Kaj Sparle Christensen

Biographic Data

ID7684658
NAMEKaj Sparle Christensen
GIVEN NAMESKaj Sparle
FAMILY NAMEChristensen
SIGNATURECHRISTENSEN K S
AFFILIATIONSAarhus University
ORCID0000-0002-0409-2702
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Grief trajectories and long-term health effects in bereaved relatives

    Open AccessMette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Kaj Sparle Christensen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    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…

  • The assessment of psychological well-being in systemic sclerosis

    Open AccessDanilo Carrozzino, Kaj Sparle Christensen et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2025

    Findings indicate that WHO-5 and PWB-6 are valid indices of psychological well-being that may provide unique prognostic information and help researchers and clinicians tailor personalized treatment strategies. The two PROMs can be used jointly but for different clinical purposes. WHO-5 is particularly suitable to assess the degree of subjective vitality, a positive feeling of aliveness and energy that may help SSc patients cope with their illness…

  • The Brief Health Literacy Scale for Adults

    Open AccessStinne E Rasmussen, Anna Aaby et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    The Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) is a brief, generic instrument measuring health literacy among school-aged children. Given its brevity and broad conceptualization of health literacy, the HLSAC is a potentially valuable measuring instrument among adults as well. This validation study aimed to adapt the HLSAC questionnaire to an adult population through assessment of content validity and subsequently determine the structural va…

  • Exploring Functional Impairment in Light of Prolonged Grief Disorder

    Open AccessMette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Kaj Sparle Christensen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    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-…

  • The Uncertain Consultation and Patient Satisfaction

    Lisbeth Frostholm, Per Fink et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2005

    OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of patient satisfaction among a range of patient and practitioner variables. In particular, to focus on patients' illness perceptions and the impact of a randomized controlled trial on the training of physicians in general communication skills and how to treat patients presenting with poorly defined illness. METHODS: A randomized controlled follow-up study conducted in 28 general practices in Aarhus County, Denma…

  • The Patients’ Illness Perceptions and the Use of Primary Health Care

    Lisbeth Frostholm, Per Fink et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2005

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate if primary care patients' perceptions of a current health problem were associated with use of health care. METHOD: One thousand seven hundred eighty-five patients presenting a new health problem to 1 of 38 physicians from 28 general practices in Aarhus County, Denmark. Patients completed a questionnaire on their illness perceptions and emotional distress before the consultation. The physicians completed a questionnaire f…