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Marie Matérne

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

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Phone: +46 19 302261

Room: L2362

Research subject

Social Work

About Marie Matérne

Marie is an Associate Professor in Social Work and a licensed health and medical care counselor. She obtained her PhD in Disability Research with a dissertation on return to work after acquired brain injury.

Reseach

Marie Matérne's research involves people with disabilities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Below are some of Marie’s research projects:

Rehabilitation for women with traumatic brain injury in collaboration with researchers in Sydney, Australia. Focus groups have been conducted, analyses are ongoing, as well as a scoping review. These two studies serve as a foundation, and together with affected women, a rehabilitation program will be developed.
Female parenting after acquired brain injury – a project currently in its early stages. The research will be conducted in collaboration with researchers from Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland.
People with stroke - Several projects on individuals affected by stroke and their relatives, focusing on psychosocial aspects such as quality of life and resilience. The projects also examine the types of psychosocial interventions these individuals receive during rehabilitation. The results show, among other things, that people with stroke do not accept their disability but adapt their lives. The role of the health and medical care counselor is crucial.
Professional research on the role and research development of health and medical care counselors, including projects on the counselor’s tasks and context (research in collaboration with Australia and Finland).

Marie collaborates with both national and international researchers.

Lecture
Marie mainly teaches in the Health and Medical Care Counselor Program. She is the course coordinator for the thesis and scientific theory courses in the program. Marie also teaches commissioned education in Dalarna for health and medical care counselors.

Doctoral Students

Anette Granberg (principal supervisor, defense on 25/11/14), Development Manager, Region Örebro – Barriers and opportunities for the implementation of interventions and methods in the disability field.
Alexandra Björck (principal supervisor, halftime defense 26/04/29), licensed occupational therapist, Kumla Municipality – The relationship between cognitive impairment, quality of life, and activity, and how movement-based interactive technology can influence these factors, WAKE IT.
Daniel Pichler (principal supervisor), Research Secretary, UFC – Quality of Care for patients with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (QoC PIMD)
Sofia Kangedal (co-supervisor), licensed physiotherapist, Region Örebro – Physical training as treatment for post-stroke fatigue.

Assignments

Research leader for the research group Social Work and Care in a Life Course Perspective (SAOL).
Scientific advisor: reviewing applications for the Brain Injury Fund.
Member of the editorial board of the National Competence Center for People with Traumatic Brain Injury.
Board member of the Stroke Team Council.
Representative in The International Network of Social Workers in Acquired Brain Injury (INSWABI).
Member of the national network for health and medical care counselors.

Research exchange
Marie conducted a visiting scholar exchange in Sydney, Australia, at the Ingham Institute during August–September 2024.

Active projects

Completed projects

Returning to working life after Acquired Brain Injury

Research groups

Publications

Articles in journals

Granberg, A. , Lundqvist, L. , Duberg, A. & Matérne, M. (2025). Managers' perceptions of organizational readiness for change within disability healthcare: a Swedish national study with an embedded mixed-methods approach. BMC Health Services Research, 25 (1). [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Arvidsson Lindvall, M. , Appelros, P. , Eriksson, O. & Jarl, G. (2025). Post-stroke fatigue: The role of comorbidities and its impact on quality of life. BMC Neurology, 25 (1). [BibTeX]
Björck, A. , Matérne, M. , Arvidsson Lindvall, M. & Jarl, G. (2024). Investigating cognitive impairment, biopsychosocial barriers, and predictors of return to daily life among older stroke survivors. Frontiers in Neurology, 15. [BibTeX]
Svärd, V. , Sernbo, E. & Matérne, M. (2024). Knowledge production in health social work: an analysis of doctoral dissertations in Sweden. Social Work Education. [BibTeX]
Warnicke, C. & Matérne, M. (2024). Regulation, modification, and evolution of remote sign language interpreting in Sweden: a service in progress. BMC Health Services Research, 24 (1). [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. & Holmefur, M. (2024). Relatives' experiences of quality of healthcare services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in Sweden. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 49 (4), 452-461. [BibTeX]
Warnicke, C. & Matérne, M. (2024). Sign language interpreters’ experiences of remote interpreting in light of COVID-19 in Sweden. Interpreting and Society, 4 (2), 137-158. [BibTeX]
Granberg, A. , Lundqvist, L. , Duberg, A. & Matérne, M. (2024). The influence of contextual factors on an intervention for people with disabilities from support persons’ and health personnel's perspectives: a focus group study. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Plejert, C. , Frank, A. , Bui, J. , Ridder, K. & Warnicke, C. (2023). Interaction and multimodal expressions in a water-dance intervention for adults with intellectual and multiple disabilities. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders/Equinox, 14 (1), 122-153. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Simpson, G. , Jarl, G. , Appelros, P. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2022). Contribution of participation and resilience to quality of life among persons living with stroke in Sweden: a qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 17 (1). [BibTeX]
Skogsberg, M. , Jarl, G. & Matérne, M. (2022). Health care workers' need for support from managers during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1). [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Udo, C. , Thermaenius, I. & Strandberg, T. (2022). Hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorns funktion i rehabilitering för personer med stroke. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 99 (1), 76-86. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. & Holmefur, M. (2022). Residential care staff are the key to quality of health care for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in Sweden. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1). [BibTeX]
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). [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Appelros, P. , Matérne, M. , Jarl, G. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2021). Comorbidity in Stroke-Survivors: Prevalence and Associations with Functional Outcomes and Health. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 30 (10). [BibTeX]
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). [BibTeX]
Appelros, P. , Arvidsson Lindvall, M. & Matérne, M. (2021). Stroke prevalence in a medium-sized Swedish municipality. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 143 (2), 210-216. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Frank, A. & Arvidsson, P. (2021). The utility of goal attainment scaling in evaluating a structured water dance intervention for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Heliyon, 7 (9). [BibTeX]
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). [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Strandberg, T. & Lundqvist, L. (2019). Risk Markers for Not Returning to Work Among Patients with Acquired Brain Injury: A Population-Based Register Study. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 29 (4), 728-739. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Strandberg, T. & Lundqvist, L. (2018). Change in quality of life in relation to returning to work after acquired brain injury: a population-based register study. Brain Injury, 32 (13-14), 1731-1739. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2017). Opportunities and barriers for successful return to work after acquired brain injury: A patient perspective. Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 56 (1), 125-134. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2016). Support Persons' Perceptions of Giving Vocational Rehabilitation Support to Clients With Acquired Brain Injury in Sweden. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 15 (3-4), 351-369. [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

Lidström-Holmqvist, K. , Strandberg, T. , Simpson, G. , Massey, J. & Matérne, M. (2025). Content and outcome of non-pharmacological rehabilitation in hospital, or community-based care, for women with traumatic brain injury: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 15 (1), e092767. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Strandberg, T. , Matérne, M. & Udo, C. (2024). Avslutning. In: Thomas Strandberg; Marie Matérne; Camilla Udo, Socialt och kurativt arbete med personer med funktionsnedsättning (pp. 193-207). . Liber. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. & Thermaenius, I. (2024). Psykosociala insatser efter förvärvad hjärnskada. In: Thomas Strandberg; Marie Matérne; Camilla Udo, Socialt och kurativt arbete med personer med funktionsnedsättning (pp. 160-176). . Liber. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2018). Support Persons’ Perceptions of Giving Vocational Rehabilitation Support to Clients With Acquired Brain Injury in Sweden: . In: Grahame K. Simpson, Francis K. Yuen, Contemporary Perspectives on Social Work in Acquired Brain Injury (pp. 183-201). . Routledge. [BibTeX]

Collections (editor)

Strandberg, T. (ed.) , Matérne, M. (ed.) & Udo, C. (ed.) (2024). Socialt och kurativt arbete med personer med funktionsnedsättning.. Liber. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Granberg, A. , Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Duberg, A. (2024). IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE: A MIXED-METHODS SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. Paper presented at 17th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientiﬁc Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(IASSIDD 2024), Chicago, USA, August 5-8, 2024. (pp. 860-860). WILEY. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. & Holmefur, M. (2024). RELATIVES' EXPERIENCES OF QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES IN SWEDEN. In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. Paper presented at 17th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientiﬁc Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(IASSIDD 2024), Chicago, USA, August 5-8, 2024. (pp. 852-852). Blackwell Publishing. [BibTeX]
Granberg, A. , Lundqvist, L. , Duberg, A. & Matérne, M. (2024). The influence of contextual factors on an intervention for people with disabilities from staff perspective. In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. Paper presented at 17th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientiﬁc Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(IASSIDD 2024), Chicago, USA, August 5-8, 2024. (pp. 852-852). Blackwell Publishing. [BibTeX]
Appelros, P. , Matérne, M. , Jarl, G. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2023). Comorbidity in Stroke Survivors in a Medium-Sized Swedish Municipality. Paper presented at 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland, March 29 April, 2023. [BibTeX]
Appelros, P. , Matérne, M. , Jarl, G. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2023). Comorbidity in stroke survivors in a medium-sized Swedish municipality. In: Brain Injury. Paper presented at 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland, March 29 April, 2023. (pp. 135-136). Informa Healthcare. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Simpson, G. , Jarl, G. , Appelros, P. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2023). Stroke Survivors expericence of quality of life, participation and resilience. Paper presented at 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland, March 29-April 1, 2023. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Simpson, G. , Jarl, G. , Appelros, P. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2023). Stroke survivors experience of quality of life, participation and resilience. In: Brain Injury. Informa Healthcare. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Eriksson, O. , Arvidsson-Lindvall, M. & Jarl, G. (2023). The effect of fatigue on social life after stroke. In: Brain Injury. Paper presented at 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland, March 29-April 1, 2023. (pp. 94-94). Informa Healthcare. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. & Strandberg, T. (2022). Socialt stöd vid stroke. Paper presented at XIV Stroketeamkongress, Conventum Örebro, September 8–9, 2022. [BibTeX]
Frank, A. & Matérne, M. (2021). Strukturerad vattendans intervention, SVAN. En metodbeskrivning. Paper presented at Habilitering 2021, Malmö, 16-17 september,2021. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Appelros, P. & Arvidsson Lindvall, M. (2020). STROKE SURVIVORS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KUMLA SWEDEN: PREVALENCE, CO-MORBIDITY, DISABILITY, SOCIAL SITUATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE. In: International Journal of Stroke. Paper presented at The Joint European Stroke Organisation and World Stroke Organization Conference (ESO-WSO 2020), Virtual Conference, November 7-9, 2020. (pp. 413-413). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. [BibTeX]
Lundqvist, L. , Matérne, M. & Strandberg, T. (2019). Risk markers for not returning to work among people with acquired brain injury. Paper presented at 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health: Shaping the future. Promoting human rights and social perspectives in health and mental health, York, UK, July 22-26, 2019. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2017). Successful return to work after acquired brain injury: support person’s perception of supporting. Paper presented at Nordic Network on Disability Research 14th Research Conference(NNDR 2016), Örebro, Sweden, May 3-5, 2017. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2017). Successful return to work after acquired brain injury: support persons’ perception of supporting. Paper presented at Nobel Festivities, Örebro, Sweden, 7 december, 2017,. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Lundqvist, L. & Strandberg, T. (2016). Successful return to work after acquired brain injury: opportunities and barriers from a patient perspective. In: Brain Injury. Paper presented at International Brain Injury Association’s Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague World Forum, The Netherlands, March 2-5, 2016. (pp. 516-516). Taylor & Francis. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Strandberg, T. & Lundqvist, L. (2015). Opportunities and barriers for successful return to work after acquired brain injury: A client perspective. Paper presented at Nordic Network on Disability Research 13th Research Conference(NNDR 2015), Bergen, Norway, May 6-8, 2015. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Strandberg, T. & Lundqvist, L. (2015). Patients experiences of opportunities and barriers for successful return to work after acquired brain injury. Paper presented at Nobel Festivities 2015, Örebro, Sweden, 10 December, 2015. [BibTeX]
Strandberg, T. & Matérne, M. (2014). Returning to working life after acquired brain injury: The rehabilitation-process, possibilities and hindrance for participation. In: Brain Injury. London: Informa Healthcare. [BibTeX]
Strandberg, T. & Matérne, M. (2013). Återkomst i arbetslivet efter förvärvad hjärnskada. In: Hjärnskadeforum 2013. Paper presented at Hjärnskadeforum 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, 15-16 januari, 2013. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Matérne, M. (2018). Återgång i arbete efter förvärvad hjärnskada: livskvalitet, möjligheter och hinder. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Matérne, M. , Strandberg, T. & Lundqvist, L. Risk markers for not returning to work among patients with acquired brain injury : a population-based register study. [BibTeX]

Reports

Matérne, M. , Ljungkvist, A. & Sjölund, P. (2022). Dysfagi hos vuxna personer med flerfunktionsnedsättning: En journalstudie, Vuxenhabiliteringen Region Örebro. Örebro: . [BibTeX]
Westling, L. , Matérne, M. & Elfstrand, E. (2022). Min hälsa. Örebro: Region Örebro län. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. , Westling, L. , Ottebo, H. , Barkarve Torstensson, M. , Andersson, Å. , Philippe Kösebas, M. & Lundgren, S. (2021). Samtal om levnadsvanor: Information till personal som arbetar med personer med funktionsnedsättning. Örebro: Region Örebro län. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. (2016). Metodbok för GAS skalor.. Habilitering och hjälpmedel, Region Örebro Län. [BibTeX]
Matérne, M. (2016). Vårdprogram Ohälsosamma levnadsvanor.. Region Örebro Län. [BibTeX]
Sköld, A. , Ödman, P. , Hedberg, Å. & Matérne, M. (2014). Möjligheter med kvalitetsregistret HabQ: föräldrars synpunkter och önskemålpå information från register.. Linköpings universitet. [BibTeX]