Patient participation in nursing care from a patient perspective: a Grounded Theory study.

Unlabelled: the study's rationale: Patients' active participation in their own care is expected to contribute to increased motivation to improve their own condition, better treatment results and greater satisfaction with received care. Knowledge of patients' understanding of participation is of great importance for nurses in their efforts to meet patient expectations and for quality of nursing care.

Aim: The aim was to explore the meaning of patient participation in nursing care from a patient point of view.

Patient participation in nursing care: towards a concept clarification from a nurse perspective.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the meanings of the concept of patient participation in nursing care from a nurse perspective.

Background: Participation is essential and increases patients' motivation and satisfaction with received care. Studies of patient participation in nursing care are not congruent regarding definition, elements and processes.

Hindrance for patient participation in nursing care.

Unlabelled: THE STUDY'S RATIONALE: Patients' influence in health care through participation, freedom of choice and information, is laid down in laws, national and local directives. In nursing care situations, the degree to which a patient participates depends on the nursing staff. Accordingly, hindrances for patient's participation during nursing care is an important question for the nursing profession.

Patient participation in nursing care: an interpretation by Swedish registered nurses.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to clarify Registered Nurses' understanding of patient participation in nursing care. Objectives were to investigate ward nurses' interpretation of the elements of patient participation and its implementation.

Background: One goal of health care is patient participation.

The cooling-suit: case studies of its influence on fatigue among eight individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Aim Of The Study: To study if the use of a cooling-suit by individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) influenced their experience of fatigue and consequent restrictions in daily life.

Background: The majority of MS patients consider fatigue as one of their most disabling symptoms and as having a significant impact on their daily lives. Fatigue often increases in a warm environment.

Validity of Two Self-care Instruments for the Elderly.

The aim of this study was to address concurrent and construct validity of two instruments, the Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly (SASE) and the self-report form of the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale (ASA-A), by testing them with home-dwelling, elderly Swedish patients. The two self-report instruments, including some additional new questions, were mailed to an age-stratified random sample of 420 elderly subjects and were finally completed by 125 of them. Bivariate and multivariate statistical methods were used in the analyses.