Sökning: "patient characteristics"

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  1. 1. Patient Patients? : Achieving Patient Empowerment through active participation, increased knowledge and organisation

    Författare :Sophie Söderholm Werkö; Victor Pestoff; Birgitta Olsson; Gemma Donnelly-Cox; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; patients; empowerment; patient organisations; participation; representation; influence; membership; co-production; intense dedication; diabetes; health care; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines patient empowerment in two local diabetes branch organisations in Sweden. In particular, the study focuses on the organisations’ membership, participation and influence on external actors. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Non-conveyance within the Swedish ambulance service : A prehospital patient safety study

    Författare :Erik Höglund; Agneta Schröder; Emma Ohlsson-Nevo; Margareta Möller; Magnus Andersson-Hagiwara; Eric Carlström; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ambulance; Ambulance nurse; Ambulance service; Emergency medical services; Non-conveyance; Non‐transport; Nurse; Patient; Patient assessment; Patient-safety;

    Sammanfattning : BackgroundThere is an increasing demand for ambulance services and more patients than before are requesting ambulance assistance for low acuity conditions. Ambulance services non-convey patients because they lack acute care needs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Perioperative patient advocacy : having the patient's best interests at heart

    Författare :Ann-Sofie Sundqvist; Agneta Anderzén Carlsson; Ulrica Nilsson; Marie Holmefur; Anna Forsberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Patient advocacy implies taking action on someone else’s behalf, and has been described as a key element of nurses’ professional care. In the perioperative setting, it involves not only critical decision making, but also all the small things that the nurses do for the sake of the patients during their working day. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Lumbar spinal stenosis : Body mass index and the patient's perspective

    Författare :Björn Knutsson; Karl Michaëlsson; Bengt Sandén; Göran Sjödén; Paul Gerdhem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antonovsky; back pain; BMI; body mass index; Bygghalsan; cohort study; coping; EQ-5D; excess weight; leg pain; LSS; lumbar spinal stenosis; obesity; ODI Oswestry disability index; overweight; patient-centered; patient-physician relationship; patient-perspective; patient-related-outcome-measure; PROMs; qualitative study; spinal stenosis; salutogenesis; salutogenic; sciatica; spine surgery; suffering; Swedish spine register; Swespine; VAS; weight loss; weight change; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

    Sammanfattning : During recent decades, lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) has become the most common indication for spine surgery, a change that coincides with a higher worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity. Thus, surgical treatment of LSS in the overweight and obese population is common and increasing in scope. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Interpretation of diagnostic information given patient characteristics

    Författare :Martin Gellerstedt; Hans Åhlfeldt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; reference values; diagnostic theory; diagnostic tests; partitioning; prevalence function; reference values; diagnostic theory; diagnostic tests; partitioning; prevalence function;

    Sammanfattning :  The aim with this thesis was to describe, exemplify and develop theory for reference values and diagnostic tests, especially focusing on the variability between individuals. To facilitate interpretation of medical information it is common to establish some kind of limit. There are several different rationales for the choice of such a limit. LÄS MER