Search for dissertations about: "cardiac patient education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words cardiac patient education.

  2. 1. Learning as a patient : What and how individuals want to learn when preparing for surgery, and the potential use of serious games in their education

    Author : Brynja Ingadóttir; Tiny Jaarsma; Ingela Thylén; Bjöörn Fossum; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; knowledge expectations; learning; serious game; surgical patients; Kennslutölvuleikur; nám; sjúklingafræðsla; skurðsjúklingar; væntingar til fræðslu;

    Abstract : Introduction: Surgical patients need knowledge to participate in their own care and to engage in self-care behaviour in the perioperative period which is important for their recovery. Patient education facilitates such knowledge acquisition and several methods can be used to facilitate it, for example, face-to-face education and brochures or using information technology such as website or computer games. READ MORE

  4. 2. The effects and experiences of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy : The perspectives of patients with non-cardiac chest pain and healthcare professionals in the emergency and cardiac care

    Author : Magda Eriksson-Liebon; Ghassan Mourad; Peter Johansson; Lilas Ali; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiac anxiety; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Internet-delivered; Non-cardiac chest pain; Patient experience; Psychological distress; Randomised controlled trial; Qualitative design;

    Abstract : BackgroundNon-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a common issue, accounting for roughly half of all emergency department visits related to chest pain. Patients afflicted with NCCP often endure cardiac anxiety, misinterpreting the pain as heart-related and fearing it, despite the absence of any life-threatening cardiac issues. READ MORE

  5. 3. The life situation of patients with heart failure in primary health care. An explorative and interventional study

    Author : Jan Mårtensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; life situation; heart failure; primary health care; chronic illness; spouses; inside and outside perspective; caring; social network; social support; patient education; self-care behaviour; health-related quality of life; gender differences; Heart failure; Nursing; Cardiology;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to obtain a deeper understanding of the life situation of patients with mild to severe heart failure and their spouses, and to determine the effects of a nurse-led intervention on patients with heart failure in primary health care. A phe-nomenographic approach was used to describe how male (N=12) and female (N=12) patients with heart failure conceive their life situa-tion (I, II), and the critical incident technique was used to describe spousal (N=23) experience of factors that influence their support of the patient with heart failure. READ MORE

  6. 4. Patients’ and Spouses’ Perspectives on Coronary Heart Disease and its Treatment

    Author : Anita Kärner; Björn Bergdahl; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Björn Sjöström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Causal attributions; coronary disease; drug treatment; lifestyle changes; phenomenography; patient adherence; spouses; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

    Abstract : Background: Lifestyle changes and drug treatment can improve the prognosis and quality of life for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), but their co-operation with suggested treatment is often limited. The aim of this thesis was to study how patients and their spouses conceive CHD and its treatment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Statistics on local drug sales: A tool to identify problem areas and to follow effects of education on drug use

    Author : Anders Ekedahl; Kardiovaskulär forskning - epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unused drugs; Pharmacological sciences; toxikologi; farmaci; farmakognosi; Farmakologi; toxicology; pharmacognosy; pharmacy; producer independent information; drug sales statistics;

    Abstract : Aims: 1) To assess if drug sales data indicate differences in morbidity, mortality, socio-economic conditions and deviating prescribing habits among physicians; 2) to identify areas for educational interventions and to analyse changes in prescribing after educational activities. In addition, an effort was made to estimate differences between pharmacy sales and purchases by the population, and the amount and value of unused drugs returned to pharmacies. READ MORE