Marttila-Tornio, Kaisa Männikkö, Niko Ruotsalainen, Heidi Miettunen, Jouko Kääriäinen, Maria
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
To determine the association between parental socioeconomic status in childhood and adolescence and unhealthy health behaviour patterns among adolescents in Northern Finland. The sample, drawn from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 Study, consisted of 15- to 16-year-old adolescents (n = 4305). Data on socioeconomic status and health behaviours...
Knudsen, Randi Karkov Gregersen, Trine Ammentorp, Jette Tousig, Charlotte Gad Timmermann, Connie
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Person-centred communication and healthcare professionals' ability to be attentively present in their encounter with patients are essential aspects of patients' experiences of well-being, ability to cope with illness-related challenges and feelings of being recognised. However, the ability to be attentive in relational encounters can be challenging...
Jönsson, Mette Berg, Selina Kikkenborg Missel, Malene Palm, Pernille
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition with mortality up to 75%. In the acute phase, patients are constrained with total bed rest until pain relief and blood pressure has been stabilised. Some need surgery. Aortic dissection is associated with anxiety and poor health-related quality of life. However, no study has explored the experience ...
Piculell, Erik Skär, Lisa Sanmartin Berglund, Johan Anderberg, Peter Bohman, Doris
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Health communication (HC) is a vast research field focusing on changing health behaviours, and rapidly evolving technology is creating different ways and possibilities to reach target groups and audiences. In the context of home care, a deeper understanding of HC is lacking, specifically for older persons with care needs and their informal caregive...
Holt Clemmensen, Trine Hein Lauridsen, Henrik Andersen-Ranberg, Karen Kaae Kristensen, Hanne
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Informal carers of people with dementia report having unmet needs for support and few supportive interventions have been shown to be effective. There is a need to develop needs assessment instruments and supportive interventions with a holistic and person-centred approach to meet the various and complex needs of carers. The aim of this study was to...
Suárez-Baquero, Daniel F M Champion, Jane D
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
To analyze the concept Art of Caring and expand its conceptualization in the Nursing discipline. A conceptual analysis in Spanish and English was developed based on the steps proposed by Walker and Avant. Five principal historical stages of development of the concept were identified. Attributes, antecedents, consequences, and cases are provided. An...
Lemetti, Terhi Partanen, Elli Hupli, Maija Haavisto, Elina
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Relatives' participation in the care of patients with cancer in hospital is essential to both patients and relatives. Although the meaning of relatives' participation has been recognized, knowledge about how patients experience this participation is rare. To describe the experiences of patients with cancer of the realization of relatives' participa...
Huhtakangas, Moona Kyngäs, Helvi Bloigu, Risto Kanste, Outi
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Frequent attendance is largely a temporary phenomenon, but only few previous studies have made a distinction between long-term frequent attenders (FAs) and short-term FAs. The aim of this study is to compare the characteristics of middle-aged long-term FAs and short-term FAs. Data from a large Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study's (NFBC1966) 4...
Kokorelias, Kristina M Nguyen, Lily Elane, Genalyn Wasilewski, Marina Bastawrous Rittenberg, Nira Cameron, Jill I
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Siblings often share in the care of parents with dementia, but little is known about how care is shared. Research suggests that in comparison with their brothers, sisters provide the majority of care to a parent with dementia and this can contribute to the sisters experiencing poorer health outcomes. There is limited knowledge about how to guide si...
Ueland, Venke Dysvik, Elin Rørtveit, Kristine Furnes, Bodil
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
As a group, cancer survivors experience significant vulnerability and existential challenges. The biomedical approach dominating health care is insufficient to meet such existential challenges in an individualistic, holistic way. This study aimed to explore the existential experiences of those treated for different cancers. An exploratory phenomeno...
