Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Professor
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences
Areas of expertise
Qualitative Research Methods, Fieldwork, Participant observation, Qualitative evidence syntheses, Qualitative interveiw, Focus groups, Hermeneutic phenomenological analysis
Background
I graduated as a registered nurse (RN) in 1987, earned an MSc in Nursing in 1996, and was awarded a PhD from Aarhus University in 2009. Since 1996, I have been an academic, educating numerous nursing and healthcare students at all levels. Since 2018, I have held a professorship in nursing science at Nord University, where I am currently head of the PhD programme Science of Professions.
Publications and Contributions
I have authored numerous peer-reviewed international publications in nursing, covering qualitative evidence syntheses and diverse populations, including neonates, adolescents, young adults, older adults, individuals with severe anorexia nervosa, nurses, and relatives. Additionally, I have contributed chapters to textbooks on topics such as relationships, long-term illness, patient safety, adverse events, qualitative methodology, and nursing theory.
I serve on the editorial board of Global Qualitative Nursing Research and actively contribute as a peer reviewer for a range of scientific journals.
Research
My research is dedicated to understanding user perspectives and involvement in transitional care for patients with long-term illnesses, as well as evaluating person-centred care interventions.
Professional Affiliations
I am a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Sciences (FEANS) and serve on the EANS Scientific Committee.
I am a member of the research group "Ethics, Relationships, and Actions in Nursing and Health Sciences" at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University. My research collaborations span Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, and Denmark.
I am currently serving as an advisor on a study funded by the UK Medical Research Council’s Better Methods, Better Research initiative (grant number UKRI149), which aims to develop a new reporting guideline for qualitative evidence syntheses, known as PRISMA-QES. The project is jointly led by Professor Jane Noyes (Bangor University) and Professor Emma France (University of Stirling). The study commenced on 1 October 2024 and will run for 30 months.
Areas of Expertise
Methods: Qualitative interviews, focus groups, observation, qualitative data analysis, hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, scoping reviews, systematic qualitative evidence syntheses, and complex interventions.
Theory: Nursing and care theories, transition theory, and hermeneutic phenomenology.
Fields of Practice: Dialysis nursing; children, adolescents and young adults; individuals living with lifelong or long-term health challenges; and services for people with complex and persistent health needs.
Programme Leadership and Supervision
Since 2022, I have served as programme leader for the PhD programme in Science of Professions at Nord University, where I am also responsible for the core course Science of Professions, Focusing on Language, Relationships and Actions PRO9014
I currently supervise the following PhD projects as main supervisor:
- Development and testing of a complex intervention for the prevention of overhydration in people undergoing haemodialysis, PhD candidate: Sofie Grav Henriksen, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University.
- Co-creation between patients with chronic kidney disease and nurses in the haemodialysis department: an experience-based action research project in eHealth, University Lecturer: Anne Deimboll, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University.
I also serve as co-supervisor for the following PhD project:
- Fathers and Paediatric Palliative Care, PhD candidate: Marianne Sjuls, Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of Agder.
I am available for supervision of postgraduate students at both master's and PhD level
I have extensive experience in teaching and supervising postgraduate students, and have supported a wide range of research projects with academic guidance in methodology, scholarly writing, and theoretical development. I teach and supervise students in various aspects of nursing, and have also mentored early-career researchers at Aarhus University and Nord University.
Opportunities for PhD Projects
I welcome collaboration on doctoral projects within the following areas:
- User Perspectives: Exploring and describing patients’ views on their conditions and treatments through qualitative studies, including qualitative evidence syntheses (meta-syntheses) of user experiences.
- User Involvement in Transitional Phases: Investigating patients’ experiences of involvement in transfer and transition interventions through exploratory and descriptive studies.
- Person-Centred Care: Integrating the above research strands into broader initiatives based on participatory and co-designed approaches, such as complex intervention programmes.
- General Health Services Research: Particularly the development and evaluation of complex interventions; nursing care in kidney failure and haemodialysis.
- Methodological Research: Especially observational and interview-based studies, qualitative data analysis, hermeneutic phenomenological approaches, and qualitative methods including robust evidence syntheses and scoping reviews.
I am always open to discussing ideas for doctoral research
– feel free to get in touch if you are interested in collaboration.
For a complete overview of publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-380X
Research Interests
- Transforming Transitional Care – Pioneering Research in Person-Centred Nursing
- User Perspectives: Exploring and describing patients’ views on their condition and treatment through qualitative studies and systematic reviews (qualitative evidence syntheses) of user experiences.
- User Involvement and Co-Creation in Transitional Phases:
- Investigating patients’ experiences of involvement during transfers and transitions through exploratory and descriptive studies.
- Person-Centred Care: Integrating the above research strands into broader initiatives based on participatory and co-designed approaches, such as complex intervention programmes.
2026
Advance care planning during healthcare transitions for community-dwelling older adults in their end of life: a scoping review 2026 Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) - Charlotte Hald, Mette Raunkiær, Mette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Pia Dreyer, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2025
Fathering a Child With a Progressive Life-Limiting Condition in the Context of Pediatric Palliative Care: A Qualitative Interview Study 2025 Qualitative Health Research - Marianne Sjuls, Liv Fegran, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Anja Nastasja Robstad
Med Meleis på en ungeklinik Sygeplejens superhelte: Sygeplejeteoretikere der styrker klinisk praksis (2. udg.) 2025 - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran
Acceptability of shared medication coordination in social psychiatric residence consultations: A qualitative interview study 2025 BMC Psychiatry - Tina Birkeskov Axelsen, Charlotte Arp Sørensen, Anders Lindelof, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Patient Participation in Home Care: A
Longitudinal Exploration of Experiencing,
Refraining, and Losing Involvement. 2025 Sage Open Nursing - Ove Hellzén, Tove Synnøve Mentsen Ness, Kari Ingstad, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Siri Andreassen Devik
Shared medication coordination in a social psychiatric residence: adaptation to meet local requirements 2025 BMC Psychiatry - Tina Birkeskov Axelsen, Charlotte Arp Sørensen, Anders Lindelof, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2024
Facilitating planned home death: A qualitative study on home care nurses' experiences of enablers and barriers 2024 Journal of Advanced Nursing - Anne Kristine Sørstrøm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ingjerd Gåre Kymre
Adapting to home care in Norway: A longitudinal case study of older Adults' experiences 2024 Journal of Aging Studies - Ove Hellzén, Tove Synnøve Mentsen Ness, Kari Ingstad, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ann Marie Nissen, Siri Andreassen Devik
Kontinuitet i hjemmebaserte tjenester- idealer og realiteter Heltidskultur. Strategisk bemanningsplanlegging for fremtidens helse og omsorgstjeneste 2024 - Kari Ingstad, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Tove Synnøve Mentsen Ness, Ove Hellzén, Ann Marie Nissen, Siri Andreassen Devik
Nurses' experience of nasogastric tube feeding under restraint for Anorexia Nervosa in a psychiatric hospital 2024 BMC Medical Ethics - Berit Støre Brinchmann, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Tove Godskesen
Nursing care to patients who have the home as the preferred place of death: a scoping review 2024 BMC Health Services Research - Anne Kristine Sørstrøm, Ingjerd Gåre Kymre, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Physical Activity Enforces Well-being or Shame in Children and Adolescents With Asthma: A Meta-ethnography 2024 INQUIRY (INQ) - Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran, Anja Nastasja Robstad, Åsa Audulv
Health service provider views on measuring patient involvement in healthcare: an interview study with researchers, clinicians, service managers, and policymakers 2024 BMC Health Services Research - Bente Skovsby Toft, Trine Ellegaard, Berit Kjærside Nielsen, Camilla Blach Rossen, Jens Thusgaard Hørlück, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hilary Louise Bekker, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær
Participation in eHealth Communication Interventions Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: Scoping Review 2024 Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) - Anne Deinboll, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2023
Fathers' experiences of living with a child with a progressive life-limiting condition without curative treatment options: A qualitative systematic review 2023 Journal of Advanced Nursing - Marianne Sjuls, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Anja Nastasja Robstad, Liv Fegran
Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths. A focused ethnography 2023 BMC Palliative Care - Anne Kristine Sørstrøm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ingjerd Gåre Kymre
Time and change: a typology for presenting research findings in qualitative longitudinal research 2023 BMC Medical Research Methodology - Åsa Audulv, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Mona Kyndi Pedersen, Liv Fegran, Elisabeth O. C. Hall, Hanne Aagaard, Anja Nastasja Robstad, Åsa Kneck
Nurses’ and Doctors’ Experiences of Transferring Adolescents or Young Adults With Long-Term Health Conditions From Pediatric to Adult Care: A Metasynthesis 2023 Global Qualitative Nursing Research - Liv Fegran, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Elisabeth OC Hall, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2022
Qualitative Longitudinal Research in Health Research: A Method Study 2022 BMC Medical Research Methodology - Åsa Audulv, Elisabeth O. C. Hall, Åsa Kneck, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Liv Fegran, Mona Kyndi Pedersen, Hanne Aagaard, Kristianna Lund Dam, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Toward Nurses’ Transformative Agency in Transitional Care for Older Adults: A Change-Laboratory Intervention 2022 Global Qualitative Nursing Research - Rikke Buus Bøje, Peter Musaeus, Dorthe Sørensen, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Med Meleis på klinikk for ungdom Sykepleiens superhelter: Sykepleieteoretikere som styrker klinisk praksis 2022 - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran
Measures used to assess interventions for increasing patient involvement in Danish healthcare setting: a rapid review 2022 BMJ Open - Bente Skovsby Toft, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Anne Bendix Andersen, Annette de Thurah, Berit Kjærside Nielsen, Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen, Jens Thusgaard Hørlück, Lisbeth Kallestrup, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Mette Terp Hoybye, Trine Ellegaard, Hilary Louise Bekker
Interventions, Participative Role, Barriers, and Facilitators for Involvement in eHealth Communication for People Undergoing Hemodialysis: Protocol for a Scoping Review 2022 JMIR Research Protocols - Anne Deinboll, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Parents’ experiences of transitioning to home with a very-low-birthweight infant: A meta-ethnography 2022 Journal of Neonatal Nursing - Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth Hall, Åsa Audulv, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Liv Fegran
2021
Med Meleis på ungeklinik Sygeplejens Superhelte. Sygeplejeteoretikere der styrker klinisk praksis 2021 - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran
Experiences of a non-clinical set of adolescents and young adults living with persistent pain: a qualitative metasynthesis 2021 BMJ Open - Liv Fegran, Berit Johannessen, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Thomas Westergren, Magnhild Høie, Åshild Slettebø, Gudrun Elin Rohde, Sølvi Helseth, Kristin Haraldstad
Systemic contradictions as causes to challenges in nurses' transitional care practice: a change laboratory learning intervention 2021 Nurse Education Today - Rikke Buus Bøje, Peter Musaeus, Dorthe Sørensen, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2020
Physical activity experiences of children and adolescents with asthma: a qualitative systematic review protocol 2020 JBI Evidence Synthesis - Thomas Westergren, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Åsa Audulv, Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Mona Kyndi Pedersen, Liv Fegran
The Fluid Intake Appraisal Inventory for low fluid intake among patients on haemodialysis: Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Danish version 2020 Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - Jytte Pahus, Magnus Lindberg, Jeanette Finderup, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Non-formal patient handover education for healthcare professionals: A scoping review 2020 JBI Evidence Synthesis - Rikke Buus Bøje, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Being cross pressured - parents’ experiences of the transfer from paediatric to adult care services for their young people with long term conditions: a systematic review and qualitative research synthesis 2020 International Journal of Nursing Studies - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Thomas Westergren, Hanne Aagaard, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Liv Fegran
Associations between materials used and work-related musculoskeletal hand complaints among haemodialysis nurses 2020 Journal of Renal Care - Eva Westergren, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Magnus Lindberg
Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths:
a scoping review protocol 2020 JBI Evidence Synthesis - Anne Kristine Sørstrøm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ingjerd Gåre Kymre
2019
Prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints among haemodialysis nurses – a comparison between Danish and Swedish samples 2019 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE) - Eva Westergren, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Magnus Lindberg
2018
Significant others’ experience of hospitalized patients’ transfer to home: A systematic review and meta-synthesis 2018 Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Liv Fegran, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Exchanging narratives: A qualitative study of peer support among surgical lung cancer patients 2018 Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) - Britt Borregaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Experiences of living kidney donors during the donation process 2018 Journal of Renal Care - Hanne Agerskov, Claus Bistrup, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Birthe D. Pedersen
Parents´ experiences of neonatal transfer. A meta-study of qualitative research 2000-2017 2018 Nursing Inquiry (NI) - Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Liv Fegran
2017
Relationships between physical activity level and psychosocial and socioeconomic factors and issues in children and adolescents with asthma: A scoping review protocol 2017 The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports - Thomas Westergren, Sveinung Berntsen, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth O. C. Hall, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Yngvar Ommundsen, Liv Fegran
2015
Parents’ experiences of transition when their infants are discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a systematic review protocol 2015 The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports - Hanne Aagaard, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran
2026
Et indblik i sygeplejeteoretikeren Afaf Meleis liv og virke 2026 Klinisk Sygepleje - Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Liv Fegran, Anja Nastasja Robstad, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2023
Issues in digitalization to enhance patient outcomes and patient participation: eHealth communication for people undergoing hemodialysis - existing interventions 2023 14th ACENDIO Conference: Nursing-generated data: predictive analytics and eHealth strategies - Anne Deinboll, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Patient participation in eHealth communication for people
undergoing hemodialysis:
interim results of a scoping review 2023 Phd-conference Science of Professions 2023 - Anne Deinboll, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
2021
Exploring longitudinal qualitative research method using adapted scoping review method: Lessons learnt while conducting research on research 2021 Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Åsa Audulv, Elisabeth O. C. Hall, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Åsa Kneck, Mona Kyndi Pedersen, Hanne Aagaard, Kristianna Lund Dam, Liv Fegran
Effect sizes in qualitative research synthesis: How effect size calculations improve the quality of qualitative research synthesis 2021 Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Elisabeth O. C. Hall, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Hanne Aagaard, Liv Fegran
A meta-aggregative approach to the synthesis of nurses' and physicians' experiences in a health-care contex 2021 Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Liv Fegran, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Per Christer Thomas Westergren, Hanne Aagaard
Healthcare policy-trends in Denmark 2021 ISP conference - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Patientperspektiver - fra klinik til metastudier og retur 2021 Seminar - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Symposium: Analysis and synthesis in systematic reviews – how to capture the quality of qualitative findings. 2021 Nordic conference in nursing research - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran, Hanne Aagaard, Åsa Audulv
2020
Assessment of Revised PhD Thesis. PhD student: Mette Margrethe Løwe Netsey-Afedo. Title of phD thesis: Communicative processes between patients with advanced prostate cancer and health professionals. A phenomenological-hermeneutic study. 2020 Disputas - Frederik Alkier Gildberg, Dagfinn Nåden, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Assessment of PhD Disertation. PhD student Anne Beck. Title of PhD Disertation: From waiting to preparing –
Prehabilitation on cancer patients’ terms 2020 PhD dissertation - Pia Dreyer, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Konradsen
2019
Kvalitative metoder i sygepleje 2019 - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran
Patientsikkerhed og utilsigtede hændelser 2019 - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Jeanette Finderup
2018
Patienten med kronisk sygdom. 2018 - Jeanette Finderup, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Challenges in using meta-study in advancing qualitative evidence. 2018 The Third Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt
2016
Using Sandelowski and Barroso’s qualitative research synthesis in advancing evidence 2016 Second Nordic Conference in Nursing Research: Methods and network for the future - Birger Jarl Hotel and Conference, Stockholm, Sverige - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Elisabeth Hall, Gabriele Meyer, Liv Fegran, Hanne Aagaard, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt
2014
PATIENTOVERFLYTNING: Betydning af en teoretisk tilgang og teori generelt for patientplejen 2014 Sygeplejefestival 2014 - København, Danmark - Elisabeth Hall, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Liv Fegran, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Gabriele Meyer
Patienter og pårørendes oplevelser af overflytning 2014 Sygeplejefestival 2014 - København, Danmark - Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Elisabeth Hall, Liv Fegran, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Gabriele Meyer
2013
Transition in adolescents across time, disease and gender 2013 International Council of Nurses (ICN) Quadrennial Congress: Equity and Access to Health Care - Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Jette Rolf Svanholm
Patients´ experiences of intra –and inter – hospital transitions: a qualitative meta-synthesis 2013 RCN 2013 annual international nursing research conference - Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Hanne Aagaard, Elisabeth Hall, Liv Fegran, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Gabriele Meyer
The experience of transition in adolescents and young adults transferring from paediatric to adult care: a qualitative meta-synthesis 2013 International Council of Nurses (ICN) Quadrennial Congress: Equity and Access to Health Care - - Liv Fegran, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Aagaard, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Elisabeth Hall, Gabriele Meyer
2012
Adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions: Experiences of transition from paediatric to adult care 2012 AUH Forskningssymposium 2012 - Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Danmark - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Aagaard, Liv Fegran, Elisabeth Hall, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt
Becoming parents to an extremely premature infant hospitalized at an intensive care unit 2012 AUH Forskningssymposium 2012 - Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Danmark - Mette Strømfeldt Lind, Hanne Aagaard, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen
Challenges in transitions in healthcare among adolescents with a chronic disease 2012 AUH Forskningssymposium 2012 - Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Danmark - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Aagaard, Jette Rolf Svanholm
2011
Transition from paediatric to adult care: Challenges in a qualitative meta-synthesis study. 2011 International Association for Adolescents Health 16 th European Annual Meeting - Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Liv Fegran, Elisabeth Hall, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Hanne Aagaard
Transition in adolescents across time, disease and gender 2011 Konference International Association for Adolescents Health 16 th European Annual Meeting - Jette Rolf Svanholm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hanne Aagaard