Nurses' views of shared leadership in ICU: a case study.

New management models develop; one of them is shared leadership where two nurse managers share tasks and responsibility for a unit. The overall aim of this study was to describe the view of the staff about shared leadership at an ICU in Sweden and to study if there were any differences in perceptions between staff groups. This unit had changed the management organisation from single leadership (one nurse manager) to shared leadership (two nurse managers).

Is patient responsibility for managing musculoskeletal disorders related to self-reported better outcome of physiotherapy treatment?

Musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent and a major burden on individuals and society. Information on relationships of patient involvement and responsibility to outcome is limited. This study aimed to explore relationships between self-reported outcome of physiotherapy treatment and attitudes toward responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders.

Patients' views on responsibility for the management of musculoskeletal disorders--a qualitative study.

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.

Experiences of Kurdish war-wounded refugees in communication with Swedish authorities through interpreter.

Objective: To study experiences of war-wounded Kurdish refugees with respect to cross-cultural communication through interpreters.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten men, aged 31-42. Content analysis was used for analysis and interpretation of data.

Responsibility for managing musculoskeletal disorders--a cross-sectional postal survey of attitudes.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are a major burden on individuals, health systems and social care systems and rehabilitation efforts in these disorders are considerable. Self-care is often considered a cost effective treatment alternative owing to limited health care resources. But what are the expectations and attitudes in this question in the general population? The purpose of this study was to describe general attitudes to responsibility for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and to explore associations between attitudes and background variables.

Health-related quality of life in children diagnosed with asthma, diabetes, juvenile chronic arthritis or short stature.

Aim: 1) To assess the reliability and validity of the Swedish version of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ), 2) to determine the correlation between children's and parents' responses to the CHQ, and 3) to describe and compare responses to the CHQ of four diagnostic groups.

Methods: A total of 199 Swedish children aged 9-16 with diagnoses of asthma (n = 53), diabetes (n = 48), short stature (n = 51) and juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA, n = 47) and their parents answered the CHQ and relevant validation instruments at a clinic check-up. Coefficient alphas were determined for all dimensions of the instrument, and all but four had acceptable to very good reliability (0.

Differences in aspects of personality and sexuality between perimenopausal women making different choices regarding prophylactic oophorectomy at elective hysterectomy.

Background: Retrospective studies have indicated differences in sexuality and general psychological well-being between women who have undergone hysterectomy only and those undergoing hysterectomy and oophorectomy. These differences may be the result of dissimilarities in the groups of women who choose the respective operation.

Objective: To compare the preoperative characteristics of women who choose to undergo prophylactic oophorectomy with the corresponding characteristics of those who choose to retain their ovaries when undergoing hysterectomy on benign indication.

Prophylactic oophorectomy at elective hysterectomy. Effects on psychological well-being at 1-year follow-up and its correlations to sexuality.

Objective: In a prospective study, the 1-year psychological well-being outcome after oophorectomy-hysterectomy, compared to hysterectomy-only and the correlations between the changes in psychological well-being and the changes in sexuality were evaluated.

Study Population: Perimenopausal sexually active women (n=362), scheduled for hysterectomy on benign indication, were recruited. Three hundred and twenty-three women (89%) completed the 1-year follow-up; 217 women spared their ovaries and 106 underwent concomitant oophorectomy.

Job satisfaction in relation to change to all-RN staffing.

Background: A university hospital clinic changed from a mixed to only registered nurse staffing, to reduce the staff and to encourage a philosophy of patient centred care. The aim was to maintain the same level of service and quality of care at a lower cost.

Aim: The main purpose of the study was to examine job satisfaction in relation to the change from mixed to only registered nurse staffing and reduction in number of staff.

Reliability and validity of the swedish version of child health questionnaire.

Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) is a North American self-administered instrument to assess physical and psychosocial health status for children (CHQ-CF) and their parents (CHQ-PF). We have determined reliability and validity of the CHQ on 45 children with JCA, who were treated as outpatients. Reliability (Cronbach's alpha) ranged between .