Aims: Globally, ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading causes of mortality among men, and the health management of men is pivotal to prevention and recovery. Many men delay help-seeking and lack knowledge of disease symptomologies. Thus, the aim was to explore how men experience and manage their health while suffering from ischaemic heart disease and having received treatment with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective was to explore patients' and spouses' perception and attitudes towards participating in a patient and family advisory council.
Methods: A qualitative study with interviews conducted within a phenomenological-hermeneutical frame, inspired by Ricoeur were conducted with current and former participants (patients and/or spouses) of a patient and family advisory council in Denmark.
Results: In total, 16 participants were interviewed (12 former patients/four spouses) with a mean age of 68 (range 49-79) and 44 % women.
Purpose: This study aim to explore how adult patients admitted to an oncology ward experience video-consulted rounds with caregivers as a mean for family involvement.
Methods: The methodological framework for the study was Interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participant observations during video-consulted rounds and semi-structured interviews were conducted between November 2018 and March 2019 at the Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.