Search for dissertations about: "Karin Wikblad"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Karin Wikblad.

  2. 1. Care and self-care in diabetes : a study in patients with onset of diabetes before 1975

    Author : Karin Wikblad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  4. 2. Diabetes-Related Blindness : Studies of Self-Management, Power, Empowerment and Health

    Author : Janeth Leksell; Karin Wikblad; Gun Sandberg; Berit Lundman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes nursing; Diabetes mellitus; Blindness; Power; Empowerment; Health; Diabetesvård; Diabetology; Diabetologi;

    Abstract : Individuals with diabetes and blindness meet problems in daily life that are related to both conditions. The aim was to study diabetes self-management, burden of diabetes, power, sense of coherence (SOC) and health among individuals with diabetes-related blindness. READ MORE

  5. 3. Self-management of diabetes in adolescents using insulin pumps

    Author : Anna Lindholm Olinder; Bibbi Smide; Kerstin Ternulf Nyhlin; Karin Wikblad; Anna Kernell; Marit Graue; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 1 diabetes; Insulin infusion systems; Insulin omission; Adolescents; Adolescent parenting; Nursing; Qualitative research; Interviews; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Diabetology; Diabetologi; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : Insulin pump treatment (CSII) is considered the most physiological way to imitate the healthy body’s insulin profile in adolescents with diabetes. However, despite the use of CSII, achieving the recommended disease control is difficult for adolescents. READ MORE

  6. 4. Knowledge Acquisition in Patients with Heart Disease

    Author : Monica Rydell-Karlsson; Peter Henriksson; Ewa Billing; Magnus Edner; Karin Wikblad; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chronic heart failure; Coronary artery disease; NYHA classification; Depression; Type-D personality; Cardiac rehabilitation; Knowledge; Information techniques; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Chronic heart failure; Coronary artery disease; NYHA classification; depression; Type-D personality; cardiac rehabilitation; knowledge; information techniques;

    Abstract : The general aim was to evaluate different aspects of the knowledge acquisition process in patients with heart disease. Three different education programs were evaluated.In Paper I 208 patients with systolic heart failure (HF) aged >60 years, were included. READ MORE

  7. 5. Delirium during Hospitalisation : Incidence, Risk Factors, Early Signs and Patients' Experiences of Being Delirious

    Author : Gill Sörensen Duppils; Karin Wikblad; Sjödén Per-Olov; Astrid Norberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; delirium; Acute confusional state; hip surgery; hip fracture; replacement surgery; cognitive function; MMSE; Follow-up; health-related quality of life; HRQOL; SF-36; Omvårdnad; Nursing; Omvårdnad; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences; Delirium i samband med höftfraktur;

    Abstract : Delirium is common among old patients admitted to hospital, but is often a neglected problem in patient care. The principal aim of this thesis was to evaluate aspects of delirium in relation to incidence, risk factors, behavioural changes, cognitive function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). READ MORE