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Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir - Professor

Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir

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School of Health Sciences

Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir

Professor

Professor

Email
sgunn [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

Professional Experience

2012 - , Chief Nursing Officer, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland
2017 - , Professor, University of Iceland
2005 - 2012, Faculty Chairman of Oncology Nursing, Landspítali - University hospital
2005 - 2009, Assistant Professor. University of Iceland, Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland
2003 - 2005, Research Specialist, Landspítali - University hospital
2003 - 2005, Research Specialist., Landspítali - University hospital
1998 - 2003, Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin
2003 - 2003, Research Specialist Institute of Nursing Research, University of Iceland
2001 - 2001, Nurse, Oncology and Hematology, Landspítali - University hospital
1997 - 1998, Nurse. Oncology and Hematology, General Surgery, and Emergency Room, Landspítali - University hospital

Published works

2024

Krabbameinsskráning á Íslandi í 70 árLæknablaðið
Supportive Digital Health Service During Cancer ChemotherapyJMIR Formative Research
Spá um nýgengi og algengi krabbameina á Íslandi til ársins 2040Læknablaðið

2022

Hjúkrun - grunnstoð heilbrigðiskerfisinsTímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga

2018

Effects of web-based interventions on cancer patients’ symptomsSupportive Care in Cancer

2017

Determinants of Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain among Nurses in a University HospitalPain Management Nursing
The effectiveness of the Pain Resource Nurse Program to improve pain management in the hospital settingInternational Journal of Nursing Studies
A multicenter study of attitudinal barriers to cancer pain managementSupportive Care in Cancer
Spiritual well-being and quality of life among Icelanders receiving palliative careEuropean Journal of Cancer Care
Patients' experiences with multiple myelomaOncology Nursing Forum

2016

Quality Pain Management in Adult Hospitalized PatientsNursing Forum
Psychometric properties of the icelandic version of the revised edmonton symptom assessment scaleJournal of Pain and Symptom Management
Changes in attitudes, practices and barriers among oncology health care professionals regarding sexual health careEuropean Journal of Oncology Nursing

2015

Chronic pain-related patient-provider communication:Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Quality Pain Management in the Hospital Setting from the Patient's PerspectivePain Practice
Quality Pain Management Practices in a University HospitalPain Management Nursing
Gender differences in chronic pain related health care utilizationScandinavian Journal of Pain
Symptoms and functional status of palliative care patients in IcelandBritish Journal of Nursing

2014

In the shadow of deathThe journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC
The relationship between chronic pain pattern, interference with life and health-related quality of life in a nationwide community samplePain Management Nursing
Out of the depthsStudia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology
Evaluating the quality of pain management in a hospital settingPain Management Nursing

2013

Health care utilization in chronic painScandinavian Journal of Pain
Validation of the patients' perceived involvement in care scale among patients with chronic painScandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
"To Cherish Each Day as it Comes"Supportive Care in Cancer
Pain and other symptoms and their relationship to quality of life in cancer patients on opioidsQuality of Life Research

2012

The psychometric properties of the Icelandic version of the Distress Thermometer and Problem ListPsycho-Oncology
Is health related quality of life related to the pattern of chronic pain?Scandinavian Journal of Pain

2011

Systematic Review of Interventions Aimed at Nurses to Improve Pain Management.Vard i Norden
Forprófun á mælitæki til að meta þekkingu og viðhorf hjúkrunarfræðinga til verkja og verkjameðferðar.Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Family members of cancer patientsActa Oncologica

2010

Quality of life and symptoms of anxiety and depression of patients receiving cancer chemotherapyCancer Nursing
A population based study of the prevalence of pain in IcelandScandinavian Journal of Pain

2009

Identification as an organizational anchorEuropean Journal of Social Psychology

2008

Attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management in the Icelandic populationCancer Nursing
A Randomized Trial of a Representational Intervention to Decrease Cancer Pain (RIDcancerPain)Health Psychology

2007

An update on the representational approach to patient educationJournal of Nursing Scholarship

2006

Important needs of families in acute and palliative care settings assessed with the Family Inventory of NeedsPalliative Medicine

2005

Patient-related barriers to pain managementJournal of Pain and Symptom Management

2003

Conducting intervention research through the Cancer Information ServiceOncology Nursing Forum
Interventions to overcome clinician- and patient-related barriers to pain managementNursing Clinics of North America

2002

Patient-related barriers to pain managementPain

2000

Nurses should not foster enduring pain in elderly patients.Oncology Nursing Forum
No justified use of placebos for pain.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau

1989

Cultural and electronmicroscopic studies of the effect of penicillin on tolerant oral streptococciJournal of Medical Microbiology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Oncology Nursing