Emma Olsson
Title: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Health SciencesPhone: +46 19 303616
Room: P2447

Research subject
Research environments
Research projects
- The use of structured pain assessment scales in pediatric patients: a narrative review
- Parents, a pain-relieving resource in neonatal care
- Parenthood after neonatal care - PANC
- Neurophysiological measures of neonatal pain - a comparative study
- Interventions for the management of Pain and Sedation in Newborns undergoing Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Research teams
Publications
Articles in journals |
Articles, reviews/surveys |
Conference papers |
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |
Manuscripts |
Articles in journals
Mörelius, E. , Olsson, E. , Sahlén Helmer, C. , Thernström Blomqvist, Y.
& Angelhoff, C. (2020). External barriers for including parents of preterm infants in a randomised clinical trial in the neonatal intensive care unit in Sweden: a descriptive study. BMJ Open, 10 (12).
Blomqvist, Y. T. , Gradin, M.
& Olsson, E. (2020). Pain Assessment and Management in Swedish Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pain Management Nursing, 21 (4), 354-359.
Olsson, E. , Diderholm, B.
& Thernström Blomqvist, Y. (2020). “Paying it Forward”: Swedish Women’s Experiences of Donating Human Milk. Journal of Human Lactation.
Olsson, E. , Carlsen Misic, M. , Dovland Andersen, R. , Ericson, J. , Eriksson, M. , Thernström Blomqvist, Y.
& Ullsten, A. (2020). Study protocol: parents as pain management in Swedish neonatal care - SWEpap, a multi-center randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics, 20 (1).
Pettersson, M. , Olsson, E. , Ohlin, A.
& Eriksson, M. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioral measures of pain during neonatal hip examination. Paediatric and Neonatal Pain, 1 (1), 15-20.
Olsson, E. , Pettersson, M. , Eriksson, M.
& Ohlin, A. (2019). Oral sweet solution to prevent pain during neonatal hip examination: a randomized controlled trial. Acta Paediatrica, 108 (4), 626-629.
Olsson, E. , Anderzén-Carlsson, A. , Attladottir, S. M. , Axelin, A. , Campbell-Yeo, M. , Eriksson, M. , Kristjánsdóttir, G. , Peltonen, E.
& et al.
(2018). Cultural adaptation and harmonization of four Nordic translations of the revised Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP-R). BMC Pediatrics, 18.
Angelhoff, C. , Blomqvist, Y. T. , Helmer, C. S. , Olsson, E. , Shorey, S. , Frostell, A.
& Morelius, E. (2018). Effect of skin-to-skin contact on parents' sleep quality, mood, parent-infant interaction and cortisol concentrations in neonatal care units: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8 (7).
Ullsten, A. , Hugosson, P. , Forsberg, M. , Forzelius, L. , Klässbo, M. , Olsson, E. , Volgsten, U. , Westrup, B.
& et al.
(2017). Efficacy of Live Lullaby Singing During Procedural Pain in Preterm and Term Neonates. Music and Medicine, 9 (2), 73-85.
Olsson, E. , Eriksson, M.
& Anderzen-Carlsson, A. (2017). Skin-to-Skin Contact Facilitates More Equal Parenthood: A Qualitative Study From Fathers' Perspective. Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families, 34 (May-Jun 2017), e2-e9.
Olsson, E. , Ahlsén, G.
& Eriksson, M. (2016). Skin-to-skin contact reduces near-infrared spectroscopy pain responses in premature infants during blood sampling. Acta Paediatrica, 105 (4), 376-380.
Olsson, E. , Dovland-Andersen, R. , Axelin, A. , Jonsdottir, R. B. , Maastrup, R.
& Eriksson, M. (2012). Skin-to-skin care in neonatal intensive care units in the Nordic countries: a survey of attitudes and practices. Acta Paediatrica, 101 (10), 1140-1146.
Olsson, E.
& Eriksson, M. (2011). Oral glucose for pain relief during eye examinations for retinopathy of prematurity. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20 (7-8), 1054-9.
Articles, reviews/surveys
Olsson, E. , Ahl, H. , Bengtsson, K. , Vejayaram, D. N. , Norman, E. , Bruschettini, M.
& Eriksson, M. (2021). The use and reporting of neonatal pain scales: a systematic review of randomized trials. Pain, 162 (2), 353-360.
Dovland Andersen, R. , Olsson, E.
& Eriksson, M. (2020). The Evidence Supporting the Association Between the Use of Pain Scales and Outcomes in Hospitalized Children: a Systematic Review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 115.
Conference papers
Andersen, R. D. , Olsson, E.
& Eriksson, M. (2020). The Evidence Supporting the Effect of Pain Intensity Scale Use on Patient and Process Outcomes in Hospitalized Children: a Systematic Review.
Paper presented at IASP World Congress on Pain, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2020 (Conference cancelled).
Eriksson, M. , Pettersson, M. , Olsson, E.
& Ohlin, A. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioural measures of pain during neonatal hip examination.
Paper presented at Svenskt smärtforum, Malmö, Sweden, October 17-18, 2019.
Pettersson, M. , Olsson, E. , Ohlin, A.
& Eriksson, M. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioural measures of pain during neonatal hip examination.
Paper presented at RPA & RSOG 1st Joint Scientific Conference, Kigali, Rwanda, 11-13 September, 2019.
Pettersson, M. , Olsson, E. , Ohlin, A.
& Eriksson, M. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioural measures of pain during neonatal hip examination.
Paper presented at 12th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP), Basel Switzerland, June 16-20, 2019.
Pettersson, M. , Olsson, E. , Ohlin, A.
& Eriksson, M. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioural measures of pain during neonatal hip examination.
Paper presented at Barnveckan, Örebro, Sweden, April 1-4, 2019.
Eriksson, M. , Ahl, H. , Bengtsson, K. , Bruschettini, M. , Norman, E. , Olsson, E.
& Naidu Vejayaram, D. (2019). Pain scales in clinical trials in newborn infants: a mapping of the evidence.
Paper presented at 3rd jENS Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies, Maastricht, the Netherlands, September 17-21, 2019.
Eriksson, M. , Ahl, H. , Bengtsson, K. , Bruschettini, M. , Norman, E. , Olsson, E.
& Vejayaram, D. (2019). Pain scales in clinical trials in newborn infants: a mapping of the evidence.
Paper presented at Svenskt smärtforum, Malmö, Sweden, October 17-18, 2019.
Olsson, E. , Pettersson, M. , Eriksson, M.
& Ohlin, A. (2018). Glukos som smärtlindring vid neonatal höftledsundersökning: En randomiserad kontrollerad studie.
Paper presented at Barnveckan 2018, Västerås, 23-26 April, 2018.
Ullsten, A. , Hugoson, P. , Forsberg, M. , Forzelius, L. , Klässbo, M. , Olsson, E. , Volgsten, U. , Westrup, B.
& et al.
(2017). Efficacy of Live Lullaby Singing During Procedural Pain in Preterm and Term Neonates.
Paper presented at Forum Värmland 2017, Landstinget i Värmland och Karlstads universitet, Karlstad, Sweden, February 14, 2017.
Olsson, E. , Eriksson, M.
& Anderzén-Carlsson, A. (2016). Pappors upplevelser av att vårda sitt för tidigt födda barn hud-mot-hud.
Paper presented at Vårmöte i Perinatologi, Örebro, Sweden, 14-15 april 2016.
Olsson, E.
& Eriksson, M. (2015). Can skin-to-skin contact work as pain relief in premature infants?.
Paper presented at Svenskt barnsmärtsymposium, Lund, 23-24 april, 2015..
Olsson, E. , Atladóttir, S. M. A. , Axelin, A. , Campbell-Yeo, M. , Eriksson, M. , Peltonen, E. , Stevens, B. , Yamada, J.
& et al.
(2015). Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the revised version of the Premature Infant Pain Profile: An effort to improve pain assessment in infants in the Nordic countries.
Paper presented at 10th International Forum on Pediatric Pain, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1-4 October, 2015.
Olsson, E.
& Eriksson, M. (2014). Can skin-to-skin contact work as pain relief in premature infants?.
Paper presented at 1st International and multidisciplinary children’s critical care research summer school, 26th-27th August 2014, UCLAN, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
Olsson, E. , Baños, J. , Guardiola, E. , Gradin, M.
& Eriksson, M. (2013). Skin-to-skin contact for pain relief: a bibliometric analysis.
Paper presented at 9th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain,June 17-20, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Olsson, E. (2017). Promoting health in premature infants: with special focus on skin-to-skin contact and development of valid pain assesment.
(Doctoral dissertation).
(Comprehensive summary)
Örebro: Örebro University.
Manuscripts
Olsson, E. , Anderzén-Carlsson, A. , Atladóttir, S. M. , Axelin, A. , Campbell-Yeo, M. , Eriksson, M. , Kristjánsdóttir, G. , Peltonen, E.
& et al.
Cultural adaptation and harmonization of four Nordic translations of the revised Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP-R).
Olsson, E. , Eriksson, M.
& Anderzén-Carlsson, A. Skin-to-skin contact facilitates a more equal parenthood : a qualitative study from fathers’ perspectives.