abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the economic outcomes (service use, health care and nonhealth care out-of-pocket costs) related to total hip arthroplasty from the perspective of patients. Also, examined was the relationship between economic outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). One hundred patien...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Montin L,Suominen T,Katajisto J,Lepistö J,Leino-Kilpi H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM AND METHOD:The chronic nature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its frequent relapses result to a considerable utilization of healthcare resources. Current approaches for the assessment of quality of care are based on the perception of the healthcare provider, which may be different from that of the healthcar...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Pallis AG,Kostagiolas PA,Mouzas IA,Niakas D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancing age is associated with high prevalence of dementia, often combined with under-diagnosed and under-treated pain. A nurse-administered assessment tool has been developed to unmask pain during standardised, guided movements, called Mobilisation-Observation-Behaviour-Intensity-Dementia (MOBID) Pain Scale. The ai...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Husebo BS,Strand LI,Moe-Nilssen R,Husebo SB,Ljunggren AE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We perceived a need for relatives' evaluation of geriatric care and rehabilitation during the care period as well as the first few weeks after discharge. The aim of this study was therefore to develop and test a questionnaire for use in telephone interviews with relatives of patients discharged from geriatric wards to...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Wressle E,Eriksson L,Fahlander A,Håkansson H,Jönsson AL,Martinsson BM,Rasmusson IM,Sjölander I,Tängmark K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has focused more on symptoms, risk factors and treatment, than on individuals' experiences of illness and recovery after myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, the aim of the study was to describe the experiences of present everyday life of women and men 4-6 months after MI and their expectations for the futu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kristofferzon ML,Löfmark R,Carlsson M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to evaluate the level of school connectedness and feelings about school among Icelandic preteenagers who were either with or without a chronic health condition. The study is cross-sectional with 480 children of 10-12 years old (209 boys and 271 girls) and 38 teachers participating from...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Svavarsdottir EK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a common condition among Europe's aging population. Findings indicate that CHF patients must make significant changes in many aspects of daily life. Previous studies of older primary health-care participants and their activities of daily living (ADL)-ability are rare. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Norberg EB,Boman K,Löfgren B

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Norwegian WHOQOL-OLD six-facet, 24-item module designed for assessing generic quality of life cross-culturally among the elderly. Using quota-stratified sampling defined on the basis of sex, age and geographical representation, 401 respondents we...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Halvorsrud L,Kalfoss M,Diseth A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family caregivers provide long-term care to their chronically ill loved ones and as a consequence they experience physical, relational and financial problems. This study investigates how long-term family caregivers rank 12 motives for caregiving. Motives are derived from the views of four philosophical anthropologists...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Beneken Genaamd Kolmer D,Tellings A,Gelissen J,Garretsen H,Bongers I

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical realities and technological advances in the clinical practice context continuously call for ethical dialogue among healthcare providers. The nurse's voice of advocacy for humane caring grounded in an existential understanding of the complexities of the health experience remains a salient responsibility of mo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Meiers SJ,Brauer DJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a grounded theory study to identify concepts for describing how adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) respond to their parents' concern for them. Ten adolescent boys and seven girls were interviewed. In the analysis four main categories emerged: ambivalence, ability/inability, compliance/resistance...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Reichenberg K,Lindfred H,Saalman R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of nonspecific musculoskeletal pain is considered to be multi-factorial. Long-standing pain not only has a negative impact on the individual's general health but also changes the individual's experience of him/her self and his/her world. The aim of this study was to describe how individuals with long-sta...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Afrell M,Biguet G,Rudebeck CE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitation is a key component of nursing and allied healthcare professionals' roles in most health and social care settings. This paper reports on stage 2 of an action research project to ascertain older adult's experience of rehabilitation. Twenty postdischarge interviews were conducted and the interview transcri...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Atwal A,Tattersall K,Murphy S,Davenport N,Craik C,Caldwell K,McIntyre A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Whereas the distinction between committed and voluntary admissions in mental health is clear from a legal point of view, this clarity is not always present in the patients' experiences. Voluntary patients may be pressured or persuaded and committed patients may want admission. AIMS:To compare three groups of...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sørgaard KW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focus on predicting factors of survival possible to modify by nursing care, and the incidence and mortality rate of nursing-home-acquired pneumonia, allocated to 1, 2 and 3 years of follow ups. The residents consisted of 156 women and 78 men living in special housing for the elderly. Data on chronic disease...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sund-Levander M,Grodzinsky E,Wahren LK

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to describe and analyse how newly graduated nurses perceive themselves as professionals and their perceptions of barriers to research utilization when starting to work within paediatric care. The nurses were employed in two paediatric university hospitals in Sweden and had been working as staf...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Andersson N,Cederfjäll C,Jylli L,Nilsson Kajermo K,Klang B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the life situation among 'significant others' to patients with post-stroke depression, and to identify associations between the life situation of the significant others and patient characteristics. Seventy-one dyads consisting of patients with a diagnosed post-stroke depression an...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Franzén-Dahlin A,Billing E,Näsman P,Mårtensson B,Wredling R,Murray V

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Women's emotions and grief after miscarriage are influenced not only by the context in which the miscarriage occurred but also by their past experience, the circumstances around the miscarriage and their future prospects. Their emotions therefore express a specific form of grief. Normally the time needed t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Adolfsson A,Larsson PG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Theories exist to challenge current practice, create new approaches to practice and remodel the structure of rules and principles. One question is whether nurses could find in psychosocial theories of ageing a theoretical foundation on which to base support of older people in their ageing process. AIM:The a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Wadensten B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of elder abuse in groups representing organizations considered potential sources of help and support for abused elders in Sweden. Focus group interviews were conducted with representatives from: the police; primary care; municipal eldercare; a church; a caregiver suppor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Erlingsson CL,Carlson SL,Saveman BI

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe and compare the self-assessed quality of sleep, occupational health, working environment, illness experience and job satisfaction among female nurses working different combinations of shifts. BACKGROUND:Evidence from several studies indicates that there is an association betwe...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sveinsdóttir H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown that the Swedish-speaking Finns have better health than the Finnish-speaking majority. The aim of this paper was to explore the health resources and health strategies among home-dwelling Swedish-speaking Finns aged 75 or older. The objective was to develop health-promotive nursing care for this grou...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kulla G,Sarvimäki A,Fagerström L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To generalize findings from a nursing population to the general female population, the aim of this study was to compare lifestyle and health among Danish female nurses with that among Danish women. Furthermore, the aim was to compare lifestyle and health among Danish female nurses with women belonging to the same ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Friis K,Ekholm O,Hundrup YA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the emergency department (ED) Registered Nurses (RNs) often perform triage, i.e. the sorting and prioritizing of patients. The allocation of acuity ratings is commonly based on a triage scale. To date, three reliable 5-level triage scales exist, of which the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is one. In Sweden...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Göransson K,Ehrenberg A,Marklund B,Ehnfors M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:THE STUDY'S RATIONALE: Patients' influence in health care through participation, freedom of choice and information, is laid down in laws, national and local directives. In nursing care situations, the degree to which a patient participates depends on the nursing staff. Accordingly, hindrances for patient's p...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sahlsten MJ,Larsson IE,Plos KA,Lindencrona CS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assisted personal body care (APBC) tends to be regarded as an unproblematic nursing activity with little professional challenge. For severely ill patient diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) daily bathing and washing is, however, a significant self-preserving activity that requires substantial e...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lomborg K,Kirkevold M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing care can figuratively be described as a gift that is given by the nurse in the nurse-patient relationship where attitudes play an important role for the gift's appearance. Sometimes patients are unwilling to or incapable of accepting the gift and this can lead to situations in which nurses are not able to hand...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Hellzén M,Lind I,Dahl A,Hellzén O

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health of an individual depends on how well he or she can handle various stressors in his or her environment. One vulnerable period occurs during the transition from child to adult. The overall aim of this research project was to determine whether differences in the ability to deal with stress are related to vario...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kristensson P,Ohlund LS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether ratings according to the Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills, Swedish version (ACIS-S) are related to the settings in which the skills are assessed, and whether the client's comprehension of the setting is related to the ACIS-S rating scores. T...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Haglund L,Thorell LH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of research focusing directly on both patients' suffering and alleviated suffering in relation to care. The aim of this paper was to investigate the progression of suffering in relation to the encounter between the suffering person and the caregiver from the perspective of an understanding of life. The...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Rehnsfeldt A,Eriksson K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe, through observations and interviews with patients >/=75 years old and the relatives who accompanied them to the hospital, the conditions at the emergency department (ED) and the events that took place during the waiting period. Twenty older patients were studied, together with th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kihlgren AL,Nilsson M,Skovdahl K,Palmblad B,Wimo A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have reported that homosexual patients fear they will not receive adequate care if they openly show their sexual orientation, for example, when introducing their partner. The aims of this study were to investigate the emotions of nursing staff and nursing students, and possible relations to cultural background...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Röndahl G,Innala S,Carlsson M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the factors promoting and hindering nurses' use of nonpharmacological methods in children's surgical pain relief, and demographic variables related to this. The data were collected by a Likert-type questionnaire, which was completed by nurses (n = 162) who were working in one ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Pölkki T,Laukkala H,Vehviläinen-Julkunen K,Pietilä AM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a disorder with musculoskeletal pain as well as many other psychological and physical symptoms. Up-to-date treatment strategies for this disorder often have only limited effects. In order to develop more effective and adequate treatment tools, a phenomenological-hermeneutic study inspire...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Horwitz EB,Theorell T,Anderberg UM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes help seeking and health care of mothers with a difficult infant who suffered long-term depressive symptoms and a high degree of parenting stress. A subsample of severely distressed mothers (n = 37) was recruited from a cross-sectional national survey and followed up 2 months later by a semi-stru...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Thome M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of interactions with family members in intensive care units. Ten experienced Registered Nurses were interviewed, and the interview text was qualitatively analysed by its content. Nursing of families was experienced as an essential, necessary and demanding t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Söderström IM,Benzein E,Saveman BI

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Canadian Parents' Postoperative Pain Measure (PPPM) is a behavioural pain measure for children. The purpose of this study was to test validity and reliability of this measure in 1-6-year-old Finnish children at home after minor day surgery. Children (n = 85) and their parents from four hospitals were included in t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kokki A,Kankkunen P,Pietilä AM,Vehviläinen-Julkunen K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is part of an ongoing study aimed at illuminating the meaning of dependency on care. The aim of this particular study is to illuminate the meaning of the phenomenon 'dependency on care' as narrated by nurses. Interviews with 20 nurses were conducted, tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. A phenomenologi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Strandberg G,Jansson L

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been little research that has addressed the practices of nurses who go beyond the usual scope of practice to demonstrate caring. In this study, a grounded theory methodology was used to interview 18 nurses identified as exceptional caring nurses. The core process identified was giving and involved gifts (par...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Yonge O,Molzahn A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the personal experiences of collaboration and co-operation between staff from the community mental health and social services programmes in their daily work with schizophrenic patients. An additional aim was to generate the first step in a theory of how staff in the field of healt...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Falk K,Allebeck P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00