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- Andersson, Åsa, et al.
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Patient involvement in surgical care-Healthcare personnel views and behaviour regarding patient involvement
- 2021
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : WILEY. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 35:1, s. 96-103
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background All professions in surgical care have a responsibility to include patients in their health care. By Swedish law, all care should be done in dialogue with the patient. The essential part of health care is the meeting between patient and healthcare professional. In the interaction, a decision can be made, and needs can be identified to a safer care. Previous studies on patient participation have focussed on patients perspectives in surgical care, but there is a paucity of studies about the personnels perspective of estimated patient involvement in surgical care. Aim The aim of this study was to identify and describe healthcare personnels view and behaviour regarding patient involvement in surgical care. Method A quantitative study with various professions was conducted. A validated questionnaire was used, remaining questions grouped under following areas: patient involvement, acute phase, hospital time, discharge phase and questions on employment and workplace. Results A total of 140 questionnaires were sent out to a surgical clinic in Sweden, and 102 questionnaires were answered. All professionals stated that clear information is an important part of patient involvement in surgical care. Statistically significant differences existed between the professions in the subscale information. Physicians rated their information higher than the Registered Nurses (p = 0.005) and the practical nurses did (p = 0.001). Hindrances to involving patients were lack of time and other priority tasks. Conclusions Professionals in surgical care graded information to be the most important thing for patient involvement. Participation in important decisions, including the possibility to express personal views and ask questions, is important factors for patient involvement. Barriers against patient involvement are lack of time and prioritisation of other work activities.
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- Drott, Jenny, et al.
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Factors related to a successful professional development for specialist nurses in surgical care: a cross-sectional study
- 2023
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Ingår i: BMC Nursing. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1472-6955. ; 22:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundA high level of competence among staff is necessary for providing patient-safe surgical care. Knowledge regarding what factors contribute to the professional development of specialist nurses in surgical care and why they choose to remain in the workplace despite high work requirements is needed. To investigate and describe the organizational and social work environment of specialist nurses in surgical care as part of studying factors that impact on professional development.MethodThis was a cross-sectional study with a strategic convenience sampling procedure that recruited 73 specialist nurses in surgical care in Sweden between October to December 2021. The study was guided by STROBE Statement and checklist of cross-sectional studies. The validated Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire was used, and additional demographic data. Descriptive statistics were performed and the comparison to the population benchmarks was presented as the mean with a 95% confidence interval. To study potential differences among the demographic and professional characteristics, pairwise t tests were used with Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons with a significance level of 5%.ResultsFive domains were identified as factors related to success, as they received higher scores in relation to population benchmarks: quality of leadership, variation of work, meaning of work and work engagement as well as job insecurity. There was also a significant association between a having a manager with low nursing education and job insecurity (p = 0.021).ConclusionsQuality of leadership is important for the professional development of specialist nurses in surgical care. Strategic work seems to include managers with a higher nursing education level to prevent insecure professional working conditions.
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- Drott, Jenny, et al.
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Patient preferences and experiences of participation in surgical cancer care
- 2022
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Ingår i: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1545-102X .- 1741-6787. ; 19:5, s. 405-414
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Quality cancer care necessitates opportunities for patient participation, supposedly recognizing the individual's preferences and experiences for being involved in their health and healthcare issues. Previous research shows that surgical cancer patients wish to be more involved, requiring professionals to be sensitive of patients' needs. Aims To explore preference-based patient participation in surgical cancer care. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted. The Patient Preferences for Patient Participation tool (4Ps) was used, which includes 12 attributes of preferences for and experiences of patient participation. Data were analyzed with descriptive and comparative statistical methods. Results The results are based on a total of 101 questionnaires. Having reciprocal communication and being listened to by healthcare staff were commonly deemed crucial for patient participation. While 60% of the patients suggested that taking part in planning was crucial for their participation, they had experienced this only to some extent. Learning to manage symptoms and phrasing personal goals were items most often representing insufficient conditions for preference-based patient participation. Linking Evidence to Action To support person-centered surgical care, further efforts to suffice preference-based participation are needed, including opportunities for patients to share their experiences and engage in the planning of healthcare activities.
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- Loftås, Per, et al.
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Nodal involvement in luminal complete response after neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Surgical Oncology. - : ELSEVIER SCI LTD. - 0748-7983 .- 1532-2157. ; 42:6, s. 801-807
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer is correlated with improved survival. There is limited knowledge on the incidence of pCR at a national level with uniform guidelines. The aim of this prospective register-based study was to investigate the incidence and outcome of pCR in relation to neoadjuvant therapy in a national cohort. Method: All patients abdominally operated for rectal cancer between 2007 and 2012 (n = 7885) were selected from The Swedish Colorectal Cancer Register. Twenty-six per cent (n = 2063) had neoadjuvant therapy with either long or short course radiotherapy with amp;gt;4 weeks delay with the potential to achieve pCR. The primary endpoints were pCR and survival in relation to neoadjuvant therapy. Results: Complete eradication of the luminal tumor, ypTO was found in 161 patients (8%). In 83% of the ypTO the regional lymph nodes were tumor negative (ypTONO), 12% had 1-3 positive lymph nodes (ypTON1) and 4% had more than three positive lymph nodes (ypTON2). There was significantly greater survival with ypTO compared to ypT+ (hazard ratio 0.38 (C.I 0.25-0.58)) and survival was significantly greater in patients with ypTONO compared to ypT0N1-2 (hazard ratio 0.36 (C.I 0.15-0.86)). In ypTO, cT3-4 tumors had the greater risk of node-positivity. The added use of chemotherapy resulted in 10% ypTO compared to 5.1% in the group without chemotherapy (p amp;lt; 0.00004). Conclusion: Luminal pathological complete response occurred in 8%, 16% of them had tumor positive nodes. The survival benefit of luminal complete response is dependent upon nodal involvement status. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Malmström, Annika, 1957-, et al.
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ABCB1 single-nucleotide variants and survival in patients with glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy concomitant with temozolomide
- 2020
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Ingår i: The Pharmacogenomics Journal. - : Nature Publishing Group. - 1470-269X .- 1473-1150. ; 20:2, s. 213-219
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Standard treatment for glioblastoma (GBM) patients is surgery and radiochemotherapy (RCT) with temozolomide (TMZ). TMZ is a substrate for ABCB1, a transmembrane drug transporter. It has been suggested that survival for GBM patients receiving TMZ is influenced by different single-nucleotide variants (SNV) of ABCB1. We therefore examined SNV:s of ABCB1, namely 1199Gamp;gt;A, 1236Camp;gt;T, 2677Gamp;gt;T/A, and 3435Camp;gt;T and correlated to survival for GBM patients receiving RCT. In a pilot cohort (97 patients) a significant correlation to survival was found for SNV 1199Gamp;gt;A, with median OS for variant G/G patients being 18.2 months versus 11.5 months for A/G (p = 0.012). We found no correlation to survival for the other SNV:s. We then expanded the cohort to 179 patients (expanded cohort) and also included a confirmatory cohort (49 patients) focusing on SNV 1199Gamp;gt;A. Median OS for G/G versus A/G plus A/A was 15.7 and 11.5 months, respectively (p = 0.085) for the expanded cohort and 13.8 versus 16.8 months (p = 0.19) for the confirmatory. In conclusion, in patients with GBM receiving RCT with TMZ, no correlation with survival was found for the SNV:s 1236Camp;gt;T, 2677Gamp;gt;T/A, and 3435Camp;gt;T of ABCB1. Although the SNV 1199Gamp;gt;A might have some impact, a clinically significant role could not be confirmed.
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