Pacemaker Implants and Their Influence on the Daily Life of Patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Qualitative Case Study.

Introduction: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is an incurable form of dementia associated with detriments to the daily life of patients and carers from their family. Symptoms of orthostatic hypotension, syncope, and falls are supportive of DLB diagnosis. These symptoms may also be present among people with sick sinus syndrome (SSS), and subsequent pacemaker treatment to manage bradyarrhythmia is associated with improved cognitive function.

Swedish women's experiences of menopausal transition: A focus group study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine women's experience of menopausal transition and their expectations and wishes for support from healthcare. Further, to examine their knowledge about menopause and thoughts about current attitudes in healthcare and in society generally.

Methods: Data was collected through three focus group interviews with 14 women experiencing menopausal symptoms.

Obstacles and Opportunities in Information Transfer Regarding Medications at Discharge - A Focus Group Study with Hospital Physicians.

Purpose: This qualitative study aimed to investigate experiences and perceptions of hospital physicians regarding the discharging process, focusing on information transfer regarding medications.

Methods: By purposive sampling three focus groups were formed. To facilitate discussions and maintain consistency, a semi-structured interview guide was used.

Choral Singing Enriches Everyday Life for People With Mild to Moderate Dementia and Their Family Caregivers.

Dementia causes substantial suffering for affected persons and their family caregivers. Because no cure is available, it is important to investigate how alternative therapies can improve life for these individuals. For the current study, persons with dementia (PwD) were recruited from a specialized Memory Clinic in Sweden to engage in a choral singing intervention for 1 hour per week for four semesters.

Customized interventions improved employees' experience of recovery during the workday.

Background: There is a lack of research regarding factors promoting recovery during the workday and effective interventions.

Objective: To evaluate how different intervention activities may impact employees' experiences of recovery at the workplace.

Methods: Customized intervention activities based on qualitative results and a participatory approach were integrated among the employees at six primary health care centres (PHCCs; n = 166) during one year.

Strengthened workplace relationships facilitate recovery at work - qualitative experiences of an intervention among employees in primary health care.

Background: The literature on workplace interventions focusing on recovery is scarce; hence this study intends to expand that knowledge. An intervention was run for one year, aiming at increasing the experience of recovery during the workday among primary health care employees. During the intervention, different forms of recovery activities were integrated into the daily work at six primary health care centres.

Is it possible to gain energy at work? A questionnaire study in primary health care.

Objectives: The area of regenerative work is still close to unexplored. The aim was to explore the possibility for employees to gain energy at work.

Methods: Questionnaire to all employees (n = 599) from different professions in public and private primary health care centers in one health care district in Sweden.

Variation, companionship and manageability important for recovery during working hours: A qualitative focus group study.

Background: Lack of recovery from everyday strains and demands is connected to increased levels of stress-related problems and development of ill-health. There is much research on how to handle and prevent fatigue and stress in leisure time, but research on working time is more scarce. A recent study found that employees' experience of recovery during working hours was related to high self-rated health.

Yoga - a laborious way to well-being: patients' experiences of yoga as a treatment for hypertension in primary care.

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe patients' experience of yoga as a treatment for hypertension, as well as their experience of living with hypertension.

Design: Qualitative interview study Method and materials: In 2013-2014, in southern Sweden, patients with hypertension from three health care centres were invited to participate in a randomised controlled trial on yoga for hypertension. After completion of the study, eight women and five men (aged 35-79), who had practiced the yoga intervention, were interviewed about their experiences.

Interacting factors associated with Low antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary health care - a mixed methods study in Sweden.

Background: Prescribing of antibiotics for common infections varies widely, and there is no medical explanation. Systematic reviews have highlighted factors that may influence antibiotic prescribing and that this is a complex process. It is unclear how factors interact and how the primary care organization affects diagnostic procedures and antibiotic prescribing.

Uncertainty in clinical practice - an interview study with Swedish GPs on patients with sore throat.

Background: Uncertainty is inevitable in clinical practice in primary care and tolerance for uncertainty and concern for bad outcomes has been shown to vary between physicians. Uncertainty is a factor for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Evidence-based guidelines as well as near-patient tests are suggested tools to decrease uncertainty in the management of patients with respiratory tract infections.

"It is meaningful; I feel that I can make a difference" -A qualitative study about GPs' experiences of work at nursing homes in Sweden.

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Background: Swedish nursing homes (NH) have limited capacity. As a result elderly people living in NH represent the part of the elderly population in most need of care. In Sweden a General Practitioner (GP) is usually responsible for the medical care of all subjects living in a NH.

Student-centred GP ambassadors: Perceptions of experienced clinical tutors in general practice undergraduate training.

Objective: To explore experienced general practitioner (GP) tutor perceptions of a skilled GP tutor of medical students.

Design: Interview study based on focus groups.

Setting: Twenty GPs experienced in tutoring medical students at primary health care centres in two Swedish regions were interviewed.

Near-patient tests and the clinical gaze in decision-making of Swedish GPs not following current guidelines for sore throat - a qualitative interview study.

Background: Excessive antibiotics use increases the risk of resistance. Previous studies have shown that the Centor score combined with Rapid Antigen Detection Test (RADT) for Group A Streptococci can reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in patients with sore throat. According to the former Swedish guidelines RADT was recommended with 2-4 Centor criteria present and antibiotics were recommended if the test was positive.

Management of patients with sore throats in relation to guidelines: an interview study in Sweden.

Objective: To explore how a group of Swedish general practitioners (GPs) manage patients with a sore throat in relation to current guidelines as expressed in interviews.

Design: Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse semi-structured interviews.

Setting: Swedish primary care.

We lived and breathed medicine - then life catches up: medical students' reflections.

Background: Reflective writing enhances personal and professional development. It is essential for the teachers to be familiar with the students' perceptions to improve the students' learning. Our aim was to deepen the understanding of the medical students' perceptions of the studies and the coming profession.

Physical activity on prescription (PAP) from the general practitioner's perspective - a qualitative study.

Background: Physical activity on prescription (PAP) is a successful intervention for increasing physical activity among patients with a sedentary lifestyle. The method seems to be sparsely used by general practitioners (GPs) and there is limited information about GPs' attitudes to counselling using PAP as a tool. The aim of the study was to explore and understand the meaning of prescribing physical activity from the general practitioner's perspective.

"I'm Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde": are GPs' antibiotic prescribing patterns contextually dependent? A qualitative focus group study.

Objective: To explore factors and circumstances contributing to prudent antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care.

Design: Two focus groups representing rural and urban areas. A semi-structured interview guide with open-ended questions and an editing analysis style was used.

Frail elderly patients' experiences of information on medication. A qualitative study.

Background: Older patients generally have only poor knowledge about their medicines. Knowledge is important for good adherence and for participating in decisions about treatment. Patients are entitled to be informed on an individual and adequate level.

Pain, power and patience--a narrative study of general practitioners' relations with chronic pain patients.

Background: Chronic pain patients are common in general practice. In this study "chronic pain" is defined as diffuse musculoskeletal pain not due to inflammatory diseases or cancer. Effective patient-physician relations improve treatment results.

Meeting and treating cultural difference in primary care: a qualitative interview study.

Background: Primary care doctors see patients from diverse cultural backgrounds and communication plays an important role in diagnosis and treatment. Communication problems can arise when patient and doctor do not share the same cultural background.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine how consultations with immigrant patients are understood by GPs and how GPs manage these consultations.

Serious, frightening and interesting conditions: differences in values and attitudes between first-year and final-year medical students.

Context And Objective: During medical education and training, the values and attitudes of medical students are shaped both by knowledge and by role models. In this study, the aim was to compare the views of first- and final-year students concerning patients with different medical conditions.

Participants And Method: In the spring of 1998 all first- and final-year medical students at Göteborg and Lund Universities, Sweden, were invited to answer a questionnaire.