Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa
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Outdoor environments at residential care facilities: Needs, wishes, and access for older adults and care workers
(2025-05-22)Introduction: Research studies have shown that contact with nature and outdoor stays can improve health, especially for older adults and care workers. However, statistics from the Swedish National Board of Health and ... -
Life in the Shadows of Glioblastoma: Health-related quality of life, psychological symptoms, life situation and support
(2025-05-20)Glioblastoma is a life limiting illness characterised by numerous distressing and progressively worsening symptoms. The patient suffers and so do those closest to them, their relatives. Throughout the course of the disease, ... -
Virtual calm room for inpatients with affective disorder
(2025-04-14)Inpatient psychiatric care is a cornerstone for people with severe mental disorder who need care during acute episodes of illness. Traditional methods using pharmacological treatments have been the main option to patients. ... -
Neurovascular Biomarkers for Retionpathy of Prematurity - Methodological and Clinical Aspects
(2025-04-09)Background: Preterm infants face significantly increased risks of diseases, including retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a potentially blinding neurovascular eye disease. ROP is caused by abnormal retinal neuro-vascularisation ... -
Respite for the Troubled Mind - Supportive and Natural Spaces as a Therapeutic Tool
(2025-04-02)Introduction: Mental health disorders are a major health problem worldwide and are associated with decreased life expectancy, suffering, and economic burdens. A prerequisite for the treatment of mental disorders is for an ... -
Patient safety and person-centeredness in healthcare for patients with suicidal behavior
(2025-03-04)Ensuring patient safety is a cornerstone of high-quality care for individuals experiencing suicidal behavior. Traditionally focused on risk reduction, safety efforts may unintentionally erode trust when overly security-driven. ... -
Palliative care consultation services - bridging gaps with general healthcare teams
(2025-01-24)Palliative care consultation services support palliative care practice within healthcare settings outside of specialised palliative care. The overall aim of this thesis was to further our understanding of how palliative ... -
Prerequisites and effects of an opioid-free anaesthesia pathway in patients undergoing bariatric surgery
(2024-11-20)Obesity is an escalating public health concern and bariatric surgery remains the only effective long-term treatment for substantial weight reduction. However, bariatric surgery typically involves opioid use during and ... -
Improving the hand hygiene of healthcare workers: Exploring the feasibility of an electronic monitoring system
(2024-11-12)Technical innovations, such as electronic monitoring systems (EMSs), have been developed to promote increased hand hygiene (HH) adherence among healthcare workers (HCWs). The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the ... -
Spiritual Care Unveiled - Religious Literacy in Palliative Care
(2024-10-23)Sweden is portrayed as being multicultural and multireligious and at the same time, significantly impacted by secularization and simultaneously highly influenced by secular values. This diversity necessitates that society ... -
Pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia. A closer look at cognitive function, partners' experiences and maternal mental health
(2024-05-22)Becoming pregnant is a turning point in life. Acting like a catalyst for the parents-to-be, most pregnancies evolve without complications. However preeclampsia, a pregnancy induced syndrome, affects 3-5% of all pregnancies. ... -
Improving Disaster Management in Saudi Arabia Through Collaborative Exercises and Education for Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers
(2024-05-17)Disasters have increasingly been shown to have consequences that require swift and effective action from both authorities and society. Specifically, coordination, collaboration, and cooperation have proven to be recurring ... -
Patient safety in radiology. Risk and preventive factors in the radiography process
(2024-05-07)The radiology department plays an important part in health care. The purpose of radiology is to diagnose (or exclude) and follow up health conditions and treatments, and to be used in interventional treatments, through the ... -
Altering the birthing room - The influence on birth outcomes and provision of care
(2024-01-10)Giving birth is a complex physiological process deeply influenced by psychological and social elements. A prerequisite for optimising this physiological process is to be in an environment that feels safe and protective. ... -
Constructing patient safety. Exploring unsafe care events in hospital settings as reported by patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals
(2023-11-15)The conditions of hospital care are continuously transformed with advances in medicine and technology, and with organizational alterations influenced by the changing needs of the population. As these conditions affect ... -
Att mötas utan att ses - om partnerskap och personcentrerad vård på distans
(2023-05-16)The aim of this thesis was to evaluate and describe person-centred care over the telephone to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic heart failure (CHF) and to elucidate informal carers’ ... -
Andning och träning i medveten närvaro för personer med hjärtsvikt - studier av erfarenheter och effekter på symtom och tecken, välbefinnande och hälsa
(2023-05-15)Despite care and treatment, many patients with heart failure (HF) are limited by symptoms, such as shortness of breath (SOB) and fatigue, that is difficult to treat. Research shows that slow breathing and mindfulness-based ... -
Development and testing af an observation-based method to assess person-centeredness in healthcare
(2023-04-19)Person-centred care (PCC) has been designated and endorsed as a core competency needed for health care professionals (HCP) to meet the evolving challenges facing health care. The aim of this thesis was to develop and test ... -
Towards an item bank to measure patient-reported experience of person-centred care
(2023-03-03)The reorienting of healthcare towards a more person-centred approach requires new approaches to evaluate care from the patient perspective. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore care from the perspective of people ... -
Outcomes and Experiences of a Fast Track - A direct admission process from ambulance to stroke unit for patients not eligible for acute intervention
(2023-01-18)Background Stroke is a serious medical condition, and the time before acute intervention and care at stroke units is crucial. People who suffer from a stroke and are not eligible for stroke alert are often transported to ...