Publications
2025
Babapour Chafi M, Nordin M, Wahlström V, Pettersson-Strömbäck A (2025) Navigating productivity dilemmas and conflicting loyalties in activity-based flexible offices - A qualitative study of managers’ perspectives and coping strategies. PLOS ONE 20(11): e0335945. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335945
Lennartsson AK, Jonsdottir IH. High sensitivity C-reactive protein in response to acute stress in healthy men and women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Nov 12;184:107689. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107689. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41240612.
Nordling P, Staland-Nyman C, Nwaru C, Björk L, Corin L, Ståhl C, Bertilsson M. Individual and organizational factors influencing manager’s possibility to support employees with CMD during the COVID-19 pandemic. International journal of workplace health management.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-04-2024-0070
Marta RoczniewskaIngibjörg H. JonsdottirMagnus Akerstrom; The building blocks of occupational health and safety management: profiles of preconditions and their links to practices among Swedish welfare organizations. International Journal of Workplace Health Management 2025; https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-02-2025-0033
Ulfarsson T, Ahlborg G Jr, Jonsdottir IH. Healthcare consumption among patients with stress-related exhaustion: a register-based study in Swedish primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2025 Aug 7:1-11. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2025.2543290. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40776469.
Beno A, Jonsdottir IH, Lindegård A. Facilitating Return to Work through a Broader Perspective on Vocational Rehabilitation: Insights from Patients with Stress-Related Disorders. J Occup Rehabil. 2025 Jul 30. doi: 10.1007/s10926-025-10311-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40739051.
Tengelin, E., Björk, L., Corin, L. et al. Managers’ Use of Organizational Resources when Supporting Employees with Common Mental Disorders: A Swedish Qualitative Study. J Occup Rehabil (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-025-10293-4
Ernst P, Linden K, Roczniewska M, Hadzibajramovic E, Wessberg A, Andersson O, Carlsson Y, Graner S, Jonsson M, Veje M, Sengpiel V, Akerstrom M. Moral distress among maternity and neonatal healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: Results from the COPE staff longitudinal cohort study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2025 Apr 18. doi: 10.1111/aogs.15125.
Ellbin S, Lindegård A, Bååthe F. The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder - creating an experience of generalised safety. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2025 Apr 1:1-8. . Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40170334. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2025.2480869
Brulin E, Wilczek A, Ekberg K, Lidwall U, De Beer LT, Hadzibajramovic E, Landstad BJ, Nyberg A. Predictive value of burnout complaints and depressive symptoms for medically certified sickness absence among physicians in Sweden: a 1 year follow-up observational study. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 10;15(4):e090966. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090966
Forooraghi, M., Hultberg, A., Jonsdottir, I. H., & Babapour Chafi, M. Exploring alignments between design principles and work unit needs in activity-based flexible offices: a case study. Ergonomics. 2025 Mar, pp 1–19. Doi:10.1080/00140139.2025.2475350
Agneta Blomberg, Gunnel Hensing, Monica Bertilsson, Emina Hadžibajramović, Using Rasch analysis to assess the latent construct of the Capacity to Work Index in a Swedish working population sample, European Journal of Public Health, 2025;, ckaf001, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf001
Akerstrom M, Wahlström J, Lindegård A, Arvidsson I EM, Fagerlind Ståhl AC. (2025) Organisational-level risk and health-promoting factors within the healthcare sector -a systematic search and review, Frontiers in Medicine. 11:1509023. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1509023
Sammanfattning på svenska
Akerstrom, M., Wessberg, A., Hadžibajramović, E. et al. (2025) Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, BMC Health Serv Res 25, 173 (2025). https://rdcu.be/d7ZRJ
Sammanfattning på svenska
2024
Lennartsson AK, Jonsdottir IH, Jansson PA, Sjörs Dahlman A. Study of glucose homeostasis in burnout cases using an oral glucose tolerance test. Stress. 2025 Dec;28(1):2438699. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2024.2438699. Epub 2024 Dec 17. PMID: 39688015.
Sammanfattning på svenska
Lindegård, A., Ellbin, S., Jonsdottir, I.H. et al. Equitable Care for Patients Diagnosed with Stress-Related Exhaustion in Sweden: A Strategi Standing on Feet of Clay?. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-024-00437-9
Sammanfattning på svenska
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.
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, L. et 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 Study. J 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 intention. International 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).
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).
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).
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)
BMJ. 2022 12:7,
Hadžibajramović, E., Hansson, M., Akerstrom, M., Dencker, A., & Hensing G. (2022)
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.
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.
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
BMC Medical Education, 2022
Ståhl C och Norvell Gustavsson I, Linköpings universitet, Jonsdottir IH och Åkerström M, Institutet för stressmedicin
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
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.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Wikström E, Severin J, Jonsdottir I.H and Akerstrom M.
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