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Karen Holten

PhD fellow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-4672
See publications in PubMed

Education

  • Nurse at Metropol University of Applied Sciences, Copenhagen (2009)
  • Master in Interdisciplinary Health Research at the Department of Health and Society, University of Oslo (2018)

Position

  • PhD fellow, Department of Rheumatology, Outpatient Clinic and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Field of interest

  • Patient-reported outcome measures
  • Fatigue
  • Rheumatology
  • Treat-to-target
  • Remote monitoring
  • Method studies
  • User participation in research

Email

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Telephone

22 45 48 00

visiting address

Diakonhjemmet hospital
Forstanderboligen
Reidar Kobros vei 8
0370 Oslo

Postal address

Diakohjemmet hospital
PO Box 23 Vinderen
0319 Oslo

Projects

WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

ARCTIC

Remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial investigating the use of ultrasound in clinical follow-up

Project Manager:
Espen A. Haavardsholm
WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

ARCTIC FORWARD

10-year follow-up of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who received structured treatment-to-target therapy in the early disease phase.

Project Manager:
Siri Lillegraven
WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

ARCTIC REWIND

Study on stepping up treatment for rheumatoid arthritis without loss of disease control.

Project Manager:
Espen A. Haavardsholm

Publications

Publications taken from the National Science Archive (NVA):

Three-Year Results of Tapering Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor to Withdrawal Compared to Stable Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission: A Multicenter Randomized Trial

Kaja Eriksrud Kjørholt, Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Åse S. Lexberg


Arthritis & Rheumatology

2025

Performance of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) score in relation to flares in disease activity

Karen Holten, Nina Paulshus Sundlisæter, Joseph Sexton, Lena Bugge Nordberg, Till Uhlig, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien


RMD Open

2024

Agreement between patient-reported flares and clinically significant flare status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in sustained remission: data from the ARCTIC REWIND trials

Karen Holten, Nina Paulshus Sundlisæter, Joseph Sexton, Kaja Eriksrud Kjørholt, Lena Bugge Nordberg, Tillmann Uhlig


RMD Open

2024

Fatigue in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis undergoing treat-to-target therapy: predictors and response to treatment

Karen Holten, Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Siri Lillegraven, Joseph Sexton, Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Ellen Moholt


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2021

Comparative analyzes of responsiveness between the Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease score, other patient-reported outcomes and disease activity measures: secondary analyzes from the ARCTICstudy

Karen Holten, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Kvien, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Espen A. Haavardsholm


RMD Open

2018