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Katharina Schmidt-Mende

Katharina Schmidt-Mende

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels All茅 23, 14183 Huddinge
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, v氓rdvetenskap och samh盲lle, H1 Allm盲nmedicin och prim盲rv氓rd, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am general practitioner and specialist in internal medicine and work clinically in home health care. Since 2022, I am post doc at the Academic primary health care centre, region Stockholm, with affiliation to the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of family Medicine and Primary Care.

    The driving force in my scientific and clinical work is the idea of equal and high-quality care for patients who have difficulties to make themselves heard. One such group is frail older adults with multimorbidity living at home, whom I care for as a general practitioner in primary care. Research in this population is sparse. Frail older people are generally excluded from randomized trials, leading to a significant mismatch between guidelines and their applicability in this patient group. My scientific research and clinical practice are interconnected, with research questions often emerging from my clinical experiences.

    Since September 2018, I have been chairing an interdisciplinary research team (Hampus group, 8 members) together with Prof Lars L Gustafsson. Hampus group currently consists of both senior and junior researchers and has expertise in primary care, emergency care, nursing, qualitative methodology, clinical pharmacology, teaching, pedagogical research and digital decision support. Group members are affiliated to Academic Primary health care center, the Divisions of Family Medicine and Primary Care and Nursing at the Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society, and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at Department of Laboratory Medicine and Healthcare Services Board at either Region Stockholm or 探花精选.

    We have established national and international collaboration with
    1. Associate professor Karin Modig at Institute of Environmental Medicine
    2. Prof of General Practice Bruce Guthrie, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
    3. Associate professor Christoffel Kuenen, Ume氓 Institute of Design, Ume氓 university

Research

  • To foster a culture of respectful aging by:

     

    understanding and improving the quality of care of older people with multimorbidity in the context of primary care, including to design and pilot a care model to reduce emergency care in this population

     

    exploring the evidence of treatment approaches that consider multimorbidity instead of single disease

     

    understanding factors that promote longevity

Teaching

  • "How to perform medication reviews"
    "Inappropriate drug use in older primary care patients - the clinical perspective"
    "Working in home health care - clinical perspective"
    "How to write a systematic literature review"

Articles

  • Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2025;8(2):e2461117
    Ding M; Schmidt-Mende K; Modig K
  • Article: JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK. 2025;67(6):841-860
    Bergqvist M; Bastholm-Rahmner P; Modig K; Gustafsson LL; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Article: BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS. 2024;24(1):581
    Ding M; Schmidt-Mende K; Carrero J-J; Engstrom G; Hammar N; Modig K
  • Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2024;45:101029
    Ding M; Ek S; Aho E; Jonsson L; Schmidt-Mende K; Modig K
  • Article: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;:1-11
    Zhang Y; Murata S; Schmidt-Mende K; Ebeling M; Modig K
  • Article: NURSING ETHICS. 2024;:9697330241268923
    Wachtler C; Bergqvist M; Bastholm-Rahmner P; Gustafsson LL; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2024;24(1):350
    Bastholm-Rahmner P; Bergqvist M; Modig K; Gustafsson LL; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2024;24(1):312
    Schmidt-Mende K; Arvinge C; Cioffi G; Gustafsson LL; Modig K; Meyer AC
  • Article: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;46(2):1693-1702
    Murata S; Ebeling M; Meyer AC; Schmidt-Mende K; Hammar N; Modig K
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 2024;42(1):91-100
    Wachtler C; Bergqvist M; Holmgren K; Mannheimer S; Bastholm-Rahmner P; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Journal article: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;46(2):1693-1702
    Murata S; Ebeling M; Meyer AC; Schmidt-Mende K; Hammar N; Modig K
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING. 2023;18(1):e12498
    Bergqvist M; Bastholm-Rahmner P; Gustafsson LL; Holmgren K; Veg A; Wachtler C; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Article: BJGP OPEN. 2022;6(2):BJGPO.2021.0181
    Mannheimer S; Bergqvist M; Bastholm-Rahmner P; Gustafsson LL; Veg A; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 2020;38(3):330-339
    Schmidt-Mende K; Andersen M; Wettermark B; Hasselstrom J
  • Article: BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY. 2019;124(3):256-265
    Schmidt-Mende K; Wettermark B; Andersen M; Elsevier M; Carrero J-J; Shemeikka T; Hasselstrom J
  • Article: BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY. 2019;124(1):62-73
    Ivanova I; Elseviers M; Wettermark B; Mende KS; Vander Stichele R; Christiaens T
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 2018;36(3):329-341
    Schmidt-Mende K; Hasselstrom J; Wettermark B; Andersen M; Bastholm-Rahmner P
  • Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2017;26(11):1347-1356
    Schmidt-Mende K; Andersen M; Wettermark B; Hasselstr枚m J
  • Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2017;32(suppl_3):iii13
    Gasparini A; Wettermark B; Schmidt-Mende K; Evans M; Qureshi AR; Barany P; Elinder C-G; Carrero J-J
  • Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(22):1105-1107
    Schmidt-Mende K; Hasselstr枚m J

All other publications

  • Book chapter: DRUG UTILIZATION RESEARCH. 2024;p. 321-330
    Denig P; Schmidt鈥怣ende K
  • Corrigendum: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;46(2):2793-2794
    Murata S; Ebeling M; Meyer AC; Schmidt-Mende K; Hammar N; Modig K
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
    Schmidt-Mende K; Arvinge C; Cioffi G; Gustafsson L; Modig K; Meyer A
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
    Bastholm-Rahmner P; Bergqvist M; Modig K; Gustafsson L-L; Schmidt-Mende K
  • Doctoral thesis: 2019
    Schmidt-Mende K
  • Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2017;32:13
    Gasparini A; Wettermark B; Schmidt-Mende K; Evans M; Qureshi AR; Barany P; Elinder C-G; Carrero J-J
  • Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2016;25:379-380
    Schmidt-Mende K; Andersen M; Wettermark B; Hasselstrom J
  • Conference publication: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 2014;76(6):513
    Schmidt-Mende K
  • Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2012;21:30
    Schmidt-Mende K; Wettermark B; Andersen M; Hasselstrom J

Grants

  • Prevention of emergency visits among frail older patients in primary care - development of a complex intervention in Swedish healthcare (P)
    Centrum f枚r innovativ medicin CIMED
    1 January 2025 - 31 December 2027
  • Swedish Research Council
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
  • Does primary care follow drug treatment recommendations in older multi-diseased heart failure patients, and does it make a difference? A mixed-methods project in Swedish primary care
    ALF Region Stockholm
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2025
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
  • PhD grant:
    Does primary care follow drug treatment recommendations in older multi-diseased heart failure patients, and does it make a difference? A mixed-methods project in Swedish primary care
    8 October 2023 - 31 October 2029
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2023 - 30 June 2026
  • PhD grant: Potentially preventable emergency department visits in frail older patients in Region Stockholm: trigger factors and variation between primary care practices
    1 October 2022 - 31 October 2028
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024
  • Why and how often do older home care patients need emergency care, and how may it be prevented? A mixed-methods project in Region Stockholm
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    1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 探花精选, 2024-2026
  • Specialist in General Practice, Stockholm Health Care Services, 2009-2012

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, General Medicine, 探花精选, 2025
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 探花精选, 2019
  • Specialist in Internal Medicine, Socialstyrelsen, 2009

Distinction and awards

  • Stipendium, Awarded 700.000 SEK over 4 years as PI, 2021-2025, King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria鈥檚 Masonic Foundation for Aging Research (Kung Gustaf V och Drottning Victorias Frimurarstiftelse f枚r 氓ldersforskning), 2021

Supervision

  • Anna-Kathleen Piereth, The consequences of disease prevention for population-level trends in health and mortality in Sweden and other low-mortality countries, 2024
  • Yuge Chang, Determinants of- and pathways to an exceptionally long life. Analyses of centenarians and non-centenarians in relation to biomarkers, health profiles and disease trajectories., 2023
  • Eric Chen, How are heart failure patients diagnosed and treated in primary care? To what extent are treatment recommendations followed for older multi-diseased heart failure patients? A mixed-methods project in Swedish primary care, 2023
  • Hanna Bring, Potentially preventable emergency department visits in frail older patients in Region Stockholm: trigger factors and variations between primary care practices, 2022

Visiting research fellowships

  • Clinical postdoc funded by KI and Region Stockholm (SLSO:s FoUU- kommitt茅). Topic: Prevention of emergency department visits among frail older patients in primary care 鈥 a complex intervention in Swedish healthcare., Stockholm region, 2023-2025

Conference/event participation

  • Invited speaker, Hj盲rt lung dagen, , V氓gar vi s盲tta ut preventiva l盲kemedel hos sk枚ra 盲ldre?, 2025
  • Invited speaker, Hj盲rt-lung dagen, N盲r evidensen styr finns ingen polyfarmaci鈥, 2024

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