Åldrande och hälsa – Karin Modigs forskargrupp

Vi studerar hur livslängd och hälsa förändras tillsammans och parallellt, samt det övergripande sjukdomspanoramat för den åldrande befolkningen. Vårt övergripande mål är att öka kunskapen om åldrandeprocessen, utvecklingen av förväntad livslängd i förhållande till total förväntad livslängd och potentiella konsekvenser för samhället. Det kommer i bättre förberedelse inför den femte epidemiologiska transitionen som för närvarande äger rum.

En del av:
Karin Modigs forskargrupp, IMM

Vår forskning

Vår forskning handlar om åldrande ur ett befolkningsperspektiv. Vi studerar livslängd, hur gamla människor kan bli, vad som har drivit ökningen av livslängd under de senaste decennierna, hur hälsan har utvecklats parallellt med den ökande livslängden, liksom konsekvenserna av en åldrande befolkning för individer, för anhöriga, för vården och för samhället i stort. Vi bedriver i huvudsak epidemiologiska studier, men arbetar nära demografi, sociologi, klinisk medicin och omvårdnad. 

Vår forskning bygger i huvudsak på longitudinella data om diagnoser och vårdutnyttjande från primärvård och specialistvård, liksom från läkemedelsanvändning, förskrivning av hjälpmedel, och social omsorg. Även enkätstudier och kvalitativa studier förekommer.

Vi värnar om en öppen dialog och samarbete. Vi har många samarbetspartners i våra projekt, både i Sverige och internationellt. Hör gärna av dig till forskargruppledare Karin Modig om du vill diskutera mer. 

Mer information om forskningen finns under fliken Projekt.

Publikationer

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Finansiering

Forskningsbidrag

  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2023 - 30 June 2026
    Dementia is a major public health problem not only for affected individuals but also their families. In Sweden, care for people with dementia is regulated by national guidelines. However, previous research as well as an evaluation by the National Board of Health and Welfare have pointed to limited adherence to these guidelines with regards to both diagnostic processes and provided care. The National Board of Health and Welfare identifies several areas for improvement, two of which are addressed in this application: better conditions for people with dementia in primary care and a need for more qualitative data describing the content and quality of provided care.Primary care is often the first point of contact with health care and plays a key role both in the diagnostic process and in the provision and coordination of care for older people with dementia. Yet, there is little research on primary care for older people with dementia in Sweden. One reason is the lack of a primary care register at the national level.With the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods, this project aims to explore barriers to dementia diagnosis in primary care as well as the extent to which dementia is underdiagnosed in primary but also specialist care in different population subgroups. Furthermore, we aim to explore co-morbidity at the time of dementia diagnosis across the population and whether older individuals’ health is related to specified dementia diagnoses.Our project aims to examine to which extent people with dementia and their relatives have similar views on dementia care as care providers, specifically general practitioners, nurses, and home care staff. We will describe care trajectories for people with a diagnosis of dementia and how they vary across population groups. We know that family members play an important role in the care of older people. Therefore, we aim to highlight older people without close relatives and examine to which extent formal care for older people succeeds in compensating for the potential lack of informal support.The project is based on a large register database with national coverage for specialist care, and regional coverage for primary care. This is complemented by focus group discussions with healthcare providers, and individual interviews with people with dementia and their relatives. The research team includes a general practitioner, nurses, ageing epidemiologists, behavioral scientists and qualitative researchers.
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024
  • Swedish Research Council
    1 December 2020 - 31 December 2022
  • Swedish Research Council
    1 December 2019 - 31 December 2023
  • The Ageing Population – explanations, consequences and future perspectives.
    Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
    1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
  • Making the care process more effective and improving the prognosis among hip fracture patients.
    Familjen Kamprads Stiftelse
    1 January 2019 - 31 December 2022
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2017 - 31 December 2022
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
  • Resebidrag: Deltagande i International Society for Intelligence Research Conference, Madrid, December 17-19, 2009
    Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 November 2009 - 31 January 2010

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Projekt

  • Hundraåringar   
  • Fall och frakturer  
  • Osteoporos  
  • Hjärtsvikt och förmaksflimmer  
  • Demens 
  • Covid 19 
  • Vård och omsorg för äldre personer 
Nyckelord:
Benskörhet Demens Epidemiologi Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin Förmaksflimmer Visa alla
Anna Persson
2025-09-04