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Anna Duberg

Title: Affiliated Researcher School/office: School of Health Sciences

Email: anna.duberg@oru.se

Phone: +46 720 831129

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Research subject

Nursing Science

Research environments

FAMN - The child, the family, the caring system and the society

About Anna Duberg

Affiliated researcher at the School of Health Sciences at Örebro University and research supervisor at the University Healthcare Research Center, Region Örebro County. Anna is a physiotherapist in child and adolescent psychiatry and currently also works as an innovation coach in the Innovation Team, Region Örebro County. Dissertation in 2016 and her thesis highlights how participation in dance intervention can affect the health for teenage girls with internalizing problems. The method "Dance for Health" was developed in Social Impact Lab, Örebro University och has become widespread nationally and is today implemented in several cities over Sweden.

Current research studies (intervention studies):

The Dance Project - Dance for adolescent girls with stressrelated problems. RCT.
Just in TIME study - dance & yoga for girls 9-13 y/o with functional abdominal pain and IBS. RCT.
SWAN study - Structured Water Dance for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disability. Randomized crossover design.
DigiYoga CaRe- Digital Yoga Intervention in Cancer Rehabilitation. Breast cancer. Effect on fatigue, systemic inflammation and activity. RCT.
InMotion - Creative physical training as part of treatment for adults with schizophrenia. RCT.
ReActivate - Intervention with graded physical activity for youth 12-16 y/o with pain and mental health illness. SCED-design.

Active projects

Research teams

Just in TIME - promoting health of young people

Publications

Articles in journals | Articles, reviews/surveys | Chapters in books | Conference papers | Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Philipson, A. , Duberg, A. , Hagberg, L. , Högström, S. , Lindholm, L. , Möller, M. & Ryen, L. (2023). The Cost-Effectiveness of a Dance and Yoga Intervention for Girls with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders. PharmacoEconomics - open.
Högström, S. , Philipson, A. , Ekstav, L. , Eriksson, M. , Fagerberg, U. L. , Falk, E. , Möller, M. , Sandberg, E. & et al. (2022). Dance and Yoga Reduced Functional Abdominal Pain in Young Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial. European Journal of Pain, 26 (2), 336-348.
Ohlsson-Nevo, E. , Arvidsson Lindvall, M. , Hellerstedt Börjeson, S. , Hagberg, L. , Hultgren Hörnquist, E. , Valachis, A. , Wickberg, Å. & Duberg, A. (2022). Digitally distributed Yoga Intervention in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation (DigiYoga CaRe): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 12 (11).
Lundqvist, L. , Frank, A. & Duberg, A. (2022). Effects of the Structured Water Dance Intervention (SWAN) on muscular hypertonia in adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Scientific Reports, 12 (1).
Areskoug Sandberg, E. , Duberg, A. , Lorenzon Fagerberg, U. , Mörelius, E. & Särnblad, S. (2022). Saliva Cortisol in Girls With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Dance and Yoga Intervention. Frontiers in Pediatrics , 10.
Lundqvist, L. , Matérne, M. , Frank, A. , Mörelius, E. & Duberg, A. (2022). Salivary cortisol levels and stress in adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities participating in the Structured Water Dance Intervention: a randomised controlled crossover trial. Scientific Reports, 12 (1).
Matérne, M. , Frank, A. , Lundqvist, L. & Duberg, A. (2022). Structured water dance intervention for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disability: Development and description of the method. Dance Articulated, 8 (1), 7-26.
Sandberg, E. , Möller, M. , Särnblad, S. , Appelros, P. & Duberg, A. (2021). Dance intervention for adolescent girls: Effects on daytime tiredness, alertness and school satisfaction. A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies, 26, 505-514.
Granberg, A. , Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Duberg, A. (2021). Navigating change - managers' experience of implementation processes in disability health care: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1).
Philipson, A. , Särnblad, S. , Ekstav, L. , Eriksson, M. , Fagerberg, U. , Möller, M. , Mörelius, E. & Duberg, A. (2020). An Intervention With Dance and Yoga for Girls With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (Just in TIME): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9 (12).
Duberg, A. (2020). Dansintervention för att stärka psykisk hälsa hos tonårsflickor. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 97 (5-6), 878-887.
Lundqvist, L. , Matérne, M. , Granberg, A. , Frank, A. , Arvidsson, P. & Duberg, A. (2020). Structured Water Dance Intervention (SWAN) for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: study protocol. Heliyon, 6 (7).
Duberg, A. , Jutengren, G. , Hagberg, L. & Möller, M. (2020). The effects of a dance intervention on somatic symptoms and emotional distress in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of international medical research, 48 (2).
PERJÉS, B. , PREMUSZ, V. , Möller, M. , NAGY, A. & Duberg, A. (2017). HOW CAN DANCE INTERVENTION BECOME A WAY OFSTRESSMANAGEMENT BETWEEN YOUNG GIRLS?. European Journal of Sports Medicine, 5 (Sup. 1), 85-86.
Duberg, A. , Möller, M. & Sunvisson, H. (2016). "I feel free": Experiences of a dance intervention for adolescent girls with internalizing problems. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 11.
Philipsson, A. , Duberg, A. , Möller, M. & Hagberg, L. (2013). Cost-utility analysis of a dance intervention for adolescent girls with internalizing problems. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 11 (1), 4.
Duberg, A. , Möller, M. & Taube, J. (2013). Dans kan ge unga skydd mot psykisk ohälsa. Läkartidningen, 110 (36), 1539-1541.
Duberg, A. , Hagberg, L. , Sunvisson, H. & Möller, M. (2013). Influencing self-rated health among adolescent girls with dance intervention: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA pediatrics, 167 (1), 27-31.
Duberg, A. & Möller, K. (2013). Influencing Self-rated Health AmongAdolescent Girls With Dance Intervention. Clinical Health Promotion, 3 (Sup.), 67-67.
Duberg, A. , Philipsson, A. , Hagberg, L. , Sunvisson, H. & Möller, M. (2012). Adolescent girls with internalizing problems: Can dance intervention improve health? A randomized, controlled trial with cost-utility analysis. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15 (Suppl. 1), S345-S346.
Duberg, A. (2012). Something about the dance. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166 (11), 1037-1044.

Articles, reviews/surveys

Högström, S. & Duberg, A. (2022). Just In TIME: Dans och yoga för flickor med functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPD). En randomiserad studie. SENS: om smärta och sensorisk stimulering, 23 (1), 9-10.

Chapters in books

Duberg, A. (2018). Dans: en insats som stärker psykisk hälsa. In: Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Maria Westvall, Skapande och integration (pp. 57-74). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Duberg, A. & Taube, J. (2015). Dans som skydd mot psykisk ohälsa. In: Eva Bojner Horwitz, Christer Hogstedt, Pelle Wistén, Töres Theorell, Kultur och Folkhälsa: antologi om forskning och praktik (pp. 209-218). Hägersten: Tolvnitton förlag.
Duberg, A. (2014). Kravlös dans: en stärkande aktivitet för ungas hälsa. In: Eva Bojner Horwitz, Kulturhälsoboxen: Dansboken (pp. 33-43). . Gothia Förlag AB.

Conference papers

Högström, S. , Philipson, A. , Ekstav, L. , Eriksson, M. , Fagerberg, U. , Falk, E. , Möller, M. , Sandberg, E. & et al. (2021). Dance and Yoga Reduced Functional Abdominal Pain in Young Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Paper presented at Fysioterapi 2021, [DIGITAL], October 19-20, 2021.
Högström, S. , Philipson, A. , Ekstav, L. , Eriksson, M. , Fagerberg, U. , Falk, E. , Möller, M. , Sandberg, E. & et al. (2021). Dance and yoga reduced functional abdominal pain in young girls: A randomized controlled trial. In: Johanna Hulldin, Örebro University’s Nobel Day Festivities Book of abstracts, 2021. Paper presented at Örebro University’s Nobel Day Festivities, Örebro, [DIGITAL], December 9, 2021. (pp. 13-13). Örebro University.
Duberg, A. (2021). Dans för Hälsa: en forskningsbaserad insats. Paper presented at Barnrättsdagarna, Digitalt, 14-15 september, 2021.
Högström, S. , Duberg, A. & Svantesson, M. (2021). Parents’ experiences of how their daughters, with recurrent abdominal pain, were influenced by participating in an intervention study with dance and yoga. Paper presented at European Paediatric Psychology Conference 2021, Stockholm [DIGITAL], October 4-6, 2021.
Philipsson, A. , Sandberg, E. , Högström, S. , Eriksson, M. , Särnblad, S. , Ekstav, L. , Lorentzon Fagerberg, U. , Mörelius, E. & et al. (2019). ”Just in TIME” - Intervention med dans och yoga för flickor med funktionell magsmärta och IBS. Paper presented at Barnveckan, Örebro, Sweden, April 1-4, 2019.
Granberg, A. , Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Duberg, A. (2019). What hinders and enables implementation of research results in healthcare?. In: Book of abstracts Nobel Day's Festivities 2019. Paper presented at Nobel Day's Festivities 2019, Örebro, Sweden, 9 December, 2019. Örebro University.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Duberg, A. (2016). Dance Intervention for Adolescent Girls with Internalizing Problems: Effects and Experiences. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro university.

Manuscripts

Duberg, A. , Jutengren, G. , Hagberg, L. & Möller, M. Dance Intervention for Adolescent Girls : Effects on Somatic Symptoms, Emotional Distress, and Use of Medication. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Duberg, A. , Möller, M. & Sunvisson, H. “I feel free” : Experiences of a Dance Intervention for Adolescent Girls with Internalizing Problems.
Philipson, A. , Hagberg, L. , Duberg, A. , Högström, S. , Lindholm, L. , Möller, M. & Ryen, L. The cost-effectiveness of a dance and yoga intervention for girls with functional abdominal pain disorders.