Search for dissertations about: "Anna Letterstål"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Anna Letterstål.

2. 1. Risk attitude and patients’ experience with treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm and severe claudication

   Author : Anna Letterstål; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Abdominal aortic aneurysm; severe IC; surgery; information; health related quality of life; risk attitude; preference; QALY; content analysis; postoperative recovery;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of information on well-being after open surgical repair (OR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and to explore the experience of the care pathway of OR from the patients perspective as well as to describe risk attitude and preference for treatment of AAA and severe intermittent claudication (IC). The effect of information was assessed during the first week after returning to the surgical ward using a study-specific questionnaire in patients with AAA randomized to receive either additional written information (EG) or best practice (CG). READ MORE