Publications

Shalabi Donia, Plume Matilda, Berggren Hanna, Nguyen Hanna, Steingrimsson Steinn, Larson Tomas, et al. Effects of group psychotherapy compared to waiting list or other active intervention on depression and other clinical outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review Journal of Affective Disorders Reports 2025:21:

Backman Eva, Heckemann Birgit, Gillstedt Martin, Polesie Sam, Paoli John. Patient Preferences and Cosmetic Outcomes Following Destructive Treatments for Non-facial Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Mixed Methods Study. Acta Derm Venereol 2025:105:adv41325.

Larsen, T., Sawatzky, R., Wijk, H., Wikström, E., & Wolf, A. (2025). Adaptation, further development and evaluation of the measurement properties of the person-centred community care inventory (PERCCI-S) for use in the Swedish municipal health care system. BMC health services research, 25(1), 1004. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13178-7

Nygaard-Andersen Beate, Torbjornsen Astrid, Hougaard Peter Forde, Leonardsen Ann-Chatrin Linqvist, Wolf Axel, Finderup Jeanette. Home-Based Dialysis and Person-Centered Care: A Scoping Review NEPHRON 2025:

Widarsson Norbeck Daniel, Lindgren Sophie, Wolf Axel, Jildenstål Pether. Reliability of nociceptive monitors vs. standard practice during general anesthesia: a prospective observational study BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025:25:

Nordahl Amorøe Torben, Rystedt Hans, Oxelmark Lena, Dieckmann Peter, Andréll Paulin. Resilience-focused debriefing: addressing complexity in interprofessional simulation-based education-a design-based research study ADVANCES IN SIMULATION 2025:10:

Diwan Salwan, Olausson Alexander, Andréll Paulin, Wolf Axel, Jildenstål Pether. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in perioperative care: A Swedish web-based survey. Scand J Pain 2025:25:Jan 1.

Angelini, E., Josefsson, C., Ögren, C., Andréll, P., Wolf, A., & Ringdal, M. (2025). Patients´ experiences of TENS as a postoperative pain relief method in the post-anesthesia care unit after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a qualitative study. BMC anesthesiology, 25(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-024-02872-4

Hayden, J. M., Tinnert, A., Alm, K., Oras, J., Block, L., Gupta, A., Thörn, S. E., & Oredsson, S. (2025). Ropivacaine and lidocaine at clinically relevant concentrations suppress proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells and induce morphological alterations. Advances in medical sciences, 70(2), 326–334. Advance online publication

Olausson, A., Jildenstål, P., Andréll, P., Angelini, E., Stenberg, E., Wallenius, V., Öhrström, H., Thörn, S. E., & Wolf, A. (2025). Effects of an opioid-free care pathway vs. opioid-based standard care on postoperative pain and postoperative quality of recovery after laparoscopic bariatric surgery: A multicentre randomised controlled trial. European journal of anaesthesiology, 42(8), 714–726. https://doi.org/10.1097/EJA.0000000000002193

Andersson, M., Bengtsson, P., Karlsson, O., Thörn, S. E., Thorgeirsdottir, L., Bergman, L., Oras, J., & Romlin, B. (2025). Platelet aggregation and thromboelastometry monitoring in women with preeclampsia: a prospective observational study. International journal of obstetric anesthesia, 61, 104297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104297

Ahlqwist A, Varkey E, Lundberg M. Adolescents’ perceptions of being physically active in the presence of lowback pain – an interview study. Physiother Theory Pract. 2025 Sep;41(9):1914-1926.

Persson M, Daka B, Varkey E, Lilja J, Nissling L, Cronstedt O, Perschbacher A-K, Bratt A, Weineland S. “I am on ‘speaking terms’ with my migraine monster” – patient experiences in acceptance-based cognitive behavioral therapy delivered via the internet for migraine:  a randomized controlled pilot study with a mixed-method approach. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 2024;1–24.

Andréll, P., & Wolf, A. (2025). Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation – an important tool in person-centered multimodal analgesia. Scandinavian journal of pain, 25(1), 10.1515/sjpain-2025-0047. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2025-0047

Nygaard-Andersen, B., Torbjørnsen, A., Hougaard, P. F., Leonardsen, A. L., Wolf, A., & Finderup, J. (2025). Home-Based Dialysis and Person-Centered Care: A Scoping Review. Nephron, 149(8), 463–478. https://doi.org/10.1159/000544699

Ringblom, A., Adlerberth, I., Wold, A. E., & Wolf, A. (2025). Interviews with patients with diabetic foot ulcers in Sweden reveal heavy burdens of constant vigilance and fear. Journal of wound care, 34(8), 600–607. https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2023.0120

GBD 2021 Europe Life Expectancy Collaborators. (2025). Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: A subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health, 10(3), e172–e188. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00009-X

GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators. (2025). The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 406, 1565–1586. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6

GBD 2023 Causes of Death Collaborators. (2025). Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 406(10513), 1811–1872. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01917-8

GBD 2023 Demographics Collaborators. (2025). Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: A demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 406(10513), 1731–1810. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3

GBD 2023 Disease and Injury and Risk Factor Collaborators. (2025). Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 406(10513), 1873–1922. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01637-X

Diwan, S., Olausson, A., Andréll, P., Wolf, A., & Jildenstål, P. (2025). Opioid-free anesthesia in perioperative care: Findings from a Swedish web-based survey. Pain Research and Management, 2025, Article 6677904. https://doi.org/10.1155/prm/6677904

Enlöf, P., Sjöberg, C., Ringdal, M., Lindgren, S., Wolf, A., & Jildenstål, P. (2025). Smart glasses for monitoring vital signs in anaesthesia care settings: A qualitative simulation study. BMC Anesthesiology, 25, Article 604. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-025-03501-4

Varkey, E., Gottfridsson, R., Grimby-Ekman, A., Bjarnegård Sellius, A., Östman, M., & Andréll, P. (2024). Body awareness, stress and symptoms in autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic pain: an explorative study. Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications, 7, 13374. https://doi.org/10.2340/jrmcc.v7.13374

Wolf, A., Erichsen Andersson, A., Wikström, E., & Bååthe, F. (2024). Untangling the perception of value in value-based healthcare – an interview study. Leadership in health services (Bradford, England), 37(5), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-07-2023-0051

GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet (London, England), 403(10440), 2204–2256. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8

GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet (London, England), 403(10440), 2100–2132. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2

GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet (London, England), 403(10440), 2133–2161. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00757-8

Diwan, S., Vilhelmsson, A., Wolf, A., & Jildenstål, P. (2024). Nudging strategies to influence prescribers’ behavior toward reducing opioid prescriptions: a systematic scoping review. The Journal of international medical research, 52(9), 3000605241272733. https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605241272733

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, & STARSurg Collaborative (2024). A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts. The Lancet. Digital health, 6(7), e507–e519. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00065-7

Bergholtz, J., Wolf, A., Crine, V., Cleeve, H., Santana, M. J., & Björkman, I. (2024). Patient and public involvement in healthcare: a systematic mapping review of systematic reviews – identification of current research and possible directions for future research. BMJ open, 14(9), e083215. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083215

Vidaurrazaga Aras, V., Alexiou, E., Nilsson, T., Wolf, A., & Olausson, S. (2024). Factors Influencing Patient Participation in Inpatient Forensic Psychiatric Care – A Mixed-Method Systematic Review. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2024.2388091

Piasecki, A., Ögren, C., Thörn, S. E., Olausson, A., Svensson, C. J., Platon, B., Wolf, A., & Andréll, P. (2023). High-frequency, high-intensity transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation compared with opioids for pain relief after gynecological surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scandinavian journal of pain, 24(1), 10.1515/sjpain-2023-0068. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2023-0068

Wolf, A. and J. Öhlén, The first Global Conference on Person-Centred Care: Knowledge (s) and Innovations for Health in Changing Societies. Abstract Book. 2024.

Ögren, C., Varkey, E., Wolf, A., Larsson, C., Ringdal, M., & Andréll, P. (2024). High-frequency, high-intensity TENS compared to standard treatment with opioids for postoperative pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A multicentre randomized controlled trial. European journal of pain (London, England), 10.1002/ejp.2308. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2308

Angelini, E., Wolf, A., Wijk, H., Brisby, H., & Baranto, A. (2024). Evaluating a targeted person-centred pain management intervention programme in lumbar spine surgery – a controlled segment-specific before-and-after interventional design. BMC health services research, 24(1), 315. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10769-8

Wolf, A., Erichsen Andersson, A., Wikström, E., & Bååthe, F. (2024). Untangling the perception of value in value-based healthcare – an interview study. Leadership in health services (Bradford, England), 37(5), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-07-2023-0051

Lilja, V., Wallström, S., Saarijärvi, M., Lundberg, M., Segertoft, V. A., & Ekman, I. (2024). Balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball: a qualitative study of support when living with chronic pain in Sweden. BMJ open, 14(1), e079229. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079229

Dahlbäck, A., Heckemann, B., Andréll, P., Åkerlund, S., & Varkey, E. (2024). Can physiotherapy in an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation setting improve physical function? A long-term mixed methods follow-up study. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2024.2351978

Schüttengruber, G., Olsson, M. M., Holmberg, C., Großschädl, F., Hessman, E., Sjöblom, H., & Heckemann, B. (2024). Understanding ageism towards older nursing staff and service users: A systematic mapping review from the perspective of clinical leaders and healthcare managers. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 58, 171–182. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.05.017

Olausson, A., Angelini, E., Heckemann, B., Andréll, P., Jildenstål, P., Thörn, S. E., & Wolf, A. (2024). Patients’ perioperative experiences of an opioid-free versus opioid-based care pathway for laparoscopic bariatric surgery: A qualitative study. International journal of nursing studies advances, 6, 100201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100201

Tin, A. L., Austria, M., Ogbennaya, G., Chimonas, S., Andréll, P., Atkinson, T. M., Vickers, A. J., & Carlsson, S. V. (2023). Pain as bad as you can imagine or extremely severe pain? A randomized controlled trial comparing two pain scale anchors. Journal of patient-reported outcomes, 7(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-023-00665-w

Sjöholm, A., Claeson, M., Paoli, J., & Heckemann, B. (2024). Exploring Patient Pain Experiences during and after Conventional Red Light and Simulated Daylight Photodynamic Therapy for Actinic Keratosis: A Qualitative Interview Study. Acta dermato-venereologica, 104, adv19459. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v104.19459

Suffering out of sight but not out of mind – interpreting experiences of sick leave due to chronic pain in a community setting: a qualitative study. Lundin Å, Ekman I, Wallström S, Andréll P, Lundberg M.BMJ Open. 2023 Apr 11;13(4):e066617. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066617.PMID: 37041054 

Ghafouri, B., Ernberg, M., Andréll, P., Bäckryd, E., Fisher, M. R., Freund-Levi, Y., Grelz, H., Gräbel, O., Karlsten, R., Kosek, E., Löfgren, M., Ringqvist, Å., Rudling, K., Stålnacke, B. M., Sörlén, N., Uhlin, K., Westergren, H., & Gerdle, B. (2022). Swedish Chronic Pain Biobank: protocol for a multicentre registry and biomarker project. BMJ open, 12(11), e066834. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066834

Hallgren, C., Svensson, C. J., Ullerstam, T., Olin, M., Dezfoolian, H., Kashioulis, P., & Oras, J. (2023). Validating a Simplified Lung Ultrasound Protocol for Detection and Quantification of Pulmonary Edema in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 10.1002/jum.16219. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.16219

Svensson, C. J., Lundberg, C. E., Sandström, T. Z., Andréll, P., Thörn, S. E., Rosengren, A., & Wolf, A. (2022). Opioid consumption in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery compared with population controls with and without obesity. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 18(1), 107–116. https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.1016/j.soard.2021.08.010

Olausson, A., Svensson, C. J., Andréll, P., Jildenstål, P., Thörn, S. E., & Wolf, A. (2022). Total opioid-free general anaesthesia can improve postoperative outcomes after surgery, without evidence of adverse effects on patient safety and pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 66(2), 170–185. https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.1111/aas.13994

Sammanfattning på Svenska – lättlast

Heckemann Birgit, Chaaya Maryam, Jakobsson Ung Eva, Olsson Daniel S, Jakobsson Sofie. Finding the Person in Electronic Health Records. A Mixed-methods Analysis of Person-centered Content and Language. Health Commun 2022:37:418-424.

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Lydahl Doris, Britten Nicky, Wolf Axel, Naldemirci Öncel, Lloyd Helen, Heckemann Birgit. Exploring documentation in Person-centred care: A content analysis of care plans. Int J Older People Nurs 2022:e12461.

Sammanfattning på Svenska – lättlast

Lind J, Andréll P, Grimby-Ekman A. Insomnia Symptoms and Chronic Pain among Patients Participating in a Pain Rehabilitation Program—A Registry Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(18):4040. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184040

Varkey, E., Dahlbäck, A., Thulin, M., Börjesson, M., Arvidsson, D., Fridolfsson, J., & Andréll, P. (2021). Physical activity, self-efficacy and quality of life in patients with chronic pain, assessed during and 1 year after physiotherapy rehabilitation – a prospective follow-up study. Disability and rehabilitation, 1–8. Advance online publication. https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.1080/09638288.2021.1971305

Bergman, L., Falk, A. C., Wolf, A., & Larsson, I. M. (2021). Registered nurses’ experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing in critical care, 10.1111/nicc.12649. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12649

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Andréll, P., Börjesson, M., Mannheimer, C., Bäckryd, E., Werner, M. (2021) Smärta vid myokardischemi . In Smärta och smärtbehandling, VOL2. Eds. Bäckryd E, Werner M. Stockholm: Liber; 2021.

Andréll, P., Störmberg, S., Norrsell, H., Bäckryd, E., Werner, M. (2021) Smärta vid extremitetsischemi. In Smärta och smärtbehandling, VOL2. Eds. Bäckryd E, Werner M. Stockholm: Liber; 2021.

Löfgren M, Jensen K, Andréll P, Varkey E, Börjesson M, Kosek E. Smärta och fysisk aktivitet. In FYSS 2021: Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och sjukdomsbehandling / Yrkesföreningar för fysisk aktivitet (YFA). Stockholm: Läkartidningen förlag AB; 2021.

Andersson M, Oras J, Thörn SE, Karlsson O, Kälebo P, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Bergman L. (2021) Signs of neuroaxonal injury in preeclampsia-A case control study. PLoS One. 8;16(2):e0246786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246786. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33556141

Grinsvall C, Van Oudenhove L, Dupont P, Ryu HJ, Ljungberg M, Labus JS, Törnblom H, Mayer EA, Simrén M. Altered Structural Covariance of Insula, Cerebellum and Prefrontal Cortex Is Associated with Somatic Symptom Levels in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(12):1580. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121580

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