Search for dissertations about: "patients´experiences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the word patients´experiences.

  2. 1. The process of recovery after colorectal cancer surgery : patients' experiences and factors of influence

    Author : Jenny Jakobsson; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : Colorectal cancer; Postoperative recovery; Patients experiences; Factors of influence; Health; Anxiety; Svensson s method; Phenomenology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe and compare how patients recovering from different forms of colorectal cancer surgery experience their postopera-tive recovery, general health, and anxiety, up to six months after surgery. In addition, the aim was to describe the influence of patient- and surgery-related factors on patient-reported recovery. READ MORE

  4. 2. Delirium in older people after cardiac surgery : risk factors, dementia, patients’ experiences and assessments

    Author : Helena Claesson Lingehall; Birgitta Olofsson; Elisabeth Lindahl; Yngve Gustafson; Karl Gunnar Engström; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Delirium; Dementia; Nursing; Older people; Patients’ experiences; Perioperative period; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background:Delirium is common in older people undergoing cardiac surgery. Delirium is an acute or subacute neuro-psychiatric syndrome, characterized by a change in cognition, disturbances in consciousness; it fluctuates, develops over a short period of time and always has an underlying cause. READ MORE

  5. 3. Patients’ experiences of continuity of care : What is needed and how can it be measured?

    Author : Linda Ljungholm; Mirjam Ekstedt; Cecilia Fagerström; Kristofer Årestedt; Ingrid Djukanovic; Helle Wijk; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim for this thesis was to explore continuity of care through patients’, family carers’, and health care personnel’s perceptions, and to develop and evaluate a patient-reported experience measure of continuity of care.Method: This thesis consists of four studies; I have a qualitative explorative design and II have a qualitative descriptive design, whereas III and IV are methodological studies. READ MORE

  6. 4. Er:YAG laser in dentistry. Patients’ experiences and clinical applicability

    Author : Roxana Sarmadi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dental caries; Er:YAG laser; Labial frenectomy; Patients’ experiences; Qualitative research; Randomized controlled trial; Rotary bur;

    Abstract : Abstract Er:YAG laser in dentistry. Patients’ experiences and clinical applicability Roxana Sarmadi, Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 450, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Patients' experiences of undergoing surgery : From vulnerability towards recovery -including a new, altered life

    Author : Angelica Forsberg; Ewa Idvall; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore patients’ experiences of undergoing surgery, including their perceptions of quality of care and recovery. A mixed methods design was used, and studies with qualitativemethods (I, II) and quantitative methods (III, IV, V) were performed. READ MORE