Anne Sofie Baymler Lundberg: Care and treatment of people with type 2 diabetes: Continuity of care across sectors and potentially inappropriate prescribing (forsvaret i juni)

• Lundberg ASB, Sandbæk A, Vestergaard CH, Prior A. Continuity of care across sectors in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide register study in Denmark. Prim Care Diabetes. 2025 Jun;19(3):261-269. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2025.02.004. Epub 2025 Feb 15. Erratum.
• Prætorius T, Lundberg ASB, Fredslund EK, Rossen NB et al. Effect of video conferencing between primary and secondary care specialists on type 2 diabetes medication. NPJ Digital Medicine. 2025 Mar 28;8(1):179. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01570-w.
• Lundberg ASB, Sandbæk A, Aasted A, Prior A. Potentially inappropriate prescribing in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a Danish nationwide study. Under review.
• Lundberg ASB, Sandbæk AS, Prætorius TP, Andersen JH. Process evaluation of an RCT on video conferencing between general practitioners and endocrinologists for managing patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice. Under review.

Kasper Grooss: Cancer recurrence detection in general practice (forsvaret i marts)

• Grooss K, Rasmussen L, Christensen K, Pedersen AF, Nekhlyudov L, Falborg AZ, Vedsted P. Detecting cancer recurrence in general practice: a Danish national cohort study. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Jun 23:BJGP.2025.0174.
• Grooss K, Rasmussen L, Christensen K, Pedersen AF, Falborg AZ, Vedsted P. Clinical assessment of recurrent cancer: a Danish cohort study in general practice. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Aug 7:BJGP.2025.0316.
• Grooss K, Rasmussen L, Christensen K, Pedersen AF, Falborg AZ, Vedsted P. Mortality after cancer recurrence detection in general practice: a Danish national cohort study. Under review.

Stinne Eika Rasmussen: Evaluating the impact of a mental wellbeing intervention for patients with chronic conditions in Danish general practice (forsvaret i oktober)

• Problem-solving therapy in general practice for patients with ischaemic heart disease and/or type two diabetes and poor mental well-being: a 12-month randomised controlled trial assessing somatic and mental health outcomes. Rasmussen SE, Mygind A, Burau V, Christensen B, Christensen KS, Maindal HT, Pedersen AF, Soejbjerg A (the Healthy Mind study group). Submitted.
• Implementing mental healthcare in chronic care in general practice: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the Healthy Mind intervention. Rasmussen SE, Soejbjerg A, Burau V, Christensen B, Christensen KS, Clyne B, Maindal HT, Pedersen AF, Mygind A (the Healthy Mind study group). Under review.
• They know me better than my disease: a process evaluation study exploring the impact mechanisms of a mental health intervention in general practice for adults with chronic conditions. Rasmussen SE, Soejbjerg A, Burau V, Christensen B, Christensen KS, Clyne B, Maindal HT, Pedersen AF, Mygind A (the Healthy Mind study group). Under review. 

Solvej Videbæk Bueno: MOVEMOM: Phycial activity following pregnancy and childbirth (forsvaret i september)

• Parous women perform less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than their nulliparous peers: a population-based study in Denmark. Bueno SV, Nielsen RØ, Kallestrup P, Ryom K, Morgan K, Elsborg P, Petersen CB, Jacobsen JS. Public Health. 2024 Jun:231:47-54.
• Danish mothers of young children adhere less to international physical activity guidelines compared with mothers of older children. Bueno SV, Skejø S, Nielsen RØ, Kallestrup P, Ryom K, Elsborg P, Petersen CB, Jacobsen JS. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jan 11:50:102970. 

• Supporting postpartum physical activity in maternity care: a co-creation study in Denmark. Bueno SV, Jacobsen JS, Nielsen RØ, Kallestrup P, Ryom K. Midwifery 2025. Sep:148:104523. 

Katrine Bjørnshave Bomholt: Task shifting in out-of-hours primary care: exploring the potential value of task shifting from general practitioners to nurses in clinics (forsvaret i juni)

• Task shifting from general practitioners to other health professionals in out-of-hours primary care – a systematic literature review. Bomholt KB, Nebsbjerg AM, Burau V, Mygind A, Christensen MB, Huibers L. Eur J Gen Pract. 2024 Dec;30(1):2351807.
• Task shifting from general practitioners to nurses in out-of-hours primary care: an explorative case study of team-based practices. Bomholt KB, Mygind A, Nebsbjerg MA, Christensen MB, Huibers L, Burau V. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2025 Sep;43(3):626-638. 

• Task shifting from general practitioners to nurses and the association with patient flow and resource use in out-of-hours primary care clinics: a descriptive register-based study. Bomholt KB, Nebsbjerg MA, Vestergaard CH et al. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2026 Dec;44(1):2653004.

Ina Grønkjær Laugesen: Anticoagulant therapy for atrial fibrillation: exploring the treatment gap among patients in general practice (forsvaret i april)

• General practice-related variation in oral anticoagulant treatment of atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study. Laugesen IG, Vestergaard CH, Paust A et al. BJGP Open. 2025 Nov 11:BJGPO.2024.0197. doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.019.
• Temporal trends and patient determinants of geographic variation in oral anticoagulant treatment of atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study in 2013-2022. Laugesen IG, Prior A, Mygind A et al. BMJ Open. 2025 May 24;15(5):e098129. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098129.
• Reasons for omitting anticoagulant treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation: an audit of patient records in general practice. Laugesen IG, Mygind A, Grove EL et al. BMC Prim Care. 2025 May 15;26(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02852-8.

Mette Amalie Nebsbjerg: From voice to vision: Exploring the potential value of video triage in out-of-hours primary care (forsvaret i april)

• Nebsbjerg MA, Bomholt KB, Vestergaard CH, Christensen MB, Huibers L. The added value of using video in out-of-Hours primary care telephone triage among general practitioners: cross-sectional survey study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2024 Nov 15:11:e52301.
• Nebsbjerg MA, Bomholt KB, Christensen MB et al. How do parents experience video triage when seeking care for their acute ill children? A qualitative study in a Danish out-of-hours primary care setting. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 22;14(10):e084656.
• Nebsbjerg MA, Bomholt KB, Vestergaard CH et al. Reasons for encounter in video contacts at a Danish out-of-hours primary care service: a questionnaire study. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 8;14(10):e086716.
• Nebsbjerg MA, Vestergaard CH, Bomholt KB et al. Use of video in telephone triage in out-of-hours primary care: register-based study. JMIR Med Inform. 2024 Apr 4:12:e47039.

Anne Søjbjerg: The Healthy Mind study: Integrating mental health and chronic care in general practice (forsvaret i februar)

• Søjbjerg A, Mygind A, Rasmussen SE, Christensen B. Pedersen AF. Maindal H. Bureau V, Christensen KS. Improving mental health in chronic care in general practice: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Mind intervention. Trials. 2024 Apr 23;25(1):277.
• Soejbjerg A, Rasmussen SE, Christensen KS, Christensen B, Pedersen AF, Maindal HT, Mygind A.Managing mental health in chronic care in general practice: a feasibility study of the Healthy Mind intervention. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2024 Mar;42(1):72-81. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2023.2289525. Epub 2024 Feb 7.

Henrik Schou Pedersen: Use and validation of psychometric tests in general practice

• Pedersen HS, Christensen KB, Prior A, Christensen KS. A comparison of the original major depression inventory with a modified version: A Danish validation study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2024 Mar;149(3):267-278.
• Pedersen HS, Christensen KS, Prior A, Christensen KB. The dimensionality of the Perceived Stress Scale: The presence of opposing items is a source of measurement error. Affect Disord. 2024 Jan 1:344:485-494.
• Pedersen HS, Christensen KS, Prior A. Variation in psychometric testing in general practice - a nationwide cohort study. Clin Epidemiol. 2023 Mar 22:15:391-405.
• Pedersen HS, Christensen KB, Prior A et al. Structural validity of the Anxiety Symptom Scale - a Danish validation study. Nord J Psychiatry. 2025 Feb;79(2):166-174.

Amanda Paust: Social inequality in medical treatment

• Paust A, Vestergaard C, Smith SM, Friis K, Schramm S, Bro F et al. Economic, cultural, and social inequalities in potentially inappropriate medication: A nationwide survey- and register-based study in Denmark. PLOS Medicine. 2024 nov.;21(11):e1004473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004473.
• Paust A, Vestergaard C, Laugesen IG, Bro F et al: Unwarranted variation in potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in Danish general practice - a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2026 Feb 4;16(2):e096253.
• Paust A, Lau SR, Bro F, Prior A, Mygind A: Temporal capital and unaligned times as inequality mechanisms: A case study of chronic care in general practice. Soc Sci Med. 2023 Dec:338:116337. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116337. Epub 2023 Oct 20.
• Sandbaek A, Moller MCR, Bro F, Hoj K, Due Christensen L, Mygind A: Involving patients in medicines optimisation in general practice: a development study of the "PREparing Patients for Active Involvement in medication Review" (PREPAIR) tool. BMC Prim Care. 2022 May 20;23(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01733-8.

Michal Frumer: In the meantime: Tissue changes, anticipation, ethics, and forms of life in diagnostic lung cancer surveillance

• Frumer M, Tørring ML, Andersen RS. Temporal curation: curating life in the anticipation of cancer. Anthropol Med. 2024 Dec;31(4):371-387. doi: 10.1080/13648470.2024.2416800.
• Frumer M. Keeping an eye on it: infrastrucres of lung cancer uncertainty and certainty’. In: Cancer entangled: anticipation, acceleration and the Danish state. Edited by: Andersen RS and Tørring ML. Rutgers University Press. 2023.
• Frumer M, Andersen RS, Vedsted P, Offersen SMH. In the meantime: ordinary life in continuous medical testing for lung cancer. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 8(2), 1-26. Juni 2021.

Astrid Julie Bønnelykke: Anaemia in general practice: laboratory testing, diagnostic investigations, and risk of cancer

• Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Granfeldt Østgård LS, Falborg AZ, Christensen KS, Hansen AT, Emery J, Vedsted P. Insufficient classification of anaemia in general practice: a Danish register-based observational study. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2021:1–9.
• Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Granfeldt Østgård LS, Hansen AT, Christensen KS, Vedsted P. Diagnostic workup of cancer in patients with new-onset anaemia: a Danish cohort study in general practice. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2021 Aug 31;1-12.
• Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Granfeldt Østgård LS, Falborg AZ, Hansen AT, Christensen KS, Vedsted P. Cancer risk in persons with new-onset anaemia: a population-based cohort study in Denmark. BMC Cancer. 2022 Jul 21;22(1):805.

Ane Bull Iversen: Stroke: symptom awareness, help-seeking behaviour and predictors of prehospital delay

• Iversen AB, Blauenfeldt RA, Johnsen SP, Sandal BF, Christensen B, Andersen G, Christensen BM. Understanding the seriousness of a stroke is essential for appropriate help-seeking and early arrival at a stroke centre: a cross-sectional study of stroke patients and their bystanders. Eur Stroke J. 2020 Dec; 5(4): 351-361.
• Iversen AB, Johnsen SP, Blauenfeldt RA, Gude MF, Dalby RB, Christensen B, Andersen G, Christensen MB. Help-seeking behaviour and subsequent patient and system delays in stroke. Acta Neurol Scan. 2021 Jun;14:1-11.
• Iversen AB, Johnsen SP, Christensen B, Christensen MB, Andersen G. The impact of a Danish national stroke campaign: a cross-sectional study. Acta Neurol Scand. 2021 Sep 14. doi: 10.1111/ane.13531. Online ahead of print.

Nanna Holt Jessen: Exploring diagnostic opportunities to optimise the early detection of abdominal cancer in general practice

• Jessen NH, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H, Vedsted P. Contacts to general practice in the 12 months preceding a diagnosis of an abdominal cancer: a national register-based cohort study. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2022 Mar;40(1):148-156. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2057054. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
• Jessen NH, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H, Vedsted P. Abdominal investigations in the year preceding a diagnosis of abdominal cancer: a register-based cohort study in Denmark. Cancer Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 6;72:101926. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101926. Online ahead of print.
• Jessen NH, Jensen H, Helsper CW, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H, Vedsted P. Cancer suspicion, referral to cancer patient pathway and primary care interval: a survey and register study exploring 10 different types of abdominal cancer. Fam Pract. 2021 Apr 27;cmab025. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab025. Online ahead of print.

Susanne Boel Graversen: Short-term readmission and mortality in older patients discharged after a pneumonia admission

• Graversen SB, Pedersen HS, Sandbaek A, Foss CH, Ribe AR. Factors associated with 30-day rehospitalization and mortality in older patients after a pneumonia admission. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Dec;21(12):1869-1878·
• Graversen SB, Pedersen HS, Sandbaek A, Foss CH, Palmer VJ, Ribe AR. Dementia and the risk of short-term readmission and mortality after a pneumonia admission. PLoS One. 2021;16(1).
• Graversen SB, Pedersen HS, Ribe AR, Foss CH, Sandbaek A. The significance of depression for short-term readmission and mortality after a pneumonia admission.  Med Care. 2021 Oct 1;59(10):872-880. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001626.

Morten Fenger-Grøn: Anthropometry, depression and atrial fibrillation risk

• Lean body mass is the predominant anthropometric risk factor for atrial fibrillation.  Fenger-Grøn M, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Frost L. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 May 23;69(29):2488-2497. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.558.
• Body mass and atrial fibrillation risk: Status of the epidemiology concerning the influence of fat versus lean body mass. Fenger-Grøn M, Vinter N, Frost L. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2019 May 31. pii: S1050-1738(19)30074-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2019.05.009.
• Depression, antidepressants, and the risk of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A nationwide Danish matched cohort study.  Fenger-Grøn M, Vestergaard M, Pedersen HS, Frost L, Parner ET, Ribe AR, Davydow DS. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019 Jan;26(2):187-195. doi: 10.1177/2047487318811184.
• Depression and uptake of oral anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: a Danish nationwide cohort study. Fenger-Grøn M, Vestergaard CH, Frost L, Davydow DS, Parner ET, Christensen B, Ribe AR. Med Care. 2019 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001268. [Epub ahead of print]