The influence of general health on the need for dental general anaesthesia in children.

Aim: To analyse the occurrence and causes of dental general anaesthesia (DGA) in healthy and medically compromised children, and to investigate if there are differences between those groups considering factors associated with DGA and DGA procedures.

Methods: The data was collected from medical records of children under 7 years of age treated under DGA in the years 2009 and 2010 at the Oulu University Hospital, Finland. The children were divided into two groups: 0-35-month-olds and ≥36-month olds.

The impact of an empowering Internet-based Breast Cancer Patient Pathway program on breast cancer patients' clinical outcomes: a randomised controlled trial.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effect of the Breast Cancer Patient Pathway program on breast cancer patient's empowerment process.

Background: The results of earlier studies indicate that the use of tailored Internet-based patient education programs increased patient's knowledge level; however, other outcome measures differed.

Design: This randomised control trial studied the effect of the Internet-based patient educational program on breast cancer patients' empowerment.

Organizational vision: experience at the unit level.

Aims: The main focus of this follow-up study was to describe how the vision statements were perceived to describe the work in the units and what kind of relationships there were between the vision statements and background factors during the 3-year follow-up.

Background: he vision statement gives a competitive advantage to the organization. It helps find the desired direction during a period of transformation in the organization.

The impact of an empowering Internet-based Breast Cancer Patient Pathway programme on breast cancer patients' knowledge: a randomised control trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of Breast Cancer Patient Pathway program.

Methods: In one Finnish university hospital during 2008-10 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients were randomised to the intervention (n = 50) and the control groups (n = 48). The breast cancer patient's knowledge expectations and perception of received knowledge, knowledge, the source of information and satisfaction in received patient education were measured.

Internet based patient pathway as an educational tool for breast cancer patients.

Objective: The aim of this paper was to describe the process of developing an Internet-based empowering patient education program for breast cancer patients and to evaluate the quality of the program from the perspective of patients. In this program, the patient pathway was used as an educational tool.

Methods: The Breast Cancer Patient Pathway (BCPP) was developed and tested at one Finnish university hospital in 2005-2007.