Kerstin Ekbom
Anknuten till Forskning | Docent
E-postadress: kerstin.ekbom@ki.se
ö: ALB, Q2:05, 17176 Stockholm
Postadress: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 Barnendokrinologi Nordenström, 171 77 Stockholm
Om mig
- I am an associate professor of Paediatric Care Science and a member of Anna
Nordenströms “ Paediatric endocrinology research group” Department of
Women’s and Children’s Health at KI.
I perform research in patients living with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
(CAH). My focus is to improve quality of life, adherence and knowledge in
children, adolescents and adults with CAH.
I am also a paediatric nurse specialist and have worked for approximately 20
years with paediatric endocrinology at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital,
Karolinska University Hospital in Solna and Huddinge (KS).
Postgraduated in Anesthesia & Intensive care (1986) and in Paediatric Nursing
(2005).
PhD in Medical Science, Intravenous access in distressed children, Karolinska
Institutet Department of CLINTEC, year 2011.
Post doc position Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, 2017.
Associate Professor, year 2021.
Forskningsbeskrivning
- The overall focus of my research is to study which impact different factors
have on quality of life and the impact of adherence, knowledge and
self-management in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
Thereafter to clarify associations between adherence, self-care and quality
of life overtime with a special focus on gender differences.
Ongoing projects:
* Relationship between treatment therapy, adherence and quality of life in
patients with CAH
* Relationship between the capacity to produce epinephrine and stress
vulnerability in patient with different severity of CAH
* Follow up study of play-behavior during childhood in women with CAH
Undervisning
- Caring science in paediatric endocrinology advanced degree at Karolinska
Institutet.
Basic statistic in Medical Science, Quantitative Methods.
Artiklar
- Article: ENDOCRINE PRACTICE. 2023;29(4):266-271
- Article: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2022;96(5):666-679
- Article: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2021;94(5):753-764
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2020;30(12):4911-4918
- Article: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;19:100592
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(10):e0240030
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. 2019;55(7):809-818
- Article: SURGERY FOR OBESITY AND RELATED DISEASES. 2018;14(8):1157-1162
- Article: PAIN RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2017;2017:1793241-7
- Article: LANCET DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2017;5(3):174-183
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(2):304-311
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2017;27(2):330-337
- Article: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2017;88(2):140-146
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(10):1192-1197
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2016;55(2):781-792
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2014;103(4):418-425
- Article: SEMINARS IN PEDIATRIC SURGERY. 2014;23(1):11-16
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2012;36(11):1388-1395
- Article: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2012;77(5):309-319
- Article: ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE. 2011;165(9):785-791
- Article: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2007;51(3):290-293
- Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2005;90(10):1073-1076
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Alla övriga publikationer
- Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(4):847-848
- Doctoral thesis: 2011
- Letter: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2008;52(4):573-574
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- Anknuten till Forskning, Kvinnors och barns hälsa, ̽ѡ, 2023-2025
Examina och utbildning
- Docent, vårdvetenskap, ̽ѡ, 2021
- Specialistsjuksköterskeexamen, ̽ѡ, 2012
- Medicine Doktorsexamen, Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, ̽ѡ, 2011