Siri Ødegaard Fossum
+4773559839
+4740071820
Helvin-bygget, C238, Gjøvik
About
Teaching Areas
- Mental healthcare - pathology and nursing
- Coercion and ethics in mental health services
- Domestic violence
- Prehospital mental health care
- Supervisor for bachelor's thesis in nursing and master's thesis in advanced nursing practice
Research Areas
My research focuses on patient experiences and quality of care in mental health services, with particular attention to perceived coercion and strategies to reduce coercion.
Key areas:
- Perceived coercion as a phenomenon and interventions to reduce coercion
- Health services in correctional settings
- Aggression and violence management (Brøset Violence Checklist – BVC, MAP)
I am a a member of the research group on Mental Health and Family-Centred Care.
Member of the EU network FOSTREN, which researches the reduction of coercion in mental health services in Europe.
Orcid: 
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0070-4974
Expertise and Previous Work Experience
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Master's degree in Nursing Science
- Further education in psychiatric nursing
- Additional training in applied behavior analysis and relational competence
- Work experience as a nurse and clinical development nurse, primarily within mental healthcare (specialist health services), with additional experience from medical units and nursing homes.
Research
Quality in mental health care – the inpatients’ perspectives of quality of care and experienced coercion in Norwegian hospitals
PhD-prosjekt
Publications
2026
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Lundqvist, Lars‐Olov;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-.
(2026)
Patient Perspectives on Quality of Care in Mental Health Settings: A Comparative Cross‐Sectional Study of Samples From Norway and Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Academic article
2025
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen.
(2025)
Quality Issues in Mental Healthcare – What Matters to Patients? Patients’ Perspectives on Quality of Care and Perceived Coercion.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2024
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Lundqvist, Lars-Olov;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg.
(2024)
Norwegian adaptation of the Quality in Psychiatric Care – In-Patient instrument: psychometric properties and factor structure.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-.
(2024)
Investigating the Associations between Patient-Reported Quality of Care and Perceived Coercion: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Academic article
Journal publications
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Lundqvist, Lars‐Olov;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-.
(2026)
Patient Perspectives on Quality of Care in Mental Health Settings: A Comparative Cross‐Sectional Study of Samples From Norway and Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Academic article
-
Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Lundqvist, Lars-Olov;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg.
(2024)
Norwegian adaptation of the Quality in Psychiatric Care – In-Patient instrument: psychometric properties and factor structure.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
-
Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-.
(2024)
Investigating the Associations between Patient-Reported Quality of Care and Perceived Coercion: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Academic article
Student thesis or dissertation
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Fossum, Siri Ødegaard;
Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-;
Schröder, Ingrid Agneta;
Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen;
Moen, Øyfrid Larsen.
(2025)
Quality Issues in Mental Healthcare – What Matters to Patients? Patients’ Perspectives on Quality of Care and Perceived Coercion.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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Conference posterFossum, Siri Ødegaard. (2025) Patient-Reported Quality of Care and Perceived Coercion in Norwegian Psychiatric Wards. European Conference on Mental Health
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Feature articleFossum, Siri Ødegaard; Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-. (2025) Vi må kunne spørre om nedbyggingen av døgnplasser har gått for langt.
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Feature articleFossum, Siri Ødegaard; Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-. (2025) Opplevd tvang er av betydning for vurderinger av kvalitet i psykisk helsevern.
2024
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Feature articleHaug, Elisabeth; Andfossen, Nina Beate; Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Kirkbakk Fjær, Kari; Fossum, Siri Ødegaard; Gamme, Wenke Iren; Habtu, Thomas Asmelash; Hamnes, Bente; Haug, May Elin Juliusdatter; Kletthagen, Hege Skundberg-. (2024) Man trenger ikke være perfekt for å være normal.