Gabriele Kitzmüller

Gabriele Kitzmüller is a Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, employed in two half positions: one at the Master's degree program in Nursing and another at the PhD program in Health Sciences, Aging and Geriatric Health Work. She is affiliated with the Department of Health and Care Sciences and is based in Narvik. Her work spans clinical practice, education, and research, with a focus on psychosocial well-being, existential experiences, and family caregiving in post-stroke and mental health contexts.

• Professor, PhD
• UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Department of Health and Care Sciences

Her research interests include existential caregiving, palliative care, mental health support, and stroke rehabilitation. She has conducted extensive qualitative studies on family caregivers' experiences in rural areas, sibling caregiving, and the role of hope in recovery. Her methodological expertise encompasses meta-ethnography, RCT process evaluations, and qualitative synthesis.

The 15 most recent articles highlight trends in existential experiences of caregivers, psychosocial interventions post-stroke, and qualitative methodologies in health research. Notable subfields include end-of-life care, mental health trajectories, dialogue-based rehabilitation, and comfort theory in nursing. She has also explored educational frameworks in nursing curricula and ethical challenges in dementia care.

Her teaching areas include qualitative methods, hermeneutics, and healthcare ethics. She contributes to research groups like Courage2B and participates in projects addressing home-based palliative care, family caregiving, and geriatric health. Detailed information about her work can be found in her comprehensive description below.