Surgical patients' assessment of healthcare encounters after elective surgery: A descriptive study.

Introduction: A Norwegian-Danish research team identified a gap in research regarding how surgical patients felt about their post-operative care needs being met in hospitals. A study was subsequently developed to understand their subjective assessments of how they value the perceived fulfilment of their actual care needs. The study was further informed by international calls to focus on the fundamentals of care practice.

Health literacy and cognitive function in people with diabetic foot ulcer with focus on knowledge, attitude, and practice in relation to foot self-care.

Introduction: Preventative foot self-care is vital for avoiding diabetic foot ulcer episodes and lowering the risk of amputations. Yet, it demands high levels of health literacy and cognitive function.

Objective: To investigate health literacy and cognitive function in persons presenting with a diabetic foot ulcer.

Patients' expectations of and experiences with psychosocial care needs in perioperative nursing: a descriptive study.

Background: Meeting inpatients' psychosocial care needs is essential for their wellbeing, recovery, and positive experiences. This study aimed to describe and compare surgical inpatients' subjective perceptions of the importance of fundamental psychosocial and overall care received.

Methods: A descriptive study with a convenient sample was conducted from September 2019 to April 2020.

Qualitative longitudinal research in health research: a method study.

Background: Qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) comprises qualitative studies, with repeated data collection, that focus on the temporality (e.g., time and change) of a phenomenon.

Development and validation of the perioperative care and user participation (POUP) questionnaire.

Aim: To validate a Perioperative User Participation questionnaire (POUP) that measures elective adult surgical patient experiences and evaluation of the significance of selected perioperative care items.

Materials And Methods: A generic perioperative user involvement questionnaire (POUP) was developed in the form of four psychometric scales based on the Fundamentals of Care (FoC) framework. The POUP is designed to capture patients' perceived and subjective importance of selected items of perioperative care.

Patient-reported outcome measures in the emergency department: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and characterize validated patient-reported outcome measures used to assess adult patients' health status in the emergency department to support clinical decision-making and to develop individual care and treatment plans.

Introduction: In recent years, the workload in emergency departments has increased and patient management is characterized by a fast pace. The accelerated approach may lead to unintentional negligence by health care professionals of patient-reported signs and symptoms in the emergency department.

Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic kidney disease-Next of kin's experiences.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been associated with a progressive decline in cognitive functions. This may lead to significant consequences for the person with CKD physically, psychologically and socially and may affect the everyday lives of the family.

Objectives: To explore the everyday life experiences of next of kin of persons with CKD and cognitive impairment (CI).

Physical activity experiences of children and adolescents with asthma: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Objective: The objective of the review is to synthesize existing knowledge about experiences of children and adolescents with asthma related to participation in, or limitation of, physical activity.

Introduction: Limitations of physical activity, expressed as a barrier of bodily movement, may relate to physiological restraints, as well as emotional and social delimitation, in children and adolescents with asthma. Participation in physical activity is related to management of asthma and is important for social inclusion.

Risk Assessment of Acute, All-Cause 30-Day Readmission in Patients Aged 65+: a Nationwide, Register-Based Cohort Study.

Background: Hospital readmission is considered an adverse health outcome in older people, adding additional pressure on clinical resources within health care services. Despite numerous studies on risk factors for readmissions, studies find different strengths of respective determinants and there is a need to explore and identify patterns of risk factors in larger cohorts.

Objective: Exploring and identifying patterns of risk factors for acute, all-cause 30-day readmission in a Danish cohort of patients aged 65+.

Hospital readmission: Older married male patients' experiences of life conditions and critical incidents affecting the course of care, a qualitative study.

Background: Despite the frequency of hospital readmissions, there is still a relatively incomplete understanding of the broader array of factors pertaining to readmission in older persons. Few studies have explored how older persons experience readmission and their perceptions of circumstances affecting the course of care. Research indicates that males experience poorer health outcomes and are at higher risk of readmission compared to women.

Description of OPRA: A Danish database designed for the analyses of risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmission of people aged 65+ years.

Aims: To describe the construction of the Older Person at Risk Assessment (OPRA) database, the ability to link this database with existing data sources obtained from Danish nationwide population-based registries and to discuss its research potential for the analyses of risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmission.

Methods: We reviewed Danish nationwide registries to obtain information on demographic and social determinants as well as information on health and health care use in a population of hospitalised older people. The sample included all people aged 65+ years discharged from Danish public hospitals in the period from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2010.

Risk factors for acute care hospital readmission in older persons in Western countries: a systematic review.

Background: Hospital readmission in older persons is common and reported as a post-discharge adverse outcome from hospitalization. Readmission relates to a mix of factors associated with increasing age, living conditions, progression of disease as well as factors related to the processes of care. To allow health professionals to focus more intensively on patients at risk of readmission, there is a need to identify the characteristics of those patients.