Mette Asbjoern Neergaard
Biographic Data
| ID | 2305809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mette Asbjoern Neergaard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mette Asbjoern |
| FAMILY NAME | Neergaard |
| SIGNATURE | NEERGAARD M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3309-5838 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Quality in Palliative Care for Patients With Pre-existing Severe Mental Disorders – A Questionnaire Study With Danish Health Care Professionals
BackgroundPatients with severe mental disorders (SMDs) face disparities in end-of-life care, yet knowledge about the quality of palliative care is limited.AimsThis study examined healthcare professionals' perspectives on palliative care for patients with SMDs.MethodsQuestionnaires were distributed to general practitioners (GPs) and specialist palliative care (SPC) professionals in the Central Region of Denmark regarding 75 deceased patients with …
Grief trajectories and long-term health effects in bereaved relatives: A prospective, population-based cohort study with ten-year follow-up
Background: Bereavement may affect the health of relatives, causing increased use of health care services and increased mortality shortly after the patient's death. However, the long-term consequences for those with a high level of grief symptoms remain largely unexplored. We aimed to investigate associations between grief symptom trajectories and four long-term health outcomes among relatives bereaved by natural death: contacts to general practi…
Providing Specialised Palliative Care to Families With Ethnic Minority Background: Perspectives, Experiences, and Approaches
This study aimed to contribute to an understanding of how culturally responsive palliative care can be supported, explored through perspectives of palliative care specialists. In interviews, participants described good end-of-life trajectories as including patient autonomy, withdrawal of medically futile treatments, and symptom control. Participants experienced that these ideals were sometimes challenged in clinical encounters with patients and t…
Exploring Functional Impairment in Light of Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Prospective, Population-Based Cohort Study
Background: Functional impairment is essential in the diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in the ICD-11. It refers to the negative impact on everyday life, including inability to maintain the usual level of functioning. We aimed to assess the extent of functional impairment, emotion-related role limitation, and impaired social functioning before and after bereavement, and to explore associations with PGD, as measured by the 13-…
Socioeconomic inequality in drug reimbursement during end-of-life care: A nationwide study
BACKGROUND: In Denmark, patients who are terminally ill have the right to drug reimbursement due to terminal illness (DRTI). DRTI, a proxy marker of planned end-of-life care, is intended to be equally accessible regardless of socioeconomic position. This study examined social and socioeconomic differences in DRTI among Danish patients who are terminally ill. METHODS: This cross-sectional study based on individual-level nationwide data included al…
Looking beyond the mean in grief trajectories: A prospective, population-based cohort study
This study is the first to systematically describe specific trajectories of grief based on grief symptoms. The majority had a low or decreasing grief trajectory, whereas minor groups of partners and non-partners had a high grief trajectory, and a group of partners had a late grief trajectory. A consistent vulnerability factor was low education. Bereaved individuals may benefit from information on possible patterns of grief development, including …
Qualitative description – the poor cousin of health research?
BACKGROUND: The knowledge and use of qualitative description as a qualitative research approach in health services research is limited.The aim of this article is to discuss the potential benefits of a qualitative descriptive approach, to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to provide examples of use. DISCUSSION: Qualitative description is a useful qualitative method in much medical research if you keep the limitations of the approach in min…
Looking beyond the mean in grief trajectories: A prospective, population-based cohort study
This study is the first to systematically describe specific trajectories of grief based on grief symptoms. The majority had a low or decreasing grief trajectory, whereas minor groups of partners and non-partners had a high grief trajectory, and a group of partners had a late grief trajectory. A consistent vulnerability factor was low education. Bereaved individuals may benefit from information on possible patterns of grief development, including …
Socioeconomic inequality in drug reimbursement during end-of-life care: A nationwide study
BACKGROUND: In Denmark, patients who are terminally ill have the right to drug reimbursement due to terminal illness (DRTI). DRTI, a proxy marker of planned end-of-life care, is intended to be equally accessible regardless of socioeconomic position. This study examined social and socioeconomic differences in DRTI among Danish patients who are terminally ill. METHODS: This cross-sectional study based on individual-level nationwide data included al…
Qualitative description – the poor cousin of health research?
BACKGROUND: The knowledge and use of qualitative description as a qualitative research approach in health services research is limited.The aim of this article is to discuss the potential benefits of a qualitative descriptive approach, to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to provide examples of use. DISCUSSION: Qualitative description is a useful qualitative method in much medical research if you keep the limitations of the approach in min…
Socioeconomic inequality in drug reimbursement during end-of-life care: A nationwide study
BACKGROUND: In Denmark, patients who are terminally ill have the right to drug reimbursement due to terminal illness (DRTI). DRTI, a proxy marker of planned end-of-life care, is intended to be equally accessible regardless of socioeconomic position. This study examined social and socioeconomic differences in DRTI among Danish patients who are terminally ill. METHODS: This cross-sectional study based on individual-level nationwide data included al…
Looking beyond the mean in grief trajectories: A prospective, population-based cohort study
This study is the first to systematically describe specific trajectories of grief based on grief symptoms. The majority had a low or decreasing grief trajectory, whereas minor groups of partners and non-partners had a high grief trajectory, and a group of partners had a late grief trajectory. A consistent vulnerability factor was low education. Bereaved individuals may benefit from information on possible patterns of grief development, including …
Exploring Functional Impairment in Light of Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Prospective, Population-Based Cohort Study
Background: Functional impairment is essential in the diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in the ICD-11. It refers to the negative impact on everyday life, including inability to maintain the usual level of functioning. We aimed to assess the extent of functional impairment, emotion-related role limitation, and impaired social functioning before and after bereavement, and to explore associations with PGD, as measured by the 13-…
Grief trajectories and long-term health effects in bereaved relatives: A prospective, population-based cohort study with ten-year follow-up
Background: Bereavement may affect the health of relatives, causing increased use of health care services and increased mortality shortly after the patient's death. However, the long-term consequences for those with a high level of grief symptoms remain largely unexplored. We aimed to investigate associations between grief symptom trajectories and four long-term health outcomes among relatives bereaved by natural death: contacts to general practi…
Providing Specialised Palliative Care to Families With Ethnic Minority Background: Perspectives, Experiences, and Approaches
This study aimed to contribute to an understanding of how culturally responsive palliative care can be supported, explored through perspectives of palliative care specialists. In interviews, participants described good end-of-life trajectories as including patient autonomy, withdrawal of medically futile treatments, and symptom control. Participants experienced that these ideals were sometimes challenged in clinical encounters with patients and t…
Quality in Palliative Care for Patients With Pre-existing Severe Mental Disorders – A Questionnaire Study With Danish Health Care Professionals
BackgroundPatients with severe mental disorders (SMDs) face disparities in end-of-life care, yet knowledge about the quality of palliative care is limited.AimsThis study examined healthcare professionals' perspectives on palliative care for patients with SMDs.MethodsQuestionnaires were distributed to general practitioners (GPs) and specialist palliative care (SPC) professionals in the Central Region of Denmark regarding 75 deceased patients with …
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cohort (3 works) · Grief (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)