Search for dissertations about: "patient education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 357 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
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
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2. Information to the patient : an attempt to satisfy the patient's need for information
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
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3. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and 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 thepatients 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
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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
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
