Search for dissertations about: "patient-centered"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the word patient-centered.

  2. 1. Collaboration and Coordination Challenges in Patient-Centered Care : Models and Informaion Services

    Author : Monica Winge; Benkt Wangler; Paul Johannesson; Fredrik Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; patient-centered care; healthcare; social care; home care; collaboration; coordination; care processes; processes coordination; multi-sectoral collaboration; communication; information models; information services; management; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis reports on research focuses on how to deal with the fact that the organization and processesof today’s health and social care are becoming ever more complex as a consequence of societal trends, including an aging population and an increased reliance on care at home. The overall research goal is to suggest ways in which IT-based solutions can enable and leverage collaboration and coordination insituations where a co-morbid patient is subject to care delivered simultaneously by several different professionals and organizations. READ MORE

  4. 2. Lumbar spinal stenosis : Body mass index and the patient's perspective

    Author : Björn Knutsson; Karl Michaëlsson; Bengt Sandén; Göran Sjödén; Paul Gerdhem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antonovsky; back pain; BMI; body mass index; Bygghalsan; cohort study; coping; EQ-5D; excess weight; leg pain; LSS; lumbar spinal stenosis; obesity; ODI Oswestry disability index; overweight; patient-centered; patient-physician relationship; patient-perspective; patient-related-outcome-measure; PROMs; qualitative study; spinal stenosis; salutogenesis; salutogenic; sciatica; spine surgery; suffering; Swedish spine register; Swespine; VAS; weight loss; weight change; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

    Abstract : During recent decades, lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) has become the most common indication for spine surgery, a change that coincides with a higher worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity. Thus, surgical treatment of LSS in the overweight and obese population is common and increasing in scope. READ MORE

  5. 3. Immigrant Patients with Diabetes: How They Understand, Learn to Manage and Live with Their Diabetes

    Author : Nuha Saleh Stattin; Frank Snoek; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Diabetes; culture; understanding; patient s experiences; patient-centered; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

    Abstract : This study was initially based on the assumption that difficulties that arise between the Swedish health-care providers and immigrant diabetes patients are due to linguistic and cultural barriers. This assumption weakened as the study developed and began to point to the fact that the patient’s own understanding of his experience of living with and managing his diabetes has a more far-reaching effect than that of the cultural and linguistic differences. READ MORE

  6. 4. Mild to moderate depression in the elderly in primary care - detection, patient centeredness and course

    Author : Maria Magnil; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depressive symptoms; mild to moderate depression; patient-centered consultation; screening; elderly; primary care; course; longitudinal; risk factors; prognostic factors;

    Abstract : Aims; To study the prevalence of and describe factors associated with depressive symptoms and to observe the course in a cohort of elderly primary care patients with mild to moderate depression. To compare a structured patient-centered consultation model with a validated instrument when screening for depressive symptoms and to investigate if recommended cut-off values for a self-rated instrument should be adjusted for this population. READ MORE

  7. 5. Interpersonal Skills in the Dentist-Patient Relationship: the art of dentistry

    Author : Károly R. Kulich; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interpersonal skills; dentist-patient relationship; dental phobia; patient-centered dentistry; Grounded Theory; qualitative method; exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis; Dental Beliefs Survey;

    Abstract : The concept of interpersonal skills and its relevance in the dentist-patient relationship wasinvestigated. In Study I, general dentists responding to a mailed questionnaire reported thatthe ideal characteristics of a good dentist can be divided into three categories: 1)interpersonal skills; 2) clinical skills; and 3) other skills. READ MORE