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Caring Situation and Provision of Web-based Support for Young Persons Who Support Family Members or Close Friends with Mental Illness
(2013-05-10)Changes in psychiatric health care and increased reliance on outpatient care have resulted in the transfer of responsibility for care from psychiatric services to social networks. Young person’s therefore often take ... -
Children and their parents' experiences of mealtimes when the child lives with a gastrostomy tube
(2022-03-17)Oncology treatments and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) commonly contribute to side effects which influence the child’s ability to eat and thus cause meals to be stressful. Bodily dysfunctions linked to the ... -
Children living with type 1 diabetes and congenital heart disease in the West Bank, Palestine -Self-perceived health status, sense of coherence, and the daily life experiences of these children and theri parents
(2019-04-04)Chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) and congenital heart disease (CHD) are lifelong conditions, need regular treatment, self management, and health care follow-ups. Growing up with these conditions affects the ... -
Children with spina bifida and their mothers in Palestine. Lived experiences, self perceived health and sense of coherence
(2019-03-20)ABSTRACT The overall aim in this thesis was to describe the lived experiences of children with spina bifida (SB) and their mothers while living under specific social and cultural conditions in West Bank, Palestine. A ... -
Confinement and Caring—On sociomaterial practices in secured institutions for youths
(2022-03-29)In special youth homes run by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, youths are placed because of involuntary care or a verdict. The legal regulations and conflicting requirements of care, security, and children’s ... -
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 ... -
Continued follow-up care - during transition and transfer of young people with congenital heart disease
(2022-11-22)Although life-long follow-up care and transfer from paediatric to adult facilities are recommended for most young people with congenital heart dis-ease, a substantial proportion present with discontinued follow-up care, ... -
Counselling Patients with Hypertension at Health Centres - a Nursing Perspective
(2006-10-03)Counselling in hypertension care relating to lifestyle changes, i.e. non-pharmaco-logical treatment regarding smoking, alcohol, weight, diet, physical activity and stress, aims to reduce complications such as stroke and ... -
Delayed labour - risk factors, use of oxytocin and outcomes
(2018-08-31)Background and aim: Delayed labour refers to progress that is slower than what is considered normal and the most common cause of delayed progress is inadequate uterine contractions. It primarily affects nulliparous women ... -
Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy
(2022-04-19)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Approximately 70% of all breast cancers are estrogen positive and are recommended for treatment with adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) for five to ten years, ... -
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 ... -
Development of a Prehospital Decision Support Tool - Optimisation of the prehospital triage of patients with chest pain
(2021-11-16)Background: Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients contacting the emergency medical services (EMS). This large group consists of patients with disorders of various causes and severity. Prehospital risk ... -
Development of bladder control in a population that is potty-trained early - A follow up study in Vietnamese children
(2013-10-14)The overall purpose of this thesis was to advance the knowledge of bladder function development in children with the focus on early onset of potty training. Specific aims - To describe, longitudinally, the development ... -
Drama and Learning in Nursing Education. A study in first and second cycle
(2017-11-24)Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe the nature of students learning through drama in nursing education, in first and second cycle. Methods: Study I was conducted as an integrative review of ... -
Dyspnea Experience and Quality of Life among persons with lung cancer in palliative care
(2007-01-12)Background: Dyspnea, a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort commonly occurring in patients with incurable lung cancer, influences all aspects of life in the suffering per¬sons. To optimally enhance ... -
Encounters in Nursing Homes - Experiences from Nurses, Residents and and Relatives
(2008-10-20)Abstract: The care of residents in nursing homes (special housing) is a major challenge for the nursing profession, especially as the population of older people has increased in recent decades. One important aim of this ... -
End-of-life care in a Swedish county - patterns of demographic and social conditions, clinical problems and health care use
(2006-12-18)There is broad consensus in both international and national policy statements that care provided at end-of-life should be different from care provided during other periods of life. There is a need for comprehensive knowledge ... -
Experience of adjuvant treatment among postmenopausal women with breast cancer - Health-Related Quality of Life, symptom experience, stressful events and coping strategies.
(2008-02-22)In Sweden, breast cancer is today the most common type of cancer among women. Of the approximately 7,059 women who developed the disease in Sweden during 2006, about 73% were postmenopausal and aged 55 or older at time of ... -
Experiences, symptoms and signs in 3-11 year old children undergoing day surgery within the context of the perioperative dialogue
(2011-12-21)Surgical interventions create real, imagined, or potential fear or anxiety in many children, thus highlighting a need for the health professionals who work with them to increasingly act as facilitators. The overall aim ... -
Fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. Patient experience and consequences of fatigue in daily life
(2007-05-10)Although fatigue is a prevalent and distressing symptom in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it is an underestimated problem in the care of patients, and consequently, insufficiently investigated. The primary aim ...