Ingeborg Spildo

PhD candidate at OsloMet

Spildo is a PhD Research Fellow at OsloMet. She holds a bacherlor’s degree in nutrition and a master’s degree in interdisciplinaty health research from the Unversity of Oslo with a focus on quantitative methods. Her PhD is a collaborative project between OsloMet and Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) on digital follow-up and health technology for patients with type 1 diabetes. Here, they investigate characteristics of those who want digital follow-up compared to those who not, the effect on patients' health, and conduct a health economic evaluation of the telehealth system. Spildo is particularly interested in economic aspects of health technology.

Tell us about your project!

The PhD project evaluates the clinical implementation of a new digital follow-up system in the form of an app at the Department of Endocrinology at Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) for patents with type 1 diabetes. The telehealth system has a questionnaire with patient reported outcome measures (PROM) that is sent out to patients before consultation where the purpose is to identify individual needs for contact with the health service. The questionnaires should also form the basis for dialogue, decision-making, enable patients to self-manage and help health personnel perform their tasks more efficiently. In addition, the app has a messaging service where patients can contact us when they need advice or follow-up. Furthermore, flexible choices are made about how consultations are conducted by physical attendance, telephone, or video consultation.

“I am particularly interested in economic aspects of health technology.”

— Spildo on her research project “Digital follow-up on patients with type 1 diabetes in specialist health care.”