Search for dissertations about: "preoperative anxiety"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words preoperative anxiety.

  2. 1. Patients´ experiences of mood while waiting for day surgery

    Author : Margita Svensson; Ulrica Nilsson; Mia Svantesson; Eva Jangland; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; preoperative; mood; anxiety; calm; preoperative care; nursing; day surgery;

    Abstract : Preoperative psychological state is a major issue in day surgery; especially as patients have a short hospital stay. Except for preoperative anxiety, knowledge is sparse about how patients’ experience mood during waiting for day surgery. READ MORE

  4. 2. Nurse anaesthetist's interactions and assessment of children's anxiety

    Author : Ingalill Gimbler Berglund; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Preoperative anxiety; child; nurse anaesthetist; anxiety assessment;

    Abstract : Forty to sixty percent of all children having surgery experience preoperative anxiety. Preoperative anxiety is a risk factor for negative behavioural changes postoperative. It is of importance to find strategies in the interaction with the child to reduce anxiety. READ MORE

  5. 3. Capsulotomy in anxiety disorders

    Author : Christian Rück; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : obsessive-compulsive disorder; anxiety disorders; psychosurgery; internal capsule; prefrontal cortex; neuropsychology; personality inventory; bioethics; neurosurgery;

    Abstract : Background and aim: Anxiety disorders are common and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to conventional treatments such as SSRIs or CBT. Capsulotomy is a neurosurgical treatment for treatment refractory patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. READ MORE

  6. 4. Psychological distress and contentment after primary total knee replacement

    Author : Aamir Mahdi; Per Wretenberg; Maria Hälleberg-Nyman; Olof Sköldenberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anxiety; contentment; depression; discontentment; psychological distress; patients’ expectations; total knee replacement;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study patients with anxiety/depression symptoms before and after primary total knee replacement, particularly in terms of improvements in patients-reported outcomes, and particularly among those who were discontent with the surgery. This could hopefully improve patients' contentment after TKR. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sleep, psychological symptoms and quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

    Author : Ulla Edell-Gustafsson; Jerker Hetta; Elisabeth Hamrin; Christer Janson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Sleep; polysomnography; coronary disease; surgery; anxiety; psychophysiological disorders; personality; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : In this thesis sleep, psychological symptoms and quality of life (Qol) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at the University Hospital in Linköping were evaluated. Interviews and 24-hour polysomnography were performed prior to surgery, immediately after surgery and again at one month, with a six-month-follow-up mailed questionnaire. READ MORE