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Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Purpose in Life scaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Purpose in Life scale The aim of this study was to test the theoretical assumptions beyond the Purpose in Life (PIL) scale, and to elucidate the underlying structure of the Swedish version of the PIL. The PIL, originally created by Crumbaugh and Maholick, is a 20-item scale of the Lickert type with possible scores ranges from 20 to 140, the higher score, the stronger PIL. The analysis was based on 449 participants, 62% of whom were women, from five different samples, ranging from 19 to 103 years old. An exploratory factor analysis restricted to t...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - November 4, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Elisabeth Jonsén, Lisbeth Fagerström, Berit Lundman, Björn Nygren, Magdalena Vähäkangas, Gunilla Strandberg Source Type: journals

'From stun to gradual balance'– women's experiences of living with gestational diabetes mellitusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The experience of being diagnosed with and living with GDM during pregnancy may be understood as a process 'from stun to gradual balance'. The experience comprises positive and negative dimensions. Despite the challenges, the inconveniences and the changes involved, gradually adapting to a lifestyle and balancing the every day life is the prize most of these women are willing to pay in order to secure optimal maternal and foetal health. Knowledge of the experiences of women diagnosed with GDM may enable midwives to provide increased support as well as provide information and preventive measures in order to dela...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Margareta Persson, Anna Winkvist, Ingrid Mogren Source Type: journals

Ethical dilemmas: a resource in public health nurses' everyday work?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article shows how a multiple-voiced aspect allows public health nurses to change and adjust their practice to meet parents' wishes and needs, without being disloyal to what they perceive to be their public commission. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kirsten J. Fjetland, Gunn Elisabeth Søreide Source Type: journals

The aspects school health nurses find important for successful health promotionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: In an organisation where the need for health promotion work was understood, and school health nurses had support and knowledge, health promotion could be performed not only on an individual- but also on a general level. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Marina Reuterswärd, Monica Lagerström Source Type: journals

Quality of care and service trajectories for people with intellectual disabilities: defining the aspects of quality from the client's perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article aims to identify the quality aspects of trajectories that are considered important by people with intellectual disabilities and their parents/relatives. In addition, it examines how these aspects are related to quality determinants mentioned in the literature on integrated care and to authoritative models for quality assessment of care and service delivery.Methods: Quality aspects were collected during eight focus group discussions with people with intellectual disabilities or their parents/relatives. In addition, quality determinants of integrated care and authoritative models for quality assessment were sele...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Anna Barelds, Ien van de Goor, Guus van Heck, Jos Schols Source Type: journals

Predictors of hostility among university students in JordanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Assessment of psychosocial well being is an important component to manage hostility among university students. The importance of psychosocial well being is highlighted and implications for mental health nurses and professionals are presented. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour Source Type: journals

Counselling young immigrant women worried about problems related to the protection of 'family honour'– from the perspective of midwives and counsellors at youth health clinicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Youth clinics have a key role in preventing repercussions caused by problems related to PFH. The study provides a theoretical model that can be used as a tool in preventive work with young women anxious about honour-related family violence. The findings were presented to a group of midwives and counsellors for validation. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 10, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Venus Alizadeh, Ingrid Hylander, Tahire Kocturk, Lena Törnkvist Source Type: journals

Family dynamics in the United States, Finland and IcelandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Family dynamics in the United States, Finland and Iceland Understanding the dynamics of contemporary, postmodern families and how these relate to health is critically important to nurses and other health care providers throughout the world. Much can be learned by studying not only one's own culture but also other countries. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare family dynamics of families in the United States, Finland and Iceland. To date relatively little has been published related to families in these Nordic countries. Six family dimensions in Barnhill's Family Health Cycle served as the ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 10, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Marjorie A. White, Jennifer H. Elder, Eija Paavilainen, Katja Joronen, Helga L. Helgadóttir, Ann Seidl Source Type: journals

Being involved in an everlasting fight – a life with postnatal faecal incontinence. A qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions and clinical implications: Health care professionals must inform women at risk about the effects of the injury and inform them about treatment in case of future problems in order to prevent physical, psychological and social suffering. They should also, as a routine, question the patients with regard to problems with incontinence of urine, faeces and flatulence. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 10, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Johanne Lind Rasmussen, Karin C. Ringsberg Source Type: journals

Callers' perceptions of receiving advice via a medical care help lineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Seen from the patient's perspective, the telephone contact with the help line is a simple, easily accessible and secure alternative that is appreciated and used. Caring encounters gave rise to feelings, influenced by the agreement between one's own needs and expectations, the encounter between human beings and the care provided. More in-depth studies is needed focusing on the patient's perspective and characterizes of the caring encounter over the telephone.Relevance to clinical nursing: Improved understanding of the patient's perspective on the care provided leads to increased staff satisfaction and motivatio...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mayvor Ström, Bertil Marklund, Cathrine Hildingh Source Type: journals

Being in charge of life: perceptions of lifestyle among women of retirement ageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Lifestyle is a tool that requires independence, the right to self-determination over everyday life and adjustment to limitations in order to ensure the psychological well-being of women of retirement age. Further research is needed in order to delineate the possible association between lifestyle and psychological well-being. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 4, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Carina Elgán, Åsa Axelsson, Bengt Fridlund Source Type: journals

Coping with myocardial infarction: evaluation of a coping questionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the results showed that the 40-item GCQ is a well-structured and reliable questionnaire for measuring coping strategies in myocardial infarction patients. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Eva Brink, Lars-Olof Persson, Björn W. Karlson Source Type: journals

User participation in community mental health services: exploring the experiences of users and professionalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is based on the data from these interviews. All informants valued user participation in the service and highlighted the importance of the environment. Users and professionals did, however, highlight interesting issues of user participation from different perspectives. We developed the findings into three main themes: (i) user participation [ndash] experiences and preferences, (ii) an environment that promotes user participation and (iii) professional help, responsibility and user participation. Developing service-users' influence through participation is important, not only on the political and organisational ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Toril Anne Elstad, Arne Henning Eide Source Type: journals

Coping with clean intermittent catherization – experiences from a patient perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Coping with clean intermittent catherization [ndash] experiences from a patient perspectiveBackground: Poor bladder emptying is a well-known phenomenon in urology which increases the risk of urinary tract infection. Thus, it is important to insure effective bladder emptying for the patient. This may be performed by emptying the bladder intermittently by means of a disposable catheter. The method is called clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). The purpose of CIC is, apart from the scientific reasons, to give patients the opportunity to live the life they did prior to experiencing problems with bl...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Annette Jaquet, Jannie Eiskjær, Kirsten Steffensen, Birgitte Schantz Laursen Source Type: journals

Self-rated health – what does it capture at 1 year after childbirth? Investigation of a survey question employing thinkaloud interviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our results showed that the question on self-rated health was a measure of women's general health and well-being in their present life situation, but it did not seem to measure recovery after childbirth specifically. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - October 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Erica Schytt, Ulla Waldenström, Pia Olsson Source Type: journals

Functional levels and nurse workload of elderly awaiting nursing home placement and nursing home residents: a comparative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Functional levels and nurse workload of elderly awaiting nursing home placement and nursing home residents: a comparative study The aim of this study was twofold: to compare the functional levels of elderly awaiting nursing home placement and nursing home residents, and to compare their nurses' physical and psychological workloads. In Norway, the demand for nursing home placement has increased greatly. Elderly awaiting placement can receive care from home health care services and/or from their families. Documenting elderly's functional levels may illuminate the extent of the carers' workloads and th...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - September 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Aud-Mari Fjelltun, Nils Henriksen, Astrid Norberg, Fredicka Gilje, Hans Ketil Normann Source Type: journals

The representation of healthcare end users' perspectives by surrogates in healthcare decisions: a literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This systematic review has revealed that the involvement of surrogates is an additional vital way to represent end users' perspectives in healthcare decisions where for a range of reasons their opinions are unable to be effectively ascertained. However, because of the heterogeneity of surrogates and end users, the selection of appropriate surrogates and deploying surrogate decisions require particularly careful consideration of their value in individual cases; thus, subsequent decision-making must be reviewed on a case-to-case basis to seek to ensure that the best interests, needs and wishes of the end user are...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - September 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Alexandra Farrow, Ian Robinson Source Type: journals

Being first on the scene of an accident – experiences of 'doing' prehospital emergency careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Being first on the scene of an accident [ndash] experiences of 'doing' prehospital emergency care Prehospital emergency care includes the care and treatment of patients prior to them reaching hospital. This is generally a field for the ambulance services, but in many cases firemen or police can be the ones to provide the first responses. The aim of this study was to describe and understand experiences of being the first responder on the scene of an accident, as described by policemen, firemen and ambulance staff. A lifeworld perspective was used in four different traumatic situations from southern S...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - September 1, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Carina Elmqvist, David Brunt, Bengt Fridlund, Margaretha Ekebergh Source Type: journals

Emergence of Nordic nursing research: no position is an IslandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Emergence of Nordic nursing research: no position is an Island This paper reports on a detailed analysis of findings from a larger study of 'Nordic nursing theorists and clinical nurses' reflections on and experience with production and use of research, theory and findings'. The development of nursing science in the Nordic countries goes back to the late 1970s. With use of a sociological approach the aim was to explore whether nursing science has constituted itself as an autonomous nursing research field in Bourdieu's terms. In-depth interviews were undertaken with a purposive sample of 10 professor...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kristian Larsen, Lis Adamsen Source Type: journals

Statistical testing of the full-range leadership theory in nursingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Statistical testing of the full-range leadership theory in nursing The aim of this study is to test statistically the structure of the full-range leadership theory in nursing. The data were gathered by postal questionnaires from nurses and nurse leaders working in healthcare organizations in Finland. A follow-up study was performed 1 year later. The sample consisted of 601 nurses and nurse leaders, and the follow-up study had 78 respondents. Theory was tested through structural equation modelling, standard regression analysis and two-way anova. Rewarding transformational leadership seems to promote ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Outi Kanste, Maria Kääriäinen, Helvi Kyngäs Source Type: journals

A Norwegian validity study of parenting stress measured by the Nijmegen Child-Rearing Situation Questionnaire section oneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009A Norwegian validity study of parenting stress measured by the Nijmegen Child-Rearing Situation Questionnaire section one The aim of this study was to explore the construct validity and reliability of the Nijmegen Child-Rearing Situation Questionnaire (NCSQ) section one entitled 'Subjective parenting stress'. This is composed of subscales measuring relational and situational stress. The possibility of using subscales with both dimensions in the same study gives the opportunity to explore parenting stress from both a relational and situational perspective. The NCSQ was administered to parents of two ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: May-Britt Solem, Knut-Andreas Christophersen, Paul Wels Source Type: journals

Experiences of physical strain during person transfer situations in dementia care unitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results may serve to guide physiotherapists working in dementia care units in assessing residents' functional ability, in when to use assistive devices and mobility aids and in training and supervising nurse's aids in person transfer tasks. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Cristina Wångblad, Maria Ekblad, Helle Wijk, Synneve Dahlin Ivanoff Source Type: journals

Standardized care plans in Swedish health care: their quality and the extent to which they are usedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is a lack of knowledge regarding what a standardized care plan is, and how such a document should emanate from evidence-based knowledge. Our results raise the question of how recent developments in research are used to create standardized care plans for the best possible care. In the process of developing standardized care plans it is important to acknowledge that staff who develop these plans need scientific training and experience. Standardized care plans are in the early stages of development, and at this stage it seems appropriate to initiate a discussion regarding possible cooperation at national le...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 17, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Pernilla Turunen Olsson, Helena Petersson, Ania Willman, Ann Gardulf Source Type: journals

Constipation and defecation pattern the first 30 days after thoracic surgeryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The results imply that further studies are needed to prevent constipation and to help patients to cope with this side effect of surgery after discharge. The results of this study also suggest that acute and chronic constipation might be two different disorders. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 17, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lene Schütt Rasmussen, Preben Ulrich Pedersen Source Type: journals

The asthma/COPD nurses' experience of educating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009The asthma/COPD nurses' experience of educating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care The number of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing. These patients need nursing care, including education in self-care, which has a positive effect on their physical and psychoemotional well-being. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of asthma/COPD nurses' in primary health care (PHC) of educating patients with COPD. A descriptive, qualitative study was conducted, with interviews of 12 asthma/COPD nurses. The data were analys...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - August 17, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ann-Britt Zakrisson, Doris Hägglund Source Type: journals

Evaluation of informed consent in health research: a questionnaire surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite the general satisfaction with the informed consent process in the exercise and diet intervention study, a minority of the participants were dissatisfied with the information they had received or did not understand this information completely. These findings highlight the essential question: Did all of the participants truly give their genuine informed consent? This carefully executed study reveals objectively the difficulties in distribution of information to healthy adult volunteers. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Helena Länsimies-Antikainen, Tomi Laitinen, Rainer Rauramaa, Anna-Maija Pietilä Source Type: journals

Acute – an ambiguous concept in healthcareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Acute [ndash] an ambiguous concept in healthcare The aim of this study was to explore the concept acute semantically. The concept is being used both in clinical and theoretical contexts, without questioning whether a clear meaning of the concept has been established. The analysis has been applied according to the semantic analysis strategy of the philosopher (and pedagogue) Koort (1975). First, the results show that the concept of acute has had an unclear meaning and perception in the Norwegian language. Second, the synonyms indicate two different contents. The experiences and events that occur acut...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Elisabeth Gabrielsen, Unni Å. Lindström, Dagfinn Nåden Source Type: journals

Review of research related to Kristen Swanson's middle-range theory of caringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Review of research related to Kristen Swanson's middle-range theory of caring The aim of this study was to identify and describe how Kristen Swanson's middle-range theory has been used in nursing practice/research presented in international journals. A total of 120 studies were included in the review and 23 were analysed further. An overview of the studies is presented, followed by four categories of how the theory has been used: referring to the theory (97 papers), applications of the theory to practice/research and/or theoretical discussions (nine papers), relating findings to and/or validation of...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Birgitta Andershed, Kristina Olsson Source Type: journals

Nurse strategies for optimising patient participation in nursing careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The strategies point to a process of emancipation of the patient's potential by finding his/her own inherent knowledge, values, motivation and goals and linking these to actions. Nurses need to strive for guiding the patient towards attaining meaningful experiences, discoveries, learning and development. The strategies are important and useful to balance the asymmetry in the nurse[ndash]patient relationship in daily nursing practice and also in quality assurance to evaluate and improve patient participation and in education. However, further verification of the findings is recommended by means of replication o...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Monika J. M. Sahlsten, Inga E. Larsson, Björn Sjöström, Kaety A. E. Plos Source Type: journals

Nursing intervention studies on patients and family members: a systematic literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Nursing intervention studies on patients and family members: a systematic literature review The development of evidence-based practice is a major current challenge in the fields of nursing practice and nursing research. A concerted effort is needed to develop and test interventions and to assess their impacts. The illness of one family member inevitably affects other family members and the whole family. Nursing interventions should be so designed that they support and enhance the life situation of both patients and their families. The aim of this study is to undertake a systematic review of nursing ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Elina Mattila, Kaija Leino, Eija Paavilainen, Päivi Åstedt-Kurki Source Type: journals

Parental presence when their child is in neonatal intensive careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The result shows that there is a need to develop a family-friendly environment that provides optimal conditions for parents to be with their child in a NICU and to consider the parent's own reason for being or not being present. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 9, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Helena Wigert, Marie Berg, Anna-Lena Hellström Source Type: journals

Increasing public awareness about hepatitis C: development and validation of the brief hepatitis C knowledge scaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to develop and validate a brief measure to assess general knowledge about HCV risk factors, modes of transmissions, and treatment options. A total of 406 individuals participated in this cross-sectional study. All participants completed the proposed 19-item Brief HCV Knowledge Scale. Participants were: HCV mono-infected patients (n = 83), HCV[ndash]human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infected patients (n = 24), HIV mono-infected patients (n = 128) community healthcare workers (n = 89), and college students (n = 82). Two-week test[ndash]retest data were collected for the college student sample. Psychometr...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - June 7, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Louise Balfour, John Kowal, Kimberly M. Corace, Giorgio A. Tasca, Valerie Krysanski, Curtis L. Cooper, Gary Garber Source Type: journals

Children's experiences of attitudes and rules for going to the toilet in schoolEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The rules for going to the toilet came from the teachers' need for maintaining order in the classroom and were not adapted to the children's physical and developmental needs. To violate the integrity of children can affect their willingness to go to the school toilet which in turn affects their wellbeing during school time. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Barbro Lundblad, Anna-Lena Hellström, Marie Berg Source Type: journals

Resources and routines for nutritional assessment of patients with severe traumatic brain injuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite good resources of qualified staff, the nutritional assessment routines were deficient, resulting in incomplete nutritional data and lost nutritional information. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 27, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Karolina Krakau, Annette Hansson, Ann Ödlund Olin, Torbjörn Karlsson, Catharina Nygren de Boussard, Jörgen Borg Source Type: journals

The experience of being a middle-aged close relative of a person who has suffered a stroke – six months after discharge from a rehabilitation clinicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009The experience of being a middle-aged close relative of a person who has suffered a stroke [ndash] six months after discharge from a rehabilitation clinic Being a close relative brings with it a large number of consequences, with the life situation changing over time. The aim of this study was to illuminate the experiences of being a middle-aged close relative of a person who has suffered a stroke 6 months after being discharged from a medical rehabilitation clinic. Narrative interviews were conducted with nine middle-aged close relatives and analysed using a content analysis with a latent approach....
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 23, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Britt Bäckström, Karin Sundin Source Type: journals

Cancer nurses narrating after conversations with cancer outpatients: how do nurses' roles and patients' perspectives appear in the nurses' narratives?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Cancer nurses' role appreciation and meaning horizons are guiding their perceptions of patient[ndash]nurse communication. Feeling free to act in interplay with patients' voices, the patients' perspectives become foreground. There is an educational challenge here in terms of developing methods to help nurses to discover how their mental work and meaning horizons guide conversational practice. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Hildfrid V. Brataas, Sigrid L. Thorsnes, Owen Hargie Source Type: journals

Use of the internet for health purposes: trends in Norway 2000–2010Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The internet is an important source of health information, which is likely to increase in importance in the years to come. This study further underlines the potential of internet use for health promoting purposes, as well as the potential for exacerbating social disparities in health. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Silje Wangberg, Hege Andreassen, Per Kummervold, Rolf Wynn, Tove Sørensen Source Type: journals

Self-assessment of nursing competencies – validation of the Finnish NCS instrument with Italian nursesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This explorative pilot study reports a first phase cultural validation process. Carefully performed translation alone does not ensure validity of translated instrument. Interview method is recommended to deepen the understanding of concept in question and the content validity of the instrument. The results support previous research findings of the use of the NCS instrument and show that it could be very useful in competence assessment for Italian nurses. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Marisa Dellai, Luigina Mortari, Riitta Meretoja Source Type: journals

Well-being of mothers with children in Finnish low-income families – the mother's point of viewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results suggest that for purposes of supporting family well-being on the family's own terms, it is important to have a clear understanding of the everyday life of families in different situations and understand the meanings that grow out of their everyday life. This information helps nurses to take into account the social aspect of family health and understand low-income mothers' point of health, in different health situations in nursing practice where they meet one another. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 15, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Anne Vuori, Päivi Åstedt-Kurki Source Type: journals

The meaning of hope in nursing research: a meta-synthesisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009The meaning of hope in nursing research: a meta-synthesis The aim of this study was to develop a meta-synthesis of nursing research about hope as perceived by people during sickness and by healthy people. A meta-synthesis does not intend to cover all studies about hope; rather it tries to synthesize qualitative findings from different contexts, cultures and times to provide a global picture of the phenomenon under study. Noblit and Hare's meta-ethnographic approach was used. The approach is a systematic comparison of studies where each study is translated into the other. Data were 15 qualitative stu...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kristianna Hammer, Ole Mogensen, Elisabeth O. C. Hall Source Type: journals

Being a nurse in nursing home for patients on the edge of lifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Being a nurse in nursing home for patients on the edge of life Nurses in nursing homes care for patients with complex health problems that need to be followed up by medical treatment. Most patients benefit from the treatment, but for some the treatment seems only to lengthen their death process. Sometimes questions are raised as to whether life-sustaining treatment should be withheld/withdrawn. Decisions related to such questions are difficult to make as some patients are 'on the edge of life', which is understood as a transition between living and dying with an unpredictable outcome, whether the il...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Reidun Hov, Elsy Athlin, Birgitta Hedelin Source Type: journals

Nursing intervention by telephone interviews of patients aged over 65 years after total hip replacement improves health status: a randomised clinical trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Intervention by telephone support and counselling in the postoperative phase seems to benefit patients' improvement in health status. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 7, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Britta Hørdam, Svend Sabroe, Preben Ulrich Pedersen, Steen Mejdahl, Kjeld Søballe Source Type: journals

Factors related to the nursing student–patient relationship: the patients' perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Factors related to the nursing student[ndash]patient relationship: the patients' perspective The aim of this study was to describe patients' perceptions of factors related to three types of student[ndash]patient relationship identified in an earlier study: mechanistic (MR), authoritative (AR) and facilitative (FR). A further aim was to identify which factors predict the type of relationship. A convenience sample of Finnish-speaking internal medicine patients was recruited. The data were collected by using a five-point Likert-type questionnaire developed for this study. Data analysis used the chi-squ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Arja Suikkala, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Jouko Katajisto Source Type: journals

Everyday experiences of life, body and well-being in children with overweightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion and conclusions: Findings emphasize the problem of loneliness in the children studied. Their healthy signs of life were not promoted in an acceptable way. They spent too much time alone doing sedentary activities with easy access to junk food. Findings indicate they should be provided with company at all meals and during activities on a daily basis. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - May 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Benita Gunnarsson Mériaux, Marie Berg, Anna-Lena Hellström Source Type: journals

Gender- and age-related benefit of renal replacement therapy on health-related quality of lifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Health-related quality of life studies involving disease groups may sometimes be inconclusive if results are not compared with population norms, and particularly with subgroups matched for important demographic variables. Otherwise, as this study has shown, it is possible that important information may remain unrevealed. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 26, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nick Kontodimopoulos, Evelina Pappa, Dimitris Niakas Source Type: journals

Inadequate care in Norwegian nursing homes – as reported by nursing staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Inadequate care in Norwegian nursing homes [ndash] as reported by nursing staff Studies have shown that inadequate care, also referred to as abuse, violence, neglect and maltreatment occur in nursing homes in many countries. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and types of inadequate care committed by staff in nursing homes. Another aim was to investigate if nursing staff reported differently depending on age, education level and years of experience working at nursing homes. A questionnaire survey was conducted among nursing staff (n = 616) in 16 nursing homes in the central part of ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Wenche Malmedal, Oddbjørn Ingebrigtsen, Britt-Inger Saveman Source Type: journals

Prevalence of postpartum depression in two municipalities in NorwayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objectives of this study were (i) to describe the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) in two Norwegian municipalities and (ii) to investigate whether mothers' age and parity are related to the development of PPD. A total of 2227 women, 437 from M1 and 1790 from M2 participated in the study. Mothers who had given birth between 1 May, 2005 and 31 December, 2006 completed The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at well baby clinics 6 weeks after delivery. The prevalence of PPD (EPDS [ge] 10) was 10.1%. However, there was a significant difference between the municipalities, with a prevalence of 14.4% in M1 an...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kari Glavin, Lars Smith, Ragnhild Sørum Source Type: journals

Living with major depression: experiences from families' perspectivesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Living with major depression: experiences from families' perspectives The aim of this study was to describe the ways of living with major depression in families. Seven families with an adult member who suffered major depression participated, in all 18 participants. Data were collected from seven narrative group interviews, one with each family. A qualitative thematic content analysis was used and the text was coded according to its content and further interpreted into themes. Findings consist of five themes: 'Being forced to relinquish control of everyday life'; during depression the family members ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 15, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Britt Hedman Ahlström, Ingela Skärsäter, Ella Danielson Source Type: journals

Preventive psychosocietal support groups: parents' criteria for good qualityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scand J Caring Sci; 2009Preventive psychosocietal support groups: parents' criteria for good quality The aim of this study is to produce concepts to describe criteria for good quality of support groups for families with children. The research questions were, what is a good support group like according to parents' experiences and what are the criteria for the good quality from the perspective of families? The study sample consisted of 13 small groups. The study participants consisted of 63 mothers and 14 fathers, who accounted for 63% of the small group attendance. Data were collected in Finland through 13 group interviews....
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Arja Häggman-Laitila, Anna-Maija Pietilä Source Type: journals

Effects of a communication course for clinicians on parents' perception of care – a randomized controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion: Although no statistically significant differences were found, the study indicates that parents who had visited a clinician from the intervention group have experienced the communication as more positive. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - March 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Jette Ammentorp, Svend Sabroe, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Jan Mainz Source Type: journals