Research projects

The impact of age on survival in ovarian cancer: treatment perspectives

Older women with ovarian cancer have a poorer survival rate than younger women. We want to study why this is so and how we can improve treatment.

7. September 2020 / 9:03

Cancer in pregnancy: Incidence, clinical handling, and consequences for mother and child in a Danish cohort study

Cancer in pregnancy (CIP) is rare with an incidence around one per 1000 pregnant women. CIP has a high level of complexity as the treatment and staging of the pregnant woman must take the potential harmful exposure of the fetus into account.

7. September 2020 / 10:44

Cardiovascular disease after preeclampsia

Women with a history of preeclampsia are invited to cardiac CT-scan to detect coronary atherosclerotic changes.

7. September 2020 / 13:03

Children and Adolescents, Home care, eHealth, Implementation

Research projects on development, evaluation and implementation of home care to children and adolescents to support the children and their families.

7. September 2020 / 10:22

Development of an optimized diagnostic algorithm for differentiating benign ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer

A prospective, multicenter study with the aim of developing an optimized diagnostic algorithm for differentiating benign ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer

15. October 2020 / 14:23

Effect of training neonatal nurses in breastfeeding-supportive clinical practices on exclusive breastfeeding of preterm infants

Effect of training neonatal nurses in breastfeeding-supportive clinical practices on exclusive breastfeeding of preterm infants. A quasi-experimental multi-centre intervention study implementing research into practice.

7. September 2020 / 13:38

Feasibility and implementation of a digitalized version of GSD and video conversations

A participatory action research project is ongoing to improve implementation and feasibility of a digitalized empowerment-based intervention, DA-GSD, targeted women treated for cancer and endometriosis

7. September 2020 / 13:15

Home Chemotherapy for children with cancer - a feasibility study

The Ph.D. project comprise: 1) An explorative ethnographic study of children with cancer´s experience of intravenous antibiotic treatment at home using a transportable infusion pump and 2) An intervention study developing, testing and evaluating interventions with home chemotherapy in a user involving design with before and after measurements.

14. August 2020 / 11:04

Iron supplementation – adherence to the national recommendation. A cross-sectional study with data from the Copenhagen Pregnancy Cohort.

A cross-sectional study which assesses adherence to the Danish recommendation on iron supplementation during pregnancy

7. September 2020 / 11:52

Maternal Mental Health (MAMA) Study. Prevention of postpartum depression in a high-risk group: effects and mothers’ expectations.

The MAMA Study aims to evaluate the preventive effect of transdermal estradiol administration on postpartum depression in women at high risk.

7. September 2020 / 14:36

Mental health, exercise, sleep, RCT, qualitative research.

Pregnant women with or at high risk of depression: effect and experience of an exercise intervention.

7. September 2020 / 12:30

Midwifery/pregnancy/Pregnancy complicated by chronic medical conditions

We aim to investigate the effect of a midwife coordinated and specialized maternity care intervention among pregnant women with chronic medical conditions.

7. September 2020 / 13:24

Multivitamin use and risk of pre-eclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The review aims to evaluate the association between use of multivitamin and the risk of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women

23. February 2021 / 17:51

OR Black Box – a data-driven paradigm shift in the operating room

The Operation Room Black Box is an analytic platform that continuously acquires various intraoperative data feeds, like audio-visual data, physiological parameters, non-technical skills, and analyzes these concurrently. The overall goal with our OR Black Box projects is to understand correlations between events, surgical performance and postoperative outcome.

1. March 2021 / 9:05

ParTNer-STEPs: Parents in Transition – a Nurseled Support and Transfer Education Program

Development, test and evaluation of a transfer program targeting parents to chronically ill adolescents

7. September 2020 / 10:05

Pregnant women´s lifestyle and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Physical and mental wellbeing among women in the pre-concption period, during pregnancy and delivery, and in the postpartum period.

14. April 2021 / 9:35

Register-based epidemiological/public health studies

Statistician on long-term follow-up study among patients exposed to biological and non-biological psoriasis treatments 2019-2035

7. September 2020 / 15:02

Register-based research in the field of OB/GY

Long term maternal health after pregnancy, pregnancy loss, hormonal contraceptives, and hormonal therapy.

7. October 2020 / 13:53

Register-based studies on the effect of parental chronical diseases and use of medication on pregnancy outcomes and offspring health.

Based on data from Nordic health registries and clinical databases, we are assessing the potential effect of maternal chronical diseases and maternal use of medication during pregnancy on adverse pregnancy outcomes and health in the offspring later in life.

4. September 2020 / 10:21

Research of dystocia including factors that might prevent development of non-progressing labour as well as known risk factors

Research of dystocia, which includes exam of factors that are believed to prevent and cause development of the non-progressing and slow labour. The aim is to know more about how to avoid development of dystocia, which is known as a frequent complication during primiparous women in Denmark

7. September 2020 / 13:52

Scale development and validation

The development and validation of EMPOWER-UP: a generic scale for measuring empowerment in patient-provider relationships

7. September 2020 / 9:13

Stillbirth rate and quality of care before and during labour at four hospitals at Pemba Island, Tanzania: a prospective observational study

Most stillbirths across the globe occur in low- and middle-income countries. With this study we aim to determine a hospital-based stillbirth rate and the association between birth outcome and pregnancy and obstetric care and factors on Pemba Island, Tanzania.

2. March 2021 / 13:30

The impact of perinatal care on the development of cerebral palsy: Markers for use in early screening

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of early lifelong physical disability, affecting patients, their relatives and social services throughout a lifetime. CP is an unchanging impairment of the immature brain occurring prior, during or after delivery.

7. September 2020 / 12:53

The introduction of novel technologies into the monitoring of perinatal health

A prospective cohort study of the predictive value of the Salurate test-device for preeclampsia and related outcomes. A qualitative interview study of pregnant womens attitude towards self-monitoring using a telemedic solution.In addition a clinical study of uric acid in saliva, maternal blood, amniotic fluid and cord blood during childbirth.

24. February 2021 / 10:34

Young people with chronic illness, service user involvement, health apps, transition, youth consultations, communication, quality of life

18. September 2020 / 8:37