Hjem
  • E-postElisabeth.Flo@uib.no
  • Telefon+47 55 58 88 85
  • Besøksadresse
    Christies gate 12
    5015 Bergen
    Rom 
    332
  • Postadresse
    Postboks 7807
    5020 Bergen

Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom er psykolog og professor ved Institutt for klinisk psykologi, Det psykologiske fakultet, Universitetet i Bergen (UiB), og leder for Human Light Lab og “Bergen Research group for Innovation, Growth, Health and Technology” (BRIGHT). Etter hun tok doktorgrad innen søvnmedisin jobbet Flo-Groeneboom ved Senter for alders- og sykehjemsmedisin ved Det medisinske fakultet, UiB.

I dag forsker hun på og underviser om ikke-farmakologiske intervensjoner, søvn og døgnrytmer, psykiske helseutfordringer gjennom livet, og funksjon hos eldre og personer med demens.

Aktuell forskning har et klinisk anvendt fokus, med en bredde fra eksperimenter i lyslaboratoriet til implementering av komplekse intervensjoner i Randomiserte kontrollerte studier (RCT).

 

Vitenskapelig artikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves insomnia symptoms in individuals with recurrent depression: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Validation of a brief version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16) with an older Norwegian population. European Journal of Ageing.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). The longitudinal association between the use of antihypertensive medications and 24-hour sleep in nursing homes: results from the randomized controlled COSMOS trial. BMC Geriatrics. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). The effects of bright light treatment on affective symptoms in people with dementia: a 24-week cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). The effect of bright light treatment on rest–activity rhythms in people with dementia: A 24 week cluster randomized controlled trial. Clocks & Sleep. 449-464.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Sleep and its association with pain and depression in nursing home patients with advanced dementia -a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Managing Pain and Psychosis Symptoms in Nursing Home Patients: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 1692-1698.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Insufficient melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance in nursing home dementia units across seasons and gaze directions. Lighting Research and Technology. 14 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Ambient bright light treatment improved proxy-rated sleep but not sleep measured by actigraphy in nursing home patients with dementia: a placebo-controlled randomised trial. BMC Geriatrics. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). New knowledge on the impact of sleep disturbances illustrates the urgent need to address sleep problems in nursing home residents. International Psychogeriatrics.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). General practitioners' provision of end-of-life care and associations with dying at home: a registry-based longitudinal study. Family Practice. 340-347.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). An Actigraphy-Based Validation Study of the Sleep Disorder Inventory in the Nursing Home. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 1-13.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). The effect of a multicomponent intervention on quality of Life in residents of nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial (COSMOS). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 330-339.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Psychosis symptoms in nursing home residents with and without dementia?Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 683-691.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Implementing a novel strategy for interprofessional medication review using collegial mentoring and systematic clinical evaluation in nursing homes (COSMOS). BMC Geriatrics. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study. BMC Health Services Research. 1-9.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Tolerability of buprenorphine transdermal system in nursing home patients with advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM). Clinical Interventions in Aging. 935-946.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Long-term pain treatment did not improve sleep in nursing home patients with comorbid dementia and depression: A 13-week randomized placebo-controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-10.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM). Drugs & Aging. 545-558.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home patients with dementia and depression: A multicenter placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 663-670.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Description of an advance care planning intervention in nursing homes: Outcomes of the process evaluation. BMC Geriatrics. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Deprescribing antihypertensive treatment in nursing home patients and the effect on blood pressure. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 275-283.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Comparing unplanned and potentially planned home deaths: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Palliative Care. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes–Improving the Communication Among Patient, Family, and Staff: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS). Frontiers in Psychology. 1-10.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). High prevalence of insomnia and hypnotic use in patients visiting their general practitioner. Family Practice. 20-24.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Clinically significant discrepancies between sleep problems assessed by standard clinical tools and actigraphy. BMC Geriatrics. 1-8.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Associations between pain and depression in nursing home patients at different stages of dementia. Journal of Affective Disorders. 8-14.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial. Behavioural Neurology. 1-8.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 795-805.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Multi-psychotropic drug prescription and the association to neuropsychiatric symptoms in three Norwegian nursing home cohorts between 2004 and 2011. BMC Geriatrics. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Identifying and managing pain in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia: a aystematic review. CNS Drugs. 481-497.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). A review of the implementation and research strategies of advance care planning in nursing homes. BMC Geriatrics.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Treating pain in dementia - are we good enough? Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 303-304.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Lindrende behandling og omsorg ved livets slutt hos personer med demens. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin. 84-89.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). COSMOS-improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial. Implementation Science.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). The importance of pain management in older people with dementia. British Medical Bulletin. 139-148.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Short rest periods between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at 1-year follow-up. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 555-561.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Prevalence and predictors of recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome in a routine clinical practice. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1-8.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Predictors of shift work disorder among nurses: a longitudinal study. Sleep Medicine. 1449-1455.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Effective pain management in patients with dementia: benefits beyond pain? Drugs & Aging. 863-871.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Shift-related sleep problems vary according to work schedule. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 238-245.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Personality factors predict sleep-related shift work tolerance in different shifts at 2-year follow-up: a prospective study. BMJ Open.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Insomnia, excessive sleepiness, excessive fatigue, anxiety, depression and shift work disorder in nurses having less than 11 hours in-between shifts. PLOS ONE.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Shift work disorder in nurses - assessment, prevalence and related health problems. PLOS ONE. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). A reliability and validity study of the Bergen shift work sleep questionnaire in nurses working three-shift rotations. Chronobiology International. 937-946.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Transient changes in frontal alpha asymmetry as a measure of emotional and physical distress during sleep. Brain Research. 234-249.
Faglig foredrag
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Søvn hos eldre.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Hvorfor får du ikke sove? Og hva kan du gjøre med det?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Lys som behandling og miljøtiltak: erfaringer fra dem.light, en randomisert kontrollert studie i sykehjem.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Søvn og smerter blant pasienter med demens.
Populærvitenskapelig foredrag
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Forskernatt «Søvnens makt: Ungdom – overgang – alderdom».
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). The effect of pain and pain treatment on agitation and psychosis in nursing home patients suffering from dementia.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Virtual darkness and digital phenotyping in specialized and municipal dementia care. The DARK.DEM trial.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Exploring new and optimal light conditions to improve cognition, mood and health in people with dementia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Light to make you sleep better or feel better? Experiences from a randomized controlled trial in nursing home patients with severe dementia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). DEM.LIGHT: Lysterapirom for betra søvn, døgnrytme, åtferd og humør hos sjukeheimspasientar med demens.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Placebo conditions and blinding in bright light therapy studies on dementia: A systematic review.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Few planned home deaths in Norway. A population-based cross-sectional study. (Oral session O6.2.1).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Effects of pain treatment on sleep in People With dementia and depression: a placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Pain and sleep in persons with dementia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Short rest periods of less than 11 hours between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at one year follow-up.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Shift-rotations with less than 11 hours rest periods predict shift work disorder, excessive sleepiness and pathological fatigue in nurses at one year follow-up.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Shift work disorder in nurses.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Shift work disorder - operationalization, prevalence and related health outcome in nurses.
Fagbok
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Eldreboken: Diagnoser og behandling. Fagbokforlaget.
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Ulik forekomst av søvnlidelser mellom fylker og mellom by og land. SØVN. 22-25.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Nattarbeid gir helseproblemer. Sykepleien Forskning. 70-72.
Kronikk
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Kan jeg få dø hjemme? BT.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Døden flyttet inn på institusjon. Vårt land.
Doktorgradsavhandling
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Sleep in Nursing Home Patients: Clinical Assessment and the Effects of Pain Treatment on Sleep.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Sleep and Health in Shift Working Nurses.
Intervju
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Søvn og kvinnehelse.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). 7 myter om søvn: Hva funker egentlig? .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Stiller klokka trass vedtak om å fjerne praksisen.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). No stiller vi klokka: – Går inn på folk.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Derfor får du ikke sove.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Skiftarbeid gir søvnproblemer.
Programledelse
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Søvn gjennom livsløpet: Kan søvnproblemer øke risikoen for demens? Med overlege og førsteamanuensis Line Iden Berge.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Smerter og søvn.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2024). Bevisste drømmer - podcast "Søvnens makt".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Søvn og diabetes med psykolog og søvnekspert Ane Wilhelmsen_Langeland.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Podcast "Søvnens makt" Episode 2: Søvn og emosjonsregulering med professor Lin Sørensen.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Podcast "Søvnens makt" Episode 1:Varme bad, søvn og sex – vi diskuterer 7 sleep hacks. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Natten tar makten - hvordan døgnrytmen vår påvirker all sunn fornuft.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Glitter, gaver, forventninger og mørketid =dårlig søvn? .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Alkohol, koffein og andre substanser: hva gjør det med søvnen vår? .
Programdeltagelse
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Podcasten: Bærekraftseventyr med Jørgensen&Pedersen Episode: Søvn, livskvalitet og arbeidsliv.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Søvnløs.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Salong: Den gåtefulle søvnen.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Lindmo på NRK.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). God morgen Nordland.
Sammendrag/abstract
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). The acute effects of light on alertness, cognition, and mood: a systematic review. Journal of Sleep Research.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Medication review based on clinical evaluation in nursing homes. The journal of Nursing Home Research.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). La oss sove på det. Morgenbladet.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Advance care planning in norwegian nursing homes – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Work-related sleep problems vary according to work schedule. Journal of Sleep Research. 274-274.
Poster
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). The effects of different Light Conditions on Emotional Processing in Young Adults.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Light exposure, sleep quality, and sleepiness as predictors of memory decline in older adults: A cohort study from Norway .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Effect of light on an emotional go/no-go task in young adults.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). The acute effects of light on alertness, cognition, and mood: a systematic review.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Ambient bright light treatment improved subjectively measured sleep but not sleep measured by actigraphy in nursing home patients with dementia: A placebo-controlled randomized trial.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Pain, depression and their association with sleep in nursing home patients with advanced dementia .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). ENLIGHT: effects of light on cognition in dementia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Designing of diurnal light conditions for improved circadian rhythms in dementia - An intervention study.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). "Sleep in Nursing Home Patients: A Cross-sectional Study Using Actigraphic and Informant-observed Assessments of Sleep Disturbances" .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Psychosis and agitation and their interactive relationship to pain in people with dementia: results from a randomized clinical trial.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Multi-psychotropic drug prescription in nursing home patients with dementia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Implementation of Advance Care Planning in Norwegian Nursing Homes An effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Implementation of Advance Care Planning in Norwegian Nursing Homes .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Implementation and Research Strategies of Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes. A Review of the Literature.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). High prevalence of DSM-5/ICSD-3 insomnia, self-reported sleep problems, and hypnotic use in patients visiting their general practitioner.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Epidemiology of Home Death in Norway.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Daytime sleep and Activity - a Descriptive Study of Elderly Nursing Home Patients in Norway.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Insomnia and non-restorative sleep.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Systematic study of insomnia symptoms in relation to work schedule.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Bergen Shift Work Sleep Questionnaire: a new and comprehensive measurement of shift work related sleep disturbances.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). Shift work disorder and its relation to reduced Health-related quality of life.
Errata
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Erratum to: The Liverpool Care Pathway: discarded in cancer patients but good enough for dying nursing home patients? A systematic review. BMC Medical Ethics. 52.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). How can light be used to optimize sleep and health in older adults? Progress in Brain Research. 331-355.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Assessing Momentary Well-Being in People Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review of Observational Instruments. Frontiers in Psychology. 20 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Scoping review: Intergenerational resource transfer and possible enabling factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 1-22.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Light interventions and sleep, circadian, behavioral, and psychological disturbances in dementia: A systematic review of methods and outcomes. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 1-12.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). The Liverpool Care Pathway: a systematic review discarded in cancer patients but good enough for dying nursing home patients. BMC Medical Ethics. 1-13.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Opioid Prescription Use in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 8 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Joint occurrence of pain and sleep disturbances in people with dementia. A systematic review. Current Alzheimer Research. 539-545.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Søvn på sykehjem. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Sleep, circadian rhythms, and athletic performance. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 1-9.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Kvalitet og kompetanse på sykehjem – behov for en standard for behandling og omsorg. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Aktiviteter på sykehjem - hva fungerer? Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin. 55-60.
Fagartikkel
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Lys som intervensjon for personer med demens. SØVN. 20-27.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Svingdørsturnus like uheldig som nattevakter. Dagens medisin.
Intervju tidsskrift
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Vil ha mer fokus på overgangsalder. Bergens Arbeiderblad (BA).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Natteskrekk: En skremmende, men ufarlig søvn­forstyrrelse, forklarer søvn­ekspert. Psykologisk tidsskrift.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Forskarar meiner å ha funne den perfekte lyden å vakne til. NRK nett.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Foreldra trudde Gustav (16) berre var lat – hadde forseinka døgnfase­liding. NRK nett.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Fleire unge kan ha udiagnostiserte søvnproblem. Fjordabladet.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Derfor får du ikke sove. Forskning.no.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Stor suksess med å la elevane sove ein time lenger. NRK nett.

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Optimale lysbetingelser for bedre hukommelse og humør (ENLIGHT)

ENLIGHT-prosjektet undersøker hvorvidt lysterapi kan være en effektiv måte å forbedre tilværelsen for hjemmeboende personer med demens. Mangelen på systematiske og grunnleggende studier med personer med demens gjør dette til et viktig for videre teoretisk og metodologisk utvikling. 

DEM.LIGHT

Psykisk lidelse, atferds- og søvnproblemer rammer 90 % av personer med demens. I sykehjem i dag benyttes i stor grad psykofarmaka for å dempe symptomene, men det er ofte med manglende effekt og betydelige bivirkninger. Lysterapi viser lovende resultater, men det er et behov for større randomiserte og kontrollerte studier.

DEM.LIGHT installerte lysterapi-rom på demensenheter for å undersøke effekten på søvn, døgnrytme, atferdsproblemer, psykisk lidelse, medikamentbruk, smerte og livskvalitet.

KOSMOS

KOSMOS står for «KOmmunikasjon, Smertebehandling, Medikamentgjennomgang, Organisering av aktiviteter og Sikkerhet». KOSMOS er en praktisk intervensjon rettet mot kliniske og psykiatriske problemer, overmedisinering og sosiale behov hos pasienter på sykehjem.