SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
In total, 77 published original works, 12 submitted/in manuscript, and 25 other publications
List of all original works
1. Jekel K, Damian M, Wattmo C, Hausner L, Bullock R, Connelly PJ, Dubois B, Eriksdotter M,
Ewers M, Graessel E, Kramberger MG, Law E, Mecocci P, Molinuevo JL, Nygård L, OldeRikkert MGM, Orgogozo J-M, Pasquier F, Peres K, Salmon E, Sikkes SAM, Sobow T,
Spiegel R, Tsolaki M, Winblad B & Froelich L.(In press). Mild Cognitive Impairment and
Deficits in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - a Systematic Review. Alzheimer’s
Research & Therapy.
2. Blackman S, Matlo C, Bobrovitskiy C, Waldoch A, Fang ML, Jackson P, Mihailidis A,
Nygård L, Astell A. & Sixsmith A. (in press). Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for
Aging Well: A Scoping Review. Journal of Intelligent Systems.
3.
Hwang, A., Truong, K.N., Cameron, J.I., Lindqvist, E., Nygård, L., & Mihailidis, A. (in press,
2015). Co-designing ambient assisted living environments: unravelling the situated context of
informal dementia care. Biomed Research International: Special Issue on New Technologies
for the Rehabilitation of Chronic Diseases.
4. Fallahpour, M., Kottorp, A., Nygård, L. & Larsson Lund, M. (Accepted). Participation after
acquired brain injury: Associations with everyday technology and activities in daily
life. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
5. Hedman A, Nygård L, Almkvist O, Kottorp A. (Early online, 2014). Amount and type of
everyday technology use over time in older adults with cognitive impairment. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy.
6. Brorsson, A., Öhman, A., Lundberg, S. & Nygård, L. (Early online, 2014). Being a pedestrian
with dementia: A qualitative study using photo documentation and focus group interviews.
Dementia.
7. Ryd, C., Nygård, L., Malinowsky, C, Öhman, A. & Kottorp, A. (Early online 2014).
Associations between performance of activities of daily living and everyday technology use
among older adults with mild stage Alzheimer’s disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
8. Nygård L, Kottorp A, Rosenberg L. (In press). Making use of research: Clinical views on an
evaluation of everyday technology use. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
9. Boman, I-L., Lundberg, S., Starkhammar, S. & Nygård, L. (2014). Exploring the Usability of
a Videophone Mock-up for People with Dementia and Their Significant Others. BMC
Geriatrics 14 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-14-49.
10. Fallahpour, M., Kottorp, A. Nygård, L. Larsson Lund M. (2014). Perceived difficulty in using
everyday technology among persons with acquired brain injury of different severity: a
comparison with controls. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 46 (7), 635-641. DOI:
10.2340/16501977-1818
11. Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2014). Engagement in IADLs, social activities and use of everyday
technology in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. British Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 77(11),565-573.
12. Larsson Lund, M., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2014). Perceived difficulty in the use of
everyday technology: Relationships to everyday functioning in people with acquired brain
injury with a special focus on returning to work. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36 (19), 16181625.
13. Malinowsky C, Nygård L, Kottorp A. (2014). Using a screening tool to predict potential use
of e-health services for older people with and without cognitive impairment. Ageing and
Mental Health, 18 (3), 340-345. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.832731
14. Hällgren, M., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2014). Everyday technology use among people with
intellectual disability – relevance, perceived difficulty, and influencing factors. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy (ahead of print).
15. Malinowsky, C., Rosenberg, L. & Nygård, L. (Accepted). An approach to facilitate the
readiness of healthcare professionals to support technology use in everyday life for persons
with dementia. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
16. Patomella, A-H., Kottorp, A. & Nygård, L. (2013). Design and management features of
everyday technology that challenge older adults. British Journal of Occupational Therapy,
76(9), 390-397. DOI: 10.4276/030802213X13782044946229
17. Malinowsky, C., Kottorp, A. Nygård, L. (Accepted). Everyday technologies’ levels of
challenge when used older adults with and without cognitive impairment – comparison of selfperceived versus observed difficulty estimates. Technology and Disability, 25 (3), 167-176.
doi: 10.3233/TAD-130380
18. Hedman, A., Nygård, L., Almkvist, O. & Kottorp, A. (2013). Patterns of functioning in older
adults with mild cognitive impairment: A two-year study focusing on everyday technology
use. Aging and Mental Health, 17(6), 679-88. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.777396.
19. Rosenberg, L., & Nygård, L. (E-published ahead of print March 26, 2013). Learning and
using technology in intertwined processes: A study of people with MCI/AD. Dementia.
DOI:10.1177/1471301213481224
20. Boman, IL., Nygård, L., Lundberg, S., Rosenberg, L. (Accepted). Users´ and professionals´
contributions in the process of designing an easy-to-use videophone for people with dementia.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.
21. Brorsson, A., Öhman, A., Cutchin, M. & Nygård, L. (2013). Managing critical incidents in
grocery shopping as perceived by people with Alzheimer’s disease. Scandinavian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 20, 292-301. DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2012.752031.
22. Lindqvist, E., Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (Accepted). Significant junctures on the way towards
becoming a user of assistive technology in Alzheimer’s disease. Scandinavian Journal of
Occupational Therapy. DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2013.766761.
23. Patomella, A-H., Kottorp, A., Malinowsky, C. & Nygård, L. (2011). Factors that impact the
level of difficulty of everyday technology in a sample of older adults with and without
cognitive impairment. Technology and Disability, 23, 243-250.
24. Malinowsky, C., Almkvist, O., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2012). Individual variability and
environmental characteristics influence older adults’ abilities to manage everyday technology.
International Psychogeriatrics, 24, 484-495. DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002092.
25. Boman, I-L., Rosenberg, L., Lundberg, S., & Nygård, L. (2012). First steps in designing a
videophone for people with dementia: identification of the users’ potentials and the
requirements on the communication technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive
Technology, 7 (5), 356-363. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2011.635750
26. Borell, L., Nygård, L., Asaba, E., Gustavsson, A. & Hemmingsson, H. (2012). Qualitative
Approaches in Occupational Therapy Research. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 19, (oct), 521-529. CI: 0 / DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2011.649782.
27. Nygård, L., Pantzar, M., Uppgard, B. & Kottorp, A. (2012). Detection of disability in older
adults with MCI or Alzheimer’s disease through assessment of perceived difficulty in using
everyday technology. Aging and Mental Health,16 (3-4), 361-371. DOI:
10.1080/13607863.2011.605055.
28. Brorsson, A., Öhman, A., Lundberg, S. & Nygård, L. (2011). Accessibility in public space as
perceived by people with Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia, 10 (4), 587-602.
29. Hällgren, M., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2011). Technology and everyday functioning in
people with intellectual disabilities: A Rasch analysis of the Everyday Technology Use
Questionnaire (ETUQ). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(6), 610-620. DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01419.x
30. Kottorp, A. & Nygård, L. (2011). Development of a short form assessment for everyday
technology used with older adults with MCI or Alzheimer’s disease. Expert Review of
Neurotherapeutics, 11(5), 647-655. DOI: 10.1586/ERN.11.55
31. Rosenberg, L., Kottorp, A. & Nygård, L. (2012). Readiness for technology use with people
with dementia: Views of significant others. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 31(4),510-530.
DOI: 10.1177/0733464810396873
32. Malinowsky, C., Almkvist, O., Kottorp, A. & Nygård, L. (2010). Ability to manage everyday
technology: A comparison of persons with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and older
adults without cognitive impairment. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 5,
462-469. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2010.496098
33. Rosenberg, L. & Nygård, L. (2012). Persons with dementia become users of assistive
technology: A study of the process. Dementia, 11(2), 135-154.
34. Öhman, A., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2010). Occupational performance and awareness of
disability in mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 18; 133-142. DOI: 10.3109/11038121003645993
35. Fitinghoff, H., Lindqvist, B., Nygård, L. Ekholm, J. & Schult, M-L. (2011). The ICF and
post-surgery occupational therapy following traumatic hand injury: a pilot study. International
Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 34(1), 79-88.CI: 1 / DOI:
10.1097/MRR.0b013e328341946c
36. Malinowsky, C., Nygård, L., & Kottorp, A. (2011) Psychometric evaluation of a new
assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life. Scandinavian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 18, 26-35. DOI: 10.3109/11038120903420606.
37. Nygård, L. (2009). The stove timer as a device for older adults with cognitive impairment or
dementia: Different professionals’ reasoning and actions. Technology and Disability, 21, 5366.
38. Rosenberg, L., Kottorp, A., Winblad, B., & Nygård, L. (2009). Perceived difficulty in
everyday technology use among older adults with or without cognitive deficits. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 16, 216-226. DOI: 10.3109/11038120802684299
39. Starkhammar, S. & Nygård, L. (2008). Using a timer device for the stove: Experiences of
older adults with memory impairment or dementia and their families. Technology and
Disability, 20, 189-191.
40. Hemmingsson, H., Lidström, H., & Nygård, L. (2009). The use of assistive technology
devices in mainstream schools: the students´ perspective. American Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 63,(4), 461-470.
41. Vik, K., Nygård, L. & Josephsson, S. (2009). Agency and engagement - Older
adults´experiences of participation during home based rehabilitation. Canadian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 75(5), 262-271.
42. Nygård, L. (2008). The meaning of everyday technology as experienced by people with
dementia who live alone. Dementia, 7(4), 481-502.
43. Vik, K., Nygård, L. & Lilja, M. (2009). Encountering staff in the home: Three older adults’
experience during six months of home-based rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation
31(8), 619-629. DOI: 10.1080/09638280802242114.
44. Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. & Kottorp, A. (2009). Everyday Technology Usage (ETUQ) –
evaluation of the psychometric properties of a new assessment of competence in technology
use. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 29 (2), 52-62.
45. Vikström, S., Josephsson, S., Stigsdotter-Neely, A. & Nygård, L. (2008). Engagement in
occupations: experiences of persons with dementia and their caregiving spouses. Dementia, 7,
251-270.
46. La Cour, K., Josephsson, S., Tishelman, C. & Nygård, L. (2007). Lived experiences of
creative activity for people in palliative care. Palliative & Supportive Care, 5, 241-250.
47. Öhman, A., Josephsson , S. & Nygård, L. (2008). Awareness through interaction in everyday
occupations: Experiences of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Scandinavian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 15, 43-51. DOI: 10.1080/11038120701441080
48. Nygård, L., Starkhammar, S., Lilja, M. (2008). The provision of stove timers to individuals
with cognitive impairment. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 15, 4-12. CI: 3 /
DOI: 10.1080/11038120601124240
49. Vik, K., Nygård, L. & Lilja, M. (2007). Perceived environmental influence on participation
among older adults after home based rehabilitation. Physical & Occupational Therapy in
Geriatrics, 25(4), 1-20.
50. Vik, K., Lilja, M. & Nygård, L. (2007). The influence of the environment on participation
subsequent to rehabilitation as experienced by elderly people in Norway. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 14, 86-95. DOI: 10.1080/11038120600971047
51. Nygård L, Starkhammar S. (2007). The use of everyday technology by people with dementia
living alone. Aging and Mental Health, 11(2), 144-155. CI: 20 / DOI:
10.1080/13607860600844168
52. Nygård, L. & Winblad, B. (2006). Measuring long term effects and changes in the daily
activities of people with dementia. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 10 (2):137-138.
53. Nygård, L. (2006). How can we get access to the experiences of people with dementia?
Suggestions and reflections. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, 101-112.
DOI: 10.1080/11038120600723190
54. Margot, I. & Nygård, L. (2006). Access technology and dementia care: Influences in a
secured unit. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, 113-124. DOI:
10.1080/11038120600673056
55. Öhman, A. & Nygård, L. (2005). Meanings and motives for engagement in daily occupations
among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 25,
89-97.CI: 8.
56. Larsson Lund, M., Nordlund, A., Nygård, L., Lexell, J. & Bernspång, B. (2005). Perceptions
of participation and predictors of perceived problems with participation in persons with spinal
cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 37, 3-8. DOI: 10.1080/16501970410031246
57. Nygård, L., Grahn, U. Rudhammar, A. & Hydling, S. (2004). Reflecting on practice: Are
home visits prior to discharge worthwhile in geriatric inpatient care? Clients’ and
occupational therapists’ perceptions. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 18, 193-203.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00270.x
58. Nygård, L. (2004). The responses of persons with dementia to challenges in daily activities:
A synthezis of findings from empirical studies. American Journal of Occupational Therapy,
58, 435-445.
59. Larson-Lund, M. & Nygård, L. (2004). Disabled persons´ experiences of their occupational
lives in the home setting. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71, 243-251.
60. Nilsson, I. & Nygård, L. (2003). Geriatric rehabilitation: Elderly clients' experiences of a predischarge occupational therapy group programme. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 10, 107-117.
61. Lilja, M. Bergh, A., Johansson, L., & Nygård, L. (2003). Attitudes towards rehabilitation
needs and support from assistive technology and the social environment among elderly people
with disability. Occupational Therapy International, 10, 75-93. DOI: 10.1002/oti.178
62. Nygård, L. (2003). Instrumental activities of daily living: a stepping-stone towards
Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in subjects with mild cognitive impairment? Acta Neurologica
Scandinavia, 107, 42-46, (Suppl. 179). DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.107.s179.8.x
63. Larsson - Lund, M. & Nygård, L. (2003). Incorporating or resisting assistive devices:
different approaches in achieving a desired occupational self-image, Occupational Therapy
Journal of Research, 23, 67-75. CI: 8.
64. Nygård, L. & Starkhammar, S. (2003). Telephone use among non-institutionalised persons
with dementia living alone: mapping out difficulties and management strategies. Scandinavian
Journal of Caring Sciences, 17, 239-249. DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00177.x
65. Nygård, L. & Öhman, A. (2002). Managing changes in everyday occupations: The experience
of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 22, 70-81.
66. Nygård, L. & Johansson, M. (2001). The experience and management of temporality in five
cases of dementia. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8, 85-95.
67. Josephsson, S., Bäckman, L., Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (2000). Non-professional caregivers
experience of occupational performance on the part of relatives with dementia: Implications
for caregiver program in occupational therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 7, 61-66.
68. Lilja, M., Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (2000). The transfer of information about geriatric clients
in the occupational therapy chain of care: An intervention study. Scandinavian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 7, 51-59.
69. Öhman, A., Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (2001). The vocational situation in cases of memory
deficits or younger-onset dementia. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 15; 34-43.
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2001.1510034.x
70. *Nygård, L., Amberla, K., Bernspång, B., Almkvist, O. & Winblad, B. (1998). The
relationship between cognition and instrumental daily activities in dementia. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 5, 160-166.
71. *Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (1998). A life-world of altering meaning: Expressions of the illness
experience of dementia in everyday life over three years. Occupational Therapy Journal of
Research,18, 109-136.
72. *Nygård, L., Borell, L. & Gustavsson, A. (1995). Managing Images of Occupational self in
Early Stage Dementia. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2, 129-137.
73. *Nygård, L. & Borell, L. (1995). Daily living with Dementia - two cases. Scandinavian
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2, 24-33.
74. *Nygård, L., Bernspång, B., Fisher, A. & Winblad, B. (1994). Comparing Motor and Process
Ability of Persons with Suspected Dementia in Home and Clinic Settings. American Journal
of Occupational Therapy, 48, 689-696. CI: 45.
75. Josephsson, S., Bäckman, L., Borell, L., Nygård, L. & Bernspång, B. (1994). Effectiveness
of an Intervention to Improve Occupational performance in Dementia The Occupational
Therapy Journal of Research, 15, 36-51. CI: 7.
76. Josephsson, S., Bäckman, L., Borell, L., Bernspång, B., Nygård, L. & Rönnberg, L. (1993)
Supporting Everyday Activities in Dementia: An intervention study. International Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry, 8, 395-400. DOI: 10.1002/gps.930080505.
77. Josephsson, S., Bäckman, L., Nygård, L., & Kielhofner, G. (1994). Everyday activities as
meeting-places; An outline for occupational therapy intervention in dementia. Manuscript
published in Josephsson, S. Everyday activities as meeting-places in dementia. Doctoral
thesis, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Section of Geriatric
Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
PhD-thesis (included the five papers above marked with *):
Nygård, L. (1996). Everyday life with dementia. Aspects of assessing and understanding the
consequences and experiences of living with dementia. Doctoral dissertation, Department of
Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Section for Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska
Institute.