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- Swall, Anna, 1977-, et al.
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Dog handlers' experiences of therapy dogs' impact on life near death for persons with dementia
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Palliative Nursing. - : Pensord Press Ltd.. - 1357-6321 .- 2052-286X. ; 25:2, s. 65-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND:: Persons with dementia may have severe physical and psychological symptoms at the end of life. A therapy dog used in their care can provide comfort and relieve their anxiety. The dog handler guides the dog during the interaction with the patient.AIM:: To describe the impact of therapy dogs on people with dementia in the final stages of life from the perspective of the dog handler.METHODS:: Interviews were conducted and analysed using qualitative content analysis.FINDINGS:: The dog provides comfort and relief through its presence and by responding to the physical and emotional expressions of the dying person.CONCLUSIONS:: Interactions with dogs were found to have a positive impact on persons with dementia and eased the symptoms associated with end of life according to the dog handlers.
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- Swall, Anna, 1977-, et al.
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Like a bridge over troubled water : a qualitative study of professional caregiver singing and music as a way to enable person-centred care for persons with dementia
- 2020
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Ingår i: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1748-2623 .- 1748-2631. ; 15:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: To describe the perspectives of caregivers in terms of using singing and music in their everyday work, and of their effect on care and interaction with the person with dementia.Methods: A qualitative design was used, consisting of group discussions with professional caregivers from three nursing homes in a medium-sized city in a rural area of Sweden.Results: The results demonstrate that caregiver singing and music can be powerful and useful in the care of and in communication with persons with dementia. Music, for example, can be used to facilitate socialization as it opens up for discussion, while caregiver singing was preferable when it came to the facilitation of care situations and interaction.Conclusions: Singing and music can be powerful and useful tools in the care of and in communication with persons with dementia. Regardless of whether singing or music is used, the most important factor is that a person-centred approach is adopted so as to make the music a facilitative tool. Caregiver singing and music are ways to connect with the person with dementia and an understanding of their use can contribute to dementia research. This in turn can increase awareness of the possible ways to strengthen the partnership between caregivers and persons with dementia.
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- Tseli, Elena, et al.
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Predictors of multidisciplinary rehabilitation outcomes in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain : protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- 2017
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Ingår i: Systematic Reviews. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 2046-4053. ; 6:1
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a major public health problem. Early prediction for optimal treatment results has received growing attention, but there is presently a lack of evidence regarding what information such proactive management should be based on. This study protocol, therefore, presents our planned systematic review and meta-analysis on important predictive factors for health and work-related outcomes following multidisciplinary rehabilitation (MDR) in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.METHODS: We aim to perform a synthesis of the available evidence together with a meta-analysis of published peer-reviewed original research that includes predictive factors preceding MDR. Included are prospective studies of adults with benign, chronic (> 3 months) musculoskeletal pain diagnoses who have taken part in MDR. In the studies, associations between personal and rehabilitation-based factors and the outcomes of interest are reported. Outcome domains are pain, physical functioning including health-related quality of life, and work ability with follow-ups of 6 months or more. We will use a broad, explorative approach to any presented predictive factors (demographic, symptoms-related, physical, psychosocial, work-related, and MDR-related) and these will be analyzed through (a) narrative synthesis for each outcome domain and (b) if sufficient studies are available, a quantitative synthesis in which variance-weighted pooled proportions will be computed using a random effects model for each outcome domain. The strength of the evidence will be evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation.DISCUSSION: The strength of this systematic review is that it aims for a meta-analysis of prospective cohort or randomized controlled studies by performing an extensive search of multiple databases, using an explorative study approach to predictive factors, rather than building on single predictor impact on the outcome or on predefined hypotheses. In this way, an overview of factors central to MDR outcome can be made and will help strengthen the evidence base and inform a wide readership including health care practitioners and policymakers.SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42016025339.
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- Eldh, Ann Catrine, 1965-, et al.
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A comparison of the concept of patient participation and patients' descriptions as related to healthcare definitions
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications. - Malden, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 2047-3087 .- 2047-3095 .- 1744-618X. ; 21:1, s. 21-32
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: To depict what patients describe as patient participation and whether descriptions of patient participation are affected by gender, age, healthcare contact, and duration of disease.Data sources: Current patients (n= 362) responded to a questionnaire on participation.Data synthesis: Patients' descriptions focused on having knowledge, rather than being informed, and on interacting with health professionals, rather than merely partaking in decision making.Conclusions: Patients' descriptions of participation correspond with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health's definition, which includes "being involved in a life situation." Healthcare legislation and professionals employ a narrower concept of patient participation as defined by, e.g., Medical Subject Headings.Practice implications: Findings suggest that health professionals need to embrace what patients describe as participation.
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- Memedi, Mevludin, 1983-, et al.
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Automatic Spiral Analysis for Objective Assessment of Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
- 2015
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Ingår i: Sensors. - : MDPI AG. - 1424-8220. ; 15:9, s. 23727-23744
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A challenge for the clinical management of advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients is the emergence of fluctuations in motor performance, which represents a significant source of disability during activities of daily living of the patients. There is a lack of objective measurement of treatment effects for in-clinic and at-home use that can provide an overview of the treatment response. The objective of this paper was to develop a method for objective quantification of advanced PD motor symptoms related to off episodes and peak dose dyskinesia, using spiral data gathered by a touch screen telemetry device. More specifically, the aim was to objectively characterize motor symptoms (bradykinesia and dyskinesia), to help in automating the process of visual interpretation of movement anomalies in spirals as rated by movement disorder specialists. Digitized upper limb movement data of 65 advanced PD patients and 10 healthy (HE) subjects were recorded as they performed spiral drawing tasks on a touch screen device in their home environment settings. Several spatiotemporal features were extracted from the time series and used as inputs to machine learning methods. The methods were validated against ratings on animated spirals scored by four movement disorder specialists who visually assessed a set of kinematic features and the motor symptom. The ability of the method to discriminate between PD patients and HE subjects and the test-retest reliability of the computed scores were also evaluated. Computed scores correlated well with mean visual ratings of individual kinematic features. The best performing classifier (Multilayer Perceptron) classified the motor symptom (bradykinesia or dyskinesia) with an accuracy of 84% and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.86 in relation to visual classifications of the raters. In addition, the method provided high discriminating power when distinguishing between PD patients and HE subjects as well as had good test-retest reliability. This study demonstrated the potential of using digital spiral analysis for objective quantification of PD-specific and/or treatment-induced motor symptoms.
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- Bagger, Anette, 1974-, et al.
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How Research Conceptualises the Student in Need of Special Education in Mathematics
- 2015
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Ingår i: Development of Mathematics Teaching. - Linköping : Svensk förening för MatematikDidaktisk Forskning - SMDF. - 9789197393492 ; , s. 27-36
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The focus of this paper is the conceptualisation of students in special educational needs in mathematics (SEM students) in the research fields of mathematics and special education. A difference between fields regarding the perspectives taken on the SEM student is obvious in the reviewed articles. Those in the special educational field were individual oriented in their view of the difficulties, whilst reviewed articles from the field of mathematics education more often discuss socio-cultural settings. The content in the selected 28 articles reveals that the overall conceptualisation of SEM student has to do with the social construct of the SEM student, as well as with students’ experiences, affects, and prerequisites; with the specific training methods or interventions applied; with special areas in the subject of mathematics; with special groups of students; and with teachers’ knowledge about all these factors.
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- Bagger, Anette, 1974-, et al.
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Investigating the politics of meaning(s) in Nordic research on special education mathematics : developing a methodology
- 2018
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Ingår i: Perspectives on professional development of mathematics teachers. - Göteborg : Svensk förening för MatematikDidaktisk Forskning - SMDF. - 9789198402421 ; , s. 141-150
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper aims to develop a methodology to explore the politics of meaning in special education mathematics research. Mediated meaning, directions of intentionalities and perspectives on special education have been analysed in eight reviewed articles. Results indicate that the politics of meaning in the Nordic sample are about processes of normalisation and effectiveness through methods and approaches. The teacher is emphasised as the centre for change and development also when it comes to organisational factors. Disabilities are not researched, perhaps cloaked by an overall relational approach or due to research paying attention to milder difficulties. The deve- loped methodology seems to be fruitful and will be applied on a broader international sample.
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- Carleheden, Mikael, 1958-, et al.
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Sociologförbundet har ordet
- 2007
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Ingår i: Sociologisk forskning. - Uppsala : Sveriges sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; :4, s. 85-86
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- Eriksson, Henrik, et al.
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Cyber nursing : Health 'experts' approaches in the post-modern era of virtual encounters
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Nursing Studies. - : Elsevier. - 0020-7489 .- 1873-491X. ; 50:3, s. 335-344
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background. The imperative to gather information online and to become an ‘expert’ by locating effective advice for oneself and others is a fairly new support phenomenon in relation to health advice. The creation of new positions for health ‘experts’ within the space of the Internet has been addressed as a cybernursing activity. A focused analysis of communication in health forums might give insight into the new roles that are available for healthexperts in cyberspace.Aim. The aim of this study is to describe approaches to being an ‘expert’ in lifestyle health choice forums on the Internet and to elaborate on the communicative performances that take place in the forums.Method. An archival and cross-sectional observational forum study was undertaken using principles for conducting ethnographic research online. 2640 pages of data from two health Internet forums were gathered and analyzed.Findings. The results reveal three distinctive types of experts that emerge in the forums: (1) those that build their expertise by creating a presence in the forum based on lengthy and frequent postings, (2) those who build a presence through reciprocal exchanges with individual posters with questions or concerns, and (3) those who build expertise around a “life long learning” perspective based on logic and reason.Discussion. The results suggest that experts not only co-exist in the forums, but more importantly they reinforce each others’ positions. This effect is central; alongside one another, the posts of the three types of experts we identify constitute a whole for those seeking the forum for advice and support. Users are provided with strong opinions and advice, support and Socratic reasoning, and a problem-oriented approach. The Internet is now an integral part of everyday living, not least of which among those who seek and offer support in cyberspace. As such, cyber nursing has become an important activity to monitor, and formal health care professionals and nursing researchers must stay abreast of developments.
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- Häggström-Nordin, Elisabet, et al.
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Sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among Swedish high school students in two cities : Comparisons between genders, study programmes, and over time
- 2011
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Ingår i: European journal of contraception & reproductive health care. - London, United Kingdom : Informa UK Limited. - 1362-5187 .- 1473-0782. ; 16:1, s. 36-46
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: To investigate sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among first-year high school students in two Swedish cities in 2009, to compare male and female students, students in theoretical and vocational study programmes, and their sexual behaviour with that reported in 1979, 1989 and 1999. Methods In a cluster sample of 20 classes, students (N387), median age 16 years, completed a questionnaire consisting of 46 questions. Results More girls than boys had experienced petting (p≤0.003) and had received oral sex (p≤0.01). More boys than girls had masturbated (p≤0.0001) and watched pornography (p≤0.0001). The median age at first sexual intercourse was 15 years. Students in vocational programmes were more sexually experienced compared to their theoretical peers. The proportion of students having had sexual intercourse (p≤0.0002), and contraceptive use at first (p≤0.0001) and latest (p≤0.0001) sexual intercourse increased from 1979 to 2009. Alcohol use at first intercourse decreased over the period (p≤0.0001). Conclusion sGirls were more sexually experienced than boys, as were students in vocational programmes compared to their theoretical peers; this should be considered when tailoring sex education and counselling. Over time, an increase in students having had sexual intercourse, and contraceptive use at first and latest sexual intercourse was found.
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