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1. "Being in the present" : the meaning of the interaction between older persons with Alzheimer's disease and a therapy dog
Sammanfattning : The number of persons with Alzheimer’s disease is increasing world-wide and the disease affects the persons, their families, the health care system and the economy within society worldwide. The symptoms and behaviours caused by Alzheimer’ disease may be difficult to manage for the person and their caregivers. LÄS MER
2. Tactile touch in intensive care : Nurses' preparation, patients' experiences and the effect on stress parameters
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a complementary method can (i) promote comfort and (ii) reduce stress reactions during care in an intensive care unit (ICU) Method: In Paper I, five nurses with a touch therapist training were interviewed about their experiences of preparation before giving tactile touch in an ICU. To analyse the meaning of preparation as a phenomenon, Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological approach was used. LÄS MER
3. To be at one's best : The evolution of Optimal Functionality and its possible implementation in an ICT-platform
Sammanfattning : At the Nutrition and Physical Activity Research Centre for Optimal Health and Functionality through Life (NUPARC), a research gap was uncovered regarding the concept optimal functionality based on the older adult’s own perspective. The overall aim was to explore the concept of optimal functionality among older adults and the possibility of creating and developing an ICT-platform to measure it. LÄS MER
4. Person-centred care and self-efficacy - Experiences, measures and effects after an event of acute coronary syndrome
Sammanfattning : Person-centred care (PCC) highlights the importance of knowing the patient as a person and is a key component in engaging the person as an active partner in health care and treatment to improve illness management. Self-efficacy is a closely related concept to PCC as it refers to peoples’ beliefs in their capability to influence events that affect their lives. LÄS MER
5. Close to the edge : discursive, gendered and embodied stress in modern youth
Sammanfattning : Background Adolescent subjective health and mental problems have become a public health concern not only in Sweden but worldwide. The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen and widen the understanding of young peoples’ subjective health, psychosomatic and stress-related problems. LÄS MER