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1. Sleep and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and their spouses : a descriptive and interventional study
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to describe and compare the sleep situation and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and their spouses, as well as to evaluate the effects of an intervention with 3-months ofhome based oxygen treatment. Descriptive designs were used to describe how patients with chronic heart failure conceived their sleep situation (I), decisive situations that influenced spouses' support to patients with chronic heart failure in relation to the couple's sleep situation (II), and self-assessed sleep difficulties, daytime sleepiness and their relation to health-related quality oflife in men and women with chronic heart failure, as well as to make a comparison with data from a norm population (III). LÄS MER
2. Att leva med mycket svår kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom : ett liv i slowmotion
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe how people with very severe obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experienced their every day lives and created meaning, with focus on end-of-life. A second aim was to describe how death and dying can be viewed from the perspective of relatives to people with COPD. LÄS MER
3. Patient participation : what it is and what it is not
Sammanfattning : In general, patient participation is regarded as being informed and partaking in decision making regarding one’s care and treatment. This interpretation is common in legislation throughout the Western world and corresponding documents guiding health care professionals, as well as in scientific studies. LÄS MER
4. The meaning of living with pain of fibromyalgia type as narrated by affected men, their partners, nurses and physicians
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5. Perspectives on living with coeliac disease in remission : Daily life experiences, symptoms and well-being
Sammanfattning : Background and aims: Despite living with a gluten-free diet (GFD) Swedish women with coeliac disease (CD) report a lower level of well-being than women without the disease and men with the disease. The all-embracing aim of the thesis was to study experiences of living with coeliac disease in remission and to discover whether a patient education intervention can influence the perceived health and daily life of women with coeliac disease. LÄS MER