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Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Chair of research and development in Childrens nursing
Location
Eirberg / EIR-316
Phone
525 - 4973
8613128
Email
gkrist [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gudrun_Kristjansdottir
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-7687
Research portal – Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
HJÚ0AJF - Nursing care of children and families I: Health care systems and the health and illness of children
HJÚ427G - Nursing Care of Children
HJÚ435G - Clinical nursing Care of Children
HJÚ715G - Nursing Care of Children and Families
Published works
2023
Parental Access to Healthcare following Paediatric Surgery—The Precarious Role of Parents as Providers of Care in the Home
Children
The long‐term impact of COVID‐19 on nursing: An e‐panel discussion from the International Network for Child and Family Centred Care
Journal of Clinical Nursing
2022
Svefnlengd íslenskra grunnskólanema
Netla
2021
Movement and Physical Activity in Early Childhood Education and Care Policies of Five Nordic Countries
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020
Sociodemographic and health status predictors of parental role strain: A general population study
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Living with the Memories—Parents’ Experiences of Their Newborn Child Undergoing Heart Surgery Abroad: A Qualitative Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
A systematic integrative review of parents' experience and perception of sleep when they stay overnight in the hospital together with their sick children.
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Bullying, health complaints, and self-rated health among school-aged children and adolescents
Journal of International Medical Research
2019
Bullying and pain in school-aged children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study.
Sage Open Nursing
Bullying, pain and analgesic use in school-age children
Acta Paediatrica
2017
PEARL-Pain in Early Life A New Network for Research and Education
Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing
Bullying in School-aged Children in Iceland: A Cross-sectional Study.
Journal of pediatric nursing
Retinal oximetry measures systemic hypoxia in central nervous system vessels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Plos One
2015
Response to the letter to the editor: Venous oxygen saturation is reduced and variable in central retinal vein occlusion
Graefes Archive For Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Venous oxygen saturation is reduced and variable in central retinal vein occlusion
Graefes Archive For Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
2012
Bodily Deviations and Body Image in Adolescence
Youth & Society
2011
Randomized clinical trial of musical distraction with and without headphones for adolescents' immunization pain
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2010
The relationship between eating habits and sleeping habits
European Journal of Public Health
Trends in weekly pains among Icelandic schoolchildren
European Journal of Public Health
Parental support and control and adolescent alcohol use
European Journal of Public Health
Health and wellbeing of adult Icelanders following the loss of a loved one
European Journal of Public Health
2007
A clinical case study of a participation intervention method for burn dressing change in two children
BURNS
2006
Sociodemographic variations in parental role strain: Results from a national general population survey
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2005
The sensitivity of the premature infant pain profile - PIPP to measure pain in hospitalized neonates
JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
2004
Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
2003
Who owns the child in hospital? A preliminary discussion
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
Gender differences in physical activity in older children and adolescents: the central role of organized sport
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
2002
Risk factors of back pain frequency in schoolchildren: a search for explanations to a public health problem
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
2001
Nursing and health care in Iceland.
Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
Sociodemographic differences in patterns of sedentary and physically active behavior in older children and adolescents
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
2000
Familial aggregation and pain theory relating to recurrent pain experiences in children
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
1998
Factors associated with suicide ideation in adults
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
1997
Prevalence of pain combinations and overall pain: A study of headache, stomach pain and back pain among school-children
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL MEDICINE
The relationship between pains and various discomforts in schoolchildren
CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH
1996
Sociodemographic differences in the prevalence of self-reported stomach pain in school children
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Prevalence of self-reported back pain in school children: A study of sociodemographic differences
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
1995
PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE OF NEEDS EXPRESSED BY PARENTS OF HOSPITALIZED 2-YEAR-OLDS TO 6-YEAR-OLDS
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES
1993
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-REPORTED HEADACHE IN ICELANDIC SCHOOLCHILDREN
HEADACHE
1991
The importance of an introduction to scientific methodology and research evaluation in the nursing curriculum: an Icelandic experience.
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
A study of the needs of parents of hospitalized 2- to 6-year-old children.
Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing
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