Translation, adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the Quality of Life in a Child's Chronic Disease Questionnaire for the Swedish context.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to translate, adapt, and psychometrically evaluate the Quality of Life in a Child's Chronic Disease Questionnaire (QLCCDQ) for the Swedish context. The QLCCDQ was translated into Swedish and adapted to the Swedish context. Data for psychometric testing were obtained through a survey of parents of children and adolescents (n = 627) with chronic diseases: asthma and type 1 diabetes mellitus, with a total of 173 responses (27.

Health problems among disaster responders to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe perceived health problems among disaster responders after the earthquake in eastern Turkey/Syria in February 2023.

Methods: A non-probability cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey.

Results: A total of 525 local (18%) and international disaster responders (81%) participated in the study.

Experiences of psychological, social and organisational work environments in occupational health service in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare and describe different professionals' experiences of workplace psychological and social factors in occupational health (OH) organizations in Sweden.

Methods: This cross-sectional study with a descriptive and comparative design included 472 respondents with common professions in the occupational health service (OHS) in Sweden. Data were collected with "The General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at Work" (QPS.

Self-care strategies used by disaster responders after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria: a mixed methods study.

Background: Disaster responders are exposed to several physical and mental health risks. This study aimed to describe self-care strategies used by disaster responders after the earthquake in Syria and eastern Turkey in February 2023.

Methods: A study specific web-based questionnaire survey was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data according to a convergent mixed methods approach.

Children's and parents' attitudes to and knowledge about HPV vaccination following a targeted information intervention.

The aim of this study was to investigate Swedish children's and parents' attitudes and knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination a year after gender-neutral HPV vaccination was introduced in Sweden's national immunization program (NIP). Additional information about HPV and vaccine was provided in the extended immunazation program. In total, 276 parents and 206 children from 22 School Health Services responded to a web-based survey.

Patients near death receiving specialized palliative home care being transferred to inpatient care - a registry study.

Background: The majority of palliative care patients express a preference for remaining at home for as long as possible. Despite progression of disease there is a strong desire to die at home. Nonetheless, there are transfers between care settings, demonstrating a discrepancy between desired and actual place of death.

Experience of Student Nurse Anesthetists' Learning in the Operating Room During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Purpose: This study explores student nurse anesthetists' (SNAs) learning in the operating room during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic.

Design: An explorative design with semistructured interviews was used.

Methods: Thirteen former SNAs and 12 clinical supervisors (8 of whom were included in the final analysis) were recruited from 6 counties in Sweden.

Did the organization of primary care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic influence quality and safety? - an international survey.

Background: Changes in demographics with an older population, the illness panorama with increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, and the shift from hospital care to home-based care place demand on primary health care, which requires multiprofessional collaboration and team-based organization of work. The COVID-19 pandemic affected health care in various ways, such as heightened infection control measures, changing work practices, and increased workload.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between primary care practices' organization, and quality and safety changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comparing didactic approaches for practical skills learning in Scandinavian nursing simulation centres: A qualitative comparative study.

Aim: To explore and compare the didactic approaches to practical skills learning at simulation centres in Scandinavian universities and university colleges.

Background: Academic simulation centres are an important arena for learning practical nursing skills which are essential to ensure competent performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. Knowledge of didactic approaches to enhance learning is essential in promoting the provision and retention of students' practical nursing skills.

Nurse anaesthetists' experiences of student nurse anaesthetist learning during clinical practice: a qualitative interview study.

Background: The professional role of a nurse anaesthetist involves taking a pedagogical approach towards students, including supervision during clinical practice. Although supervisors are facilitators of student learning, they are offered little training in adult learning principles. The aim of this study was to describe supervisors' experience of student nurse anaesthetist learning during clinical practice in the operating room.

Perceptions of interprofessional team collaboration among professionals working in the occupational health service in Sweden.

Objectives: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among professionals in occupational health (OH) services is crucial when rendering a service to clients and customers. The aim of this study was to describe and compare perceptions relating to IPC among professionals working as OH providers in Sweden.

Methods: This cross-sectional study with a descriptive and comparative design included 456 respondents representing different OH professions in Sweden.

Older women's perceptions of HPV self-sampling and HPV-sampling performed by a midwife - a phenomenographic study.

Background: Cervical cancer is a global disease and it is well established that cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). In Sweden self-sampling for HPV is now used as a complement to sampling performed by a midwife. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how older women perceive the self-sampling compared to the sampling performed by a midwife.

Tracking the formation potential of vivianite within the treatment train of full-scale wastewater treatment plants.

Phosphorus recovery is a vital element for the circular economy. Wastewater, especially sewage sludge, shows great potential for recovering phosphate in the form of vivianite. This work focuses on studying the iron, phosphorus, and sulfur interactions at full-scale wastewater treatment plants (Viikinmäki, Finland and Seine Aval, France) with the goal of identifying unit processes with a potential for vivianite formation.

Grasping a new approach to older persons' dignity: A process evaluation of the Swedish Dignity Care Intervention in municipal palliative care.

Aim: Dignity in older persons is a goal of palliative care. This study aimed to perform a process evaluation of the Swedish Dignity Care Intervention (DCI-SWE) in municipal palliative care in Sweden, focusing on implementation, context, and mechanism of impact.

Methods: This study had a process evaluation design.

Defining palliative wound care: A scoping review by European Association for Palliative Care wound care taskforce.

Background: Deciding whether to transition to wound palliation is challenging for health care professionals because there is no agreed definition or understanding of palliative wound care, including the goals, core elements and differences from general wound management.

Objectives: To conduct a scoping review with qualitative synthesis to define palliative wound care in terms of its conceptual framework, goals, principles, components, and differences from general wound management, and provide a new definition of palliative wound care based on this scoping review.

Eligibility Criteria: Published literature that refers to the definitions, concept, goals and core elements of palliative wound care using any methodological approach, without any time limits, published in English.

Health and well-being after being deployed in a major incident; how do Swedish ambulance nurses perceive their health recover process? A qualitative study.

Objectives: To explore health problems and the recovery process after being deployed in a major incident.

Design: Qualitative, explorative design.

Setting: Ambulance services in Sweden.

Traditional compared to modified method of disinfection before hip fracture surgery - Experiences of nursing personnel.

Background: National guidelines in Sweden recommend preoperative full-body disinfection (FBD) with 4% chlorhexidine to prevent surgical-site infection (SSI) after hip fracture surgery, a method causing patients' severe pain. Although, due to little evidence in research, orthopedic clinics in Sweden are wavering in favor of simpler methods such as local disinfection (LD) of the surgical site.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of nursing personnel regarding the performance of preoperative LD on patients prior to hip fracture surgery after having switched from FBD.

Experiences of human papillomavirus self-sampling by women >60 years old: A qualitative study.

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling has shown to be acceptable and feasible across cultures and effective in reaching women who do not participate in regular cervical cancer screening. However, most of these studies have included younger women. There is a lack of knowledge of how older women reason about HPV self-sampling.

Valuing the individual - evaluating the Dignity Care Intervention.

Background: Palliative care needs in older persons can endanger their dignity. To provide dignity-conserving care to older persons, the Swedish Dignity Care Intervention (DCI-SWE) can be used. The DCI-SWE is built on Chochinov's dignity model and the original version, developed and tested in UK and Scotland.

The clinical learning environment during clinical practice in postgraduate district nursing students' education: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To describe and compare the clinical learning environment in community-based home care and primary health care in postgraduate district nursing students' education.

Design: Cross-sectional study design.

Methods: A convenience sample of postgraduate district nursing students was derived from five Swedish universities in 2016 and 2017.

Promoting and Maintaining Skin Integrity in End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To systematically review recommendations for promoting and maintaining skin integrity in end-of-life care and their level of evidence.

Data Sources: MEDLINE (PubMed interface), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), EMBASE, and The Cochrane Library were systematically searched using a combination of key terms including end-of-life care , skin care , skin hygiene , and skin cleansing .

Study Selection: Articles were included if they (1) described skin care recommendations, including but not limited to the use of skin care products and interventions such as cleansing procedures; and (2) included adult patients who were expected to die within 12 months.

Establishment of resilience in a challenging recovery at home after pediatric tonsil surgery-Children's and caregivers' perspectives.

The objective of this study was to explore children's and caregivers' experiences and management of postoperative recovery at home after tonsil surgery. The study had an explorative qualitative design with an inductive approach. Twenty children (5-12 years of age) undergoing tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy with or without adenoidectomy participated along with their caregivers in semi-structured interviews at a mean time of 28 days after surgery.

Parental experiences of home phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

Newborns with hyperbilirubinemia have traditionally received phototherapy in hospital. Hospital stays for infants, however, may negatively affect parent-infant bonding and induce anxiety and feelings of powerlessness in mothers. This study examined parent's experiences of providing phototherapy to their neonates at home instead.