Publications by authors named "Ingbritt Ohrn"
The aim of this study was to explore and interpret the meaning of residents' experiences of encounters with their relatives and other significant persons in nursing homes. Twelve residents in three different nursing homes in a western Sweden municipality were interviewed. The method used was hermeneutical text analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This paper is a report of a study exploring the meaning of interactions with and supports of self-management from parents and other significant others for young adults with type 1 diabetes.
Background: Adolescence and young adulthood is known to be a critical period for people living with diabetes in terms of diabetes control, which is why support from significant others is of utmost importance during the transition to adult life.
Method: A grounded theory approach was used.
Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the essential meaning of a consultation between diabetes nurse specialists and patients to gain a deeper understanding of the patients' experiences.
Methods: Twenty patients with type 2 diabetes were interviewed about their experience of a consultation at an annual check-up with the diabetes nurse specialist. A phenomenological hermeneutic method was used in the analysis and interpretation of the text.
The purpose of this study was to explore and interpret the meaning of relatives' experiences of encounters with nurses when visiting residents in nursing homes. Thirteen relatives of residents in three nursing homes in Sweden were interviewed. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients' views on responsibility for the management of musculoskeletal disorders--a qualitative study.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
August 2009
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are very common and almost inevitable in an individual's lifetime. Enabling self-management and allowing the individual to take responsibility for care is stated as desired in the management of these disorders, but this may be asking more than people can generally manage. A willingness among people to take responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders and not place responsibility out of their hands or on employers but to be shared with medical professionals has been shown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim was to elucidate the lived experience of regular diabetes nurse specialist check-ups among patients with type 2 diabetes.
Background: Diabetes care with diabetes nurse-led clinics in primary care has been established in Sweden since the 1980s. Information about patients' lived experience of these regular check-ups is important in the further development of diabetes nursing in primary care.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how care providers handle the transition process from paediatric to adult diabetes outpatient clinic and to describe their perception of adolescents' needs during this process.
Methods: Participant observations of patient visits to nurses and physicians and 10 semi-structured interviews with care providers in two paediatric and two adult clinics in Sweden were carried out. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method developed in the grounded theory tradition.
Background: As the incidence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus has increased during childhood, more patients will experience the transfer from paediatric diabetes care to adult diabetes care. In order to achieve a coherent care system it is essential to identify conditions, events and actions that hinder and facilitate a successful transition between these settings.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe care culture in paediatric and adult diabetes outpatient clinics and implications for care of adolescents in those settings.