Perspectives on quality mental health care from Brazilian and Cape Verdean outpatients: implications for effective patient-centered policies and models of care.

abstract：:Purpose: Emotional instability and self-harm pose major problems for society and health care. There are effective interventions in outpatient care, but when patients need inpatient care, nurses often struggle meeting their patient's needs. Brief admission (BA) is a newly implemented crisis intervention and novel form ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Eckerström J,Allenius E,Helleman M,Flyckt L,Perseius KI,Omerov P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Young men may struggle in life with challenges of various concerns about their identity and who they want to be in life. Many health issues arise from social norms and wider societal determinations and for today's young men, following such norms poses a risk of losing oneself. An essential part of health a...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Lundvall M,Hörberg U,Palmér L,Carlsson G,Lindberg E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Fifteen to twenty percent of patients with a knee arthroplasty are dissatisfied with their replaced joint. This study aimed to describe patients' experiences of undergoing knee replacement surgery, both total- and unicompartmental knee replacement, and post-operative recovery, and to determine whether expecta...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Skogö Nyvang J,Hedström M,Iversen MD,Andreassen Gleissman S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a demand for interventions aimed at adolescent girls with psychosomatic problems. In 2013, positive results were reported from a dance intervention programme addressing girls with internalizing problems. The research team behind the intervention immediately received requests from municipalities and county cou...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Carlsson N,Kullberg A,Johansson IK,Bergman P,Skagerström J,Andersson A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As physical activity can improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease, it is important to understand the contributing factors to physical activity engagement among older adults, particularly those living in rural communities to assist in remaining active and healthy as long as possible. The purpose o...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Schmidt L,Rempel G,Murray TC,McHugh TL,Vallance JK

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate people's experiences of living with dysphagia after stroke, and their experiences of dysphagia management. METHODS:The study design was qualitative, and an open-ended approach to data collection was used, with follow-up probing questions to gain more information as need...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Helldén J,Bergström L,Karlsson S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To add to our knowledge concerning the key elements involved in the individual's experience of growing up with substance abusing parents and the resulting challenges this involved for their own parenthood. METHODS:In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 parents who had participated in a mental health interventi...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Tedgård E,Råstam M,Wirtberg I

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients experience extreme difficulty when facing an intractable genetic disease. Herein, we examine the experiences of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in facing and learning about their disease. A total of seven patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (age range: 20-48) participated. We conducted in-dept...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Fujino H,Iwata Y,Saito T,Matsumura T,Fujimura H,Imura O

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating patients with hard-to-heal wounds is a complex task that requires a holistic view. Therefore this study focuses on the nurse's perspective with the aim on describing how community nurses experience the phenomenon the care of patients with hard-to-heal wounds. The method used was a reflective lifeworld approac...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Eskilsson C,Carlsson G

更新日期：2010-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we identify some worrying problems in the contemporary practice of qualitative research, such as the confusion regarding content and meaning in content analysis, the frequent use of standardized methods that avoids philosophy, as well as the description/interpretation dichotomy in empirical research. ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Dahlberg H,Dahlberg K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South African studies have suggested that street children are resilient but also suicidal, engage in unprotected sex and other high risk sexual behaviour as a means of survival, have high rates of substance abuse and are physically abused and stigmatized due to their state of homelessness. However, few studies have ex...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Hills F,Meyer-Weitz A,Asante KO

更新日期：2016-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several work models for care improvement have been developed in order to meet the requirement for evidence-based care. This study examines a work model for reflection, entitled the reflective team (RT). The main idea behind RTs is that caring skills exist among those who work closest to the patients. The team leader (...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Jonasson LL,Carlsson G,Nyström M

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Self-reliance and social participation are strongly promoted by social policy. Both concepts are linked to the concept of vulnerability, for people who do not meet these standards are labelled "vulnerable people". In this paper, the insider's perspective takes central stage by seeking to explore what it means...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Numans W,Regenmortel TV,Schalk R,Boog J

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Existential loneliness is part of being human that is little understood in health care, but, to provide good care to their older patients, professionals need to be able to meet their existential concerns. The aim of this study was to explore health care professionals' experiences of their encounters with older ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Sundström M,Edberg AK,Rämgård M,Blomqvist K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Registered nurses (RNs) working in homecare encounter severely ill and palliative patients whose expressions may cause ethical challenges and influence their daily work. The aim of this qualitative study was to illuminate and interpret the meaning of nurses' lived experiences when meeting these patients. Narrative int...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Devik SA,Enmarker I,Hellzen O

更新日期：2013-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand how first generation Latino parents, whose primary language is Spanish and live in a colonia on the U.S.-Mexico border, use screen time in their homes.Methods: A purposeful sampling approach was used to recruit eligible parents of pre-adolescents (ages 9-14) who wer...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Barroso CS,Springer AE,Ledingham CM,Kelder SH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight loss surgery is commonly regarded as improving individuals' health and social life, and resulting in a happier and more active life for those defined as "morbidly obese." However, some researchers have started to doubt whether these positive outcomes apply to everyone and this article explores this doubt furthe...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Groven KS,Råheim M,Engelsrud G

更新日期：2010-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Travel to foreign countries involves the risk of becoming a carrier of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, especially when the destination is a country with a high prevalence of this type of bacteria. AIM AND METHODS:The aim of this study was to learn about the knowledge of antibiotic resistance, and the behavio...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Wiklund S,Fagerberg I,Örtqvist Å,Broliden K,Tammelin A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) coexist: the biomedical and the psychosocial. We identified in nine French newspapers 159 articles giving facts and opinions about ADHD from 1995 to 2015. We classified them according to the model they mainly supported and on the basis of what argument. Two...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Ponnou S,Gonon F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Knee arthroplasties are an increasingly common treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) and the main indication is pain. Previous research states, however, that 15-20% of the operated patients are dissatisfied and 20-30% have persistent pain after surgery. This study is aimed at describing patients' experiences of living ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Nyvang J,Hedström M,Gleissman SA

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early labour is the very first phase of the labour process and is considered to be a period of time when no professional attendance is needed. However there is a high frequency of women who seek care at the delivery wards during this phase. When a woman is admitted to the delivery ward, one role for midwives...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Carlsson IM

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade an increasing use of differentiated support measures for pupils with special educational needs, indicative of a discrepancy between educational policies and practices, has been witnessed in Sweden. Another trend has been the increased use of medical diagnoses in school. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Isaksson J,Lindqvist R,Bergström E

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Active-duty military service members have a significant risk of sustaining physical and psychological trauma resulting in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Within an interdisciplinary treatment approach at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, service members participated in...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Walker MS,Kaimal G,Gonzaga AML,Myers-Coffman KA,DeGraba TJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to describe the experiences of becoming a parent to a child with birth asphyxia treated with hypothermia in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In line with the medical advances, the survival of critically ill infants with increased risk of morbidity is increasing. Children who survive bi...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Heringhaus A,Blom MD,Wigert H

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This article interrogates the mainstream healthcare narrative that frames human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a chronic disease, and triangulates it with the lived experiences of people with HIV in Singapore. It also examines how HIV patients reconstruct their identities after the diagnosis of HIV. Four HIV patients...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Ho LP,Goh ECL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional support is considered to be important to older patients because it is a contributing factor to experiencing good health and it has been shown that it can prevent depression after a hip fracture. Opinions differ on whether emotional support falls within the field of nursing, and studies also show that nurses ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Pejner MN,Ziegert K,Kihlgren A

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of suffering and relief from suffering as described in autobiographies by tourists who experienced the tsunami on 26 December 2004 and lost loved ones. A lifeworld approach, inspired by the French philosopher Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception, was chosen for t...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Roxberg A,Sameby J,Brodin S,Fridlund B,da Silva AB

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the way people using modern health care perceive its consequences in Ouraman-e-Takht region of Iranian Kurdistan. Ouraman-e-Takht is a rural, highly mountainous and dry region located in the southwest Kurdistan province of Iran. Recently, modern health practices have bee...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Mohammadpur A,Rezaei M,Sadeghi R

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Research-based descriptions of the contents of the habilitation nursing of children with developmental disabilities are lacking. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe the habilitation nursing of children with developmental disabilities in a Finnish children's neurological ward. In addition, the purpo...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Olli J,Vehkakoski T,Salanterä S

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hip fractures are amongst the leading causes of admission to an orthopaedic ward. Systematized pathways with reduced admission time have become increasingly common as an essential tool for quality development and to improve efficiency in the hospital setting.  The aim of this study was to clarify if the patients feel ...

journal_title：International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being

authors： Jensen CM,Smith AC,Overgaard S,Wiil UK,Clemensen J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00