| 6901. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Engagement in patterns of daily occupations and perceived health among women of working age
- 2009
-
Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 16:2, s. 110-117
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to examine how subjective experiences of engagement in patterns of daily occupations (gainful employment, domestic work, enjoyable and recreational occupations) were associated with perceived health among women of working age. The sample (n_488) was drawn from a longitudinal cohort study of women of working age in Gothenburg, Sweden. Participants were women 38 (n_202) and 50 (n_286) years of age. They completed a questionnaire including questions about occupational experiences in relation to their patterns of daily occupations, perceived health, and socioeconomic factors. The results of the present study showed that a combination of different experience dimensions of patterns of daily occupations was associated with perceived health among women of working age, even when adjusted for socioeconomic factors and age. The results provided occupational pattern-related health indicators, i.e. manageability, personally meaningful occupations, and occupational balance. To combine these health indicators can be a way for occupational therapists to enable women to develop strategies to promote health and to prevent stress and sick leave.
|
|
| 6902. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
How Life Balance is Perceived by Swedish Women Recovering from a Stress-related Disorder : A Validation of the Life Balance Model
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Journal of Occupational Science. - 1442-7591 .- 2158-1576. ; 17:2, s. 112-119
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This phenomenological research is the second part of two analysis phases. The purpose of the first analysis phase was to gain insights about the experiences, perceptions, and attitudes about lifestyle balance of 19 women who were recovering from stress-related disorders. The findings indicated that the women perceived both balance and imbalance relative to their image of occupational self, strategies to manage and control everyday life, occupational repertoire, and occupational experience. The purpose of the second analysis phase was to re-analyze the data for its congruence with the Matuska and Christiansen life balance model using a matrix system, and to test the validity of the model. Results from the second phase are reported. When discussing the continuum between balance and imbalance in their lives, the women described occupations that met needs related to each of the five lifestyle balance model dimensions. They felt balanced or imbalanced depending on whether they were able to maintain their physical health, nurture important relationships, create a positive identity, pursue rewarding and stimulating occupations, and manage their time and energy to achieve daily goals and renewal. These findings provide additional validity for the life balance model, which may be used in occupational science.
|
|
| 6903. |
|
|
| 6904. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Occupational balance and satisfaction with daily occupations in persons with depression or anxiety disorders
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Journal of Occupational Science. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1442-7591 .- 2158-1576. ; 30:2, s. 196-202
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Occupational balance and satisfaction with daily occupations are two central concepts in occupational science. The aim of the present study was therefore to explore associations between different aspects of occupational balance and satisfaction with daily occupations. A second aim was to explore whether different aspects of occupational balance predicted satisfaction with daily occupations 12 months later. Methods: The present study had an exploratory correlational longitudinal pilot study design and was part of a project in which the Tree Theme Method was evaluated for patients with depression and/or anxiety disorders. Data collected directly after the intervention (n=107) and 12 months later (n=84) were used in the present study. The Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ) and the Satisfaction with Daily Occupations (SDO) were used, and binary logistic regressions were used to explore associations between them. Results: Statistically significant associations were found between the following aspects of occupational balance: Balance between work, home, family, leisure, rest, and sleep; Having neither too much nor too little to do during a regular week; Satisfaction with time spent in rest, recovery, and sleep and satisfaction with daily occupations directly after the intervention. The occupational balance item Balance between energy-giving/energy-taking occupations directly after the intervention predicted satisfaction with daily occupations 12 months later. Conclusion: This study provides some support for the assumption about an association between occupational balance and satisfaction with daily occupations. Studies with larger sample sizes and in other cultures are recommended to confirm the presence of these associations and/or to find other associations. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
|
|
| 6905. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Occupational balance, work and life satisfaction in working cohabiting parents in Sweden
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : Sage Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 47:3, s. 366-374
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Occupational balance is the experience of having the right amount and right variation between work, domestic work, leisure, rest, and sleep. There is limited knowledge about which factors predict parents’ combined occupational balance, and if the combined occupational balance is associated with work and life satisfaction.Aim: The first aim was to explore whether domestic work and childcare at baseline predicted combined occupational balance at follow-up among working cohabiting parents. The second aim was to explore associations between different combinations of occupational balance, and work and life satisfaction at follow-up.Method: A sample of 139 cohabiting parents responded to a questionnaire. Cohabiting parents can experience their occupational balance differently, and in the present study their experiences were divided into high and low after the median. The parents’ balance was then combined in terms of high-high, high-low and low-low. Associations between childcare, domestic work, work and life satisfaction, and combined occupational balance were analysed with multinomial logistic regression analyses.Results: Satisfaction with the division of domestic work predicted a high-high occupational balance in parent couples. Associations were found between high-high as well as high-low combined occupational balance and life satisfaction, and between high-high occupational balance and work satisfaction.Conclusions: It seems important for both parents in a couple to experience satisfaction with the division of domestic work to experience high occupational balance as well as work and life satisfaction.
|
|
| 6906. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Perceptions of employment, domestic work, and leisure as predictors of health among women and men
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Journal of Occupational Science. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1442-7591 .- 2158-1576. ; 17:3, s. 150-157
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The aims of this longitudinal study were to analyse whether perceptions of employment,domestic work and leisure were predictors of health among women and men, and whether the predictors revealed were the same for both genders. Method: A random sample comprising of 2,683 employees in public health care and social insurance offices (2286 women and 397 men) in western Sweden, answered a survey twice, within a two-year interval. Results: The results showed that perceptions of low stress, good balance and high meaning in the occupations of everyday life predicted both good self-rated health and balanced work attendance among women but not among men. For men, the most important predictor of both good self-rated health and balanced work attendance was low work place stress. Conclusion: The men seemed to have a better balance between employment, domestic work, and leisure than the women. Furthermore, the results indicated that leisure might be a more pronounced health protector for women than for men.
|
|
| 6907. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Self-rated health in middle-aged women : Associations with sense of coherence and socioeconomic and health-related factors
- 2003
-
Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - London : Taylor & Francis. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 10:3, s. 99-106
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aimed to describe and analyse self-rated health in relation to sense of coherence and socioeconomic and health-related factors and to explore the associations between self-rated health and these factors in order to identify health resources and health limitations in a group of healthy middle-aged women. Healthy middle-aged women from a defined geographical area in Southern Sweden ( n =577) answered a postal survey with the sense of coherence scale and questions about socioeconomic and health-related conditions. The results showed that very good/rather good self-rated health was associated with high sense of coherence and good economic situation, and these factors can be seen as a health resource. Poor self-rated health was most strongly associated with perceived symptoms of tension, weak sense of coherence, treatment for depression, treatment for chronic disease, and difficult economic situation, and these factors can be seen as health limitations. In conclusion, only 29% of the women rated their health as very good and 41% of the women had symptoms of tension but they were not sick-listed. It is of major public health interest to improve the understanding of self-rated health and to develop health promotion for women and methods to prevent symptoms of tension and sick-listing.
|
|
| 6908. |
|
|
| 6909. |
- Håkansson, Carita, et al.
(författare)
-
Well-being and occupational roles among middle-aged women
- 2005
-
Ingår i: Work. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 1051-9815 .- 1875-9270. ; 24:4, s. 341-351
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One purpose of the present study is to explore the stability of the pattern of health/work and sickness absence among middle-aged women over a period of three years. Two hypotheses were tested: 1. that enduringly healthy working women would perceive more valued occupational roles and higher well-being than long-term sick-listed women, and 2. that high levels of well-being at baseline would predict enduring health and occupational role value at a 3-year follow-up. Middle-aged women (n = 208) answered a postal survey with the Role checklist, a well-being scale and questions about work and sickness situation. The results showed that there was a considerable variability in the pattern of health/work and sickness absence. The results showed that the enduringly healthy women experienced a more valued worker role and higher well-being than the long-term sick-listed women. Furthermore, high levels of well-being concerning health and work predicted enduring health in the studied sample.
|
|
| 6910. |
- Håkansson, I., et al.
(författare)
-
Retrospective comparison between MRI examinations during radiographer-administered intranasal sedation or general anesthesia
- 2024
-
Ingår i: Radiography. - : Elsevier. - 1078-8174 .- 1532-2831. ; 30:1, s. 296-300
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: In order for young children to be able to undergo a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination, general anesthesia is often required. The aim of this study was to compare the image quality, times, and costs of the examinations of infant brains performed with MRI either during sedation with dexmedetomidine administered by radiographers or anesthesia with propofol administered by anesthesia staff. Methods: This study was a quantitative retrospective study of 27 consecutive standard brain examinations performed under sedation or anesthesia, involving 15 children under sedation and 12 under anesthesia. The age of the children was from 0.5 to five years old. The image quality was evaluated by three radiologists experienced in pediatric MRI examinations. Information such as examination time and the expense of the examination was also collected. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the general image quality, but one image series was assessed to have significantly better image quality under sedation than under anesthesia, but all images had very high quality. However, it emerged that children under anesthesia were at the hospital on average 55 min longer and the scanner room was occupied 20 min longer on average. The anesthesia examinations were three times more expensive. Conclusion: This study demonstrated equivalent image quality between sedation and anesthesia. In addition, sedation was less time-consuming and had a lower price, partly because no extra anesthetic staff were required. The use of intranasal sedation offers a possibility to expand the competence area for radiographers. Implications for practice: If radiographers learn to perform intranasal sedation, examinations can be performed in less time, at a third of the staff costs while maintaining image quality.
|
|
