Search for dissertations about: "illness experience"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 184 swedish dissertations containing the words illness experience.

  2. 21. Perspectives on living with coeliac disease in remission : Daily life experiences, symptoms and well-being

    Author : Lisa Ring Jacobsson; Maria Friedrichsen; Claes Hallert; Anna Milberg; Katarina Hjelm; Ella Danielsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chronic disease; illness experience; patient education; PBL; phenomenology; residual discomfort; well-being.;

    Abstract : Background and aims: Despite living with a gluten-free diet (GFD) Swedish women with coeliac disease (CD) report a lower level of well-being than women without the disease and men with the disease. The all-embracing aim of the thesis was to study experiences of living with coeliac disease in remission and to discover whether a patient education intervention can influence the perceived health and daily life of women with coeliac disease. READ MORE

  4. 22. Patterns of Coping: How Children with ADHD and Their Parents Perceive and Cope with the Disorder

    Author : Noam Ringer; Max Scheja; Anders Gustavsson; Jenny Wilder; Åsa Audulv; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADHD; Children; Parents; Lived-experience; Meaning-making; Parenting stress; Coping; Perceptions; Self-management; Illness-representations; Transactional theory; Leventhal s Common Sense Model; First-hand perspective; Qualitative methods; Interviews; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental diagnosis characterized by symptoms of excessive motor activity, impulsivity, and inattention. Previous research indicates that ADHD has negative implications on the psychosocial functioning of children with ADHD and their parents. READ MORE

  5. 23. ELDERLY PERSONS LIVING WITH CANCER. Quality of life and lived experience

    Author : Bente Appel Esbensen; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancerology; oncology; Cytology; Hope; Social network and support; Activities of daily living; Lived experience; Quality of life; Elderly; Cancer; Cytologi; onkologi; cancer; Gerontology; Gerontologi;

    Abstract : Over the coming decades, the numbers of elderly will increase, and through improved lifestyles and better treatment longevity has increased, and with it, the risk of contracting cancer. How elderly people live with cancer has until now attracted limited research. READ MORE

  6. 24. Person-centered care in nurse-led outpatient rheumatology clinics. From experience to measurement

    Author : Sidona-Valentina Bala; Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : lived experience; measurement instrument; nurse-led rheumatology clinics; outpatient framework; person-centered care; rheumatoid arthritis; patient perspective; personcentrerad vård; mätinstrument; reumatologisk öppenvård; sjuksköterskemottagning;

    Abstract : AbstractAim: To describe and understand patients’ experiences as a means to conceptualize and evaluate outpatient person-centered care (PCC) in nurse-led rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinics.Methods: Persons with RA were interviewed about how they experienced their nurse-led outpatient care and about the meaning of living with persistent RA. READ MORE

  7. 25. Studies on the perception of mental illness and epilepsy in Tehran, Iran : a study in stigma and discrimination

    Author : Helia Ghanean; Lars Jacobsson; Wolfgang Rutz; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stigma; mental illness; epilepsy; Iran; Tehran; Sweden;

    Abstract : BackgroundStigma and discrimination because of medical conditions is a global phenomenon. Epilepsy and mental illness belong to the most stigmatizing disorders world-wide. Culture, religion, education, life-style influences the perception of stigma. READ MORE