Publications

Protocol & Intervention Development

Systematically developing a family-based health promotion intervention for women with prior gestational diabetes based on evidence, theory and co-production: the Face-it study.

Published: BMC Public Health, August 2021

Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Anne Timm, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Emma Davidsen, Line Hillersdal, Nanna Husted Jensen, Maja Thøgersen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Per Ovesen, Peter Damm, Ulla Kampmann, Christina Anne Vinter, Elisabeth Reinhardt Mathiasen and Karoline Kragelund Nielsen

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a co-produced, complex, health promotion intervention for women with prior gestational diabetes and their families: the Face-it study.
Published: Trials, February 2020

Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Per Ovesen, Peter Damm, Nanna Husted Jensen, Maja Thøgersen, Anne Timm, Line Hillersdal, Ulla Kampmann, Christina Anne Vinter, Elisabeth Reinhardt Mathiesen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal & On behalf of the Face-it Study Group

Quantitative Evaluation

Intervention fidelity and behaviour change mechanisms in a health promotion intervention for women following gestational diabetes mellitus: Secondary analysis of the Face-it RCT

Published: Primary Care Diabetes, 2025

Nanna Husted Jensen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Peter Damm, Per Ovesen, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Ulla Kampmann, Christina Anne Vinter, Sharleen O'Reilly, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, on behalf of the Face-it Study Group

Effectiveness of a Family-based Health Promotion Intervention for Women With Prior GDM: The Face-It RCT

Published: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024

Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Peter Damm, Per Ovesen, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Ulla Kampmann, Christina Anne Vinter, Sine Knorr, Lise Lotte Andersen, Emma Davidsen, Nanna Husted Jensen, Jori Aalders, Maja Thøgersen, Anne Timm, Henrik Støvring, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Health promotion intervention among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus: penetration, participation, and baseline findings from the Face-it randomized controlled trial

Published: BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 2023

Nanna Husted Jensen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Ulla Kampmann, Peter Damm, Per Ovesen, Elisabeth Reinhardt Mathiesen, Christina Anne Vinter, Emma Davidsen, Maja Thøgersen, Anne Timm, Lise Lotte Torvin Andersen, Sine Knorr, Dorte Møller Jensen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Qualitative Evaluation

Motivation for Behavior Change among Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes and Their Partners-A Qualitative Investigation among Participants in the Face-It Intervention

Published: 2023

Anne Timm, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Dorte Møller Jensen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Acceptability and adoption of the Face-it health promotion intervention targeting women with prior gesational diabetes and their partners: A qulitative study of the perspectives of healthcare professionals

Published: Diabetic Medicine, April 2023

Anne Timm, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Dorthe Moeller Jensen and Helle Terkildsen Maindahl

The experience of women with recent gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 lockdown: a qualitative study from Denmark

Published: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2022

Nanna Husted Jensen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen & Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Other Publications

Dietary Changes and Their Predictors in the First Year After Childbirth in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Post Hoc Longitudinal Analysis from the Face-it Trial

Published: The Journal of Nutrition, 2025

Anju Rawal , Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Peter Damm, Per Ovesen, Christina Anne Vinter, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Ulla Kampmann, Dirk Lund Christensen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, on behalf of the Face-it Study Group

Psychometric validation of the Internalised Stigma Scale for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (ISS-GDM): a cross-sectional study

Published: BMJ Open, 2026

Emma Davidsen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Karl Bang Christensen, Peter Damm, Molly Byrne, Inger K Dahl-Petersen, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Dorte M Jensen, Christina Vinter, Ulla Kampmann, Per G Ovesen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen

Dietary Changes and Their Predictors in the First Year After Childbirth in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Post Hoc Longitudinal Analysis from the Face-it Trial

Published: The Journal of Nutrition, 2025

[A step towards the prevention of type 2 diabetes] (Danish)

Published: Diabetesforeningens fagblad: Behandlerbladet, 2025

Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Peter Damm, Dorte Møller Jensen, Per Ovesen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Prevalence and concordance of cardiometabolic risk markers and health behaviour among couples after a gestational diabetes mellitus-affected pregnancy

Published: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 2025

Majken Lillholm Pico, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Louise Groth Grunnet, Peter Damm, Dorte Møller Jensen, Per Ovesen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Christina Anne Vinter, Ulla Kampmann, Elisabeth R. Mathiesen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Face-it Study Group

Health literacy, perceived stress, and dietary quality among Danish women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus

Published: Public Health, 2025

Kamilla Horn Diedrichsen, Majken Lillholm Pico, Elina Sofie Rasmussen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen, Per Ovesen, Peter Damm, Dorte Møller Jensen, Ulla Kampmann, Elisabeth R. Mathiesen, Christina Anne Vinter, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

[The researcher explains: Health visitors as new actors in diabetes prevention] (Danish)

Published: Sygepljersken, 2023

Ulla Abildtrup

Strategies to promote health behaviors in parents with small children - A systematic review and realist synthesis of behavioral intervention.

Published: Obesity Reviews, November 2021

Anne Timm, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Laerke Jønck, Nanna Husted Jensen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Ole Nørregaard and Helle Terkildsen Maindal.

[A qualitative investigation of families with small children's experiences during COVID-19] (Danish)

Published: Sundhedsplejersken, April 2021

Nanna Husted Jensen, Elise Haubjerg Winther, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on the Cross-Sectoral Treatment Pathway for Women with Gestational Diabetes during and after Pregnancy - A Qualitative Study.

Published: Journal of Clinical Medicine, February 2021

Anne Timm, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Ulla Christensen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Core outcome set for diabetes after pregnancy prevention across the life span: international Delphi study.

Published: BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, September 2020

Nancy Wu, Sharleen O'Reilly, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Kaberi Dasgupta

[A family-based health promotion intervention] (Danish).

Published: Diabetes behandlerblad, June 2020

Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen og Dorte Møller Jensen

Diabetes after pregnancy prevention trials: Systematic review for core outcome set development.

Published: Maternity & Child Nutrition, December 2019

Sharleen O'Reilly, Yvonne Leonard, Kaberi Dasgupta, Helle Terkildsen Maindal

[Multi-level intervention for families with previous gestational diabetes mellitus] (Danish).

Published: Ugeskrift for læger, November 2018

Anne Timm, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen og Helle Terkildsen Maindal

Prevention of Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes directed at the family context: a narrative review from the Danish Diabetes Academy symposium.

Published: Diabetic Medicine, March 2018

Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Louise Groth Grunnet og Helle Terkildsen Maindal

What is the postpartum experience of Danish women following gestational diabetes? A qualitative exploration.

Published: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, June 2017

Line Svensson, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal