Search for dissertations about: "self-care"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the word self-care.

2. 6. Care and self-care in diabetes : a study in patients with onset of diabetes before 1975

   Author : Karin Wikblad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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4. 7. Developing and evaluating an interactive app to support self-care among older persons receiving home care

   Author : Carina Göransson; Karin Blomberg; Kristina Ziegert; Yvonne Wengström; Pernilla Hillerås; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health concerns; mHealth; older persons; self-care;

   Abstract : The proportion of older persons worldwide is growing. With older age, complex health problems may occur and the need for home care increases. To support older persons to maintain health and self-care, innovative ways need to be developed. The aim of the project was to develop and evaluate an interactive app among older persons receiving home care. READ MORE

5. 8. Self-care, foot problems and health in Tanzanian diabetic patients and comparisons with matched Swedish diabetic patients

   Author : Bibbi Smide; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Diabetes mellitus; Self-care; Foot problems; SF-36; Tanzania; Sweden; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to study self-care, foot problems and self-perceived health in 150 consecutively invited Tanzanian diabetic patients and to compare them with gender- and age-matched Swedish diabetic patients (n=150) from a middle Sweden area. The main study was cross-sectional and took place at a diabetes clinic in Dar es Salaam. READ MORE

6. 9. Immigrants with heart failure- A descriptive comparative study of symptoms, self care, social support, care and treatment

   Author : Azar Hedemalm; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Immigrant; heart failure; symptom; treatment; self care; physical and emotional state; social support; patient records;

   Abstract : Background: The current demographic profile in Sweden demonstrates blended ethnicities and cultures evolving through mass migration and resettlement. While it is acknowledged that cultural background affects, illness experience, participation in the care or self-management of illness, little is presently known about the treatment patterns, symptoms, health care seeking and health outcomes among immigrants with heart failure (HF) in Sweden or other Scandinavian countries ? despite the fact that worsening of chronic heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over 65 years of age. READ MORE

7. 10. The borderland between care and self-care

   Author : Anna Sarkadi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Type 2 diabetes; chronic disease management; patient education; women; intimacy; guilt and shame; female sexual dysfunction; social network; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine different approaches to support the self-care of persons with Type 2 diabetes, with special reference to practical, social, and sexual aspects of women's self-management. The methods to elucidate this comprised: evaluating a new model for diabetes patient education; designing a model to analyse the role of social networks in women's diabetes; conducting individual and focus group interviews for deeper understanding of the social and sexual aspects of diabetes; and collecting questionnaire data as a complement to the above. READ MORE