I'm a medical doctor, specialist in psychiatry, PhD in epidemiology from 2014 at UiB. My current positions are associate professor in Elderly Medicine, Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine, and senior doctor at NKS Olaviken gerontopsychiatric hospital.  From 2019-2022  I was a post-doc affiliated with the LIVE@Home.Path Innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their families. A mixed-method randomized controlled trial - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no), which applied a stepped-wedge design to explore if a multicomponent intervention could improve rescource utilization and burden for caregivers to people with dementia residing at home.  Toghether with PhD candidate Marie Hidle Gedde, I investigated the impact of the intervention and the Covid-19 pandemic on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. 

From august 2022 I'm the PI of the DARK.DEM trial Virtual darkness and digital phenotyping in specialized and municipal dementia care: The DARK.DEM randomized controlled trial. - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no), in which we will explore if blue light depleted evening light can alliviate agitation and other behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. We will also deveop digital biomarkers for agitation by correlating data from smartwatches with data from traditional psychometric scales. 

I'm a menber of the research board at IGS, rund the research shool in global public health and primary care Forskerskole i samfunnsmedisinske fag | Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin | UiB and is currently the head of Faglig Forum, Alrek Health Care Cluster Faglig forum - Alrek (alrekhelseklynge.no). I'm an associate board memeber of the American Journal of Geriatic Psychiatry. 

I am affiliated with the Master's Programme in Health and Society | University of Bergen (uib.no) I teach in ageing, social inequalities in health and methods, supervise masterstudents and have course responsibility for Den akademiske prosessen: frå idé til presentasjon | Universitetet i Bergen (uib.no) 

Academic article

• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Janne Mannseth et al. (2022). The impact of medication reviews by general practitioners on psychotropic drug use and behavioral and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the multicomponent cluster randomized controlled LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Rolf Gjestad; Johan Petter Franck et al. (2022). Gender specific early treatment for women with alcohol addiction (EWA): Impact on work related outcomes. A 25-year registry follow-up of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise; Marjolein M. Iversen (2013). Co-morbidity between diabetes, migraine and depression. (external link)
• Ann Kristin Knudsen; Line Iden Berge; Jens Christoffer Skogen et al. (2015). The prospective association between health anxiety and cancer detection: A cohort study linking the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) with the Norwegian Cancer Registry. (external link)
• Monica Patrascu; Line Iden Berge; Ipsit V. Vahia et al. (2025). The story of pain in people with dementia: a rationale for digital measures. (external link)
• Shunta Wagatsuma; Taizo Yamaguchi; Line Iden Berge et al. (2021). How, Why and Where it Hurts—Breaking Down Pain Syndrome Among Nursing Home Patients With Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the COSMOS Trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise; Ole Bernt Fasmer et al. (2012). Risk of depression in diabetes is highest for young persons using oral anti-diabetic agents. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø et al. (2021). Age and emotional distress during covid-19: Findings from two waves of the norwegian citizen panel. (external link)
• Maarja Vislapuu; Monica Patrascu; Heather Allore et al. (2024). Feedback System Analysis of a Multicomponent Intervention on Dyads of Home-Dwelling Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers: Results From the LIVE@ Home.Path Trial. (external link)
• Marjolein M. Iversen; Grethe Seppola Tell; Birgitte Espehaug et al. (2014). Is depression a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers? 11-years follow-up of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise; Øivind Hundal et al. (2013). Prevalence and characteristics of depressive disorders in type 1 diabetes. (external link)
• Erika Ito; Line Iden Berge; Bettina Husebø et al. (2020). The negative impact of psychotropic drug use on quality of life in nursing home patients at different stages of dementia: Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial. (external link)
• Marte Meyer Solvang; Tone M. Norekvål; Grethe Seppola Tell et al. (2015). Attempts to improve and confidence in improving health behaviour in 40-49 year olds with and without coronary heart disease: The Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise; Grethe Seppola Tell et al. (2015). Depression in persons with diabetes by age and antidiabetic treatment: A crosssectional analysis with data from the hordaland health study. (external link)
• Yasaman Pakdaman; Siren Berland; Helene J. Bustad et al. (2021). Genetic Dominant Variants in STUB1, Segregating in Families with SCA48, Display In Vitro Functional Impairments Indistinctive from Recessive Variants Associated with SCAR16. (external link)
• Maarja Vislapuu; Renira Corinne Angeles; Line I. Berge et al. (2021). The consequences of COVID-19 lockdown for formal and informal resource utilization among home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the prospective PAN.DEM study. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Jens Christoffer Skogen; Gerhard Sulo et al. (2016). Health anxiety and risk of ischaemic heart disease: A prospective cohort study linking the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) with the Cardiovascular Diseases in Norway (CVDNOR) project. (external link)
• Nathalie Puaschitz; Frode Fadnes Jacobsen; Janne Mannseth et al. (2021). Factors associated with access to assistive technology and telecare in home-dwelling people with dementia: baseline data from the LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Renira Corinne S Angeles; Marie Hidle Gedde et al. (2025). Burden and care time for dementia caregivers in the LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Ippazio Cosimo Antonazzo; Trond Riise; Marianna Cortese et al. (2018). Diabetes is associated with decreased migraine risk: A nationwide cohort study. (external link)
• Bettina Husebø; Heather Allore; Wilco Achterberg et al. (2020). LIVE@Home.Path--innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: Study protocol for a mixed-method, stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial. (external link)
• Maarja Vislapuu; Line Iden Berge; Renira Corinne Angeles et al. (2022). Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial. (external link)
• Nathalie Genevieve Puaschitz; Frode F. Jacobsen; Line Iden Berge et al. (2023). Access to, use of, and experiences with social alarms in home-living people with dementia: results from the LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Husebø; Janne Mannseth et al. (2020). Less is more: The impact of deprescribing psychotropic drugs on behavioral and psychological symptoms and daily functioning in nursing home patients. Results from the Cluster-Randomized Controlled COSMOS Trial. (external link)
• Lisa Aaslestad; Brice Sylvain Daniel Marty; Monica Patrascu et al. (2026). Empatica E4 wristband assessment of probable REM sleep behavior disorder in people with Parkinson’s disease. Results from the DIGI.PARK study. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Marie H. Gedde; Juan Carlos Torrado Vidal et al. (2022). The acceptability, adoption, and feasibility of a music application developed using participatory design for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their caregivers. The “Alight” app in the LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise; Ole Bernt Fasmer et al. (2013). Does diabetes have a protective effect on migraine?. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Ipsit V Vahia et al. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: A prospective cohort study (PAN.DEM). (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Husebø; Ane Erdal et al. (2021). Access to and interest in assistive technology for home-dwelling people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic (PAN.DEM). (external link)
• Renira Corinne Angeles; Line Iden Berge; Marie H. Gedde et al. (2021). Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD). (external link)

Lecture

• Line Iden Berge (2023). Helsetjenester til personer med demens. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2024). Hva er demens? Kan det forebygges? Kan det behandles?. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Sunniva Vibe Skagen; Valentina Casadei et al. (2024). Teknologibua:Fremtidens besteforeldre.. (external link)
• Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom; Kjersti Marie Blytt; Bjørn Bjorvatn et al. (2023). Forskernatt «Søvnens makt: Ungdom – overgang – alderdom». (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2023). Forskernatt, søvnens makt: ungdom, overgang, alderdom.. (external link)

Conference poster

• Malika Elise Hansen; Silje Mæland; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2023). Light exposure, sleep quality, and sleepiness as predictors of memory decline in older adults: A cohort study from Norway. (external link)
• Marie Hidle Gedde; Bettina Husebø; Maarja Vislapuu et al. (2019). Digital Assessments for Individualized Dementia Care. (external link)
• Bettina Husebø; Oscar Tranvåg; Stein Erik Fæø et al. (2019). LIVE@Home.Path. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Nathalie Puaschitz et al. (2020). Access to and interest in assistive technology for home-dwelling people with dementia under COVID-19. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Line Iden Berge (2021). Multicomponent intervention with medication reviews impact on psychotropic drug use and behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling persons with dementia.. (external link)
• Andreas Vindenes; Sunniva Vibe Skagen; Inger Hilde Nordhus et al. (2025). The Effect of Bright Light Therapy on Agitation. (external link)
• Maarja Vislapuu; Line Iden Berge; Marie Hidle Gedde et al. (2019). Ethics, privacy and regulations in research including home-dwelling people with dementia.. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Stein Erik Fæø et al. (2021). LIVE@Home.Path: Innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and caregivers. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Mala Naik et al. (2021). Impact of medication review on psychotropic drug use for behavioral and psychological symptoms of home-dwelling persons with dementia.. (external link)
• Hilde Erdal; Line Iden Berge; Reidun Lisbet Skeide Kjome et al. (2024). Student centered pedagogy improves academic writing skills in 1st semester pharmacy students.. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Solgunn Knardal; Frode wikne et al. (2019). Alight: The development and pilot testing of a prototype tablet application for elderly persons with affective disorders or cognitive impairment. A collaboration between patients and caregivers, clinical, academic and commercial organizations. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; henriksen tone elise gjøtterud; Stein Erik Fæø et al. (2024). Kronoterapi ved adferdsmessige og psykiatriske symptomer ved demens: Fra innovasjonsprosjektet BrighterAge til forskningsprosjektet DARK.DEM. (external link)
• Sunniva Vibe Skagen; henriksen tone elise gjøtterud; Stein Erik Fæø et al. (2024). Virtual darkness for agitation in dementia: The DARK.DEM randomized controlled trial.. (external link)

Media feature article

• Bettina Husebø; Line Iden Berge (2020). Politikerne hykler om velferdsteknologi. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2020). Politikerne hykler om velferdsteknologi. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2022). Psykose og depresjon hos eldre under koronapandemien. (external link)
• Marie H. Gedde; Line Iden Berge (2021). Eldre har også lidd under pandemien. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Line Iden Berge (2022). Konsekvenser av covid-19 restriksjonene for eldre og personer med demens. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2023). Chronotheraphy for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2022). Brighter Age: Alderspsykiatri i nytt lys. (external link)
• Hilde Erdal; Line Iden Berge; Reidun Lisbet Skeide Kjome et al. (2024). Studentsentrert pedagogikk styrker akademiske skriveferdigheter hos farmasistudenter i første semester.. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Heather Allore; Renira Corinne Angeles et al. (2023). The effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on caregiver burden and informal care time in home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers. Results from the stepped wedge randomized controlled LIVE@Home.Path trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge; Tone Elise Gjøtterud Henriksen; Stein Erik Fæø et al. (2023). Virtual darkness and digital phenotyping in specialized and municipal dementia care. The DARK.DEM trial. (external link)
• Renira Corinne Angeles; Line Iden Berge; Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø et al. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of LIVE@Home.Path care model for home-dwelling persons with dementia: preliminary results from a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial. (external link)
• Line Iden Berge (2023). Kronoterapi mot adferdsforstyrrelser ved demens. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Line Iden Berge; Trond Riise (2015). Comorbidity between type 2 diabetes and depression in the adult population: directions of the association and its possible pathophysiological mechanisms. (external link)
• Bettina Husebø; Hannah L. Heintz; Line Iden Berge et al. (2020). Sensing technology to monitor behavioral and psychological symptoms and to assess treatment response in people with dementia: A systematic review. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Kjersti Blytt; Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom; Line Iden Berge (2024). Søvn gjennom livsløpet: Kan søvnproblemer øke risikoen for demens? Med overlege og førsteamanuensis Line Iden Berge. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Line Iden Berge (2014). Depression and migraine comorbid to diabetes. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Bettina Elisabeth Franziska Husebø; Line Iden Berge (2020). Intensive Medicine and Nursing Home Care in Times of SARS CoV-2: A Norwegian Perspective. (external link)

Non-fiction monograph

• Brit Haver; Line Iden Berge; Pål Gulbrandsen et al. (2016). Hva gikk galt hos legen? Når dialogen svikter.. (external link)

Journal corrigendum

• Bettina S. Husebo; Hannah L. Heintz; Line Iden Berge et al. (2020). Corrigendum: Sensing Technology to Monitor Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and to Assess Treatment Response in People With Dementia. A Systematic Review (Frontiers in Pharmacology, (2020), 10, (1699), 10.3389/fphar.2019.01699). (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Valentina Casadei; Line Iden Berge; Sunniva Vibe Skagen et al. (2025). System-Based Modeling of Respiratory Rate from PPG: A Preliminary Investigation. (external link)

Report

• Malika Elise Hansen; Lin Sørensen; Line Iden Berge et al. (2025). The Acute Alerting Effects of Artificial Lighting among Older Adults. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

-The LIVE@HOme.Path trial Innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their families. A mixed-method randomized controlled trial - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no)

-The DARK.DEM trial Virtual darkness and digital phenotyping in specialized and municipal dementia care: The DARK.DEM randomized controlled trial. - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no)