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Showing result 6 - 10 of 220 swedish dissertations containing the words Oral care.

2. 6. Interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers : The perspectives of patients, family members, and critical care nurses

   Author : Jonas Karlsson; Isabell Fridh; Mats Holmberg; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Interhospital transfer; Patient transfer; Critical care; Intensive care; Family; Nurses; Caring; Missed nursing care; Phenomenological hermeneutical research; Hermeneutics; Video recording; Participant observation; Människan i vården; The Human Perspective in Care;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the current thesis was to investigate the interhospital intensive care unit-to unit transfer process from the perspective of patients, family members, and critical care nurses. Methods: Study I explores and interprets the observed nature of the patient’s situation during interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers. READ MORE

4. 7. Oral health in an outpatient psychiatric population : oral status, life satisfaction, and support

   Author : Karin Persson; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral Health; Psychiatric Outpatients; Life Satisfaction; Oral health Related Quality of Life; Quality of Life; Oral Status; Social Services; Qualitative study; Cross-Sectional Study; Multiple Linear Regression;

   Abstract : Oral health has generally improved in Sweden over the past 30 years. Investigations of living conditions have indicated that people with chronic mental health problems requiring psychiatric services diverge from that pattern. READ MORE

5. 8. Safety and efficacy of oral care for intubated neuroscience intensive care unit patients

   Author : Virginia Prendergast; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral hygiene; Tooth Brushing; RCT; Nursing Care; Critical Care;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this research was to investigate the safety of oral care in terms of intracranial dynamics and changes in oral health during intubation and 48 hours after extubation among neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU) patients. Additional aims included comparison of a comprehensive oral care protocol (i.e. READ MORE

6. 9. Dental anxiety among 15-year-olds : Psychosocial factors and oral health

   Author : Agneta Stenebrand; Ulla Wide Boman; Magnus Hakeberg; Henrik Jansson; Tiril Willumsen; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; cross-sectional; dental anxiety; experiences of dental care; oral health; prevalence; psychosocial factors; Erfarenheter av tandvård; oral hälsa; prevalens; psykosociala faktorer; tandvårdsrädsla; tvärsnittsstudie; ungdomar;

   Abstract : AIM: The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the associations between dental anxiety, experiences of dental care, psychosocial factors and oral health among 15-year-olds, and to analyse changes in the prevalence of dental anxiety over time.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The thesis was based on two cross-sectional epidemiological studies in Jönköping, Sweden. READ MORE

7. 10. Oral health and experience of oral care among cancer patients during radio- or chemotherapy

   Author : Kerstin Öhrn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; oral health. oral status; health-related quality of life; oral care; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : Oral complications and symptoms are common among patients with cancer. The aim of this thesis is to study several aspects of oral status, oral health and its relation to quality of life, and oral care among patients treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Descriptive, comparative and correlational designs were used. READ MORE