Anna Nager's research
My research is strongly rooted in family medicine and spans psychiatric illnesses, respiratory diseases, and informatics in primary care.
Research Focus
My current research focus is relational continuity of care in primary care. I am the principal supervisor for a doctoral project within the PRAXIS study that examines the importance of relational continuity in primary care for two common chronic diseases: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The PRAXIS study is a longitudinal study in which data on patients with asthma and COPD have been collected on several occasions since 2005 from several regions (Uppsala, Gävleborg, Örebro, Dalarna, Värmland, Västmanland, Sörmland, and Stockholm), both in primary care and in hospitals. The PRAXIS study includes patient surveys and medical record data that are linked to national registers, such as the Swedish National Patient Register, the Prescribed Drug Register, and the Cause of Death Register. This data enables a unique and detailed analysis of relational continuity of care in primary care.
Kontakt
Anna Nager
DocentCollaborators and Researchers
The research is conducted together with researchers in the PRAXIS study.
Funding
Region Stockholm provides the doctoral student’s salary (research residency position), as well as Sjukhusläkarna.
Selected publications
High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden.
Öfverholm T, Hasselgren M, Lisspers K, Nager A, Eliason G, Giezeman M, Janson C, Kisiel MA, Montgomery S, Ställberg B, Sundh J, Sandelowsky H
Scand J Prim Health Care 2025 Jul;():1-10
High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden.
Öfverholm T, Hasselgren M, Lisspers K, Nager A, Eliason G, Giezeman M, Janson C, Kisiel MA, Montgomery S, Ställberg B, Sundh J, Sandelowsky H
Scand J Prim Health Care 2025 Jul;():1-10
Oneyear longitudinal study on biomarkers of blood-brain barrier permeability in COVID-19 patients.
Wallensten J, Havervall S, Power Y, Åsberg M, Borg K, Nager A, Thålin C, Mobarrez F
Sci Rep 2024 Sep;14(1):22735
Risk Factors Associated with Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Patients with Mild Asthma Without Preventer Treatment, a Cross-Sectional Study.
Eriksson S, Giezeman M, Hasselgren M, Janson C, Kisiel MA, Montgomery S, Nager A, Sandelowsky H, Ställberg B, Sundh J, Lisspers K
J Asthma Allergy 2024 ;17():621-632
Differences in psychiatric comorbidity patterns in patients diagnosed with chronic stress-induced exhaustion disorder and depression - A cohort study in the total population of Region Stockholm.
Wallensten J, Ljunggren G, Nager A, Wachtler C, Petrovic P, Carlsson AC
J Affect Disord 2024 Apr;351():765-773