Patients' perceptions of the importance of nurses' knowledge about cancer and its treatment for quality nursing care.

Purpose/objectives: To gain insight into how and why patients' perceptions of nurses' knowledge about cancer and its treatments relate to quality nursing care.

Design: Qualitative study inspired by Giorgi's approach to phenomenology.

Setting: An oncology ward in a regional hospital in Norway.

What is important for patient centred care? A qualitative study about the perceptions of patients with cancer.

Background: This article deals with one of the themes from interviews in a larger qualitative study about cancer patients' perceptions of good caring. It is widely recognized today that patient centred care is important. Patients' values and perceptions must be acknowledged in order to make care evidence based and to meet the demands of quality improvement processes.

Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents - a questionnaire study.

Background: Sense of coherence (SOC) is a strong determinant of positive health and successful coping. For older people living in the community or staying in a hospital, SOC has been shown to be associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Studies focusing on this aspect among nursing home (NH) residents have been limited.

The impact of social support and sense of coherence on health-related quality of life among nursing home residents--a questionnaire survey in Bergen, Norway.

Background And Objectives: Few studies have examined the association between social support and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among nursing home residents and whether the sense of coherence (SOC) modifies the effect of social support on health-related quality of life. The main aims of this study were to determine the relationship between social support and HRQOL and to investigate whether the SOC modifies the effect of social support on HRQOL.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design.

Differences in health-related quality of life between older nursing home residents without cognitive impairment and the general population of Norway.

Aim: To advance the understanding of health-related quality of life among older nursing home residents by assessing their health-related quality of life and comparing this with norms from the general population.

Methods: The study used a two-group cross-sectional comparative design. The samples comprised 227 nursing home residents aged 65-102 years with at least six months' residence and a representative population sample of 1137 Norwegian citizens aged 65-102 years.