychiatry, 2014

Wramsten Wilmar M, Ahlborg G Jr, Jacobsson C, Dellve L. 
Healthcare managers in negative media focus: a qualitative study of personification processes and their personal consequenses. 
BMC Health Serv Res, Januari 2014

2013

Maeland S, Werner E.L., Rosendal M:, Jonsdottir I.H. Magnussen L.H., Ursin H., Eriksen H.R. 
Sick-leave decisions for patients with severe subjective health complaints presenting in primary care: A cross-sectional study in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. 
Scand J Prim Health Care, Oktober 2013

Hensing G, Bertilsson M, Ahlborg Jr G, Waern M, Vaez M. 
Self-assessed mental health problems and work capacity as determinants of return to work: a prospective general population-based study of individuals with all-cause sickness absence. 
BMC Psychiatry, Oktober 2013

Arvidson, E., Börjesson, M., Ahlborg G., Lindegård A., Jonsdottir I.H. 
The level of leisure time physical activity is associated with work ability- a cross sectional and prospective study of health care workers. 
BMC Public Health, September 2013 

Lennartsson A-K, Theorell T, Rockwood A, Kushnir MM, Jonsdottir IH. 
Perceived stress at work is associated with lower levels of DHEA-S. 
PLoS One, Augusti 2013  

Gerber M, Jonsdottir, I.H., Kalak N, Pühse U, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Brand S. 
Objectively assessed vigorous physical activity is associated with increased hair cortisol concentrations in young adults.
Stress, Augusti 2013

Bååthe F, Norbäck LE. 
Engaging physicians in organisational development work. 
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2013 

Gerber, M, Lindwall M, Lindegård A, Börjesson M. Jonsdottir I.H. 
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Protects Against Stress-Related Symptoms of Burnout and Depression. 
Patient Educ Couns, April 2013  

Lennartsson A-K, Theorell T, Kushnir MM, Bergquist J, Jonsdottir IH. 
Perceived stress at work is associated with attenuated DHEA-S response during acute psychosocial stress.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, Februari 2013 

Lundgren Å, Jonsdottir IH, AhlborgGA, Tennant A. 
The internal (factorial) construct validity of the Psychological General Well Being Index (PGWBI) in a sample of patients undergoing treatment for stress-related exhaustion. 
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2013

Sjörs A, Jansson P-A, Eriksson J, Jonsdottir IH. 
Increased insulin secretion and decreased glucose levels, but not allostatic load, are related to stress-related exhaustion in a clinical patient population
Stress, Januari 2013 

Jonsdottir IH, Nordlund A, Glise K, Ellbin S, Ljung T, Währborg P and Wallin A. 
Cognitive impairment in patients with stress-related exhaustion
Stress, Mars 2013

2012

Lindgren Å, Bååthe F, Dellve L. 
Why risk professional fulfilment: a grounded theory of physician engagement in healthcare development
International Journal of Health Planning and Management Int J Health Plann Manage, November 2012 

Maeland S, Werner EL, Jonsdottir I.H., Rosendal M, Magnussen L.H, Ursin H and Eriksen HR. 
Diagnoses of patients with severe subjective health complaints in Scandinavia. A cross sectional study. 
ISRN Public Health, september 2012 

Sahlin E, Vega Matuszczyk J, Ahlborg G Jr, Grahn P. 
How do participants in nature-based therapy experience and evaluate their rehabilitation? 
Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture, 2012 

Rödjer L, Jonsdottir IH, Rosengren A, Björck L, Grimby G, Thelle DS, Lappas G, Börjesson M. 
Self-reported leisure time physical activity: a useful assessment tool in everyday health care. 
BMC Public Health, Augusti 2012 

Sjörs A, Ljung T, Jonsdottir I.H. 
Long-term follow-up of cortisol awakening response in patients treated for stress-related exhaustion.
BMJ Open, 2012

Lennartsson A-K, Kushnir MM, Bergquist J, Billig H and Jonsdottir IH. 
Sex steroid levels temporarily increase in response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men and women. 
International Journal for Psychophysiology, Juni 2012  

Lindwall M, Hadžibajramović E, Ljung T, Jonsdottir IH. 
Self-reported physical activity, but not aerobic fitness, is related to mental health. 
Mental health and physical activity, 2012 

Lennartsson A-K, Kushnir MM, Bergquist J, Jonsdottir IH. 
DHEA and DHEA-S response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men and women
Biological Psychology, Maj 2012

Lindegård A, Wahlström J, Hagberg M, Wihelmsson R, Toomingas A Tornqvist E. 
Perceived exertion, comfort and working technique in professional computer users and associations with the incidence of neck and upper extremity symptoms. 
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Mars 2012

Glise K, Ahlborg G Jr and Jonsdottir I.H. 
Course of mental illness in patients with stress-related exhaustion. Does gender and age make a difference? 
BMC Psychiatry, Mars 2012 

Lundgren-Nilsson A, Jonsdottir IH, Pallant J, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Internal construct validity of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout questionnaire (SMBQ).
 
BMC Public Health, Januari 2012 

Lindegård A, Gustafsson M, Hansson G-Å. 
Effects of optometric correction including prismatic lenses on head and neck kinematics, perceived exertion and comfort during dental work in the oral cavity – A randomised controlled intervention. 
Applied Ergonomics, Januari 2012 

2011

Skagert K, Dellve L and Ahlborg G Jr. 
A prospective study of managers' turnover and health in a healthcare organization. 
Journal of Nursing Management, December 2011

Sjörs A, Larsson B, Persson A, Gerdle B. 
An increased response to experimental muscle pain is related to psychological status in women with chronic non-traumatic neck-shoulder pain. 
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2011

Gustafsson E, Johnson P, Lindegård A, Hagberg M. 
Technique, muscle activity and kinematic differences in young adults texting on mobile phones. 
Ergonomics, Maj 2011

Dellve L, Hadzibajramovic E, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Work attendance among health care workers: prevalence, incentives and consequences for health and performance. 
J Adv Nurs, September 2011 

Grill C, Ahlborg G, Lindgren EC. Valuation and handling of dialogue in leadership. 
A grounded theory study in Swedish hospitals. 
J Health Organization and Management, 2011 

Lennartsson A-K and Jonsdottir IH. 
Prolactin response to acute pshychosocial stress in healthy men and women. 
Psychoneuroendocrinology, November 2011 

Jonsdottir I.H, Borjesson M, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Healthcare workers' participation in a healthy-lifestyle-promotion project in western Sweden. 
BMC Public Health, Juni 2011 

Larsman P, Lindegård A, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Longitudinal relations between psychosocial work environment, stress and the development of musculoskeletal pain 2011. 
Stress & Health, Augusti 2011  

Dellve L, Ahlstrom L, Jonsson A, Sandsjö L, Forsman M, Lindegård A, Ahlstrand C, Kadefors R, Hagberg M. 
Myofeedback training and intensive muscular strength training to decrease pain and improve work ability among female workers on long-term sick leave with neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. 
Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2011

2010

Jonsdottir I.H,, Rödjer L., Hadzibajramovic E., Börjesson M., Ahlborg Jr G. 
A prospective study of leisure time physical activity and mental health in Swedish health care workers and social insurance officers. 
Prev Med, November 2010 

Håkansson C, Ahlborg Jr G. 
Perceptions of employment, domestic work, and leisure as predictors of health among women and men.
J Occup Science, 2010

Huis in 't Veld RM, Kosterink SM, Barbe T, Lindegård A, Marecek T, Vollenbroek-Hutten MM. 
Relation between patient satisfaction, compliance and the clinical benefit of a teletreatment application for chronic pain 
J Telemed Telecare, 2010

Glise K, Hadzibajramovic E, Jonsdottir IH, Ahlborg G Jr. 
Self-reported exhaustion: a possible indicator of reduced work ability and increased risk of sickness absence among human service workers. 
Int Arch Occup Environ Health, Juni 2010 

2009

Jonsdottir IH, Hägg DA, Glise K, Ekman R. 
Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and growth factors called into question as markers of prolonged psychosocial stress. 
PLoS One, November 2009 

2008

Skagert K, Dellve L, Eklöf M, Pousette A, Ahlborg Jr G. 
Leaders´ strategies for dealing with own and their subordinates´ stress in public human service organisations. 
Applied Ergonomics, 2008

Mannerås L, Jonsdottir IH, Holmäng A, Lönn M, Stener-Victorin E. 
Low Frequency Electro-Acupuncture and Physical Exercise Improve Metabolic Disturbances and Modulate Gene Expression in Adipose Tissue in Rats with Dihydrotestosterone-Induced Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. 
Endocrinology. 2008 Jul;149(7):3559-68.

2003-2007

Osika W, Friberg P, Wahrborg P. 
A new short self-rating questionnaire to assess stress in children. Int J Behav Med. 2007;14(2):108-17

Lindegard A, Karlberg C, Wigaeus Tornqvist E, Toomingas A, Hagberg M. 
Concordance between VDU-users' ratings of comfort and perceived exertion with experts'observations of workplace layout and working postures. 
Appl Ergon. 2005 May 36(3):319-25.

Hägg U, Johansson ME, Grönros J, Naylor AS, Jonsdottir IH, Bergström G, Svensson P-A, Gan L-M. 
Gene expression profile and aortic vessel distensibility in voluntarily exercised spontaneously hypertensive rats, potential role of heat shock proteins. 
Physiol Genomics. 2005 Aug 11;22 (3):319-26.

Hägg U, Grönros J, Wickstrom J, Jonsdottir IH, Bergström G, Gan L-M. 
Voluntary physical exercise and coronary flow velocity reserve – a transthoracic colour Doppler echocardiography study in spontaneously hypertensive rats. 
Clin Sci (Lond). 2005 Sep 109(3):325-34.

Manni L, Cajander S, Lundeberg T, Naylor AS, Aloe L, Holmang A, Jonsdottir IH, Stener-Victorin E. 
Effect of Exercise on Ovarian Morphology and Expression of Nerve Growth Factor and a1- and b2-Adrenergic Receptors in Rats with Steroid- Induced Polycystic Ovaries. J Neuroendocrinol
2005 Dec 17(12):846-58.

Naylor AS, Persson AI, Eriksson PS, Jonsdottir IH, Thorlin T. 
Extended voluntary running inhibits exercise induced adult hippocampal progenitor proliferation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
 
J Neurophysiol. 2005 May;93(5):2406-14.

Persson AI, Naylor AS, Jonsdottir IH, Nyberg F, Eriksson PS, Thorlin T. 
Differential regulation of hippocampal progenitor proliferation by opioid receptor antagonists in running and non-running spontaneously hypertensive rats. 
Eur J Neurosci 2004 Apr;19(7):1847-55.

Wahrborg P, Booth JE, Clayton T, Nugara F, Pepper J, Weintraub WS, Sigwart U, Stables RH; SoS Neuropsychology Substudy Investigators. 
Neuropsychological outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting: results from the Stent or Surgery (SoS) Trial. 
Circulation 2004;110(22):3411-7.

Bengtsson I, Hagman M, Wahrborg P, Wedel H. 
Lasting impact on health-related quality of life after a first myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2004 Dec;97(3):509-516.

Hedner T, Samulesson O, Wahrborg P, Wadenvik H, Ung KA, Ekbom A. 
Nabumetone: therapeutic use and safety profile in the management of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. 
Drugs 2004;64(20):2315-43

Hagg U, Andersson I, Naylor AS, Gronros J, Jonsdottir IH, Bergstrom G, Gan LM. 
Voluntary physical exercise-induced vascular effects in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin Sci (Lond) 2004 Dec;107(6):571-81.

Ekre O, Norrsell H, Währborg P, Eliasson T, Mannheimer C. T
emporary cessation of spinal cord stimulation in angina pectoris-effects on symptoms and evaluation of long-term effect determinants.
 
Coron Artery Dis. 2003 Jun; 14(4): 323-7.

Wallerius S, Rosmond R, Ljung T, Holm G, Björntorp P. 
Rise in morning saliva cortisol is associated with abdominal obesity in men: A preliminary report. 
J Endocrinol Invest. 2003;26:616-619.

Wahlström J, Lindegård A, Ahlborg G Jr, Ekman A, Hagberg M. 
Perceived muscular tension, emotional stress, psychological demands and physical load during VDU work. 
Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2003 Oct;76(8):584-90