Search for dissertations about: "patient education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 325 swedish dissertations containing the words patient education.

  2. 1. Daily life experiences, symptoms and well being in women with coeliac disease : A patient education intervention

    Author : Lisa Ring Jacobsson; Maria Friedrichsen; Claes Hallert; Anna Milberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Chronic disease; illness experience; phenomenology; well‐being; Patient education; PBL;

    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 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

  4. 2. Information to the patient : an attempt to satisfy the patient's need for information

    Author : Birgitta Engström; Jan Ekstedt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Patient education; consumer satisfaction; patient compliance; patient care planning; communication;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 3. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and Hope

    Author : Tove Godskesen; Ulrik Kihlbom; Peter Nygren; Karin Nordin; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; cancer; adults; clinical trials; phase 1 trials; phase 3 trials; patient information; patient education; informed consent; hope; Cancer; Adults; Clinical trials; Phase 1 trials; Phase 3 trials; Patient information; Patient education; Informed consent; Hope;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 4. Living with irritable bowel syndrome : A patient perspective on everyday life, health care encounters and patient education

    Author : Cecilia Håkanson; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Eva SahlbergBlom; Henry Nyhlin; Febe Friberg; Ersta Sköndal högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; coping; health care relationships; illness experience; irritable bowel syndrome; learning; life world; lived body; patient education; patient perspective; shame; unhomelikeness; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; coping; health care relationships; illness experience; irritable bowel syndrome; learning; life world; lived body; patient education; patient perspective; shame; unhomelikeness;

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  7. 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

    Author : Brynja Ingadóttir; Tiny Jaarsma; Ingela Thylén; Bjöörn Fossum; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; knowledge expectations; learning; serious game; surgical patients; Kennslutölvuleikur; nám; sjúklingafræðsla; skurðsjúklingar; væntingar til fræðslu;

    Abstract : 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