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Painting from Within - Developing and Evaluating a Manual-based Art therapy for Patients with Depression
(2017-09-13)Aim: The overall aim was to develop and evaluate a manual-based art-therapy programme for patients with depression, and hence, to clarify treatment effects and to describe participants’ experiences of the treatment. The ... -
Patient Education Materials from a person-centred perspective - Coping and co-design in colorectal cancer care
(2016-05-31)To cope with possible stressful events after colorectal cancer surgery, patients need to be prepared for the early postoperative phase. Complementary written in-formation is often used, but requires improvement. The overall ... -
Patient empowerment during the transition to adulthood in young persons with chronic conditions
(2020-12-08)During the transition to adulthood and adult care young persons with chronic conditions (CCs) are in need of developing the skills necessary to manage their condition, communicate with the healthcare provider, participate ... -
Patient och medaktör. Studier av patientdelaktighet och hur sådan stimuleras och hindras.
(2008-03-25)ABSTRACT Original title: Patient och medaktör. Studier av patientdelaktighet och hur sådan stimuleras och hindras. Title in English: Patient and Co-actor. Studies of patient participation and how this is stimulated and ... -
Patient safety during intrahospital transports in intensive care. Hazards, experiences and future measurements
(2020-04-16)Patient safety is an attribute of the healthcare system that minimizes the incidence of adverse events (AEs), and that entails identifying the causes of harm and preventive strategies. Intrahospital transport (IHT) of ... -
Patient Safety in the OR - Focus on Infection Control and Prevention
(2013-04-17)Aims: The overall purpose of this thesis was, in the light of patients’ experiences of acquiring a deep SSI, to explore the air quality during orthopedic implant surgery and the application of intraoperative measures to ... -
Patientdelaktighet. Betydelse och utvärdering inom ryggmärgsskaderehabilitering
(2016-11-07)Patientdelaktighet är av central betydelse i dagens hälso- och sjukvård men det är oklart vad det innebär i praktiken och det saknas frågeformulär för att utvärdera patienters erfarenheter av patientdelaktighet inom ... -
Patients and Staff in the Hybrid Operating Room: Experiences and Challenges
(2019-11-29)The hybrid operating room (OR), which combines a traditional OR with a radiological intervention room, is one example of the technical advancements within hospitals. In a hybrid OR, the staff have to manage the technique ... -
Patients with acute hip fractures; motivation, effectiveness and costs in two different care systems
(2006-10-06)Abstract The care of patients with a hip fracture in Sweden varies a lot in terms of length of hospital stay and these patients are often subjected to multiple transferrals for other than medical reasons. How this affects ... -
Patients with unexplained chest pain − Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life
(2007-09-28)Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of ... -
Patients with worsening chronic heart failure – Symptoms and aspects of care. A Descriptive and Interventional study
(2007-12-17)The aims of this thesis are to (1) explore the factors related to seeking care (Paper I), (2) describe the association between fatigue and selected symptoms (Paper II), (3) validate a method to detect the symptoms (Paper ... -
Patients' Experience of Undergoing Vascular Interventional Radiology and Radiographers´ Experience of Caring for these Patients
(2013-03-25)Abstract Heart and vascular disease is a health problem through out the world and the technical development in the Interventional Radiology (IR) field is rapid. The possibilities to treat vascular disease has expanded ... -
Patients' quality of life - Living with incurable cancer in palliative homecare
(2007-09-21)My clinical experience is that living in incurable cancer at the end of life is complex to patients and their families. Patients seem to have a rather good quality of life (QoL) but problems related to the progression of ... -
Perceived burden, lived experiences and experiences of learning processes and illness management in parents of children with severe or moderate haemophilia
(2019-01-18)Haemophilia is a complex condition to manage, especially for parents of newly diagnosed children, and the illness affects the whole family. The parents are deeply involved in the child’s treatment, as they frequently have ... -
Person-centred care and self-efficacy - Experiences, measures and effects after an event of acute coronary syndrome
(2015-06-04)Person-centred care (PCC) highlights the importance of knowing the patient as a person and is a key component in engaging the person as an active partner in health care and treatment to improve illness management. ... -
Person-centred care: Possibilities, barriers and effects in hospitalised patients
(2012-08-28)The need for a person-centred rather than disease-centred approach to care is considered an important part of care today. However, healthcare professionals still tend to focus on the disease within the per- son rather than ... -
Person-centred e-support. Foundations for the development of nursing interventions in outpatient cancer care
(2016-01-20)This thesis explores the foundations of person-centred e-support for women undergoing treatment for early-stage breast cancer. It is designed to enhance the knowledge base on how nursing interventions, in the form of ... -
Physicians' engagement: qualitative studies exploring physicians' experiences of engaging in improving clinical services and processes
(2015-11-20)Background: Physicians are engaged in the bio-medical and technical development of health care. In spite of consensus between researchers and practitioners that change initiatives benefit from engaging multiple care ... -
Planerad processorienterad omvårdnad – nytta och implementering
(2010-04-16)To ensure the provision of good and safe nursing care in the ward, the nursing needs of each patient should be established and clearly documented in the form of care plans in his/her medical record. There is a lack of ... -
Posterior Perineral Injuries - Midwives' Management and Experiences of the Second Stage of Labour in Relation to Perineal Outcome
(2017-04-04)Women commonly sustain some form of perineal and vaginal injury when giving birth. Posterior perineal injuries have short- and long-term consequences for women which may lead to reduced quality of life. AIM: The aim of ...