Search for dissertations about: "Heart primary care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 100 swedish dissertations containing the words Heart primary care.

2. 1. Chest pain and ischemic heart disease : Diagnosis and management in primary health care

   Author : Staffan Nilsson; Sigvard Mölstad; Eva Nylander; Ulf Lindblad; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Chest pain; ischemic heart disease; primary health care; diagnosis; lipid lowering drugs; Medicine; Medicin;

   Abstract : Background and aims. In patients consulting for chest pain, it is of great importance to evaluate the possibility of ischemic heart disease (IHD). READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart disease in primary health care : Guidelines, patients and comorbidity

   Author : Maaike Giezeman; Kersti Theander; Mikael Hasselgren; Josefin Sundh; Jörgen Thorn; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; COPD; chronic heart failure; heart disease; patient outcomes; exercise self-efficacy; comorbidity; primary health care; cohort study;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this compilation thesis was to explore different aspects of the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart disease in primary health care: guideline adherence in chronic heart failure (CHF) management (I); comparing patients with COPD and heart failure, and factors associated with the pa-tients’ exercise self-efficacy (II); and the influence of comorbid heart disease in COPD over time (III–IV).Materials and methods: Cross-sectional data from primary health care: 155 patients with heart failure (I) and 150 with COPD and/or heart failure (II). READ MORE

6. 4. Pharmaceutical care in coronary heart disease

   Author : Malin Johansson Östbring; Göran Petersson; Lina Hellström; Tommy Eriksson; Hughes Carmel; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pharmaceutical care; patient experience; medication adherence; medicine management; medication review; motivational interviewing; coronary heart disease; secondary prevention; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; cardiac rehabilitation; multi-professional collaboration; drug-related problems; pragmatic clinical trial; randomized controlled trial; qualitative analysis; process evaluation; Biomedical Sciences; Biomedicinsk vetenskap; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : Background: In coronary heart disease (CHD), pharmaceutical care implies that health care professionals cooperate with the patient to optimize drug therapy primarily for secondary prevention. Low adherence and discontinuation of drugs are common among patients with CHD, and this is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. READ MORE

7. 5. Heart failure in primary health care : special emphasis on natriuretic peptides in the elderly

   Author : Urban Alehagen; Norman Sharpe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Background: This thesis focuses on heart failure among elderly patients in the community who usually are not included in studies on heart failure. The heart failure syndrome is an increasing problem in Western society. READ MORE