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 Peer reviewed international manuscripts

• Stoltenberg CDG, Nissen LR, Nielsen ABS, Vedtofte MS, Marott JL, Gyntelberg F, Guldager B. “Effect of Predeployment Psychiatric Diagnoses on Postdeployment Long-Term Sickness Absence and Mental Health Problems Among Danish Military Personnel”. Accepted for publication in Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Folke S, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB, Karatzias T, Karstoft KI. “ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD in Treatment-seeking Danish Veterans: A Latent Profile Analysis”. Accepted for publication in European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
• Mogil C, Heiselberg MH, Clement A, Nielsen ABS. “Programs for children in military families”. Accepted for publication in Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health.
• Karstoft KI, Nielsen T, Nielsen ABS. “Measuring social support among soldiers with the Experienced Post-deployment Social Support Scale (EPSSS): a Rasch-based construct validity study”. Behavioral Medicine. 2019 Oct 16:1-9. DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2019.1676192.
• Rayce SB, Andersen SB, Jørgensen A-MK, Nielsen ABS. “Mental Health Among Children Living with Veterans: A Literature Mapping”. Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies. 2019;2(1):122–47. DOI: http://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.8
• Nissen LR, Karstoft KI, Vedtofte MS, Nielsen ABS, Osler M, Mortensen EL, Christensen GT, Andersen SB. “Low-level cognitive ability in young adulthood and other risk factors of depression in an observational cohort study among deployed Danish soldiers”. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;54(4):497-506. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-018-1648-1.
• Bebe A, Siersma V, Kragstrup J, Nielsen ABS, Møller A, Søndergaard J, Nicolaisdóttir DR, Waldorff FB. “The Effect of Economic Assets on Mortality in Patients with Dementia: A Population-Based Cohort Study”. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67(4):1245-1253. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-181107.
• Willadsen TG, Siersma V, Nielsen ABS, Køster-Rasmussen R, Guassora AD, Jarbøl DE, Eusebi P, Malterud K, Reventlow S, de Fine Olivarius N. “The effect of structured personal care on diabetes symptoms and self-rated health over 14 years after diabetes diagnosis”. Prim Care Diabetes. 2018 Aug;12(4):354-363. DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2018.03.007. 
• Karstoft KI, Nielsen T, Nielsen ABS. “Perceived danger during deployment: a Rasch validation of an instrument assessing perceived combat exposure and the witnessing of combat consequences in a war zone”. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2018 Jul 9;9(1):1487224. DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1487224. 
• Fried EI, Eidhof MB, Palic S, Costantini G , Huisman-van Dijk HM, Bockting CLH, Engelhard I, Armour C, Nielsen ABS, Karstoft KI: "Replicability and generalizability of PTSD networks: A cross-cultural multisite study of PTSD symptoms in four trauma patient samples". Clinical Psychological Science. 2018 May;6(3):335-351. DOI: 10.1177/2167702617745092. 
• Hansen M, Hyland P, Karstoft KI, Vaegter HB, Bramsen RH, Nielsen ABS, Armour C, Andersen SB, Høybye MT, Larsen SK, Andersen TE: "Does size really matter? A multisite study assessing the latent structure of the proposed ICD-11 and the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD". European Journal  of Psychotraumatology. 2017 Nov 13;8(sup7):1398002. DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2017.1398002.
• Bebe A, Nielsen ABS, Willadsen TG, Søndergaard J, Siersma V, Nicolaisdottir DR, Kragstrup J, Waldorff FB: "Exploring the concurrent validity of the nationwide assessment of permanent nursing home residence in Denmark - A cross-sectional data analysis using two administrative registries". BMC Health Services Research 17 Aug 29;17(1):607. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2535-2.
• Karstoft KI, Nielsen ABS, Nielsen T: "Assessment of depression in veterans across missions: A validity study using Rasch measurement models". European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8:1, 1326798, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2017.1326798.
• Karstoft KI, Andersen SB, Nielsen ABS: "Assessing PTSD in the military: validation of a scale distributed to Danish soldiers after deployment since 1998". Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2017: e1-9, DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12360.
• Nissen L, Stoltenberg C, Vedtofte MS, Nielsen ABS, Marott JL, Gyntelberg S, Guldager B: "Increased Post-deployment Use of Medication for Common Mental Disorders in Danish Gulf War Veterans". Military Medicine 2017 Mar;182(3):e1677-e1683. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00114.
• La Cour P, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB, Madsen T:"The psychological Well-Being-Posttraumatic Changes Questionnaire: Validation of the Danish Version. Online First Publication, August 8, Traumatology 2016. doi: org/10.1037/trm0000080.
• Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Waldemar G, Waldorff FB: "Poor self-rated health did not increase permanent nursing home placement or mortality in people with mild Alzheimer's disease". BMC Geriatrics. 2016, 16:87. doi:10.1186/s12877-016-0262-x.
• Nissen LR, Stoltenberg C, Nielsen ABS, Vedtofte MS, Marott JL, Gyntelberg F, Guldager B: "Danish Gulf War Veterans revisited: no evidence of increased sickness absence or reduced labour market outcome after deployment to the Persian Gulf". Military Medicine. 2016, 181, 11/12: e1644-49.
• Krag MØ, Hasselbalch L, Siersma V, Nielsen ABS, Reventlow S,  Malterud K, Olivarius NdeF: ”The impact of gender on the long-term morbidity and mortality of patients with type 2 diabetes given structured personal care. A 13-year follow-up study”. Diabetologia. 26th November 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3804-4.
• Sigurðardóttir NR, Nielsen ABS, Munck A, Bjerrum L:”Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice – Comparison between Denmark and Iceland”. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 18. dec 2015; 33 (4):269-74. doi: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1114349.
• Nielsen ABS, Jensen P, Gannik D, Reventlow S, Hollnagel H, Olivarius NdeF: “Change in self-rated general health is associated with perceived illness burden: A 1-year follow -up of patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes". BMC Public Health. 30. April 2015, 15:439. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1790-6.
• Strykowski DF, Nielsen ABS, Llor C, Siersma V, Bjerrum L: "An intervention with access to C-reactive protein rapid test reduces antibiotic overprescribingin acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD". Family Practice 22 April 2015, s. 1-6. Doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmv020
• Bagger K, Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Bjerrum L: "Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and demand in patients with upper respiratory tract infections is hardly different in female versus male patients as seen in primary Care". The European Journal of General Practice 25 Feb 2015, s. 1-6. Doi: 10.3109/13814788.2014.1001361.
• Bruun C, Guassora AD, Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Holstein PE, Olivarius NdeF: "Motivation, effort and life circumstances as predictors of foot ulcers and amputations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus". Diabetic Medicine 2014 nov 31(11):1468-76. doi: 10.1111/dme.12551. Epub 2014 Aug 8.
• Lundström H, Siersma V, Nielsen ABS, Brodersen J, Reventlow S, Andersen PK,  Olivarius NdeF: "The effectiveness of structured personal care of type 2 diabetes on recurrent outcomes. A 19-year follow-up of the study Diabetes Care in General Practice (DCGP)". Diabetologia 2014 Mar 6. [Epub ahead of print].
• Christoffersen T, Bjerrum L, Nielsen ABS: "General practitioners do not systematically adhere to regional recommendations for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections". Danish Medical Journal 2014 61(4):A4814.
• Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Waldemar G, Waldorff FB: "The predictive value of self-rated health in the presence of subjective memory complaints on permanent nursing home placement in elderly primary care patients over 4-years’ follow-up”. Age and Ageing 2014 Jan;43(1):50-7. doi: 10.1093/ageing/aft131.
• Haslund JM, Dinesen MR, Nielsen ABS, Llor C, Bjerrum L: "Different recommendations for empiric first-choice antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in Europe". Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2013. Dec;31(4):235-40. doi: 10.3109/02813432.2013.844410. Epub 2013 Oct 8.
• Nielsen ABS, Davisen M, Bjerregaard P: "The association between blood pressure and whole blood methylmercury in a cross-sectional study among Inuit in Greenland”. Environmental Health 2012 Jul 2;11:44. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-44.
• Tulinius C, Nielsen ABS, Hansen LJ, Hermann C, Vlasova L, Dalsted R: "Increasing the level of academic capacity in general practice: Introducing mandatory research training for GP trainees through a participatory research process". Quality in primary care 2012, 20(1): 57-67.
• Nielsen ABS, Gannik D, Siersma V, Olivarius NdeF: "The relationship betweeen HbA1c level, symptoms and self-rated health in type 2 diabetic patients". Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2011, 29(3): 157-164. (http://informahealthcare.com/doi/full/10.3109/02813432.2011.585542)
• Olivarius NdeF, Siersma V, Nielsen ABS, Hansen LJ, Rosenvinge L, Mogensen CE: “Predictors of mortality of patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes: a 5-year follow up study”. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 10:14 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/10/14).
• Waldorff FB, Nielsen ABS, Waldemar G: ”Self-rated health in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: Baseline data from the Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study”. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2010; 50(1); 1-5.
• Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Kreiner S, Hiort LC, Drivsholm T, Eplov LF, Hollnagel H: “The impact of changes in self-rated general health on 28-year mortality among middle-aged Danes”. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2009; 24(3): 160-166.
• Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Kreiner S, Hiort LC, Drivsholm T, Kreiner S, Hollnagel H: ”Self-rated general health among 40 years old Danes and its association with all-cause mortality at 10-, 20- and 29 years’ follow-up”. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2008, 36: 3-11.
• Nielsen ABS, Olivarius NdeF, Gannik D, Hindsberger C, Hollnagel H. ”Structured personal diabetes care in pri­mary health care affects only women’s HbA_1c”. Diabetes Care 2006; 29:963-969.
• Drivsholm T, Olivarius NdeF, Nielsen ABS, Siersma V: ”Symptoms, signs and complications in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients, and their relationship to glycaemia, blood pressure and weight”. Diabetologia 2005, 48: 210-214.

Peer reviewed national manuscripts

• Tulinius C, Nielsen ABS, Hermann C, Hansen LJ, Vlasova L, Dalsted R: „Udviklingen af den almenmedicinske forskningstræning i Region Øst”. Ugeskrift for læger 2008; 170 (44): 3564-3567.
• Nielsen ABS, Olivarius NdeF, Gannik D, Hindsberger C, Hollnagel H. ”Individualiseret behandling af type 2-diabetes i almen praksis”. Ugeskrift for læger 2007; 169 (25): 2428-2431.
• Hansen LJ; Drivsholm TB; Nielsen ABS; Olivarius NdeF: ”Interventioner til forbedring af diabetesbehandlin­gen i det primære sundhedsvæsen og på diabetesambulatorier”. State of the art – evidence based medicine. Ugeskrift for Læger 2002, 164 (5): 607-609.

Manuscripts on quality development

• Karstoft K-I, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB: ”Research on Deployed Danish Soldiers: Whis is Knowledge Derived From a Small Nordic Country Relevant for Other Countries?” Traumatic StressPoint online newsletter of ISTSS.  December 2014.  http://sherwood-istss.informz.net/admin31/content/template.asp?sid=40800&brandid=4463&uid=1037317509&mi=4449102&mfqid=17980717&ptid=&ps=40800
• Roed M. Nielsen ABS, Aabenhus R: "HPV-vaccination af drenge - Effekt på anogenitale infektioner og cancere". Månedsskrift for Almen Praksis 2013; 91(6): 488-495.
• Roed MS, Nielsen ABS, Aabenhus RM: "Usikkerhed om varigheden af HPV-vaccinens immunogenicitet hos drenge". Ugeskrift for Læger 2013; 175(23): 1664.
• Nielsen ABS: A comment to ”Ægtefællevurderet helbred er en god prædiktor for mortalitet”. Ugeskrift for Læger 2010; 172(6): 429.
• Sångren H, Nielsen ABS: „Ressourcetænkning og selvvurderede helbredsressourcer”. Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning 2008; 86: 809-837.
• Sångren, H, Nielsen, ABS: ”Self-Rated Cardiovascular Risk: Yet another argument for the use of salutogenic perspectives and self-assessed health resources in Family Medicine”. Electronic letter in Annals of Family Medicine 23-8-2008. Localisation:: http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/eletters/6/4/302

Reports

• Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB, Karstoft KI. ISAF10 – 6,5 år efter hjemkomst [ISAF10: “Mental health of a cohort of Danish soldiers 6.5 years after homecoming from deployment]. Ringsted: Veterancentret 2019.
• Karstoft KI, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB: "ISAF7: Mental health of a cohort of Danish Soldiers 6.5 years after homecoming from deployment". Ringsted: Danish Veteran Centre, 2017 (report in Danish with English summary).
• Løngaard K, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB, Karstoft KI: "Veterans’ mental well-being 7-8 months after home coming. An assessment of personnel deployed to Afghanistan between February and August 2013". Ringsted: Danish Veteran Centre, 2016 (report in Danish with English summary).
• Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen I, Larsen CVL, Niclasen B, Nielsen ABS, Pedersen CP, Senderovitz F: ”Notat om Sundhedstilstanden i Maniitsoq 2007-2009”. Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 2009.

The reports below are feedback of satisfaction with health care among Greenlanders in contact with the health care system. The participants participated in a population survey in Greenland (2005-2007). Each health district received a brief report including appendices, which contained complete overview of both the participants' statements about the causes of dissatisfaction with health care, and participants' suggestions for improvement of health care. The general practitioner was the person in health care system which the participants often had been contact with.

• Nielsen ABS, Løngaard K, Bjerregaard P: ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007”. Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 2008.
• Løngaard K, Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P. Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark,  2008:Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P: ” Sundhed og helbred i Grønland – med særlig fokus på Nuuk, Maniitsoq og Sisimiut kommune”, National Institute of Public Health, 2007.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Aasiaat”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Maniitsoq”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Nanortalik”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Narsaq”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Nuuk”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Upernavik”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Qasigiannguit”.
  • ”Brugerundersøgelse af sundhedsvæsenet i Grønland 2005-2007: Qaqortoq”.

Books

• Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P (red.): ’Sygdom og sundhedsvæsen – Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2009’, Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark 2011.
• Nielsen ABS: ”Self-rated health, coping, symptoms, and Haemoglobin A1c in patients receiving structured dia­betes care in general practice in Denmark”, PhD dissertation, Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning, Copenhagen 2005.

Book chapters

• Bjerregaard P, Nielsen ABS, Juel K: ”Dødelighed og kræftforekomst i Avanersuaq. Et registerstudie”, in Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen IK (ed.): ’Sundhedsundersøgelsen i Avanersuaq 2010’. Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark 2011; 43-50.
• Bjerregaard P, Nielsen ABS, Juel K: ”Registerundersøgelsens materiale og metode”, in Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen IK (ed.): ’Sundhedsundersøgelsen i Avanersuaq 2010’. Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark 2011; 83-87.
• Nielsen ABS: ”Selvrapporterede symptomer og sygdom“, in Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P (ed.): ’Sygdom og sundhedsvæsen – Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2009’, Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark 2011; 15-43.
• Nielsen ABS, Budtz C: ”Risikofaktorer for hjertekarsygdom: Blodtryk og lipider“, in Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P (ed.): ’Sygdom og sundhedsvæsen – Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2009’, Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark 2011; 53-65.
• Sångren H, Nielsen ABS: ”Resursmobilisering och självvärderad hälsa inom allmänmedicin” in Skapar vården ohälsa? : Allmänmedicinska reflektioner. Ed. J Brodersen ; B Hovelius ; L Hvas. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2009; 291-303.
• Sångren H, Nielsen ABS: ”Ressourcetænkning og selvvurderede helbredsressourcer”, chapter 23 in: Kan sundhedsvæsenet skabe usundhed?: Refleksion fra almen praksis. 1. ed. Copenhagen: Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning, 2009; 275-286.
• Nielsen ABS: „Selvvurderet helbred“, chapter 4 in Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen IK (Ed.): ’Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2007. Levevilkår, livsstil og helbred’. Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, 2008; 51-60.
• Nielsen ABS, Larsen NK: ”Overvægt og fedme“, chapter 8.3 in Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen IK (Ed.): ’Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2007. Levevilkår, livsstil og helbred’. Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, 2008; 122-127.
• Nielsen ABS, Pedersen JM: ”Rygning“, chapter 9 in Bjerregaard P, Dahl-Petersen IK (Ed.): Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2005-2007. Levevilkår, livsstil og helbred’. Copenhagen, National Institute of Public Health, 2008; 129-138.

Popular dissemination

• Nielsen ABS, Hansen LJ, Reventlow S, Vlasova L, Hermann C, Tulinius C: ”Almenmedicinsk forskningstræning i Region Øst – godt fra start“. Practicus 2007; (31, September): 142-143.
• Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P: ”Fald i rygning fra 1993 til 2007 er ens uanset uddannelsesniveau”. This weeks information (18), National Institute of Public Health. 2007.
• Nielsen ABS: ”Kvindelige diabetespatienter opnår bedre resultater”. Best Practice 2007; 1(4): 14.
• Heldgaard PE, Nielsen ABS: ”Formandskabet i Almenmedicinsk Ph.d.-forum delt mellem de tre almenmedicinske forskningsmiljøer”. Practicus 2001; 25(143): 68-69.
• Nielsen ABS, Heldgaard PE: ”Almenmedicinsk Ph.d.-forum – Indtryk fra mødet i Korsør”. Practicus 2001; 25(142): 30-31.
• Nielsen ABS: “Patients' indication of way of living with type 2 diabetes in relation to the general practitioners advice”. Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 1999; 12(3): 211.
• Jørgensen LA; Nielsen ABS; Hansen LJ: ”Diabetes set med lægens og patientens øjne”. Læge-Helse 1998, 3(12): 4-5.

Accepted abstracts

• Meland E, Waller G, Hetlevik Ø, Forssén A, Willadsen TG, Breidablik HJ, Vie TL, Jahanlu D, Nielsen ABS (symposium leader). Self-rated health and its relevance for general practice and public health. Symposium at  Nordic Congress of General Practice, Reykjavik, 14-16th June 2017.
• Møller A, Olsen O, Hermann C, Jørgensen M, Kaae B, Lykke K, Arreskov A, Cordoba G, Kristensen MAT, Aabenhus R, Køster-Rasmussen R, Jensen L, Hantho A, Elbrønd J, Brodersen J, Nielsen A. Benefits and harms of general health checks - lifelong learning in general practice: how to read and use scientific literature. Workshop at Nordic Congress of General Practice, Reykjavik, 14-16th June 2017.
• Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB, Vedtofte MS, Karstoft KI. Danish OEF personnel deployed in Afghanistan in 2013: Follow-up on mental health from prior to deployment until 2.5 years after homecoming. Oral presentation at Nordic Congress of General Practice, Reykjavik, 14-16th June 2017.
• Hjortkjær D, Eskelund K, Nørgaard O, Nielsen A. "What Characterizes Danish Formerly Combat-Deployed Military Personnel Seeking Treatment at the Danish Department of Military Psychology? Assessment, Treatment Model, and Treatment Response. Acceptered as poster at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conference, Dallas, 10-12th November 2016.
• Nielsen A, Andersen SB, Karstoft KI. "Prospective Cohort Study of Danish OEF Personnel Deployed to Afghanistan in 2013: From Prior to Deployment through 2.5 Yeas after Home Coming". Acceptered as poster at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conferenceDallas, 10-12th November 2016.
• Karstoft KI, Nielsen ABS, Andersen SB. "Danish OEF Soldiers from Before to 6.5 Yaqrs after Deployment: a Prospective Cohort Study". Accepted oral presentation at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conference, Dallas, 10-12th November 2016.
• Nielsen ABS, Budtz-Lilly A, Karstoft KI, Christensen KS, Andersen SB, Rosendal M. "Medically unexplained symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder among Danish soldiers after deployment to Afghanistan, accepted abstract for poster session at the 31st annual meeting in the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, 5-7 November 2015.
• Bagger K, Nielsen ABS, Siersma V, Bjerrum L: "Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice - difference between patient genders?", accepted abstract for poster session at the 19th Nordic Congress in General Practice in Gothenburg, 16-18 June 2015.
• Haslund JM. Dinesen MR , Nielsen ABS, Llor C, Bjerrum L. "Do Denmark, Sweden and other countries agree on recommendations for empiric first-choice antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections?". Accepted abstract for oral presentation at the 19th Nordic Congress in General Practice in Gothenburg, 16-18 June 2015.
• Bebe A, Nielsen ABS, Soendergaard J, Willadsen T, Siersma V, Kragstrup J, Raahede A, Waldorff FB. "Validation of permanent nursing home residency in a nation-wide Danish database". Accepted abstract for poster presentation at the 19th Nordic Congress in General Practice in Gothenburg, 16-18 June 2015.
• Waller G, Forssén A, Willadsen TG, Nielsen ABS, Breidablik HJ, Meland E. "What is there in self-rated health?". Accepted for symposium at the 19th Nordic Congress in General Practice in Gothenburg, 16-18 June 2015.
• Nielsen ABS, Breidablik HJ, Meland E, Waller G. "Is self-rated health an overseen resource that should be accounted for in consultations?" Accepted for symposium at 18th Nordic Congress of General Practice in Tampere, 21-24 August 2013.  
• Bruun C,Siersma V, Guassora ADK, Nielsen ABS, Holstein P, Olivarius NdeF. "Amputations and foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes. Identification of patients at high risk of these complications". Accepted at 18th Nordic Congress of General Practice in Tampere, 21-24 August 2013.  
• Sigurdardottir NR, Nielsen ABS, Bjerrum L. "Appropriateness of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice - Comparison between Iceland and Denmark". Oral speech by ABS Nielsen of the accepted abstract at 18th Nordic Congress of General Practice in Tampere, 21-24 August 2013. The poster was chosen as the best poster at the conference.
• Tulinius C, Nielsen ABS, Hansen LJ, Hermann C, Vlasova L, Dalsted R. “Building academic capacity in general practice through faculty development”. Oral speech by ABS Nielsen at AMEE conference in Vienna. 29.-31. August 2011.
• Siersma V, Valdemar G, Nielsen ABS, Waldorff FB. “Subjective memory complaints (SMC) in primary care and death from all causes: a four-year follow-up”. 17th Nordic Congress of General Practice. Tromsø. 15.06.2011.
• Nielsen ABS. “Selvvurderet helbred som indikator for generelt helbred”. Oral speech at Nuna Med, Nuuk 4-6. September 2010.
• Nielsen ABS. “Forhøjet blodtryk og indtag af traditionelle fødevarer”. Poster på Nuna Med, Nuuk 4.-6. september 2010.
• Waldorff FB, Siersma V, Nielsen A, Valdemar G: “Self-rated health (SRH) and mortality in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: A prospective study with 36 months follow-up. Poster på 25^th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease, Thessaloniki 2010.
• Nielsen ABS, Larsen NK, Bjerregaard P. “Do the Obese Greenlanders consider themselves Obese? Body Size Perception and Obesity in Relation to Demographic Factors”. Mundtligt indlæg på 14^th International Conference on Circumpolar Health, Yellowknife 13-16. Juli 2009.
• Tulinius C, Hermann C, Hansen LJ, Nielsen ABS. The Dynamic GP training: critical appraisal training in ‘action’. Workshop på 16^th Nordic Congress of General Practice. København. 15.05.2009.
• Nielsen ABS, Tulinius C, Hermann C, Hansen LJ. Training in critical appraisal as a mandatory element of GP specialist training. Mundtligt indlæg på et symposium på 16^th Nordic Congress of General Practice. København. 15.05.2009
• Olivarius NdF, Siersma V, Nielsen ABS, Hansen LJ, Rosenvinge L, Mogensen CE: “Predictors of 5-year mortality of 1,323 patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes in general practice”. 16^th Nordic Congress of General Practice. København 14.05.2009
• Nielsen, ABS; Larsen NK; Bjerregaard P. “Body size perception among Inuit women in Greenland: Do obese women consider themselves obese?” Mundtligt indlæg på 16^th Nordic Congress of General Practice, København 14.05.2009.
•  Waldemar G, Waldorff F, Nielsen A, Buss D, Eckermann A: “Self-rated health in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: Baseline data from the Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study”. Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 26, Chicago 2008.
• Jeppesen C, Nielsen ABS, Bjerregaard P: “Greenlanders below 35 years are moving toward a westernised diet”. Poster på The 9th Nordic Nutrition Conference, København 2008.
•  Nielsen ABS: ”Contaminant issues in the Greenland population studies”. Mundtligt indlæg på The Annual Workshop of the International Network for Circumpolar Health Research, Tromsø, 2008.
• Waldorff FB, Nielsen ABS, Eckermann A, Buus D, Waldemar G: “Self-Rated Health in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: Baseline data from the Danish Alzheimer Intervention StudY (DAISY)”. The 18th Alzheimer Europe Conference, Oslo 2008.
• Nielsen ABS: ”The impact of self-rated general health on 10, 20, and 29 years of mortality among middle-aged Danes”. Mundtligt indlæg på Regional Conference WONCA Europe, Firenze 2006.
• Nielsen ABS, Olivarius NdeF, Gannik D, Hindsberger C, Hollnagel H: ”Structured personal diabetes care in gene­ral practice only affects women’s haemoglobin A1c. A 6-year follow-up of newly diagnosed patients with type 2-diabetes”. Mundtligt indlæg på 14^th Nordic Congress of General Practice, Stockholm 2005.
• Nielsen ABS; Hollnagel H; Hiort LC: ”Poor self-rated health (SRH) at the age of 40 and decline of SRH when middle-aged are related with all-cause mortality in a cohort of Danish men and women”. Mundtligt indlæg på 14^th Nordic Congress of General Practice, Stockholm 2005. Valgt som et af de tre bedste abstracts på konferencen.
• Drivsholm T, Olivarius NdeF, Hansen LJ, Nielsen ABS, Siersma V: ”A successful intervention of structured per­sonal care of diabetic patients by general practitioners in Denmark”. St. Vincent Declaration Primary Care Dia­betes Group. International Conference. Stockholm, 2002.
• Nielsen ABS, Gannik D, Olivarius NdeF, Hindsberger C, Siersma V: ”Health Behaviour and Coping Associated with Change in Global Self-Rated Health in Patients with Type 2-Diabetes”. Mundtligt indlæg på British So­cio­logical Association Medical Sociology Group, 34^th Annual Conference. York, 2002.
• Nielsen ABS; Gannik D; Olivarius NdeF: ”Perceived symptoms of hyperglycaemica and global self-rated health in elderly people with newly diagnosed type 2-diabetes”. Mundtligt indlæg på British Sociological Associa­tion Medical Sociology Group, 33^rd Annual Conference. York, 2001.
• Nielsen AS, Olivarius NdeF, Gannik D: ”One year after diabetes diagnosis: Patients’ perception of chan­­­ge versus actual change in way of living and the observed clinical course”. Mundtligt indlæg på 12^th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. Wien, 1998.

Short presentation

Primary research interests

I work at the Research Unit for General Practice as a teacher in critical appraisal training for doctors in main education for general medicine in Region East. In addition, I work together on projects with colleagues and students at the Research Unit for and the section of General Practice. These include change in self-assessed health (SRH) over 20 years compared to changes in clinical parameters, change of SRH among patients with diabetes, mortality among patients suffering from dementia, and project choice in the critical appraisal training.

As a researcher, I am particularly interested in health among soldiers returned from international missions abroad and their families, health of the general population and among sick patients. I have a lot of interest in the term self-rated health and the significance it has for future illness and mortality. In addition, my interests are how patients handle the treatment and experience life with illness.

Education and counseling areas

• Supervising of students.
• Teaching and supervision of post-graduates following a critical appraisal study in their specialist training for general practice.
• Teaching of nursing students (Early Patient Contact / epidemiology / environmental health and public health).

Current Research

Right now I'm working on:

• Change in self-rated health (SRH) over 20 years of follow-up and its relation to change in clinical parameters.
• Diabetes - e.g. change in SRH during 19 years of follow-up.
• Mortality among patients suffering from dementia.