Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa
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Outcomes and Experiences of a Fast Track - A direct admission process from ambulance to stroke unit for patients not eligible for acute intervention
Background Stroke is a serious medical condition, and the time before acute intervention and care at stroke units is crucial. People who suffer from a stroke and are not eligible for stroke alert are often transported to ... -
Stigma and socioeconomic outcomes in epilepsy
(2022-12-21)Epilepsy influences all aspects of life. While the treatment of seizures is the natural starting point in epilepsy care, social aspects of epilepsy need consideration for successful outcomes. The purpose of this doctoral ... -
Nurses' psychosocial work environment, parental needs and communication at the neonatal intensive care unit
(2022-11-25)Background. Parents with an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often experience great emotional distress. They are dependent on staff for help in caring for and relating to their infant. Nursing staff who ... -
Continued follow-up care - during transition and transfer of young people with congenital heart disease
(2022-11-22)Although life-long follow-up care and transfer from paediatric to adult facilities are recommended for most young people with congenital heart dis-ease, a substantial proportion present with discontinued follow-up care, ... -
Risk Assessments in Forensic Psychiatry: Consequences and Experiences for Patients and Nurses
(2022-11-02)In forensic psychiatry, risk assessment of future violence poses a great challenge to mental health care professionals. Forensic psychiatric patients are particularly vulnerable due to their complex mental health needs in ... -
Postoperative infections and bladder distension following hip fracture surgery Findings from implementing patient safety innovations
(2022-10-26)Adverse events such as hospital-acquired infections and bladder distension are largely preventable if evidence-based recommendations are adhered to. The overall aim of this thesis was to promote healthcare workers’, ... -
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles - Perspectives from Nursing Practice, Media and the General Population
(2022-09-28)Globally, non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and type 2 diabetes pose a growing threat to public health. These diseases are linked to unhealthy lifestyles, ... -
Safe care at home for frail older people. Perspectives of care receivers and care professionals
(2022-09-12)The body of evidence regarding what is needed to ensure safe care is growing, but the ongoing movement of healthcare from inpatient contexts to primary care settings highlights how much knowledge we lack regarding safe ... -
Help Overcoming Pain Early (HOPE) - a person-centred intervention for adolescents with chronic pain in a school setting
(2022-08-16)The overall aim of the thesis was to develop and evaluate a school health-based intervention, Help Overcoming Pain Early (HOPE) for promotion of adolescents’ ability to manage their problems with chronic pain. Study ... -
Interprofessional Teamwork in the Emergency Department - Communicating for Patient Safety
(2022-05-27)Interprofessional teams may improve patient safety through successful communication and effective teamwork. However, ineffective teamwork occurs despite the implementation of various strategies and can compromise patient ... -
To give birth in late- and post-term pregnancy - women's experiences and perspectives
(2022-05-19)Childbirth is a lifechanging event, and women carry with them the experience throughout life. Around one in five pregnancies reach gestational week 41. When to recommend induction of labour for those extending 41 gestational ... -
Supporting mental health - Effects, communicative processes and experiences of a person-centred eHealth intervention
(2022-05-18)Corresponding to the appeal to develop supportive strategies for people on sick leave with common mental disorders (CMDs), focusing beyond illness and towards mental health, this thesis evaluates an eHealth intervention ... -
Understanding mental illness and promoting mental health -Experiences of Exhaustion Disorder and Effects of a Person-Centred eHealth Intervention
(2022-05-11)Health is subjective, involving the whole person, and cannot be determined by others. It is a resource in life, not merely the absence of disease and illness. Common mental disorders (CMDs), including stress-related ... -
Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy
(2022-04-19)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Approximately 70% of all breast cancers are estrogen positive and are recommended for treatment with adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) for five to ten years, ... -
Confinement and Caring—On sociomaterial practices in secured institutions for youths
(2022-03-29)In special youth homes run by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, youths are placed because of involuntary care or a verdict. The legal regulations and conflicting requirements of care, security, and children’s ... -
Children and their parents' experiences of mealtimes when the child lives with a gastrostomy tube
(2022-03-17)Oncology treatments and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) commonly contribute to side effects which influence the child’s ability to eat and thus cause meals to be stressful. Bodily dysfunctions linked to the ... -
lnnovating eldercare. Exploring older adults' peer-to-peer practices in the outskirts of public care
(2022-03-03)The focus of this thesis is everyday care between older adults and their peers who are not family. Public eldercare is also discussed. At first glance, these two issues may seem quite different. Nevertheless, trends in ... -
Prerequisites for palliative care provision in intensive care
(2022-02-08)Palliative care provision is aimed at improving patients’ quality of life when cure no longer possible through healthcare systems, including intensive care. It has been ob-served that ongoing challenges exist concerning ... -
Process and economic evaluation of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the Stepstones project
(2022-01-28)Transition programs have been developed for adolescents with chronic conditions and evaluated through randomized controlled trials. However, knowledge is lacking on what barriers and facilitators to implementation exist, ... -
Development of a Prehospital Decision Support Tool - Optimisation of the prehospital triage of patients with chest pain
(2021-11-16)Background: Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients contacting the emergency medical services (EMS). This large group consists of patients with disorders of various causes and severity. Prehospital risk ...
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