• Interprofessional Teamwork in the Emergency Department - Communicating for Patient Safety 

  Milton, Jenny

  Interprofessional teams may improve patient safety through successful communication and effective teamwork. However, ineffective teamwork occurs despite the implementation of various strategies and can compromise patient ...

• To give birth in late- and post-term pregnancy - women's experiences and perspectives 

  Nilvér, Helena

  Childbirth is a lifechanging event, and women carry with them the experience throughout life. Around one in five pregnancies reach gestational week 41. When to recommend induction of labour for those extending 41 gestational ...

• Supporting mental health - Effects, communicative processes and experiences of a person-centred eHealth intervention 

  Cederberg, Matilda

  Corresponding to the appeal to develop supportive strategies for people on sick leave with common mental disorders (CMDs), focusing beyond illness and towards mental health, this thesis evaluates an eHealth intervention ...

• Understanding mental illness and promoting mental health -Experiences of Exhaustion Disorder and Effects of a Person-Centred eHealth Intervention 

  Alsén, Sara

  Health is subjective, involving the whole person, and cannot be determined by others. It is a resource in life, not merely the absence of disease and illness. Common mental disorders (CMDs), including stress-related ...

• Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy 

  Ahlstedt Karlsson, Susanne

  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, ...

• Confinement and Caring—On sociomaterial practices in secured institutions for youths 

  Nolbeck, Kajsa

  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 ...

• Children and their parents' experiences of mealtimes when the child lives with a gastrostomy tube 

  Mårtensson, Ulrika

  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 ...

• lnnovating eldercare. Exploring older adults' peer-to-peer practices in the outskirts of public care 

  Siira, Elin

  The focus of this thesis is everyday care between older adults and their peers who are not family. Public eldercare is also discussed. At first glance, these two issues may seem quite different. Nevertheless, trends in ...

• Prerequisites for palliative care provision in intensive care 

  Hamdan Alshehri, Hanan (2022-02-08)

  Palliative care provision is aimed at improving patients’ quality of life when cure no longer possible through healthcare systems, including intensive care. It has been ob-served that ongoing challenges exist concerning ...

• Process and economic evaluation of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the Stepstones project 

  Saarijärvi, Markus (2022-01-28)

  Transition programs have been developed for adolescents with chronic conditions and evaluated through randomized controlled trials. However, knowledge is lacking on what barriers and facilitators to implementation exist, ...

• Development of a Prehospital Decision Support Tool - Optimisation of the prehospital triage of patients with chest pain 

  Wibring, Kristoffer (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 ...

• A meaningful work in a strained context - exploring midwives' work situation and professional role 

  Hansson, Malin (2021-11-09)

  Midwives report a challenging work situation globally with a work force shortage, which is a large challenge for health-care organisations and can influence midwives’ professional role. The overall aim of this thesis was ...

• Prolonged mechanical ventilation in Swedish intensive care units: patient characteristics, prevalence, weaning and challenges in care 

  Cederwall, Carl-Johan (2021-04-27)

  The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the care of adult patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in Swedish intensive care units (ICUs). Secondary aims were to identify the prevalence, characteristics and ...

• Patient empowerment during the transition to adulthood in young persons with chronic conditions 

  Acuña Mora, Mariela (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 ...

• Att upprätthålla självbestämmande i palliativt skede på särskilt boende - en modell för att främja personcentrerad vård för äldre 

  Schenell, Ramona (2020-11-20)

  The overall aim of the thesis was to develop a model that facilitates self-determination in the palliative phase in residential care. The three first studies constituted the ground for the model, which was developed in the ...

• Patient safety during intrahospital transports in intensive care. Hazards, experiences and future measurements 

  Bergman, Lina (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 ...

• Förekomst och behandling av smärta samt interventioner som bidrar till förbättrat smärtomhändertagande hos patienter på sjukhus 

  Andersson, Viveka (2020-02-27)

  Background: Pain is common in hospitalized patients. Despite the availability of various treatment methods and effective drugs foroptimal pain alleviation, research has revealed that pain treatment remains suboptimal. Aim: ...

• Health-economic evaluations of person-centred care 

  Pirhonen, Laura (2020-01-28)

  Person-centred care aims at making the individual partake in the healthcare decisionmaking and at supporting individual health management. This stands in contrast to usual care, which typically has more focus on the ...

• The balancing act of living with symptoms. Patient-reported data and quality of care during and after treatment with proton beam therapy in patients with brain tumors 

  Langegård, Ulrica (2020-01-21)

  is thesis focuses on patients with primary brain tumors undergoing proton beam therapy (PBT) and the consequences of the treatment. Quality of care (QoC) in a recently established clinic in Sweden was also evaluated. ...

• Patients and Staff in the Hybrid Operating Room: Experiences and Challenges 

  Bazzi, May (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 ...

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