abstract：:Ethical issues in ethnographic nursing research with children and elderly people The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion on ethical issues in qualitative nursing research with children and elderly people. Both groups as informants of a qualitative study may need extra protection owing to their vulnerabi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Jokinen P,Lappalainen M,Meriläinen P,Pelkonen M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of elderly patients with leg ulcers live at home and receive treatment for their ulcers within the primary health care system. Little is known about the patients' ability or behaviour in the life situation and how well they manage their daily life at home. The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Asse...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Wissing U,Ek AC,Unosson M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the state of the science of interventions using music to decrease the agitated behaviour of the demented elderly person. Seven research articles were located through computerized databases. The review of the literature suggested that music therapy is a useful intervention to help patients deal with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lou MF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Do occupational therapy and physiotherapy students care about research? A survey of perceptions and attitudes to research. In this cross-sectional study, we have used a questionnaire to study perceptions and attitudes to research-related activities of Swedish occupational therapy and physiotherapy first (T1) and final...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kamwendo K,Törnquist K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of patients (n=69) were asked to arrange the three most important of 10 groups of needs, identified by patients in a previous study, in order of priority from one to three. A group of nurses (n=89) were asked to arrange same groups of needs in order of priority from one to three according to how they believed ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Hallström I,Elander G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardized and well-tested instruments are needed in order to study attitudes toward old people. One scale that has been widely used is Kogan's Old People scale. A Swedish version of the scale has been available since 1987. The aim of this study was to test this Swedish version of the scale for reliability and valid...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Söderhamn O,Gustavsson SM,Lindencrona C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent article, Paley criticized nursing research that claimed to be phenomenological and recommended that all reference to Husserl be dropped by nurses following certain qualitative procedures. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that Paley is wrong in his recommendation by showing that Paley (i) does ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Giorgi A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine factors related to how the first-time mother experiences childbirth. The data were collected by questionnaire in a sample of 326 first-time mothers in Tampere University hospital in Finland. The multivariate method used was a stepwise regression analysis. The most important predict...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Tarkka MT,Paunonen M,Laippala P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to study the potential influence and significance of Jewish and Christian patients' religion on their coping with cancer. After intensive methodological experimentation, the Interpretive Biography-approach, an inductive unstructured research method was applied to collect and analyse the da...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Käppeli S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1994, the Norwegian Board of Health (NBH) published recommendations for nursing care documentation. The two-fold purpose of the present study was to see if 5 wards in 2 Norwegian hospitals fulfilled the proposed NBH recommendations and guidelines regarding documentation, and to evaluate them in terms of the propose...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Stokke TA,Kalfoss MH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a descriptive study based on quantitative and qualitative methods. We wished to determine factors that promote or restrict home deaths. The Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics released non-identifiable data for the time period 1990-1994 for all municipalities in Norway. Relevant health and soc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sørbye LW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate whether the Swedish version of the Katz Index of ADL (Activities of Daily Living), on days 5-7 after amputation for vascular disease, had predictive value regarding length of hospital stay, discharge to the patient's own home or death within 1 month. Patients who had recently un...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Hermodsson Y,Ekdahl C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies show discrepancies between patients' and professionals' ratings on the same questionnaire regarding the patient's health. A relevant question is whether the differences in ratings reflect real differences between patients and professionals or whether they are caused by characteristics of the instrument. I...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Halfens RJ,van Alphen A,Hasman A,Philipsen H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two questions were investigated: whether cancer patients (n = 32) and staff (n = 30) have different cognitive representations of the concepts 'caring' (Swedish: 'omvårdnad') and 'clinical care' (Swedish: 'vård'), and whether results differ between forced vs. free choice response formats. Two Swedish versions of the CA...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Widmark-Petersson V,von Essen L,Sjödén PO

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of touching in nursing care situations increases with patients who are in poor condition. Patients in long-term care often require help from nurses in all their daily activities. Touching is also an important form of communication in situations where the individual is no longer capable of reciprocal verb...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Routasalo P,Isola A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this qualitative study was to describe, from the perspective of 22 women (aged 22-60 years) with fibromyalgia, their experiences and beliefs of the pain and its origin and how the pain affects family and social life. Open-ended interviews were analysed via a method influenced by grounded theory. Seven descr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Hallberg LR,Carlsson SG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy is an essential concept in nursing which seems to be a key concept in the daily life of three individuals with chronic illness. Much has been done within the natural sciences to investigate and explain the concept, but studies on the meaning of energy and how it is experienced are difficult to find. A review of...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lerdal A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crisis reactions, a stressful environment, infant care practices, and nurse behavior may cause difficulties in entering the natural parental role for parents of infants who are admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In connection with discussions in the Uppsala NICU on what constitutes good care, a philoso...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Nyqvist KH,Karlsson KH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Nowotny Hope Scale as applied to cancer patients. The questionnaire was first translated into Norwegian following internationally accepted guidelines. The scale was tested on a sample consisting of 131 newly dia...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Rustøen T,Moum T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative research on Therapeutic Touch (TT), published in referred nursing journals from 1985 to 1995, is reviewed. Therapeutic Touch is defined by Dolores Krieger, the founder of this nursing intervention. The authors of this Integrative Review examine what is known and not known to date in order to facilitate ap...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Spence JE,Olson MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify factors of decisive importance for women's motivation to perform breast self-examination (BSE), which could form the basis of an intervention programme. Interviews were conducted in 1994 with 48 women focusing on four different areas: 1) why the women examined did not examine their...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Persson K,Ek AC,Svensson PG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Appraisal of Self-care Agency" scale (the ASA scale) is designed to measure self-care agency in accordance with Orem's self-care deficit theory of nursing. The aim of this study was to obtain a reliable Swedish version of the ASA scale by measuring the internal consistency. ASA-A for self-appraisal and ASA-B for ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Söderhamn O,Evers G,Hamrin E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital beds have to fulfil many demands, and the features of the bed will consequently affect the comfort of both patients and staff at the ward. In the present study the use of hospital beds at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Göteborg was investigated. The study was performed in two somatic wards; one general su...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Petzäll K,Berglund B,Lundberg C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines factors that contribute to work satisfaction among Swedish dental hygienists. A questionnaire was used to collect data on health, demographics, work-history, work characteristics, work satisfaction and social support at work. The questionnaire was mailed to 471 hygienists; 77.3% responded. 70% of t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Ylipää V,Arnetz BB,Preber H,Benkö SS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Too many children in Sweden grow up under difficult circumstances. Every child should have the opportunity to grow up to be a confident person. We know today that the new-born child is able to influence its surroundings. The main purpose of child health care in Sweden is to reduce mortality, morbidity and disability i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Fägerskiöld AM,Berterö CM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of elderly people in western societies is on the increase. At the same time, demands are being heard for improvements in the quality of health care, including the design of the physical environment. The aim of this study was to call attention to some aspects of colour and the possibilities of using it a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Wijk H,Sivik L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to complement a project consisting of a planned modification of nurses' professional activities, which showed that nurses did not adopt a problem-solving approach to care after a specific in-service training. The aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of the 'meanings' that a grou...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lima-Basto M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to investigate the relation between gait speed, motor function and isokinetic knee muscle torque in stroke victims. Two different gait speeds, freely chosen speed and fastest speed, were measured on a 10-m long walkway in 34 stroke victims (median age 71 years) three months after the stroke. At ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lindmark B,Hamrin E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larrabee's model of quality proposes a relationship between quality and value. This study tested the relationship by identifying predictors of patient-perceived quality for nursing care. Data were obtained from interviews and records of 199 adult patients. Candidate predictors of patient-perceived quality included pat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Larrabee JH,Engle VF,Tolley EA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the article is to argue for a conception of nursing knowledge that stresses theoretical and practical knowledge as equally important, and to analyze the roles of nursing science and nursing tradition in the discipline of nursing. Nursing knowledge is characterized as involving values, sets of beliefs, a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Sarvimäki A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VIPS-model developed by Ehnfors et al. (1991) for nursing documentation and writing of care plans was used and evaluated by nursing students in connection with their final assignments. In addition to their evaluation by the use of a questionnaire, the students' written care plans were reviewed. Three instruments w...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Thorell-Ekstrand I,Björvell H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is based on a comparative, psychologically informed ethnographic study of maternal goals and infant care during the first year of life for 20 mothers and infants in each of three Western settings: Stockholm, Sweden, outside Rome, Italy, and suburban Boston, in the United States. Two research questions were ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Welles-Nyström B,New R,Richman A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses' working hours are known to be one reason for high wastage rates. The early start of work seems to be particularly difficult. The aim of the present study was to examine which nursing tasks were performed during the time from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. The study was conducted in a general hospital in Germany where such ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Bauer I

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of adapting incontinence aids according to the patients leakage volume and comfort was investigated in 28 urinary incontinent 85-year-old men and women who were living at home. The patients incontinence was quantified by a 48-hour pad test and was graded as slight (max. leakage per pad < 5 g; total leak...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Hellström L,Ekelund P,Larsson M,Milsom I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparatively little is known about the experiential aspect of moral decision making in psychiatric nursing. Earlier research in this area has mainly focused on the cognitive aspects of moral reasoning, using hypothetical cases. The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of moral decision making in psychi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Lützen K,Nordin C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at describing cases of elder abuse reported by witnesses, intervention offered and opinions of further intervention strategies. Home service personnel from various parts of Sweden reported 97 cases. The abused person was a women in 75% of the cases. Many of the abused persons were physically and psych...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Saveman BI,Norberg A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were twofold. The first was to investigate if relaxation training conducted by nurses as an integral part of their caring activities affected breast cancer patients' experiences of radiotherapy sessions as well as their general wellbeing. Second was to evaluate a pedagogical model for large ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Larsson G,Starrin B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to delineate physiotherapists' conceptions of establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and conceptions of activating the resources of the patients. Ten physiotherapists were interviewed about their ways of thinking and performing in the first encounter with the patient. The ph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kumlin IW,Kroksmark T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was based on the assumption that the daily report between different caregivers are of great importance for the quality of the care delivered and that they guide the content of it. The staff of a nursing home ward were given training in integrity promoting care and special training in reporting. After a thre...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Kihlgren M,Lindsten IG,Norberg A,Karlsson I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate how dependence was experienced by 129 non-institutionalized 85-year-old persons, who previously had been categorized into seven different patterns of adjustment. The participants' subjective experiences of dependence were expressed in in-depth interviews and additionally...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of caring sciences

authors： Carlsson M,Berg S,Wenestam CG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00