Linda Ljungholm
Senior lecturerI am a registered nurse with further education in district nursing. I started working as an lecturer at the Department of Health and Care Sciences in 2017. In 2019, I began my doctoral studies in the project Continuity of care for persons with complex care needs.
Research
My research focuses on continuity of care for patients with complex care needs, where many healthcare providers are involved and the person's ability to actively participate in their own care is central. The goal of the research is to investigate what patients with complex care needs need in order to experience continuity in their care and to evaluate and develop measures to assess the patient's experience of continuity. In my dissertation, I developed and evaluated the Patient-Experienced continuity of care questionnaire (PECQ), which measures patients' experience of continuity and can be used to drive quality improvements in primary care. Furthermore, the results show that continuity is multidimensional, with several important aspects that work in synergy but vary over time depending on the patient's own resources, needs, and circumstances.
My ongoing research projects
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Project: Older adults as research partners – strengthening the role of older adults as active partners in health and social care research This project explores how older adults can be involved as…
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Project: Seamless care for older adults – enhanced collaboration between ambulance services and primary care (ECAP) The research project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a sustainable model…
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Project: TimelyCare The TimelyCare project evaluates whether a proactive primary care intervention aimed at improving coordination, continuity, and accessibility of care for individuals at risk of…
My completed research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Halmambetova, E., Nilsson, E., Fagerström, C., Årestedt, K., Bjöersdorff, M., et al. (2026). Self-monitoring of blood pressure and self-assessment of self-care : an interview study among patients with hypertension. BMC Primary Care. 27 (1).
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Ljungholm, L., Ekstedt, M., Fagerström, C., Djukanovic, I., Årestedt, K. (2026). Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient-Experienced Continuity of Care Questionnaire (PECQ) Using Rasch Model. Health Expectations. 29 (1).
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Kelemit, E., Halmambetova, E., Nilsson, E., Fagerström, C., Ljungholm, L. (2026). The ongoing quest for the independent patient : an interview study on healthcare professionals' perspectives on integrating self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension care. BMC Primary Care. 27 (1).
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Hedqvist, A., Ljungholm, L., Svensson, A., Holmberg, M., Fagerström, C., et al. (2025). Collaboration between ambulance services and primary care : a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 15 (1).
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Ljungholm, L., Klinga, C., Ekstedt, M., Edin-Liljegren, A., Forsgärde, E. (2025). Conditions for and potential solutions associated with continuity of care for patients with complex care needs across Swedish regions with differing population densities. BMC Health Services Research. 25 (1).
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Ljungholm, L., Årestedt, K., Fagerström, C., Djukanovic, I., Ekstedt, M. (2024). Measuring patients' experiences of continuity of care in a primary care context - Development and evaluation of a patient-reported experience measure. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 80 (1). 387-398.
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Ekstedt, M., Schildmeijer, K., Backåberg, S., Ljungholm, L., Fagerström, C. (2022). ‘We just have to make it work’ : a qualitative study on assistant nurses’ experiences of patient safety performance in home care services using forum play scenarios. BMJ Open. 12 (5).
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Ljungholm, L., Edin-Liljegren, A., Ekstedt, M., Klinga, C. (2022). What is needed for continuity of care and how can we achieve it? : - Perceptions among multiprofessionals on the chronic care trajectory. BMC Health Services Research. 22 (1).
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Ljungholm, L., Klinga, C., Edin-Liljegren, A., Ekstedt, M. (2022). What matters in care continuity on the chronic care trajectory for patients and family carers?—A conceptual model. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 31 (9-10). 1327-1338.
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Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Ljungholm, L. (2023). Patients’ experiences of continuity of care : What is needed and how can it be measured?. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 107.