Ingrid Willaing Tapager

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Primary fields of research

My research covers patient and health care provider perspectives in patient education, psychosocial care, health promotion and prevention in relation to chronic illness such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It includes health services research such as health technology assessments; studies of health care professional practice; and patient preferences, attitudes, wishes and needs. My research activity is now focused on development of research-based, innovative education, methods and concepts for psychosocial support for people with diabetes (PWD) and their families. This includes a methodological focus on involvement of target groups in research processes as well as outcomes. Intervention programmes typically include training of health care providers (HCP). The aim is to prevent (late) complications of diabetes and to increase quality of life and improve use of the health care system in PWD and their families through psychosocial support and empowerment e.g. through development of appropriate diabetes self-management skills. My research is grounded in the philosophy and application of a broad concept of health, equity in health, empowerment, a settings-perspective and involvement of target groups. This most often includes designed-based research using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods, patient involvement, theory-driven evaluation and development of innovative methods for measuring, e.g., patient involvement in care processes and education, such as measurement of diabetes specific social capital, illness identity and family functioning. My research targets a wide selection of groups of PWD, and relevant settings include diabetes clinics, municipalities, hospitals, patient associations and general practice.

Selected publications

1. Published

   Effects of initiating insulin pump therapy in the real world: A nationwide, register-based study of adults with type 1 diabetes

   Madsen, K. P., Olsen, K. R., Rytter, K., Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, Pedersen-Bjergaard, Ulrik, Schmidt, S., Nørgaard, Kirsten & Kjer, T., 2023, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 196, 8 p., 110225.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

2. Published

   Improving Health and Diabetes Self-Management in Immigrants with Type 2 Diabetes Through a Co-Created Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Intervention

   Hempler, N. F., Fagt, C., Olesen, K., Wagner, S., Rasmussen, L. B., Laursen, D. H., Glümer, C., Nygaard, Mette & Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, 2023, In: Journal of Community Health. p. 141–151 11 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

3. Published

   Insulin Pump Treatment in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in the Capital Region of Denmark: Design and Cohort Characteristics of the Steno Tech Survey

   Rytter, K., Madsen, K. P., Andersen, H. U., Cleal, B., Hommel, E., Nexo, M. A., Pedersen-Bjergaard, Ulrik, Skinner, Timothy, Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, Nørgaard, Kirsten & Schmidt, S., 2022, In: Diabetes Therapy. 13, p. 113–129

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

4. Published

   What fuels the research truck? Participatory health promotion research for sustainable change

   Rod, M. H., Aagaard-Hansen, J., Bauman, A., Jespersen, L. N., Torslev, M. K., Vallis, M. & Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, 2022, In: Health Promotion International. 37, Supplement 2, p. 1-6

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

5. Published

   Psychosocial health in people with diabetes during the fi rst three months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

   Madsen, K. P., Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, Rod, Naja Hulvej, V Varga, Tibor & Joensen, L. E., 2021, In: Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 35, 4, 8 p., 107858.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

6. Published

   STATE OF INSULIN PUMP USE IN THE CAPITAL REGION OF DENMARK

   Madsen, K., Rytter, K., Andersen, H., Cleal, B., Hommel, E., Nexo, M., Pedersen-Bjergaard, Ulrik, Skinner, Timothy, Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, Nørgaard, Kirsten & Schmidt, S., 2021, In: Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 23, p. A152 1 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › peer-review

7. Published

   What people with diabetes in Denmark worry about during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study of the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic

   Joensen, L. E., Steenberg, J. L., Madsen, K. P. & Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, 2021, In: Diabetic Medicine. 38, 11, 13 p., 14665.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

8. “Mental Health Professionals Have Never Mentioned My Diabetes, They Don't Get Into That”: A Qualitative Study of Support Needs in Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and Severe Mental Illness

   Stenov, V., Joensen, L. E., Knudsen, L., Lindqvist Hansen, D. & Tapager, Ingrid Willaing, 2020, In: Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 44, 6, p. 494-500 7 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review