Sökning: "Self-care"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 162 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Self-care.
6. Care and self-care in diabetes : a study in patients with onset of diabetes before 1975
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7. Developing and evaluating an interactive app to support self-care among older persons receiving home care
Sammanfattning : The proportion of older persons worldwide is growing. With older age, complex health problems may occur and the need for home care increases. To support older persons to maintain health and self-care, innovative ways need to be developed. The aim of the project was to develop and evaluate an interactive app among older persons receiving home care. LÄS MER
8. Self-care, foot problems and health in Tanzanian diabetic patients and comparisons with matched Swedish diabetic patients
Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to study self-care, foot problems and self-perceived health in 150 consecutively invited Tanzanian diabetic patients and to compare them with gender- and age-matched Swedish diabetic patients (n=150) from a middle Sweden area. The main study was cross-sectional and took place at a diabetes clinic in Dar es Salaam. LÄS MER
9. Immigrants with heart failure- A descriptive comparative study of symptoms, self care, social support, care and treatment
Sammanfattning : Background: The current demographic profile in Sweden demonstrates blended ethnicities and cultures evolving through mass migration and resettlement. While it is acknowledged that cultural background affects, illness experience, participation in the care or self-management of illness, little is presently known about the treatment patterns, symptoms, health care seeking and health outcomes among immigrants with heart failure (HF) in Sweden or other Scandinavian countries ? despite the fact that worsening of chronic heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over 65 years of age. LÄS MER
10. The borderland between care and self-care
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to examine different approaches to support the self-care of persons with Type 2 diabetes, with special reference to practical, social, and sexual aspects of women's self-management. The methods to elucidate this comprised: evaluating a new model for diabetes patient education; designing a model to analyse the role of social networks in women's diabetes; conducting individual and focus group interviews for deeper understanding of the social and sexual aspects of diabetes; and collecting questionnaire data as a complement to the above. LÄS MER