Search for dissertations about: "patient education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 421 swedish dissertations containing the words patient education.
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1. Daily life experiences, symptoms and well being in women with coeliac disease A patient education intervention
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : 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 than men with the disease. The aims of this thesis were to describe the life experience of being a woman living with CD (I) and to assess the effects of patient education (PE) with problem based learning (PBL) on psychological well-being (II) and gastrointestinal symptoms (III). READ MORE
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2. Information to the patient an attempt to satisfy the patient's need for information
University dissertation from Umeå : Umeå universitetAbstract : Dissatisfaction with medical information is a common problem among patients. There is also evidence that patients lack information that physicians believe they have given to the patient. READ MORE
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3. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials Understanding, Motivation and Hope
University dissertation from Uppala : Uppsala universitetAbstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study participants' understanding of clinical cancer trials, and their motivation for participation. Of particular interest was the question of whether the patients hoped for a cure resulting from the trial. READ MORE
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4. Living with irritable bowel syndrome A patient perspective on everyday life, health care encounters and patient education
University dissertation from Stockholm : Karolinska institutetAbstract : Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional bowel disease. Adults with IBS represent a large group of health care seekers. Previous research has shown that these people often feel insufficiently informed about their condition, and find it hard to manage the disease in everyday life. READ MORE
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5. Learning as a patient What and how individuals want to learn when preparing for surgery, and the potential use of serious games in their education
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : Introduction: Surgical patients need knowledge to participate in their own care and to engage in self-care behaviour in the perioperative period which is important for their recovery. Patient education facilitates such knowledge acquisition and several methods can be used to facilitate it, for example, face-to-face education and brochures or using information technology such as website or computer games. READ MORE
