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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden female spouses.
1. Informal caregivers' conceptions of daily life with a spouse having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore informal caregivers’ daily life with particular focus on those living with a spouse who has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in different grades, mild to severe, based on the ill person’s main concern.The study design was explorative, comparative and descriptive. LÄS MER
2. Makar till Strokedrabbade: Framtidssyn, Psykologiskt välbefinnande och Känsla av sammanhang första tiden efter stroke
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3. The life situation of patients with heart failure in primary health care. An explorative and interventional study
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to obtain a deeper understanding of the life situation of patients with mild to severe heart failure and their spouses, and to determine the effects of a nurse-led intervention on patients with heart failure in primary health care. A phe-nomenographic approach was used to describe how male (N=12) and female (N=12) patients with heart failure conceive their life situa-tion (I, II), and the critical incident technique was used to describe spousal (N=23) experience of factors that influence their support of the patient with heart failure. LÄS MER
4. Psychological health and life situation in spouses of stroke patients
Sammanfattning : About 30,000 people in Sweden are affected by stroke each year. The effect on physical functioning, and also consequences such as depression and aphasia, are likely to affect not only the life of the patient, but also the life of the spouse and family. LÄS MER
5. Health economic aspects of stroke: stroke prevention and effects on spouses' healthcare consumption and income
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate two health economic aspects of stroke: (i) the clinical and cost-effectiveness of stroke prevention with left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) among persons with atrial fibrillation (AF) and contraindication to OAC, (ii) the long-term consequences of stroke on spouses' healthcare utilisation and financial situation and its potential impact in health economic evaluations. The long-term clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of LAAO among persons with AF and contraindications to OAC were estimated using a systematic review, meta-analysis, and a decision-analytic model. LÄS MER