Search for dissertations about: "healthcare encounters"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the words healthcare encounters.

2. 1. Encouraging Encounters : Experiences of People on Sick Leave in Their Meetings with Professionals

   Author : Ulrika Müssener; Kristina Alexandersson; Kurt Svärdsudd; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Encounters; Sickness absence; Sick leave; Return to work; Client perspective; Health promotion; Work; Sjukfrånvaro; Bemötande; Sociala emotioner; Återgång till arbete; Empowerment; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : Background: The recent increase in long-term sickness absence both in Sweden and many other countries has been met with various attempts to intensify the use of rehabilitation measures in order to prevent people from remaining long-term sickness absent. Several actors, among them professionals in healthcare, occupational health services, and social insurance are involved in handling issues related to the sick leave of an individual, and in providing measures to promote return to work (RTW). READ MORE

4. 2. Disclosing the invisible : experiences, outcomes and quality of endometriosis healthcare

   Author : Hanna Grundström; Siw Alehagen; Carina Berterö; Preben Kjölhede; Margareta Larsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; endometriosis; persistent pelvic pain; healthcare professionals; healthcare encounters; health-related quality of life; pain thresholds; quantitative sensory testing; central sensitization; hysterectomy;

   Abstract : Introduction: Many women with endometriosis report that their symptoms are normalized and trivialized when they seek medical care and they often experience diagnostic delays, ineffective treatments and physiological, psychological and social consequences. However, there is a knowledge gap when it comes to women’s experiences of different aspects of endometriosis healthcare, and the quality of that care. READ MORE

5. 3. Negative experiences of encounters in healthcare

   Author : Maja Wessel; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : A positive encounter is essential to the provision of qualitative healthcare. Experiences of negative encounters in healthcare may affect the patient’s wellbeing and health, and have a negative effect on the patient’s trust in the healthcare system. READ MORE

6. 4. Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis : health-related quality of life and participation in healthcare encounters

   Author : Veronica Lundberg; Anncristine Fjellman-Wiklund; Catharina Eriksson; Torbjörn Lind; Rebecka Janols; Eva Broström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child; Gender; Healthcare professionals; Health-related quality of life; Informant discrepancies; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Parents; Participation; Pediatrics; Qualitative; Questionnaire; pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Background: Growing up with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) can be associated with functional limitations, feelings of being different, and an impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Children’s and parents’ reports of child HRQOL may differ. READ MORE

7. 5. Creating access to cancer care : an exploration of patient-provider encounters in primary care, and sociodemographic factors

   Author : Cecilia Hultstrand; Senada Hajdarevic; Anna-Britt Coe; Mikael Lilja; Kristina Bengtsson Boström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Access to care; patient-provider interaction; primary care; encounters; experiences; cancer; time to diagnosis; standardization; sociodemographic factors;

   Abstract : Background: Access to care is widely discussed in both research and practice. However, previous research about access to care has mainly focused on individual behaviors of seeking care, and theories about access have mostly focused on quantifiable dimensions, such as supply and demand. READ MORE