Professor Ingelin Testad
Professor
I.Testad@exeter.ac.uk
Overview
Professor Testad established and currently directs the Centre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM) at Stavanger University Hospital, Norway. Testad completed her PhD at the University of Bergen in 2010 and completed her Postdoctoral fellowship, granted by the Western Norway Regional Health Authority, in 2017. International collaboration has been a main focus for Testad and she was made Care Home Portfolio lead at King’s College London, and worked as Site Coordinator for the NIHR WHELD project “Improving well-being and health for people with dementia” (2012-2016) and the DCM EPIC project Enhancing Person-Centred care in Care Homes (2014-2017). Furthermore, she established and currently directs the Care Home Research Network (CHRN) in London, which includes participation from 200 care homes (2015). She was appointed the position of Program Manager in Dementia Research at King’s College London in 2017. In 2017, she was made Associate Professor at the University of Exeter, followed by becoming Professor in 2019.
Testad’s areas of special interest are non-pharmacological interventions for people with dementia at home and in care homes, patient and public involvement and staff training programmes. She has published over 50 peer reviewed papers and three book chapters in international textbooks.
Current ongoing research includes studies where the focus is on living a good life with dementia both at home and in care homes. Professor Testad is Chief Investigator of the multicentre study “Self-management and HeAlth Promotion in early-stage dementia with E-learning for carers – A randomized controlled trial (SHAPE)”. The project is within the area of multinational research projects on Health and Social Care for Neurodegenerative Diseases, funded by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Diseases Research.
Testad's research has received widespread recognition locally, nationally and internationally. In 2010, she was awarded the National Research Prize for dementia research in Norway, and in 2012, she was the first nurse to receive the Helse Stavanger HF Research Prize.
Research
Research interests
- Non-pharmacological trials
- Health promotion and quality of life in people with dementia
- Care home research
- Patient and public involvement
- Education of care home staff
- Agitation and use of restraints in nursing home residents with dementia
Research projects
Current ongoing research includes studies where the focus is on living a good life with dementia both at home and in care homes. Professor Testad is Chief Investigator of the multicentre study “Self-management and HeAlth Promotion in early-stage dementia with E-learning for carers – A randomized controlled trial (SHAPE)”. The project is within the area of multinational research projects on Health and Social Care for Neurodegenerative Diseases, funded by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Diseases Research
Publications
Journal articles
Creese B (In Press). A Data-Driven Examination of Apathy and Depressive Symptoms in Dementia with Independent Replication. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
Wang J, Spencer A, Hulme C, Corbett A, Khan Z, Vasconcelos Da Silva M, O'Dwyer S, Wright N, Testad I, Ballard C, et al (In Press). Healthcare utilisation and physical activities for older adults with comorbidities in the UK during COVID-19. Health and Social Care in the Community
Wang J, Spencer A, Hulme C, Khan Z, Vasconcelos Da Silva M, O'Dwyer S, Wright N, Testad I, Ballard C, Creese B, et al (In Press). Healthcare utilisation, physical activity and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown: an interrupted time-series analysis of older adults in England. European Journal of Ageing
Creese B, Khan Z, Henley W, O'Dwyer S, Corbett A, Vasconcelos Da Silva M, Mills K, Wright N, Testad I, Aarsland D, et al (In Press). Loneliness, physical activity and mental health during Covid-19: a longitudinal analysis of depression and anxiety in adults over 50 between 2015 and 2020. International Psychogeriatrics
Fusdahl P, Testad I, Aarsland D, Braut GS (2023). Dementia Researchers' Inside Views on Research Networks and Alignment with Public Research Funding: a Qualitative Study. SAGE OPEN, 13(4). Author URL.
Aakre JA, Holteng LBA, Testad I (2023). Healthy community-dwelling older adults’ experience with a nutritional educational intervention: a feasibility study. Gerontechnology, 22(1). Abstract.
Khan Z, Da Silva MV, Testad I, Ballard CG (2023). Non‐verbal communication of nursing home residents and care staff. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S6).
Testad I, Aakre JA, Ushakova A, Corbett A, Gjestsen MT, Aarsland D, Ballard CG (2023). PROTECT Norge: Online assessment of potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia on cognitive performance in a Norwegian ageing cohort. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S8).
Aakre JA, Schulz J, Ballard C, Corbett A, Bjorvatn B, Aarsland D, Creese B, Hampshire A, Brooker H, Testad I, et al (2023). Self-reported sleep fragmentation and sleep duration and their association with cognitive function in PROTECT, a large digital community-based cohort of people over 50. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 38(11). Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Ushakova A, Aakre JA, Sabatini S, Gjestsen MT (2022). Awareness of age-related changes in Norwegian individuals 50+. Short form questionnaire validation. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 13 Author URL.
Kajander M, Gjestsen MT, Vagle V, Meling M, Henriksen AT, Testad I (2022). Health promotion in early-stage dementia - user experiences from an educative intervention. EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY, 48(9), 391-403. Author URL.
Terum TM, Testad I, Rongve A, Aarsland D, Svendsboe E, Andersen JR (2021). The association between aspects of carer distress and time until nursing home admission in persons with Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Int Psychogeriatr, 33(4), 337-345. Abstract. Author URL.
Fossey J, Garrod L, Lawrence V, Testad I, Stafford J, Murray J (2020). "We should see her like part of the team": an investigation into care home staff's experiences of being part of an RCT of a complex psychosocial intervention. Aging Ment Health, 24(1), 178-185. Abstract. Author URL.
Fossey J, Garrod L, Guzman A, Testad I (2020). A qualitative analysis of trainer/coach experiences of changing care home practice in the Well-being and Health in Dementia randomised control trial. Dementia (London), 19(2), 237-252. Author URL.
Testad I, Kajander M, Froiland CT, Corbett A, Gjestsen MT, Anderson JG (2019). Nutritional Interventions for Persons with Early-Stage Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease: an Integrative Review. Res Gerontol Nurs, 12(5), 259-268. Abstract. Author URL.
Husebø BS, Ballard C, Aarsland D, Selbaek G, Slettebo DD, Gulla C, Aasmul I, Habiger T, Elvegaard T, Testad I, et al (2019). The Effect of a Multicomponent Intervention on Quality of Life in Residents of Nursing Homes: a Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS). J Am Med Dir Assoc, 20(3), 330-339. Abstract. Author URL.
Terum TM, Testad I, Rongve A, Aarsland D, Svendsboe E, Andersen JR (2019). The association between specific neuropsychiatric disturbances in people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies and carer distress. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 34(10), 1421-1428. Abstract. Author URL.
Fossey J, Garrod L, Tolbol Froiland C, Ballard C, Lawrence V, Testad I (2019). What influences the sustainability of an effective psychosocial intervention for people with dementia living in care homes? a 9 to 12-month follow-up of the perceptions of staff in care homes involved in the WHELD randomised controlled trail. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 34(5), 674-682. Abstract. Author URL.
Gjestsen MT, Brønnick K, Testad I (2018). Characteristics and predictors for hospitalizations of home-dwelling older persons receiving community care: a cohort study from Norway. BMC Geriatr, 18(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Nunez KM, Khan Z, Testad I, Lawrence V, Creese B, Corbett A (2018). Current practice and challenges in night-time care for people with dementia living in care homes: a qualitative study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 33(1), e140-e149. Abstract. Author URL.
Ballard C, Banister C, Khan Z, Cummings J, Demos G, Coate B, Youakim JM, Owen R, Stankovic S, Tomkinson EB, et al (2018). Evaluation of the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of pimavanserin versus placebo in patients with Alzheimer's disease psychosis: a phase 2, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. The Lancet Neurology, 17(3), 213-222. Abstract.
Petyaeva A, Kajander M, Lawrence V, Clifton L, Thomas AJ, Ballard C, Leroi I, Briggs M, Closs J, Dening T, et al (2018). Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 33(1), 221-231. Abstract. Author URL.
Ballard C, Corbett A, Orrell M, Williams G, Moniz-Cook E, Romeo R, Woods B, Garrod L, Testad I, Woodward-Carlton B, et al (2018). Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation, and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med, 15(2). Abstract. Author URL.
Svendsboe EJ, Testad I, Terum T, Jörg A, Corbett A, Aarsland D, Rongve A (2018). Patterns of carer distress over time in mild dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 33(7), 987-993. Abstract. Author URL.
Røen I, Kirkevold Ø, Testad I, Selbæk G, Engedal K, Bergh S (2018). Person-centered care in Norwegian nursing homes and its relation to organizational factors and staff characteristics: a cross-sectional survey. Int Psychogeriatr, 30(9), 1279-1290. Abstract. Author URL.
Hansen KV, Frøiland CT, Testad I (2018). Porcelain for all - a nursing home study. Int J Health Care Qual Assur, 31(7), 662-675. Abstract. Author URL.
Ballard C, Testad I (2018). TIME in the Context of Emerging Evidence Regarding Training Interventions for Dementia in Nursing Homes. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 26(1), 39-41. Author URL.
Austbø Holteng LB, Frøiland CT, Corbett A, Testad I (2017). Care staff perspective on use of texture modified food in care home residents with dysphagia and dementia. Ann Palliat Med, 6(4), 310-318. Abstract. Author URL.
Svendsboe E, Terum T, Testad I, Aarsland D, Ulstein I, Corbett A, Rongve A (2017). Caregiver burden in family carers of people with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease (vol 31, pg 1075, 2016). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, 32(4), 470-470. Author URL.
Ballard C, Orrell M, Sun Y, Moniz-Cook E, Stafford J, Whitaker R, Woods B, Corbett A, Banerjee S, Testad I, et al (2017). Impact of antipsychotic review and non-pharmacological intervention on health-related quality of life in people with dementia living in care homes: WHELD-a factorial cluster randomised controlled trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 32(10), 1094-1103. Abstract. Author URL.
Anderson JG, Rogers CE, Bossen A, Testad I, Rose KM (2017). Mind-Body Therapies in Individuals with Dementia: an Integrative Review. Res Gerontol Nurs, 10(6), 288-296. Abstract. Author URL.
Røen I, Selbæk G, Kirkevold Ø, Engedal K, Testad I, Bergh S (2017). Resourse Use and Disease Couse in dementia - Nursing Home (REDIC-NH), a longitudinal cohort study; design and patient characteristics at admission to Norwegian nursing homes. BMC Health Serv Res, 17(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Terum TM, Andersen JR, Rongve A, Aarsland D, Svendsboe EJ, Testad I (2017). The relationship of specific items on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory to caregiver burden in dementia: a systematic review. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 32(7), 703-717. Abstract. Author URL.
Gjestsen MT, Wiig S, Testad I (2017). What are the key contextual factors when preparing for successful implementation of assistive living technology in primary elderly care? a case study from Norway. BMJ Open, 7(9). Abstract. Author URL.
Rajkumar AP, Ballard C, Fossey J, Corbett A, Woods B, Orrell M, Prakash R, Moniz-Cook E, Testad I (2016). Apathy and its Response to Antipsychotic Review and Nonpharmacological Interventions in People with Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: WHELD, a Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(8), 741-747. Abstract.
Svendsboe E, Terum T, Testad I, Aarsland D, Ulstein I, Corbett A, Rongve A (2016). Caregiver burden in family carers of people with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 31(9), 1075-1083. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Mekki TE, Førland O, Øye C, Tveit EM, Jacobsen F, Kirkevold Ø (2016). Modeling and evaluating evidence-based continuing education program in nursing home dementia care (MEDCED)--training of care home staff to reduce use of restraint in care home residents with dementia. A cluster randomized controlled trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 31(1), 24-32. Abstract. Author URL.
Corbett A, Nunez K-M, Smeaton E, Testad I, Thomas AJ, Closs SJ, Briggs M, Clifton L, Gjestsen MT, Lawrence V, et al (2016). The landscape of pain management in people with dementia living in care homes: a mixed methods study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 31(12), 1354-1370. Abstract. Author URL.
Dyrstad DN, Testad I, Aase K, Storm M (2015). A review of the literature on patient participation in transitions of the elderly. COGNITION TECHNOLOGY & WORK, 17(1), 15-34. Author URL.
Husebo BS, Flo E, Aarsland D, Selbaek G, Testad I, Gulla C, Aasmul I, Ballard C (2015). COSMOS--improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial. Implement Sci, 10 Abstract. Author URL.
Dyrstad DN, Testad I, Storm M (2015). Older patients' participation in hospital admissions through the emergency department: an interview study of healthcare professionals. BMC Health Serv Res, 15 Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Corbett A, Aarsland D, Lexow KO, Fossey J, Woods B, Ballard C (2014). Erratum: the value of personalized psychosocial interventions to address behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia living in care home settings: a systematic review (International Psychogeriatrics (2014) DOI; 10.1017/S1041610214000131)). International Psychogeriatrics, 26(7).
Whitaker R, Fossey J, Ballard C, Orrell M, Moniz-Cook E, Woods RT, Murray J, Stafford J, Knapp M, Romeo R, et al (2014). Improving Well-being and Health for People with Dementia (WHELD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 15 Abstract. Author URL.
Storm M, Groene O, Testad I, Dyrstad DN, Heskestad RN, Aase K (2014). Quality and safety in the transitional care of the elderly (phase 2): the study protocol of a quasi-experimental intervention study for a cross-level educational programme. BMJ Open, 4(7). Abstract. Author URL.
Wiig S, Guise V, Anderson J, Storm M, Lunde Husebø AM, Testad I, Søyland E, Moltu KL (2014). Safer@home-Simulation and training: the study protocol of a qualitative action research design. BMJ Open, 4(7). Abstract. Author URL.
Vossius C, Rongve A, Testad I, Wimo A, Aarsland D (2014). The use and costs of formal care in newly diagnosed dementia: a three-year prospective follow-up study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 22(4), 381-388. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Corbett A, Aarsland D, Lexow KO, Fossey J, Woods B, Ballard C (2014). The value of personalized psychosocial interventions to address behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia living in care home settings: a systematic review. INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS, 26(7), 1083-1098. Author URL.
Rongve A, Vossius C, Nore S, Testad I, Aarsland D (2014). Time until nursing home admission in people with mild dementia: comparison of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 29(4), 392-398. Abstract. Author URL.
Vossius CE, Ydstebø AE, Testad I, Lurås H (2013). Referrals from nursing home to hospital: reasons, appropriateness and costs. Scand J Public Health, 41(4), 366-373. Abstract. Author URL.
Vossius C, Testad I, Skjæveland R, Nesvåg S (2013). The use and costs of health and social services in patients with longstanding substance abuse. BMC Health Serv Res, 13 Abstract. Author URL.
Hansen BS, Rørtveit K, Leiknes I, Morken I, Testad I, Joa I, Severinsson E (2012). Patient experiences of uncertainty - a synthesis to guide nursing practice and research. J Nurs Manag, 20(2), 266-277. Abstract. Author URL.
Vossius C, Testad I, Berge T, Nesvag S (2011). The Stavanger wet house. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, 28(3), 279-282. Author URL.
Aarsland D, Rongve A, Fladby T, Testad I, Kivipelto M, Winblad B (2011). [New diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer disease]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 131(22), 2224-2225. Author URL.
Testad I, Mikkelsen A, Ballard C, Aarsland D (2010). Health and well-being in care staff and their relations to organizational and psychosocial factors, care staff and resident factors in nursing homes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 25(8), 789-797. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Auer S, Mittelman M, Ballard C, Fossey J, Donabauer Y, Aarsland D (2010). Nursing home structure and association with agitation and use of psychotropic drugs in nursing home residents in three countries: Norway, Austria and England. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 25(7), 725-731. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Ballard C, Brønnick K, Aarsland D (2010). The effect of staff training on agitation and use of restraint in nursing home residents with dementia: a single-blind, randomized controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry, 71(1), 80-86. Abstract. Author URL.
Yu F, Rose KM, Burgener SC, Cunningham C, Buettner LL, Beattie E, Bossen AL, Buckwalter KC, Fick DM, Fitzsimmons S, et al (2009). Cognitive training for early-stage Alzheimer's disease and dementia. J Gerontol Nurs, 35(3), 23-29. Abstract. Author URL.
Burgener SC, Buettner L, Coen Buckwalter K, Beattie E, Bossen AL, Fick DM, Fitzsimmons S, Kolanowski A, Richeson NE, Rose K, et al (2008). Evidence supporting nutritional interventions for persons in early stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). J Nutr Health Aging, 12(1), 18-21. Abstract. Author URL.
Burgener SC, Buettner L, Buckwalter KC, Beattie E, Bossen AL, Fick D, Fitzsimmons S, Kolanowski A, Richeson NE, Rose KM, et al (2008). Review of exemplar programs for adults with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Res Gerontol Nurs, 1(4), 295-304. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Aasland AM, Aarsland D (2007). Prevalence and correlates of disruptive behavior in patients in Norwegian nursing homes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 22(9), 916-921. Abstract. Author URL.
Testad I, Aasland AM, Aarsland D (2005). The effect of staff training on the use of restraint in dementia: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(6), 587-590. Abstract. Author URL.
Conferences
Rogers CE, Anderson J, Bossen A, Testad I, Rose K (2016). MIND-BODY THERAPIES IN PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. Author URL.
Testad I, Froiland CT, Kajander M, Gjestsen MT, Anderson J (2016). NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH EARLY-STAGE DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: a REVIEW. Author URL.
Testad I, Aarsland D, Aasland AM (2002). The effect of staff training on the use of restraint in dementia: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. Author URL.
