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- Sandlund, Marlene, et al.
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Towards a Mobile Exercise Application to Prevent Falls : a Participatory Design Process
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. - : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. - 1939-5965. ; 9:3, s. 389-398
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this cross-disciplinary project senior citizens and researchers participated in the collaborative design and development of a mobile exercise application to prevent falls. The methods Form-IT and Participatory and Appreciative Action and Reflection were applied in a series of workshops, facilitating the creation of new knowledge and a socio-technical platform for an end-user development process. The participation of the older adults was key to understanding the broad range of preferences and motivational aspects. The outcomes emerged into prototypes, which were composed using the ACKTUS platform for end-user development, resulting in a dynamic application, easily adaptable to future needs and studies.
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- Unevik, Erik, et al.
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From curiosity to appreciating and re-evaluating cultural diversity in physiotherapy : a self-reflective account of experiences and reactions as a Swedish physiotherapy student in India
- 2012
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Ingår i: Reflective Practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1462-3943 .- 1470-1103. ; 13:5, s. 663-677
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As our globalized world entails meetings between health care givers and patients from diverse cultures, cultural factors must be considered in physiotherapy practice. Yet there is insufficient research regarding physiotherapists’ experiences when meeting different cultures. This paper aims to describe my experiences and reactions when meeting a different physiotherapy culture than my own. An autoethnographic study was conducted in India at four different physiotherapy clinical settings during seven weeks. Participant observation and field notes were used to document experiences. The data were analyzed with a qualitative content analysis to find recurring categories and themes. The analysis of field notes resulted in a overreaching category ‘From curiosity to appreciating and re-evaluating cultural diversity in physiotherapy’, divided into three different subcategories and themes: reflecting on hierarchies and the working structure in the context of physiotherapy practice, on the Indian physiotherapy students’ knowledgebase compared with my earlier experiences from Sweden and on the emotions emerging from being a student in the field with minor experience and knowledge in a different context. This reflective process over my experiences has taught me that my own culture is something I can only understand and re-evaluate when I have met a different one, and has helped me to start appreciate and develop further insight of the importance and the complexity of cultural diversity in physiotherapy.
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- Unevik, Erik, et al.
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Ökad kulturell förståelse genom deltagande observation och reflektion
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syfte och Bakgrund Syftet med denna studie var att som sjukgymnast student i en främmande kultur utforska min kulturella förståelse. Vår värld är idag global med tvärkulturell vård och rehabilitering. Kunskapsutbyten sker där vårdtagare och vårdgivare möts, men dessa möten kan även leda till missförstånd och kulturkrockar, vilket i sin tur kan leda till en icke adekvat vård. Forskning har visat att möten med främmande vårdkulturer har lett till att sjukgymnaster upplevt att de utvecklats personligen och professionellt, samt att de lärt sig värdesätta kulturella skillnader i patientmöten. Metod Autoetnografi användes som relaterar forskningsprocessen till kultur med fokus på den egna upplevelsen. Under 8 veckor studerades studenter och sjukgymnaster i kliniskt arbete på 8 olika arbetsplatser i Indien. Fältanteckningar med observationer, känslor och reflektioner fördes och analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Konklusion När en sjukgymnaststudent exponeras för en främmande kultur och använder reflektion och analys som process, utvecklas en kulturell förståelse som är både positiv och negativ. Medveten reflektion kan bidra till att missförstånd minimeras när vårdgivare och vårdtagare kommer från olika kulturer. Resultat Analysen resulterade i fyra teman: Reflektioner över hierarkier och arbetsstrukturer, Reflektioner över de indiska studenternas kunskapsbas, Komplexitet rörande patientens delaktighet i rehabiliteringen samt Att vara student i fältarbete med lite livserfarenhet och kunskap. Den kulturella förståelsen av hälso-och sjukvårdskulturen i Indien utvecklades i relation till tiden och olika coping strategier som t.ex. att lära sig enkla språkbegrepp och att lära sig läsa av behandlings situationer.
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- Wiklund-Axelsson, Sari-Anne, et al.
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Older people's health-related ICT-use in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Gerontechnology. - : International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG). - 1569-1101 .- 1569-111X. ; 12:1, s. 36-43
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the degree to which information and communication technology (ICT) was utilised by older people for health information and communication with health services during a one-year period in Sweden.Methods: The participants (n=154) were aged 55 and over (mean 71.9, 52% women) and had been randomly selected from a population register. The participants responded to a survey with a set of questions about their general usage of ICT appliances, as well as their usage of different ICT tools to retrieve health information and to communicate with the health services.Results: The results showed that, in contrast to a rather frequent general ICT usage, the most common way to communicate with healthcare services was by personal contacts or by a land line telephone. A mobile phone was used by 24% of such communications, SMS messages by 11%, websites, chat forums or blogs by 4%, and audio and video communication by 2%. Self-reported overweight problems, general use of mobile phone, and general use of Internet were significantly and independently associated with having experience of using mobile phones or more advanced ICT appliances in contacts with the health services.Conclusion: The low health-related ICT usage found in this study may be understood as a low degree of implementation of ICT in contact with health services, but the relatively high experience of general ICT usage indicates a potential for a wider use in the future in Sweden.
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- Wiklund-Axelsson, Sari-Anne, et al.
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Ready for eHealth
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the study was to predict the usage of health related-ICT among older adults in Sweden. Method Psychosocial impact of Assistive Scale (PIADS) were used to measure expectations on health related ICT applications, illustrated in two scenarios. The illustrated scenarios was a description of a possible set of event that may reasonably take place when people used existing and future web based e-health services. The scenarios included an explanatory text how people were or will be able to use e-health services. The PIADS scale together with the scenarios was distributed as a questionnaire to a random selected Swedish population age 55-105. Respondents answered the questionnaire via a telephone interview or by post. Dimensions measured were psychosocial dimensions as; adaptability, competence and well-being. Results & Discussion Older Swedes have, from a psychosocial perspective, positive expectations regarding e-health services. Total PIADS score and the sub-scores were significantly higher for the future scenario than for the existing. The future scenario could be interpreted to suggest situations of sociability, independence, mobility and self-management. In this study the scale was used as a predictor for rejection or abandoned acceptance of health related ICT. In conclusion the PIADS is also usable as a predictor for acceptance of health related ICT.
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- Wiklund-Axelsson, Sari-Anne, et al.
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Ready for eHealth. Older Swedes’ Perceptions of eHealth Services : Using the PIADS scale as a Predictor for Readiness
- 2016
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Ingår i: Technologies. - : MDPI AG. - 2227-7080. ; 4:29
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Relevant determinants of adoption of eHealth are needed in order tounderstand future usage. Aim: To investigate the anticipated psychosocial impact of presentand future eHealth services and discuss how psychosocial factors can impact the readiness foreHealth services among older Swedes and reflect upon instruments for measuring eHealth acceptance.Method: The Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Device Scale (PIADS) measured the psychosocialimpact of eHealth services as illustrated in pictures of a set of events of eHealth services that mayreasonably occur in the present and the future. The PIADS scale and the scenarios were administeredvia a randomly selected sample from the Swedish population aged 55–105. Results and Discussion:Older Swedes have, from a psychosocial perspective, positive expectations regarding eHealth services.The PIADS scale could be a useful supplement to acceptance measurements in the context of eHealth.Using animated illustrations to depict eHealth services, together with the PIADS scale, can generatefindings that are generalizable across technologies. The dimensions adaptability, competence andself-esteem could be relevant determinants of adoption of eHealth.
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- Wiklund-Axelsson, Sari-Anne, et al.
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The anticipated positive psychosocial impact of present web-based e-health services and future mobile health applications : an investigation among older Swedes
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. - : Hindawi Limited. - 1687-6415 .- 1687-6423.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates the anticipated psychosocial impact of present web-based e-health services and future mobile health applications among older Swedes. Random sample’s of Swedish citizens aged 55 years old and older were given a survey containing two different e-health scenarios which respondents rated according to their anticipated psychosocial impact by means of the PIADS instrument. Results consistently demonstrated the positive anticipation of psychosocial impacts for both scenarios. The future mobile health applications scored more positively than the present web-based e-health services. An increase in age correlated positively to lower impact scores. These findings indicate that from a psychosocial perspective, web-based e-health services and mobile health applications are likely to positively impact quality of life. This knowledge can be helpful when tailoring and implementing e-health services that are directed to older people.
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- Wiklund Axelsson, Sarianne, et al.
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Sustainable Lifestyle Change : Participatory Design of Support Together with Persons with Obesity in the Third Age
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI AG. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 13:12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sustainable lifestyle changes due to obesity are difficult to achieve regardless methods used. We need to know more about the lived experience of obesity and older persons’ needs for support to make a sustainable change. This paper focuses on the need-finding process in designing support for a sustainable lifestyle change. Multistage focus group interviews were conducted with persons aged 61–72 living in Northern Sweden. A participatory and appreciative reflection and action (PAAR) approach was used in the group-sessions. Probes were used to increase reflections and achieve a deeper knowledge about the participants’ needs of support. Data were analysed using qualitative thematic content analysis. Our findings revealed that to be able to succeed with a lifestyle change a focus has to be on a converted way of thinking, managing vulnerability, and achieving an emotional balance. To achieve a sustainable lifestyle change due to obesity in the third age the focus has to be on a health identity instead of a weight identity. Personalised support with enjoyable physical activities should be designed and developed. Strategies for emotional balance based on autonomy and self-empowerment must be included. This knowledge is important when designing support for sustainable change.
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