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- Carlsson, Ing-Marie, 1961-, et al.
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Swedish women's experiences of seeking care and being admitted during the latent phase of labour : A grounded theory study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Midwifery. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone. - 0266-6138 .- 1532-3099. ; 25:2, s. 172-180
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: to gain a deeper understanding of how women who seek care at an early stage experience the latent phase of labour.Design: a qualitative interview study using the grounded theory approach.Setting: the study was conducted at a hospital in the southwestern part of Sweden with a range of 1600-1700 deliveries per year. The interviews took place in the women's homes two to six weeks after birth.Participant: eighteen Swedish women, aged 22-36, who were admitted to the tabour ward while they were stilt in the latent phase of tabour.Findings: 'Handing over responsibility' to professional caregivers emerged as the core category or the central theme in the data. The core category and five additional categories formed a conceptual model explaining what it meant to women being admitted in the early stage of tabour and their experiences of the Latent phase of tabour. The categories, which all related to the core category, were labelled: (1) 'longing to complete the pregnancy,' (2) 'having difficulty managing the uncertainty,' (3) 'having difficulty enduring the stow progress,' (4) 'suffering from pain to no avail' and (5) 'oscillating between powerfulness and powerlessness.'Conclusions and implications for practice: findings indicate that women being admitted to the tabour ward in the latent phase of tabour experienced a need for handing over responsibility for the tabour, the welt-being of the unborn baby, and for themselves. Midwives have an important role in assisting women with coping during the latent phase of tabour, and in giving the women opportunity to hand over responsibility. This care should include validation of experienced pain and confirmation of the normality of the slow process, information and support. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Hallberg, Lillemor R.-M., et al.
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Vad innebär cochlea implantat (CI) som rehabilitivt hjälpmedel för vuxna med postlingual dövhet : tema: välfärd och välbefinnande
- 2007
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - Stockholm : Socialmedicinsk tidskrift. - 0037-833X .- 2000-4192. ; 84:3, s. 220-229
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cochlea implantat (CI) ordineras numera allt oftare som rehabilitativt hjälpmedel till personer med allt bättre ”resthörsel” och omkring 40 nya operationer genomförs för närvarande per år på Hörselvårdsavdelningen, SUS i Göteborg. För att förstå vad det innebär för patienter med grav hörselnedsättning/vuxendövhet att leva med CI och hur deras livskvalitet påverkas, krävs både traditionellt kvantitativa studier på slumpmässigt utvalda grupper ur populationen och mer inträngande kvalitativa studier på strategiskt utvalda grupper. Två av våra studier, en med kvalitativ och en med kvantitativ ansats, kommer kortfattat att beskrivas i denna artikel och belyser hur metodologisk mångfald bidrar till önskvärd kunskapstillväxt på ett komplicerat område.
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- Helvik, Anne-Sofie, et al.
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Coping ability and everyday life situations in relation to audiological rehabilitation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Audiological Medicine. - London : Informa Healthcare. - 1651-386X .- 1651-3835. ; 5:2, s. 112-118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The relationship between the reported use of coping strategies and experience of everyday life prior to audiological rehabilitation and the number of rehabilitation consultations needed, were studied in a group of adults. The study took place at St. Olav's University Hospital, Norway and included 132 adult patients (77 men and 55 women) with no previous audiological rehabilitation or experience with hearing aid (HA) use. Hearing impairment was assessed by pure tone audiometry, while use of communication specific coping strategies and daily life situations were obtained using self-report inventories. The latter concerned activity limitation, participation restriction, and psychological well-being. The patients' hospital records were reviewed approximately 18 months after their first consultation. In total, 41 patients (31%) needed no more than the required minimum number of three consultations to complete rehabilitation including HA fitting, while 91 patients needed more than this. Logistic regression was used to study coping and everyday life in relation to the need for three versus more consultations. Little experienced participation restriction was related to the need for only three consultations. Use of communication specific coping strategies, activity limitation, or psychological well-being was not associated with the number of consultations needed. © 2007 Taylor & Francis.
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- Helvik, Anne-Sofie, et al.
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Hearing Impairment, Sense of Humour and Communication Strategies
- 2007
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. - Philadelphia : Routledge. - 1501-7419 .- 1745-3011. ; 9:1, s. 1-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One purpose of this study was to describe sense of humour and communication strategies in a general population of adults who needed hearing aid (HA) fitting or refitting. Another purpose was to explore the correlation between characteristics of hearing impairment (HI), sense of humour, and other participant characteristics and the communication strategies as outcome. Consecutive patients (n=343) at the Department of Audiology during 1 year completed the Sense of Humour Questionnaire-6 (SHQ-6) and the Communication Strategies Scale (CSS with maladaptive behaviour, verbal and non-verbal strategies). It was found that a high sense of humour was related to female gender and younger age. In multiple regression analyses, use of non-verbal communication strategies was more prevalent among females and increased with younger age, longer duration of HI, and previous HA experience. Use of verbal communication strategies and maladaptive communication behaviour increased with increasing HI. Use of verbal strategies was further associated with younger age and previous HA experience. Frequent use of maladaptive behaviour was related to younger age, longer duration of HI and less sense of humour. Maladaptive behaviour, alternatively expressed as negative reactions to stressful events in communication, was negatively associated with sense of humour. This study may indicate a role for sense of humour in prevention of maladaptive behaviour. It may also improve our understanding of what factors influence the use of communication strategies.
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- Helvik, Anne-Sofie, et al.
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Psychometric evaluation of a Norwegian version of the Communication Strategies Scale of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired
- 2007
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Ingår i: Disability and Rehabilitation. - London : Informa Healthcare. - 0963-8288 .- 1464-5165. ; 29:6, s. 513-520
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim.To evaluate the Communication Strategies Scale (CSS) in an adult Norwegian sample with hearing loss.Subjects and methods.Of 474 invited patients, a total of 337 consecutive adults admitted to the outpatient Unit of Audiology, ENT Department of a university hospital answered the CSS of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired. The inventory assesses the use of three specific coping strategies; Maladaptive Behaviour, Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Strategies. The psychometric evaluation included construct validity by corrected item-total correlation, the internal consistency reliability by coefficient alpha (Cronbach's) and standard error of the measurement (SEM). Internal structure was evaluated by factor analyses using principal factors followed by a varimax rotation.Results.CSS showed good psychometric properties with acceptable and good internal consistency reliability for the subscales. The internal structure of the entire scale gave main loadings at 24 of 25 items at the same factor as the original one.Conclusion.CSS may well be used as a clinical tool in the routine assessment of maladaptive and adaptive communication strategies in an unselected adult population of hearing impaired outpatients.
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- Helvik, Anne-Sofie, et al.
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Psychometric evaluation of a Norwegian version of the Hearing Disability and Handicap Scale
- 2007
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. - Philadelphia : Routledge. - 1501-7419 .- 1745-3011. ; 9:2, s. 112-124
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: To evaluate the Hearing Disability and Handicap Scale (HDHS) in an unselected population of adults with hearing impairment.Subjects and methods:A total of 342 consecutive adults who consulted the outpatient unit of audiology in the ENT department of a Norwegian university hospital answered HDHS, which intends to assess the negative consequences of hearing loss. The psychometric evaluation included internal structure analyses and made use of principal factors followed by varimax rotation, construct validity by corrected item-total correlation, and internal consistency reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results: HDHS showed good psychometric properties with three factors, i.e. speech perception (five items), non-speech sound (five items) and participation restriction (10 items). All had good internal consistency reliability. The inventory distinguished between activity limitations and other problems related to social life participation.Conclusion:HDHS was found to be adequate for research and clinical purposes in an unselected adult population with a quite different cultural background and language than the original one.
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- Pedersen, Eja, et al.
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Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines - A Grounded Theory Study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Qualitative Research in Psychology. - Philadelphia, PA : Routledge. - 1478-0887 .- 1478-0895. ; 4:1-2, s. 49-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Little is known of wind turbines' impact on people living in their vicinity. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how people perceive and are affected by wind turbines in their living environment. In-depth interviews with 15 informants, strategically chosen to form a heterogeneous group, were analyzed using the constant comparative method of grounded theory. The informants were to different extents affected by the swishing noise, flickering light, and constant movement of the turbines' rotor blades. Some informants perceived the exposures as outside their territory while others perceived them as intrusion into privacy; a divergence partly determined by the informants' personal values about the living environment. The feeling of intrusion was associated with feeling a lack of control, subjected to injustice, a lack of influence, and not being believed. Informants used various coping strategies, such as rebuilding their houses or complaining, but mainly tried to ignore exposures from the wind turbines. The findings can help us to better understand the severe reactions wind turbines sometimes evoke and contribute to the knowledge base used when planning for new wind farms.
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- Strandmark, K. Margaretha, et al.
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Being Rejected and Expelled from the Workplace : Experiences of Bullying in the Public Service Sector
- 2007
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Ingår i: Qualitative Research in Psychology. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 1478-0887 .- 1478-0895. ; 4:1-2, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to describe how bullying was experienced by individuals who had been exposed to bullying at their workplaces. Open interviews were conducted with 22 participants from different professional and organizational status groups in the public service sector, who had experienced bullying at their workplaces. The interviews were analyzed according to guidelines for grounded theory. The core category illuminated a social process of “being rejected and expelled from the workplace.” Based on the informantś descriptions, the meaning of bullying seemed to be conflict resolution through rejection of a threatening workmate. Additional categories described assumed intentions of indirect aggressive behaviors; “changing a person's image by means of slander,” “betraying a person through deceit,” “devaluing a person through insults,” and “legitimizing bullying through unjust treatment.” The category “mobilizing power through support” showed that the informants perceived temporary relief from suffering through support from others. Often support from those other than family and close friends was sparse. All categories formed a conceptual model describing a process of workplace bullying, as experienced and described by the informants. A conceptual model is proposed to illustrate a social process of rejection and expulsion from the workplace, based on interview data from informants who have experiences of bullying at the workplace. Bullying seemed to hold meaning in that it was perceived by the informants to solve values conflicts in the workplace.
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- Strandmark, K. Margaretha, et al.
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The origin of workplace bullying : experiences from the perspective of bully victims in the public service sector
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 15:3, s. 332-341
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND:Workplace bullying has attracted increased attention during the last decade due to its severe consequences on health. However, the origin of bullying has, so far, been insufficiently described.AIM:This study investigates the manner in which bullying is initiated at workplaces in the public service sector.METHOD:Twenty-two bully victims were interviewed in-depth and data were analysed according to grounded theory methodology.RESULTS:The findings of this study demonstrated that bullying was preceded by a long-standing struggle for power. This power struggle emanated from conflicts of values caused by organizational conditions, leadership styles and the involved parties' work expectations. In particular, individuals who perceived themselves as strong and competent or as vulnerable and sensitive persons were targeted in these types of power struggles.CONCLUSIONS:In these cases, if values conflicts were solved, the power struggle ebbed. When values conflicts remained unsolved, the gap widened between the targeted individual and that person's opponents. Thereby, the conflict escalated and grew into one characterized by systematic and persistent bullying.
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