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Helen Elden
Professor/Nurse Midwife
Diagnostics, Acute and Critical CareAbout Helen Elden
Helen is an associate professor in health care sciences, specialized in reproductive and perinatal health, a senior lecturer and the research group leader for the Sexual Reproductive and perinatal health research group: https://www.gu.se/forskning/sexuell-reproduktiv-och-perinatal-halsa. at the Reproductive and perinatal health CAE (Complete academic environment) including education, research and collaboration at the institution of health and care sciences, the Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg. She defended her thesis ‘’Treatment Modalities for Pelvic Girdle pain in Pregnant Women’’ in 2008.
She has long clinical experience as a midwife and is currently working as a senior consultant university hospital midwife at the department of obstetrics and gynecology, Sahlgrenska university hospital, Gothenburg.
Helen has been the project leader for four randomised controlled trials of treatments effects for pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and was in the steering group and responsible for patient reported outcomes and patient reported experiences in SWEPIS, the Swedish postterm induction study. She is is currently in the steering committee for two big national multicenter RCTs.
Her main research interest is: Acupuncture; pelvic girdle pain in relation to pregnancy, treatment strategies for post-term pregnancy (The Swedish Postterm InductionStudy, SWEPIS), induction of labour (OutPatientIndutiON, OPTION study. https://www.optionstudien.se), pregnancy and childbirth as a political process (PREGDEM, www.pregdem.se ), preeclampsia (GO-PROVE) https://www.preeclampsiaresearch.com ), un-documented pregnant women’s experiences, obstetric triage of pregnant and newly delivered women (the Gothenburg Obstetric Triage System, GOTS). She is also the responsible researcher for the Swedish group in the IMAgiNE EURO project (Improving MAternal Newborn care, www.burlo.trieste.it ) i.e., views and experiences of women giving birth and health workers involved in maternal and newborn care during the covid-19 pandemic in 20 countries in Europe.
She has been the main supervisor for two PhD students and is currently the main supervisor for one Post doc, (Samuel Nambile Cumber, African mens involvement in pregnancy and childbirth) one PhD student (Lilja Thorgeirsdottir in the GO-PROVE project) and co-supervisor for two PhD students (Linnea Lindroos in GOTS, Gothenburg obstetric triage system and Helene Sangskär in OPTION, OutPatientIndutiON, OPTION).
The research projects are national and international multiprofessional research projects: PREGDEM (with Political sciences at University of Gothenburg, Mcill University in Canada and Trinity College, Ireland), SWEPIS (11 hospitals in Sweden), OPTION (33 hospitals in Sweden), The GOthenburg-PReeclampsiaadVerseEffect, GOPROVE-project (Uppsala university, Stellenboch university, Cape town, South Africa. University of Melbourne, Australia. University Bio-Bio, Concepción, Chile. Baylor College of medicine in Houston, Texas, USA. University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Leicester, UK. The IMAgiNE EURO project: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; France; Germany; Italy; Israel; Latvia; Luxemburg, Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
She is a member in the national ethics committee' and in The Staf portal at Sahlgrenska academy. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a course leader and gives lectures about Ethics, research methodology, pain mechanism and pain-relieving methods on advanced levels e.g. The Midwifery program, The Master program in Reproductive and perinatal health and in PhD courses both at the University of Gothenburg and in Primary care in Vastra Gotaland. She is ’’ämnesföreträdare’, ie., responsible for the development of Reproductive and perinatal health in education and research at the institution.
The Programme in Midwifery Science leads to a Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery. Upon completion of the programme, the student can apply for a licence as a midwife with the National Board of Health and Welfare. The programme also provides the basis for completing a one-year master’s degree. Continued studies are offered to achieve a full two-year master's degree in the main field of study. A few places in the programme are reserved for achieving a full two-year master's degree. The Master program in Reproductive and perinatal health is the only available in Sweden.
Keywords: Acupuncture; childbirth; childbirth experiences; ethics; induction of labour; obstetrics; obstetric triage system, patient reported outcomes (PROMS); patient reported experiences (PREMS); pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain; prolonged pregnancy, preeclampsia, randomised controlled trials; qualitative research.
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Trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care in Sweden and Norway as compared to 12 WHO European countries: A cross-sectional survey investigating maternal perspectives during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Helen Elden, Stefano Delle Vedove, Ilaria Mariani, Sigrun Kongslien, Daniela Drandić, Elizabete Pumpure, Zalka Drglin, Raquel Costa, Antigoni Sarantaki, Claire de Labrusse, Céline Miani, Marina Ruxandra Oțelea, Alina Liepinaitienė, Barbara Baranowska, Virginie Rozée, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Magdalena Kurbanović, Dārta Jakovicka, Anja Bohinec, Heloísa Dias, Dimitra Metallinou, Antonia N Mueller, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Claudia Mariana Handra, Marija Mizgaitienė, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Arianna Bomben, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Elīna Voitehoviča, Tiago Miguel Pinto, Aikaterini Lykeridou, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Simona Jazdauskienė, Beata Szlendak, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2024 -
Health workers' perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care around the time of childbirth: Results of the Improving MAternal Newborn carE in the EURO Region (IMAgiNE EURO) project in 12 countries of the World Health Organization European
Region.
Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Ilaria Mariani, Arianna Bomben, Sandra Morano, Michael Gemperle, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Céline Miani, Helen Elden, Antigoni Sarantaki, Raquel Costa, Barbara Baranowska, Martina König-Bachmann, Sigrun Kongslien, Daniela Drandić, Virginie Rozée, Antonella Nespoli, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Ioana Nanu, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Karolina Linden, Dimitra Metallinou, Heloísa Dias, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Elisabeth D'Costa, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Magdalena Kurbanović, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Simona Fumagalli, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Claudia Mariana Handra, Mehreen Zaigham, Eirini Orovou, Catarina Barata, Beata Szlendak, Christoph Zenzmaier, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Alina Liepinaitienė, Zalka Drglin, Maryse Arendt, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
Journal of Global Health - 2024 -
A qualitative study of the experience of doula support to women in socially disadvantaged positions in Sweden: The voices of women and
doulas.
Pia Gudmundsson, Helen Elden, Anna Larsson, Johanna Sundén, Anja Björkman, Helena Tegnér, Karolina Linden
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives - 2024 -
Fathers' involvement in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa: an integrative systematic
review.
Samuel Nambile Cumber, Anna Williams, Helen Elden, Malin Bogren
Global health action - 2024 -
Experiences of implementing and working with obstetric emergency triage: A qualitative study among Swedish midwifes, auxiliary nurses, and
obstetricians
Linnéa Lindroos, Verena Sengpiel, Helen Elden
SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE - 2024 -
The impact of exclusion due to COVID-19 restrictions on partners' satisfaction with Swedish hospital postnatal ward care: A multi-methods
approach
Petrus Olander, Lisa Berglin, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Lucy R. Zheng, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Helen Elden
BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE - 2024 -
Factors affecting the provision of high-quality postnatal care services in Zanzibar: a qualitative
study
A. Öjendal, Herborg Holter, Helen Elden, S. Salim, Malin Bogren
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2023 -
The experience of being a partner to a childbearing woman whose pregnancy is complicated by pre-eclampsia: A Swedish qualitative
study
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare - 2023 -
Barriers to using postpartum family planning among women in Zanzibar,
Tanzania.
Kristina Söderbäck, Herborg Holter, Sanura Abdulla Salim, Helen Elden, Malin Bogren
BMC women's health - 2023 -
A Longitudinal Dyadic Study of Six Leisure Activities in Swedish Couples During the Transition to
Parenthood
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden
Sex Roles - 2023 -
Partners upplevelse av
preeklampsi
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Konferens Reproduktiv hälsa 2023 - 2023 -
Barriers and strategies needed to improve maternal health services among pregnant adolescents in Uganda: a qualitative
study.
Samuel Nambile Cumber, Catherine Atuhaire, Vivian Namuli, Malin Bogren, Helen Elden
Global health action - 2022 -
Women's lived experiences of induction of labour in late- and post-term pregnancy within the Swedish post-term induction study - a phenomenological
study
Helena Nilvér, Ingela Lundgren, Helen Elden, Anna Dencker
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being - 2022 -
Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at discharge during the COVID-19 pandemic in 17 WHO European Region
countries.
Ilana Azulay Chertok, Rada Artzi-Medvedik, Maryse Arendt, Emma Sacks, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Carina Rodrigues, Raquel Costa, Karolina Linden, Mehreen Zaigham, Helen Elden, Daniela Drandic, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Céline Miani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Marzia Lazzerini, Ilaria Mariani
International breastfeeding journal - 2022 -
Safety, effectiveness, women's experience, and economic costs of outpatient induction in women with uncomplicated pregnancies: A systematic review and
meta-analyses.
Heléne Sangskär, Lisa Berglin, Verena Sengpiel, Therese Svanberg, Mikael Svensson, Beatrice Berter, Helen Elden, Petteri Sjögren, Annika Strandell, Ylva Carlsson
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth: Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European
region.
Céline Miani, Lisa Wandschneider, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Benedetta Covi, Helen Elden, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Zalka Drglin, Elizabete Pumpure, Raquel Costa, Virginie Rozée, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetic, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Amira Ćerimagić, Maryse Arendt, Ilaria Mariani, Karolina Linden, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Dārta Jakovicka, Heloisa Dias, Jovana Ruzicic, Claire de Labrusse, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Mehreen Zaigham, Anja Bohinec, Dace Rezeberga, Catarina Barata, Anouk Pfund, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean and quality of maternal and newborn health care in private versus public facilities: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 16
countries.
Marzia Lazzerini, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Virginie Rozée, Raquel Costa, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Maria Węgrzynowska, Karolina Linden, Maryse Arendt, Serena Brigidi, Céline Miani, Elizabete Pumpure, Jelena Radetic, Daniela Drandic, Amira Cerimagic, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Alina Liepinaitienė, Carina Rodrigues, Claire de Labrusse, Barbara Baranowska, Mehreen Zaigham, Lara Martín Castañeda, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Dārta Jakovicka, Jovana Ruzicic, Simona Juciūtė, Teresa Santos, Michael Gemperle, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Helen Elden, Marija Mizgaitienė, Ornella Lincetto, Emma Sacks, Ilaria Mariani
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Quality of maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth for migrant versus nonmigrant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 11 countries of the WHO European
region.
Raquel Costa, Carina Rodrigues, Heloísa Dias, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Mehreen Zaigham, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Maryse Arendt, Teresa Santos, Lisa Wandschneider, Zalka Drglin, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetic, Virginie Rozée, Helen Elden, Antonia N Mueller, Catarina Barata, Céline Miani, Anja Bohinec, Jovana Ruzicic, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Karolina Linden, Sara Geremia, Claire de Labrusse, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Emma Sacks, Marzia Lazzerini
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2022 -
Expectant parents’ emotions evoked by pregnancy: A longitudinal dyadic analysis of couples in the Swedish Pregnancy
Panel
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden
Social Science and Medicine - 2022 -
WHO Standards-based questionnaire to measure health workers' perspective on the quality of care around the time of childbirth in the WHO European region: development and mixed-methods validation in six
countries.
Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Sandra Morano, Marina Otalea, Ioana Nanu, Micaela Iuliana Nanu, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Mehreen Zaigham, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Sigrun Kongslien, Ingvild Nedberg, Raquel Costa, Carina Rodrigues, Heloísa Dias, Daniela Drandić, Magdalena Kurbanović, Emma Sacks, Moise Muzigaba, Ornella Lincetto, Marzia Lazzerini
BMJ open - 2022 -
Quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: online survey investigating maternal perspectives in 12 countries of the WHO European
Region.
Marzia Lazzerini, Benedetta Covi, Ilaria Mariani, Zalka Drglin, Maryse Arendt, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Helen Elden, Raquel Costa, Daniela Drandić, Jelena Radetić, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Céline Miani, Serena Brigidi, Virginie Rozée, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Barbara Tasch, Sigrun Kongslien, Karolina Linden, Catarina Barata, Magdalena Kurbanović, Jovana Ružičić, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Lara Martín Castañeda, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Anja Bohinec, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik, Mehreen Zaigham, Teresa Santos, Lisa Wandschneider, Ana Canales Viver, Amira Ćerimagić, Emma Sacks, Emanuelle Pessa Valente
The Lancet regional health. Europe - 2022 -
Induction of labour at 41 weeks of gestation versus expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks of gestation: a cost-effectiveness
analysis
Mårten Alkmark, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, S. Saltvedt, C. Bergh, Ylva Carlsson, Helen Elden, H. Fadl, M. Jonsson, Lars Ladfors, Verena Sengpiel, J. Wesström, Henrik Hagberg, Mikael Svensson
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 2022 -
Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO
standards.
Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Ilaria Mariani, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Benedetta Covi, Marzia Lazzerini, Helen Elden
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 2022 -
Understanding the experience of partners to women whose pregnancy is complicated by
Pre-eclampsia
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
NJF konferensen i Helsingfors, 2022 - 2022 -
Understanding the experience of partners to women whose pregnancy is complicated by
preeclampsia
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Muntlig presentation - 2022 -
Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19
outbreak
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Daniel Enström, Anton Wallin, Ingrid Andreasson, Birgitta Attebo, Ottilia Eriksson, Klara Martinsson, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
European Journal of Public Health - 2021 -
Study protocol: establishment of a multicentre pre-eclampsia database and biobank in Sweden: GO PROVE and UP MOST, a prospective cohort
study.
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Malin E Andersson, Ove Karlsson, Sven Egron Thörn, Jonatan Oras, Verena Sengpiel, Teresia Svanvik, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Katja Junus, Susanne Lager, Ida Enskär, Teelkien van Veen, Johan Wikström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anna Stigsdotter Neely, Anna-Karin Wikström, Lina Bergman
BMJ open - 2021 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The effect of pregnancy on perceived female and male
traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
European Journal of Politics and Gender - 2021 -
Effects of a New Mattress and Pillow and Standard Treatment for Nightly Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant Women: A Randomised Controlled
Study.
Caroline Feldthusen, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hasse Ejnell, Helen Elden
International journal of women's health - 2021 -
Postpartum septic symphysitis, a rare condition with possible long-term consequences: a cohort study with long-term
follow-up
Helen Elden, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Nasrin Farah Hussein, Lisa Wibeck Axelsson, Verena Sengpiel, Michael Ullman
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2021 -
Improving assessment of acute obstetric patients - introducing a Swedish obstetric triage
system
Linnéa Lindroos, R. Korsoski, M. O. Ohman, Helen Elden, Ove Karlsson, Verena Sengpiel
Bmc Health Services Research - 2021 -
An interrater reliability study on the Gothenburg obstetric triage system- a new obstetric triage
system
Linnéa Lindroos, Helen Elden, Ove Karlsson, Verena Sengpiel
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2021 -
Efficacy and safety of oral misoprostol versus transvaginal balloon catheter for labor induction: An observational study within the SWEdish Postterm Induction Study
(SWEPIS)
Mårten Alkmark, Ylva Carlsson, S. B. Wendel, Helen Elden, H. Fadl, M. Jonsson, Lars Ladfors, S. Saltvedt, Verena Sengpiel, A. Wessberg, A. K. Wikstrom, Henrik Hagberg, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2021 -
Cognitive impairment in preeclampsia complicated by eclampsia and pulmonary edema after
delivery
Lina Bergman, Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Helen Elden, S. Hesselman, S. Schell, E. Ahlm, A. Aukes, C. Cluver
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2021 -
Women's childbirth experiences in the Swedish Post-term Induction Study (SWEPIS): a multicentre, randomised, controlled
trial.
Helena Nilvér, Anna Wessberg, Anna Dencker, Henrik Hagberg, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Helena Fadl, Jan Wesström, Verena Sengpiel, Ingela Lundgren, Christina Bergh, Anna-Karin Wikström, Sissel Saltvedt, Helen Elden
BMJ open - 2021 -
Kartläggning av metoder för diagnostik och behandling av graviditetskomplikationen hotande förtidsbörd. Identifiering av evidens och vetenskapliga kunskapsluckor utifrån systematiska översikter. SBU rapport
320–2.
Helen Elden, Linda Englund-Ögge, Anna-Karin Wikström, Helena Domeij, Rebecca Silverstein
2021 -
Kartläggning av metoder för diagnostik och behandling av graviditetskomplikationen intrahepatisk kolestas. Identifiering av evidens och vetenskapliga kunskapsluckor utifrån systematiska översikter. SBU rapport
320–3.
Helen Elden, Linda Englund-Ögge, Anna-Karin Wikström, Helena Domeij, Rebecca Silverstein
2021 -
Validation of self-administered tests for screening for chronic pregnancy-related pelvic girdle
pain
Monika Fagevik Olsén, Paulina Körnung, Sophie Kallin, Helen Elden, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt, Annelie Gutke
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2021 -
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Mårten Alkmark, Christina Bergh, Sophia Brismar Wendel, Helen Elden, Henrik Hagberg, Anna Hagman, Susanne Hesselman, Maria Jonsson, Sissel Saltvedt, Göran Wennergren, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Anna Wessberg, Anna-Karin Wikström
Dagens Nyheter (DN Debatt) - 2021 -
The Swedish version of the pelvic girdle questionnaire, cross-cultural adaptation and
validation
Annelie Gutke, Britt Stuge, Helen Elden, Christofer Sandell, Gillian Asplin, Monika Fagevik Olsén
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2020 -
Late-term pregnancy: Navigating in unknown waters — A hermeneutic
study
Anna Wessberg, Ingela Lundgren, Helen Elden
Women and Birth - 2020 -
Non-Medical Radiography Staff Experiences in Inter-Professional Communication: A Swedish Qualitative Focus Group Interview
Study
Nabi Fatahi, Mirjana Kustrimovic , Helen Elden
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare - 2020 -
Kartläggning av metoder för diagnostik och behandling av graviditetskomplikationen bäckensmärta. Identifiering av evidens och vetenskapliga kunskapsluckor utifrån systematiska översikter. SBU rapport
320–1.
Helen Elden, Linda Englund-Ögge, Anna-Karin Wikström, Helena Domeij , Rebbecca Silverstein
2020 -
Safety and effectiveness of outpatient compared with inpatient induction of labour in singleton uncomplicated
pregnancies.
Lisa Berglin, Beatrice Berter, Ylva Carlsson, Helen Elden, Eva-Karin Karlsson, Heléne Sangskär, Verena Sengpiel, Petteri Sjögren, Therese Svanberg, Annika Strandell
2020 -
Hur upplever gravida och deras partners Covid-19
pandemin?
Elias Markstedt, Elin Naurin, Anton Wallin, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
2020 -
Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks (SWEdish Post-term Induction Study, SWEPIS): multicentre, open label, randomised, superiority
trial
Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Sissel Saltvedt, Anna Wessberg, Mårten Alkmark, Christina Bergh, Sophia Brismar Wendel, Helena Fadl, Maria Jonsson, Lars Ladfors, Verena Sengpiel, Jan Wesström, Göran Wennergren, Anna-Karin Wikström, Helen Elden, Olof Stephansson, Henrik Hagberg
BMJ - 2019 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
NJF Congress 2019 Abstract Book - 2019 -
The need for trust and safety inducing encounters: a qualitative exploration of women's experiences of seeking perinatal care when living as undocumented migrants in
Sweden
My Barkensjö, Josephine T. V. Greenbrook, Josefine Rosenlundh, Henry Ascher, Helen Elden
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2018 -
The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
American Political Science Association 2018 - 2018 -
Being in limbo: Women's lived experiences of pregnancy at 41 weeks of gestation and beyond - A phenomenological
study
Anna Wessberg, Ingela Lundgren, Helen Elden
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2017 -
Study protocol of SWEPIS a Swedish multicentre register based randomised controlled trial to compare induction of labour at 41 completed gestational weeks versus expectant management and induction at 42 completed gestational
weeks
Helen Elden, Henrik Hagberg, Anna Wessberg, Verena Sengpiel, A. Herbst, Maria Bullarbo, Christina Bergh, Kristian Bolin, S. Malbasic, S. Saltvedt, O. Stephansson, A. K. Wikstrom, Lars Ladfors, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2016 -
Predictors and consequences of long-term pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: a longitudinal follow-up
study.
Helen Elden, Annelie Gutke, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hans-Christian Östgaard
BMC musculoskeletal disorders - 2016 -
Demanding and challenging: Men's experiences of living with a pregnant woman with pelvic girdle pain: An interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
Clinical Nursing Studies - 2014 -
The pelvic ring of pain: Pregnant women’s experiences of severe pelvic girdle pain: An interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
Clinical Nursing Studies - 2014 -
Treatment Modalities for Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant
Women
Helen Elden, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Elisabet Stener-Victorin
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies - 2014 -
Feeling old in a young body: Women’s experiences of living with severe consequences of an obstetric anal sphincter rupture: An interview
study.
Helen Elden, Annica Olesen, Linda Svahn, Helena Lindgren
Clinical Nursing Studies - 2014 -
Inward or Outward: How Pregnancy Shapes Political
Orientations.
Elin Naurin, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden
Project plan presented at the 1st Gothenburg Studies on Gender and Institutions, GoG, Workshop. November 24, 2014., Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. - 2014 -
Evaluation of self-administered tests for pelvic girdle pain in
pregnancy
Monika Fagevik Olsén, Helen Elden, Annelie Gutke
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2014 -
Effects of craniosacral therapy as experienced by pregnant women with severe pelvic girdle pain: An interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
Clinical Nursing Studies - 2014 -
Back pain in relation to pregnancy: A longitudinal 10-year follow-up of 369 women diagnosed with pelvic girdle pain during
pregnancy
Helen Elden, Annelie Gutke, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Nenad Stankovic, Hans-Christian Östgaard
Advances in multidisciplinary research for better spinal/pelvic care. The 8th Interdiciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain, Oct, 2013. Dubai. - 2013 -
Effects of craniosacral therapy as adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: A multicentre, single blind, randomised controlled
trial
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Anna Glantz, Pia Marciniak, Ann-charlotte Linner, Monika Fagevik Olsén
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2013 -
Life's pregnant pause of pain: Pregnant women's experiences of pelvic girdle pain related to daily life: A Swedish interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives - 2013 -
The pregnant pause of pain: Pregnant women’s experiences of pelvic girdle pain as related to daily life: A Swedish interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
BfIn (Barnafödande i Norden). March 2013, Gothenborg. . - 2013 -
The pelvic ring of pain: Pregnant women’s experiences of pelvic girdle pain as related to embodied experiences and experiences of the healthcare care system: A Swedish interview
study
Helen Elden, Ingela Lundgren, Eva Robertson
Nordisk jordmor kongress, 13-15 June 2013, Oslo - 2013 -
Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT
statement
Hugh MacPherson, Douglas G Altman, Richard Hammerschlag, Li Youping, Wu Taixiang, Adrian White, David Moher, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Helen Elden
PLoS medicine - 2010 -
Treatmentmodalities for pelvic girdle pain during
pregnancy
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Henrik Hagberg
NMAC, Nordisk akupunktur kongress , Aug 2010, Åland. - 2010 -
Self-administered tests as a screening procedure for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle
pain
Monika Fagevik Olsén, Annelie Gutke, Helen Elden, Charlotte Nordenman, Lina Fabricius, Melissa Gravesen, Anette Lind, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society - 2009 -
Treatmentmodalities for pelvic girdle pain during
pregnancy
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Henrik Hagberg
Acupuncture in Medicine - 2009 -
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN11374571. Craniosacral therapy as a complement to standard treatment for the treatment of well-defined pelvic girdle pain in pregnant
women.
Helen Elden
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN11374571 - 2009 -
Regression of pelvic girdle pain after delivery: follow-up of a randomised single blind controlled trial with different treatment
modalities
Helen Elden, Henrik Hagberg, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Lars Ladfors, Hans-Christian Östgaard
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2008 -
Treatments of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: adverse effects of standard treatment, acupuncture and stabilising exercises on the pregnancy, mother, delivery and the
fetus/neonate
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Lars Ladfors, Henrik Hagberg
BMC complementary and alternative medicine - 2008 -
Acupuncture as an adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: randomised double-blinded controlled trial comparing acupuncture with non-penetrating sham
acupuncture
Helen Elden, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Henrik Hagberg
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 2008 -
Treatmentmodalities for pelvic girdle pain during
pregnancy.
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Henrik Hagberg
SFOG (Svensk förening för obstetrik och gynekologi), 2008, Luleå. - 2008 -
Treatment Modalities for Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant
Women
Helen Elden
2008 -
A comparison of high- versus low-intensity, high-frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation for painful postpartum uterine
contractions
Monika Fagevik Olsén, Helen Elden, Eva Dahmén Janson, Håkan Lilja, Elisabet Stener-Victorin
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2007 -
Treatmentmodalities for pelvic girdle pain during
pregnancy
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Henrik Hagberg
Riksstämman, 2007, Göteborg - 2007 -
Regression of pelvic girdle pain after delivery: follow-up of a randomised single blind controlled trial with different treatment
modalities
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Henrik Hagberg
The 6th Interdiciplinary World Congress on Low Back Pain & Pelvic Pain, 2007 Barcelona. - 2007 -
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN30566933 Acupuncture as a complement to standard treatment for the treatment of well-defined pelvic girdle pain in pregnant
women
Helen Elden
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ ISRCTN30566933 - 2006 -
Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled
trial
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Henrik Hagberg
Sjukgymnastdagarna i Älvsjö, 2005, Stockholm. - 2005 -
Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled
trial
Helen Elden, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Henrik Hagberg
Bmj - 2005 -
12. Ladfors, L. Elden H, Olsen MF, Ostgaard, HC, Hagberg, H. Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled
trial
Lars Ladfors, Helen Elden, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Henrik Hagberg
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2004 -
Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled
trial
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Henrik Hagberg
The 5th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back Pain & Pelvic Pain”, 2004, Melbourne. - 2004