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Formal help for persons with multiple sclerosis - Background factors associated with usage of personal assistance and home help in Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: PLoS ONE. - 1932-6203. ; 18:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that may cause several different symptoms, some which may entail the need for help in daily life. The aim of this study was to explore the association between sociodemographic background factors and the use of personal assistance and home help services (home help) among persons with MS in Sweden. The study was based on cross-sectional survey data merged with register data and included 3,863 persons with MS aged 20–51. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors associated with the use of personal assistance and home help. The central finding of this study was that grade of impairment, as determined by the Expanded Disability Status Scale for Multiple Sclerosis (EDSS), was the most important variable associated with the use of both personal assistance (p < 0.001, OR 18.83) and home help (p < 0.001, OR 6.83). Living alone and receiving sickness benefit were also both associated with the use of personal assistance (p < 0.001, OR 3.32; p 0.001, OR 3.32) and home help (p 0.004, OR 2.56; p 0.011, OR 2.56). Stating a visible symptom of MS as being the most limiting factor of the disease (p 0.001, OR 2.73) and having a disposable income below the limit for poverty risk (p 0.02, OR 2.16) was associated with the use of personal assistance. Receiving informal, meaning unpaid, help (p 0.049, OR 1.89) was associated with the use of home help. Several background factors were controlled for but were not related to differences in the usage of formal help. The results indicated no significant differences in demographic characteristics that could be linked to unequal distribution. However, differences were found between those using personal assistance and home help. The latter were mainly affected by invisible symptoms, suggesting a plausible influencing factor in the chances of obtaining more comprehensive help in the form of personal assistance. Users of home help were also more likely to receive informal help than users of personal assistance, which may suggest that home help is not sufficient.
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Health social workers and research knowledge utilisation – a Swedish survey study : Hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorer och vetenskapligt kunskapsutnyttjande – en svensk enkätstudie
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Ingår i: European Journal of Social Work. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1369-1457 .- 1468-2664. ; 26:5
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- ABSTRACT Previous research has shown that health social workers utilise research knowledge to a low degree. The present study is based on a survey of 1236 health social workers in Sweden working in several different organisations providing health care. The survey included closed and open-ended questions about respondents’ use of and approach to research knowledge. The results show that health social workers primarily refer to non-research literature and, while they consider it important to keep up to date with current research, they do not consider current research to be highly relevant. The most important sources of knowledge used in daily practice were work experience, theory, colleagues and supervision. The main barrier to research knowledge utilisation was lack of time. Furthermore, insufficient support from organisations and leadership, a lack of accessibility to research publications and the fact that research is not adapted to practice/difficult to understand were identified as challenges. The health social workers identified important areas for increasing research knowledge utilisation as dedicated time, support from organisations and leadership, opportunities for further education, a specially appointed colleague responsible for monitoring relevant research and support from colleagues. ABSTRAKT Tidigare forskning har visat att hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorer i låg utsträckning använder sig av vetenskaplig kunskap i praktiken. Föreliggande studie baseras på en enkät där totalt 1236 hälso- och sjukvårdkuratorer i Sverige, verksamma inom ett flertal olika områden och verksamheter, deltog. Enkäten innehöll slutna respektive öppna frågor om respondenternas användande av och förhållningssätt till vetenskaplig kunskap. De övergripande resultaten påvisar att hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorer framförallt använder sig av annan litteratur än vetenskaplig. Resultaten visar att hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorerna anser att det är viktigt att hålla sig uppdaterad med aktuell forskning men att forskningen som produceras inte är relevant i lika stor utsträckning. De viktigaste kunskapskällorna för det dagliga arbetet var arbetslivserfarenhet, teori, kollegor och handledning. Den huvudsakliga barriären för vetenskapligt kunskapsutnyttjande var tidsbrist. Vidare framkom bristfälligt stöd från organisation och ledarskap, bristande tillgänglighet till vetenskapliga publikationer samt att den forskning som produceras inte är anpassad för praktiken/svår att förstå. Hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorerna identifierade viktiga områden för förbättring av möjligheten till vetenskapligt kunskapsutnyttjande: särskilt avsatt tid, stöd från organisation och ledarskap, möjligheten till vidareutbildning, en särskilt utsedd kollega som ansvarar för att bevaka forskning samt kollegialt stöd.
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Podcast om vetenskapligt kunskapsutnyttjande bland kuratorer i hälso- och sjukvården
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Ingår i: GU PLAY.
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I denna podcast pratar forskarna Daniel Ståhl och Jörgen Lundälv från Institutionen för socialt arbete vid Göteborgs universitet om resultaten från den enkätinsamling som genomfördes under våren 2022. Fokus var på vetenskapligt kunskapsutnyttjande bland kuratorer inom hälso- och sjukvården i Sverige.
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Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace
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Ingår i: International Social Work. - 0020-8728 .- 1461-7234.
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- Health social workers, like social workers in general, have been found to utilise research knowledge to a low degree. No previous study has made comparisons based on the following: higher education, job tenure and workplace. This article is based on statistical comparisons between 1236 health social workers in Sweden working in various healthcare contexts. The central finding was that higher education was the factor with the largest impact. Workplace and especially job tenure were found to be less influential. An implication for practice is to raise the knowledge requirements in terms of research knowledge utilisation already from bachelor’s degree level.
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