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    • On the clinical assessment of persistent fatigue and pain 

      Bernhoff, Gabriella (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2023-01-04)
      Patients with persistent fatigue and pain, most of them women, often struggle with decreased function and related concerns. They commonly receive an inconclusive investigation and a delayed diagnosis. Neuropathic aspects ...
    • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in geriatric patients with dysphagia 

      Wärn Hede, Gunnel (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2019-11-27)
      Background: Orofaryngeal dysphagia (OD) is common in geriatric patients and a risk factor for malnutrition and prolonged in-hospital stay. Nutritional assessment is essential in these patients and documentation should be ...
    • Patient experiences and the influence on health literacy and self-care using mHealth to manage symptoms during radiotherapy for prostate cancer 

      Christiansen, Mats (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2019-02-01)
      Introduction: Prostate cancer is a diagnosis that can affect the men’s quality of life both due to the symptoms related to the disease and the treatment the men receive. Treatment with radiotherapy for prostate cancer in ...
    • Monitoring calls in telephone advice nursing : parents' and telenurses' experiences 

      Sandelius, Susanna (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2017-09-22)
      Background: Approximately 2 million of the 4.5 million calls made in 2016 to the 1177 healthcare advice line resulted in the telenurse providing self-care advice to the care seeker. In some of these calls, the care seekers ...
    • Adverse events in nursing care : a study of reports by patients, families and healthcare providers 

      Andersson, Åsa (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2017-02-23)
      Background: Patient safety has, over the last decades, been increasingly established as an important global issue. Patient safety is jeopardized by for example adverse events and most of the current evidence on adverse ...
    • The process of occupational therapists implementing client-centred ADL intervention in clinical practice 

      Eriksson, Christina Nilsdotter (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2016-11-22)
      The overall aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to identify and describe the characteristics of the implementation process and what hinders and contributes to the implementation of complex interventions when occupational ...
    • Living with osteogenesis imperfecta 

      Balkefors, Veronica (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-09-17)
      Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder with fragility of the bones as the dominant symptom. There is no cure for OI, but symptoms are treated with medical, orthopaedic and physiotherapy ...
    • Advanced home care : nurses' everyday practice 

      Öhlén, Agneta (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-05-05)
      Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore nursing care within Advanced home care (AHC) through nursing documentation and nurses’ perceptions of nursing care, in order to delineate the required nursing competencies ...
    • Mat och måltider vid livets slut : patienter och närståendes erfarenheter av ätsvårigheter 

      Wallin, Viktoria (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-01-16)
      Food and meals are embedded in people’s everyday social life. For people with progressive life-limiting conditions eating is often obstructed. When a dying person is cared for at home, family members often take responsibility ...
    • Family caregivers caring for a relative with dementia : a comparison of urban and rural areas 

      Ehrlich, Kethy Forssell (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-01-08)
      Family caregivers´ efforts for a family member with dementia are considerable and constitute a major societal resource. Most studies in family members’ caregiving have been carried out in major cities and there are lack ...
    • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy : patient's experiences and self-reported symptoms the first week after surgery 

      Barthelsson, Cajsa (Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2007-11-29)
      Very little research has been conducted to identify patients own perspectives of having gallstone disease and their own experiences of symptoms the first postoperative week following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, LC. ...
    • Post-operative delirium after elective cardiac surgery : risk factors and cognitive long-term outcome : results from a clinical study 

      Veliz Reissmüller, Graciela (Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2009-05-07)
      Delirium is a serious problem in the older patient. Delirium is associated with a significant independent morbidity and mortality that increases hospital costs. Due to the increasing elderly population, delirium is ...
    • Prevalence of malnutrition and determinants of nutritional status among elderly people : a population-based study in rural Bangladesh 

      Ferdous, Tamanna (Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2007-01-10)
      Introduction: Both the number and proportion of persons aged 60+ years are growing rapidly in almost all countries of the world. Research shows that elderly people are nutritionally vulnerable and that their nutritional ...
    • On aspects of context in rehabilitation after stroke : views of patients and therapeutists 

      Wohlin Wottrich, Annica (Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2006-09-15)
      Contextual factors have lately come more into focus contributing to the individual's health condition. Previous research indicates that contextual factors are poorly accounted for in stroke rehabilitation and that the ...
    • The road to diagnosis and treatment of patients with lung cancer 

      Leveälahti, Helena (Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2006-11-27)
      Lung cancer is the third most common cancer among men and women in Sweden. More than 3000 persons/year are diagnosed with lung cancer. Despite the presence of many and intense symptoms at diagnosis, most patients still ...
    • Five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of early supported discharge and continued rehabilitation at home after stroke 

      Thorsén, Ann-Mari (Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, arbetsterapi och äldrevårdsforskning (NEUROTEC) / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research (NEUROTEC), 2005-11-23)
      Introduction: Stroke constitutes the second leading cause of death and the leading determinant of disability among the world population. Stroke is the single physiological condition that requires the most bed-days in Swedish ...
    • Parents’ experiences of nurses’ cultural competence in Swedish paediatric care 

      Tavallali, Azar Gashasb (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2014-11-11)
      Due to global migration, Sweden, as is the case for many other countries in Europe, has become a multi-ethnic society. The multi-ethnic composition of the Swedish population has led to an increasing diversity of patients ...
    • Healthcare providers' perceptions of diversity and cultural competence 

      Olt, Helen (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2013-10-28)
      Swedish society is ethnically diverse and since the early 1960s immigrants have made significant contributions to the labour market in healthcare. Today many Swedes, including first- and second-generation immigrants, work ...
    • An explorative study of a complementary therapy method : Rosen Method Bodywork : user's reasons for therapy utilization, experienced benefits and existence of caring in the treatment interaction 

      Hoffren-Larsson, Riitta (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2013-09-26)
      The utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies is increasing and the users frequently report satisfaction and benefits from the treatments although scientific support for these self-reported ...
    • Life after childhood cancer 

      Berg Doukkali, Eva (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2013-04-26)
      Young people who have undergone treatment for childhood cancer have a high risk of developing chronic health problems that could have a potential strong impact on their lives. How a childhood cancer experience affects the ...