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- Arvidsson, Barbro, et al.
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Process-oriented group supervision implemented during nursing education : nurses’ conceptions 1 year after their nursing degree
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - Oxford : Blackwell Publishing. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 16:7, s. 868-875
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: To describe the variation in how nurses conceive process-oriented group supervision, implemented during nursing education, 1 year after their nursing degree. BACKGROUND: Process-oriented group supervision can be an effective support system for helping nursing students and nurses to reflect on their activities. METHODS: A descriptive qualitative design was chosen for the study. Conceptions were collected through interviews with 18 strategically selected Swedish nurses in 2005. RESULTS: Three descriptive categories comprising seven conceptions were emerged. Supportive actions comprised: a sense of security, belonging and encouragement. Learning actions involved: sharing and reflecting while developmental actions described: enabling professional identity and facilitating personal development. CONCLUSIONS: Process-oriented group supervision has a lasting influence on nurses' development. The possibility to reflect over new stances during nursing education was a prerequisite for the provision of high-quality care. Process-oriented group supervision can make an important contribution to nursing education. IMPLICATIONS: for Nursing Management Process-oriented group supervision provides nurses with the strength to achieve resilience to stress in their work. It may lead to autonomy as well as clarity in the nurse's professional function. This indicates the need for nurse managers to organize reflective group supervision as an integral part of the nurse's work.
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- Arvidsson, Barbro, et al.
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The development of a questionnaire for evaluating process-oriented group supervision during nursing education
- 2008
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Ingår i: Nurse Education in Practice. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 1471-5953 .- 1873-5223. ; 8:2, s. 88-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The benefits of process-oriented group supervision are difficult to evaluate, as the validity and reliability of the existing instruments have been questioned. The aim was to develop and test the psychometric properties of a questionnaire in order to evaluate the effects of process-oriented group supervision on nursing students during their three-year nursing education. A 55-item Process-oriented Group Supervision Questionnaire (PGSQ) with a developmental design was formulated on the basis of a literature review and the expectations of nursing students who participated in a three-year nursing education programme (N = 176). Construct validity and internal consistency reliability were tested at the end of each study year: year 1 (T1), year 2 (T2), and year 3 (T3) by means of exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s coefficient. An adequate explorative factor analysis (principal component analysis, varimax rotation) with an Eigenvalue >1.0 and factor loadings >0.40, reduced the questionnaire to 18 items comprising three factors labelled educative, supportive and developmental, which explained 60.2% at T1, 71.8% at T2, and 69.3% at T3 of the total cumulative variance. The corresponding Cronbach’s coefficient figures were 0.89 (T1), 0.94 (T2) and 0.93 (T3). The 18-item PGSQ is considered to be a short and useful tool due to its satisfactory validity and reliability figures.
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- Baigi, Amir, 1953, et al.
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Sense of coherence as well as social support and network as perceived by patients with a suspected or manifest myocardial infarction: a short-term follow-up study
- 2008
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Ingår i: Clinical Rehabilitation. - London : SAGE Publications. - 0269-2155 .- 1477-0873. ; 22:7, s. 646-652
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To compare sense of coherence as well as social support and network as perceived by ischaemic heart disease patients at baseline and two weeks post-discharge in terms of age, sex, educational and marital status. Design: Multicentre study with a prospective short-term follow-up design. Setting: A university hospital, a central hospital and a district hospital in southern Sweden. Subjects: Consecutive sample of 246 patients with a suspect or manifest myocardial infarction. Main measures: The Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-R), the Medical Outcome Study (MOS) Social Support Survey and the Sense of Coherence Scale were included in a self-administered questionnaire and answered twice, together with sociodemographic variables. Results: Bivariate analyses indicated changes in social support (practical support increased in men and decreased in women; both P= 0.003) and social network (family network increased among >65 year olds; P= 0.001, men; P= 0.013, and women; P= 0.033, those with a low; P=0.017, and intermediate; P= 0.033, educational level, as well as those cohabiting; P= 0.0001), but did not reveal any difference in sense of coherence. Conclusions: Sociodemographic variables have no influence on sense of coherence but do affect social support (i.e. practical support and social network, family). Ischaemic heart disease patients' short stay in hospital implies that the network outside the hospital has to assume responsibility, but at the same time it is important for health care professionals to have sufficient knowledge to be able to support the specific needs of patients and their family members.
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- Haraldsson, Katarina, 1958, et al.
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Evaluation of a school-based health promotion programme for adolescents aged 12-15 years with focus on well-being related to stress.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Public health. - London : Elsevier BV. - 0033-3506 .- 1476-5616. ; 122:1, s. 25-33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate a school-based adolescent health promotion programme with focus on well-being related to stress. STUDY DESIGN: Interventional and evaluative with tests before and after the intervention. The study was performed in two secondary schools in a town on the west coast of Sweden. METHODS: A health promotion programme comprising massage and mental training was implemented for a single academic year in one school (intervention school, 153 participants) in order to strengthen and maintain well-being. No intervention was implemented in the other school (non-intervention school, 287 participants). A questionnaire was developed and tested, resulting in 23 items distributed across the following six areas: self-reliance; leisure time; being an outsider; general and home satisfaction; school satisfaction; and school environment. RESULTS: A pre- and postintervention comparison of the six areas was made within each school. In the intervention school, the boys maintained a very good or good sense of well-being related to stress in all six areas, while the girls' sense of well-being was maintained in five areas and deteriorated in one area. In the non-intervention school, the boys maintained a very good or good sense of well-being related to stress in four areas and deteriorated in two areas, while the girls' sense of well-being was maintained in two areas and deteriorated in four areas. CONCLUSION: Massage and mental training helped to maintain adolescents' very good or good sense of well-being related to stress. A questionnaire with acceptable validity and reliability was developed and tested in order to evaluate the health promotional approach. However, there is a need for further study to develop both the intervention and the questionnaire for young people.
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- Mårtensson, Lena, 1953, et al.
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Evaluation of a Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation Programme in Primary Healthcare for Chronic Pain Patients
- 1999
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - London : Taylor & Francis. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 6, s. 157-165
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The responsibility of primary healthcare for treatment and rehabilitation of chronic pain patients has increased in the last decade. Experiences of multidisciplinary, behavioural treatments in pain clinics have demonstrated positive effects. The aim of the study was to evaluate a biopsychosocial rehabilitation programme in primary healthcare for chronic pain patients. The study included 70 chronic pain patients, who participated in an intervention based on ego-strengthening psychotherapy, led by an occupational therapist and a physiotherapist. The study was performed by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and a questionnaire as well as statistically analysed. The results showed increased general well-being (p < 0.01) and ability of pain management (p < 0.001) together with decreased level of perceived complaints (p < 0.001). The intervention was also associated with positive changes in personality, physical and cognitive factors. The results suggest that the biopsychosocial rehabilitation programme is useful in primary healthcare. Further studies should be carried out into the effects of such a rehabilitation programme in controlled randomized designs
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