Puustinen, Jonna Kangasniemi, Mari Pasanen, Miko Turjamaa, Riitta
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Comprehensive care and service planning in home care is tailored to older people's individual needs and resources in order to support them living at home. However, little is known about how these individual resources and home-care-specific tasks are recognised in older people's care and service plans. To describe the content of care and service pla...
Kilander, Helena Alehagen, Siw Hammarström, Sofia Golsäter, Marie
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Identifying young people exposed to sexual risk-taking or violence is fundamental, when seeking to strengthen their health. However, young people seldom share sexual health concerns or experiences of violence with healthcare professionals (HCPs). Studies evaluating how use of a risk assessment tool influences the dialogue about sexual health and vi...
Lindberg, Susan Wennström, Berith Larsson, Anna-Karin
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Obesity is a significant public health problem that is on the increase worldwide, and treatment with bariatric surgery is becoming more and more common. This type of surgery has proved to be good for weight reduction and for preventing complications, but few studies have investigated patients' long-term experiences of health and suffering. To explo...
Murfield, Jenny Moyle, Wendy O'Donovan, Analise
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
To provide qualitative insight into the experiences of compassion (to self, to others and from others) among family carers of older adults by exploring the written responses provided within a cross-sectional survey that asked about carers' levels of compassion, mindfulness, emotion regulation, coping strategies and psychological health. Family care...
Solbakken, Rita Bondas, Terese Kasén, Anne
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
To explore and interpret relationships that influence caring in nursing leadership, in the context of Nordic municipal health care, from first-line nurse managers' perspectives. We chose a visual hermeneutic design. A three-stage interpretation process outlined by Drew and Guillemin, based on Rose, was used to analyse drawings and the following ref...
Olausson, Sepideh Lindahl, Berit
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
In this paper, we share our experiences of using 'photovoice' methodology as a way to generate data in intensive care units concerning the place and space of care. We have adapted and modified 'photovoice' in researching people's lived experiences of ICU. Researching lived experiences in an intensive care context is challenging because of the compl...
Damsgaard, Janne Brammer Brinkmann, Svend
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
An increasing body of qualitative and quantitative research suggests that choir singing can improve mental and physical health and wellbeing. A recurring phenomenon is social agency and social and emotional competences. However, there is little consensus about the underlying impact mechanisms and the special nature of music as a medium for music-ba...
Ringblom, Jenny Proczkowska, Marie Korhonen, Laura Wåhlin, Ingrid
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Emergence delirium is a complex behaviour of perceptual disturbances that may occur after general anaesthesia in children. These children often exhibit delusions, confusion, restlessness and involuntary physical activity. They cry and are almost impossible to console. Research has mainly focused on comparing different medication agents in the occur...
Runngren, Eva Eriksson, Mats Blomberg, Karin
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
The aim of this study was to describe parents' reasoning in making decisions about vaccinating their daughters against human papilloma virus (HPV), a part of the Swedish vaccination programme. Twenty parents whose daughter had been offered HPV vaccination participated. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted and analysed using thematic...
Strand, Annica Sjöström Johnsson, Björn Hena, Momota Magnusson, Boris Hallström, Inger Kristensson
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Discharge from a neonatal care unit is often experienced as a vulnerable time for parents. By communicating through digital technology, it may be possible to improve the support for parents and thereby make the transition from hospital to home less stressful. To develop an eHealth device supporting the transition from hospital to home for parents w...
