Search for dissertations about: "patient factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1693 swedish dissertations containing the words patient factors.

  2. 1. Patient safety and suicide : learning in theory and practice from investigations of suicide as patient harm

    Author : Elin Fröding; Boel Andersson-Gäre; Åsa Westrin; Axel Ros; Ian Leistikow; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Suicide; Suicide prevention; Patient safety; Patient harm; Investigation; Improvement;

    Abstract : Suicide is a global public health challenge, around 700 000 people die from suicide every year. A large proportion was in contact with healthcare close in time before death, suggesting healthcare to be an important resource in the work with prevention of suicide. READ MORE

  4. 2. Work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks

    Author : Katarina Kjellberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : age; biomechanics; gender; lifting; low back disorders; methods; observations; nurses; patient comfort; patient handling; patient; safety; work technique;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and develop methods for describing, analysing and assessing work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks, and to study how the work technique is related to personal factors and aspects of patient quality and safety. The focus was on work technique features with implications for musculoskeletal load and for the development of musculoskeletal disorders. READ MORE

  5. 3. Patient Involvement : A Service Perspective

    Author : Hannah Snyder; Mattias Elg; Lars Witell; Per Echeverri; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : For a long time, patients were seen as weak and passive recipients of care, whose only role was to provide information and comply with doctors’ orders. This is beginning to change, and patients are more seen as autonomous, active, and involved collaborators in care, co-creating value with service providers and others. READ MORE

  6. 4. On dental implant failure and patient-related factors

    Author : Malin Olsson Malm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental implants; implant failure; long term; implant surface; multivariable logistic regression; case-control study; edentulous jaw; gene expression analysis; early implant failure; patient factors;

    Abstract : Dental implants function as anchorage for dental prostheses. In a small number of cases, osseointegration fails to establish or be maintained around the implants, but the reasons for these failures are not yet fully understood. READ MORE

  7. 5. Patient involvement and service innovation in healthcare

    Author : Jon Engström; Mattias Elg; Lars Witell; Glenn Robert; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Patient Involvement; participation; co-creation; patient empowerment; user involvement. patient centered care; motivation; user experiences; co-creation; service development; service innovation; service design; health care; lead users; diary; value;

    Abstract : This thesis adds to a stream of research suggesting that healthcare can be more patient centered and efficient by redefining the role of the patient from a passive receiver to a more active and collaborative participant. This may relate to healthcare provision (Anderson and Funnell, 2005; Berry and Bendapudi, 2007; Bitner and Brown, 2008; McColl-Kennedy et al. READ MORE