Sökning: "Birgitta Klang"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Birgitta Klang.

1. 1. Health-related quality of life and patient education in a group of uremic patients

   Författare :Birgitta Klang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :chronic renal failure; coping; emotional slatus; functional status; health; health-related quality of life; nursing; patient education; predialysis patients; sense of coherence; support; uremic symptoms.;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this thesis was firstly, to describe a group of uremic patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) prior to and after having started dialysis and secondly, their HRQOL after participation in a patient education program given before dialysis treatment was started. Several questionnaires were used to collect data concerning disease specific symptoms, perceived health, functional and emotional status, sense of coherence, use of coping strategies, disease specific knowledge and perceived amount of information. LÄS MER

3. 2. Utveckling av instrument och bedömning av sjuksköterskestudenters kunskaper och färdigheter att genomföra venös provtagning och insättning av perifer venkateter

   Författare :Catharina Ahlin; Magnus Björkholm; Birgitta Klang-Söderkvist; Anna Löfmark; Röda Korsets Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Assessment; Instrument; Knowledge; Nursing education; Skill; Nursing students; Venipuncture; Peripheral venous catheter;

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4. 3. Health promoting factors in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain or with rheumatic diseases: a descriptive and interventional study

   Författare :Susann Arvidsson; Bengt Fridlund; Stefan Bergman; Barbro Arvidsson; Birgitta Klang Söderkvist; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adult; chronic musculoskeletal pain; empowerment; health factors; HRQL; intervention; patient education; problem-based learning; rheumatic diseases; self-care; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis with a salutogenic approach was to describe health promoting factors in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain and in people with rheumatic diseases, and to evaluate the effects of an intervention study with a self-care promoting PBL-program for people with rheumatic diseases having chronic musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbances and/or fatigue. Methods: This thesis is comprised of four samples: a randomly selected sample from a Swedish general population (study I) and three different samples containing people with rheumatic diseases registered at a hospital for rheumatic diseases in the southwest of Sweden (studies II, III and IV). LÄS MER

5. 4. Living with haemodialysis close to death - patients' and close relatives' experiences

   Författare :Lena Axelsson; Birgitta Klang; Stefan Jacobson; Sissel Andreassen Gleissman; Carina Lundh Hagelin; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Close relative; Death; Dying; End of life; End-stage renal disease; haemodialysis; Palliative care; Phenomenological-hermeneutics; Qualitative content analysis; Retrospective interviews; Serial interviews; close relative;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to generate  understanding and knowledge a bout the experiences of  patients living with haemodialysis, and their close relati ves, near the end of life. In studies I and II we  conducted a series of 31 qualitative interviews over a period of 12 months with 8 severely ill patients  (aged 66–87) treated with haemodialysis. LÄS MER

7. 5. Learning to live with diabetes : as experiencing an expanding life world

   Författare :Åsa Kneck; Birgitta Klang; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Regina Wredling; Karolinska institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Illness experience; Transition; Learning; Diabetes mellitus; Life world; Phenonenological hermeneutic; Lived body; Patient perspective; Illness and disease; Chronic illness; Lived experience; illness experience;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Chronic illness, such as diabetes, results in a transition process involving a variety of changes in both bodily function and conditions for living, and requiring broad knowledge and understanding in order to meet new demands. The outcomes of a healthy transition are described as well-being and mastery, in contrast to vulnerability and dependency. LÄS MER