Search for dissertations about: "nursing interventions"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 147 swedish dissertations containing the words nursing interventions.

2. 11. Internet-based Psychosocial Support : Design, Effects and User Experience in the Cancer Setting

   Author : Anna Hauffman; Birgitta Johansson; Peter Nygren; Helena Igelström; Joakim Öhlén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Internet; eHealth; Nursing; Oncology; Cancer; Anxiety; Depression; Psychosocial Intervention; Technology-Based Interventions; Stepped Care; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Background and Aim Being diagnosed with cancer is often described as a major loss of control leading to severe psychological distress and symptoms of anxiety and depression can continue to affect the individual in the long term. The cancer and its treatment may influence all dimensions of health, thus the psychosocial support provided needs to be multifaceted and easy accessed. READ MORE

4. 12. Rational drug treatment in the elderly : "To treat or not to treat"

   Author : Inger Nordin Olsson; Peter Engfeldt; Sten Landahl; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Elderly; polypharmacy; drug evaluation; nursing process; monitoring; inappropriate prescribing; quality of life; patient participation; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to examine the effect of interventions on the usage of inappropriate and hazardous multi-medication in the elderly ≥75 years with ≥5 drugs.Methods: Paper I describes a cluster randomization of nursing homes, the outcomes were; number of drugs, health status and evaluations. READ MORE

5. 13. The experience of younger adults and their next of kin following a myocardial infarction and registered nurses' conceptions of caring in a coronary care context

   Author : Ewa Andersson; Vård i högteknologisk miljö; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; content analysis; Caring; conceptions of caring; context; coronary care; deductive content analysis; experience; inductive content analysis; myocardial infarction; next of kin; nursing; phenomenography; phenomenological hermeneutic; younger people; views; qualitative research.;

   Abstract : Despite the fact that caring has been regarded as the core of nursing for decades, our knowledge about caring is still mainly on a philosophical level. The problem with these philosophical descriptions is that they do not serve as explicit guides for today's nurses, particularly in the light of the considerable changes that have taken place in the healthcare sector. READ MORE

6. 14. Health Promotion Intervention in Mental Health Services

   Author : Petra Svedberg; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicin människa och djur ; Nursing; Questionnaire; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Health promotion; Phenomenographic.; Mental health services;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to define and develop the concept of health promotion in mental health services as well as to develop a questionnaire to measure patients? subjective experiences of health promotion intervention in mental health services. The samples consisted of 12 patients in study I and 12 nurses in study II as well as 135 patients in mental health services in study III and IV. READ MORE

7. 15. Cancer-related fatigue. Experience and outcomes

   Author : Karin Ahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer-related fatigue; symptom experience; symptom assessment; symptom management; health-related quality of life; psychological distress; coping resources; cytokines; nursing; uterine cancer.;

   Abstract : Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most common and distressing symptoms in cancer patients and it may interfere with everyday aspects of life. Despite the recent significant increase in the literature on CRF it is nevertheless understudied, and several important questions involving experience, aetiology, assessment and interventions remain unanswered. READ MORE