Eva Johansson

..02). Despite fewer infectious complications in the PORT group the use of a double-lumen CVC is advocated in patients with AL undergoing induction treatment due to the risk of extensive local bleeding after placement of the PORT...

..The aim of this study was to describe adult patients' perceptions of goals related to health and function, as well as self-perceived limitations and facilitating strategies in the first 13 months after allo-SCT...

..The aim was to evaluate data quality and psychometric properties of an instrument for measurement of health-related quality of life: DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Module (DCGM-37) used in school-aged children with cancer...

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..Many patients reported a gain in feelings of freedom/independence and time saving. However, some patients reported insufficient education and feelings of anxiety associated with the responsibility of handling the venous access device...

..To explore occurrence of symptoms and relationships between them as perceived by patients with lymphoma before, during, and 14 months after the beginning of treatment...

..To identify predictors for long-term urinary leakage after radical prostatectomy...

..to explore and understand how midwives perceive and experience decision-making about augmentation of labour...

..We investigated the issues that arise when providing social services to long-term social assistance clients within the framework of resilience, which focuses on the processes leading to positive functioning in adverse conditions...

..To better understand clinically significant definitions of urinary incontinence we investigated the relationship between urinary leakage and patient reported bother from urinary leakage...

..These women accepted the decisions made. The desire for information exceeded the desire for involvement in decision-making and the majority of women had confidence in the midwives' assessment...

..To investigate prehospital peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) in relation to the frequency of thrombophlebitis...

..Parents realised, though, that bringing up daughters for marriage required not only training in submissivness, but also building confidence and knowledge during their childhood...

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..The aim of this study was to develop such a tool to evaluate PVCs in relation to management, documentation and signs and symptoms of thrombophlebitis (TH), as well as to determine its inter-rater and test-retest reliability...

..The aim was to explore the extent of postinsertion documentation of peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) in patients' medical records, including the descriptions used to explain the PVC insertion site and determinants of PVC documentation...

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..Midwives' potential role to influence views in the preventative work against FGC and re-infibulation should be acknowledged in further abolition efforts...

..The objective of this study was to explore how young women living in a slum in Islamabad are prepared for marriage and how they understand and perceive their transition to marriage and the start of sexual and childbearing activity...

..Overall, our study highlights how SMI and gender inequality can contribute to the shaping of sexual risk behaviours and sexual health risks, including HIV risk, among persons with SMI in this Ugandan setting...

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..The current study aimed to explore pre-hospital trauma care process for RTI victims in Iran and to identify potential areas for improvements based on the experience and perception of pre-hospital trauma care professionals...

..With increasing accuracy it is now possible to identify low-risk patients for whom less intensive and more convenient treatment may be appropriate...

..Change in professional performance does not automatically follow awareness of evidence-based midwifery practices, but requires behavioural change, which may be more difficult to achieve...

..to learn what primiparous mothers in Lusaka, Zambia know about human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, and breast feeding...

..The purpose of this study was to explore in depth how social assistance recipients with chronic illness perceive and respond to the experience of living on social assistance...

..Involuntary release of urine during sexual climax, orgasm-associated urinary incontinence, occurs frequently after radical prostatectomy. We know little about its prevalence and its effect on sexual satisfaction...

..The results emphasize the importance of psychosocial care and nursing for children diagnosed with cancer, especially for girls. Research to further explore gender differences in HRQOL among children diagnosed for cancer is recommended...

..A need for active intervention to decrease social isolation and increase social support was more pronounced in families with a female TB patient...

..To evaluate the microbiological cure rate after treatment with tetracyclines or azithromycin in patients infected with M genitalium...

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..Interventions are needed in order to reduce delay to TB diagnosis especially for women and the current TB control strategy, (DOTS), needs to be examined from an equity perspective...

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..persimilis and H. miles can cause IgE-mediated sensitization among greenhouse workers. The clinical relevance of sensitization to predatory mites needs to be investigated in further studies...

..Polymorphisms within the beta subunit of the high-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon R1-beta ) on chromosome 11q13 have been related to atopy and asthma and the lymphotoxin alpha (LT alpha) gene on chromosome 6 is implicated in asthma...

..3). CONCLUSIONS: IgE sensitization to predatory mites, P. persimilis and H. miles, is common among greenhouse workers. The findings stress the importance of improved allergen avoidance in greenhouse environments...

..Studies with the hollow fiber assay and in vivo tumor xenografts showed some evidence of antitumor activity...