Bilde av Damsgård, Elin
Bilde av Damsgård, Elin
Department of Health and Care Sciences eda000@post.uit.no +4777646216 +47 99 03 82 57 Tromsø

Elin Damsgård


Associate Professor

Job description

Education and Research


  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Bent Martin Eliassen, Marita Melhus, Elin Damsgård, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Physical activity in Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern Norway, the SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey
    BMC Public Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elin Damsgård, Gyrd Thrane, Nils Fleten, Johan Bagge, Tore Sørlie, Audny Anke et al.:
    Persistent pain associated with socioeconomic and personal factors in a Sami and Non-Sami population in Norway: an analysis of SAMINOR 2 survey data
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2020 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Gunn Pettersen et al.:
    Understanding Pain and Pain Management in Elderly Nursing Home Patients Applying an Interprofessional Learning Activity in Health Care Students: A Norwegian Pilot Study
    Pain Management Nursing 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Unn Sollid Manskow, Cathrine Arntzen, Elin Damsgård, Mary Braine, Solrun Sigurdardottir, Nada Andelic et al.:
    Family members’ experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury: a national multicentre study
    BMC Health Services Research 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Unn Sollid Manskow, Oddgeir Friborg, Cecilie Røe, Mary Braine, Elin Damsgård, Audny Anke :
    Patterns of change and stability in caregiver burden and life satisfaction from 1 to 2 years after severe traumatic brain injury: A Norwegian Longitudinal study.
    NeuroRehabilitation (Reading, MA) 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marie Birk Jørgensen, Elin Damsgård, Andreas Holtermann, Audny Anke, Karen Søgaard, Cecilie Røe :
    Properties of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia across Workers with Different Pain Experiences and Cultural Backgrounds: A Rasch Analysis
    Journal of Applied Measurement 2015
  • Unn Sollid Manskow, Solrun Sigurdardottir, Cecilie Røe, Nada Andelic, Toril Skandsen, Elin Damsgård et al.:
    Factors affecting caregiver burden 1 year after severe traumatic brain injury: A prospective nationwide multicenter study
    The journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2015 DOI
  • Cecilie Røe, Elin Damsgård, Terese Fors, Audny Anke :
    Psychometric properties of the pain stages of change questionnaire as evaluated by Rasch analysis in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders
    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2014 ARKIV / DOI
  • Audny Anke, Elin Damsgård, Cecilie Røe :
    Life Satisfaction in subjects with long-term musculoskeletal pain in relation to pain intensity, pain distribution and coping
    Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 16. January 2013 DOI
  • Svanhild Haugnes Waterloo, Anne-Johanne Søgaard, Luai Awad Ahmed, Elin Damsgård, Bente Morseth, Nina Emaus :
    Vertebral fractures and self-perceived health in elderly women and men in a population-based cross-sectional study: the Tromsø Study 2007-08
    BMC Geriatrics 2013 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Elin Damsgård, Anne Dewar, Cecilie Røe, Torunn Hamran :
    Staying active despite pain: Pain beliefs and experiences with activity-related pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain
    Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2011 DOI
  • Terese Fors, Elin Damsgård, Cecilie Røe, Audny Anke :
    Readiness to adopt a self-management approach to pain - Are profiles of subscale scores on the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire useful?
    European Journal of Pain 2010 DOI
  • Elin Damsgård, Gyrd Thrane, Audny Anke, Terese Fors, Cecilie Røe :
    Activity-related pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders
    Disability and Rehabilitation 2010 DOI
  • Cecilie Røe, Elin Damsgård, Stein Knardahl :
    Reliability of bloodflux measurements from the upper trapezius muscle during muscle contractions
    European Journal of Applied Physiology 2008 DOI
  • Elin Damsgård, Terese Fors, Audny Anke, Cecilie Røe :
    The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia; A Rasch analyses of its properties in subjects with low back and more widespread pain
    Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2007
  • Elin Damsgård, Gyrd Thrane, Nils Fleten, Johan Bagge, Audny Anke, Tore Sørlie et al.:
    Persistent Pain in a Sami and Non-Sami Population. A SAMINOR study
    2019
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Bent Martin Eliassen, Marita Melhus, Elin Damsgård :
    Physical activity in Sami and non-Sami populations in Northern Norway - The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey
    2019
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunn Pettersen, Gunnvald Kvarstein et al.:
    Studenter er en ressurs i behandlingen av pasienter med smerteproblemer i sykehjem
    https://blogg.uit.no/helsefak/ 15. May 2018
  • Elin Damsgård :
    Studentprosjekt setter fokus på smertebehandling i sykehjem
    Fagnytt i Nord - fagtidsskrift for Utviklingssenter for sykehjem og hjemmetjenester i Troms 2018
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Beate Hennie Garcia :
    Tverrprofesjonell smerteundervisning - et pilotprosjekt ved Universitetet i Tromsø
    2016
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Beate Hennie Garcia :
    Tverrprofesjonell smerteundervisning
    2016
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Beate Garcia :
    Interprofessional Pain Education in a Nursing Home Setting
    2016
  • Elin Damsgård, Hege Solgård, Karin Johannessen, Katrine Wennevold, Gunnvald Kvarstein :
    Tverrprofesjonell smertebehandling, studenterfaringer
    2016
  • Elin Damsgård :
    Chronic Pain in Norway. Prevalence and Access to Rehabilitation
    2014
  • Marie Birk Jørgensen, Elin Damsgård, Audny Anke, Karen Søgård, Cecilie Røe :
    Presentation “Kinesiophobia- does pain level and distribution matter? A Rash analysis of the Tampa scale”
    2012
  • Elin Damsgård, Cecilie Røe, Torunn Hamran, Audny Anke :
    Activity related pain in patients with musculoskeletal disorders
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2010
  • Elin Damsgård, Gyrd Thrane, Audny Anke, Terese Fors, Cecilie Røe :
    The relationship between fear of movement/8re)injury and increased pain during exercise and activities of daily life
    2007

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    Research interests

    Chronic pain; epidemiology and subjective experiences.

    Education in pain management 

    Methods in pain research and education

     

     

     

    Teaching

    General nursing of the adult patient to undergraduate nursing students .

    Pain assessment and management. 

    Interprofessional undergraduate classes in health related ethics, communication and academic writing.


    CV

    2010 PhD Health Science

    2004 Masters Degree Health Science

    1997 Mental Health Nursing

    1994 Political Science

    1997 Pedagogical education

    1983 Intensiv Care Nursing 

    1979 Bachelor, Nursing