Kjersti Marie Blytt

Kjersti Marie Blytt is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Bergen, specializing in sleep medicine, geriatric nursing, and telemedicine applications for chronic disease management.

• Master in Clinical Nursing
• Bachelor in Nursing

Her research focuses on sleep patterns in elderly dementia patients, shift work impacts on sleep quality, and telemedical follow-up for diabetes-related complications. She also investigates cost-effectiveness in telemedicine systems and patient experiences in healthcare delivery.

Recent publications analyze interdisciplinary sleep studies, telemonitoring technologies, and healthcare economic models. She contributes to research dissemination strategies and clinical practice innovations.

Blytt is actively involved in two research groups: Bergen Sleep and Chronobiology Network (BeSCN) and DiaBEST – Best Practice Research in Diabetes and Chronic Conditions. She teaches in courses covering medical ethics, research methodology, and master's thesis supervision.