Anna Stromberg

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..Joint activities such as study visits, national and international working groups, conferences, workshops and research collaboration can be important tools in this development...

..The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing compliance with prescribed treatment in patients with chronic heart failure...

..To explore thoughts about death and perceived health status in elderly patients with heart failure during a 6 month period after a deterioration needing hospitalisation...

..To evaluate the effects of a single-session, interactive computer-based educational program on knowledge, compliance and quality of life in heart failure patients with special emphasis on gender differences...

..Heart failure management programmes, in which patient education is an important component, have been shown to be effective in improving self-care and reducing readmissions...

..In order to develop and evaluate the education of patients with heart failure and the overall effectiveness of heart failure nurses in this regard, national and international collaborations are needed...

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..The aim of this trial was to prospectively evaluate the effect of follow-up at a nurse-led heart failure clinic on mortality, morbidity and self-care behaviour for patients hospitalised due to heart failure for 12 months after discharge...

..The aim of this study was to describe the nurse-led heart failure care in Sweden...

..The nurses reported that the patients were positive towards the computer and seemed to understand the information and that the patient education was less time-consuming, when the patients could seek knowledge on their own...

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..In patients with chronic heart failure (HF) objective sleep assessments have shown disturbances such as a shorter total duration of sleep, frequent arousals, and sleep stage changes...

..There is a great deal of knowledge available about clinical factors contributing to this delay, while studies focusing on the patients' own experiences are few...

..The additional effect of a Type D personality on perceived side effects and adherence to CPAP treatment found in this study could be used by healthcare personnel when evaluating patients waiting for treatment...

..Effective treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can reduce morbidity and mortality, but adherence rates are low without a clear consensus of causes...

..The aim of this study was to describe and make an initial evaluation of a follow-up model for adults with congenitally malformed hearts, focusing on education and psychosocial support by a multidisciplinary team (EPS)...

..This study evaluated the impact of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)...

..Although studies have explored patient reasons for delay, there are only limited data concerning experiences of the spouse...

..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between heart failure and specific cognitive abilities in octogenarians with regard to level and change over time...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an integrated dyad care program with education and psychosocial support to patients with CHF and their partners during a postdischarge period after acute deterioration of CHF...

..Furthermore, to give an overview of interventions that can be effective in improving their quality of life and decrease depressive symptoms...

..To describe the levels and identify independent predictors of caregiver burden in partners of patients with heart failure...

..Cardiac surgery places extensive stress on spouses who often are more worried than the patients themselves. Spouses can experience difficult and demanding situations when the partner becomes critically ill...

..Before developing educational programmes, it is necessary to be aware of the perspective of the patients. The aim of our study, therefore, was to describe how adults with congenitally malformed hearts experience their educational needs...

..We compared depressive symptoms and healthcare utilization in patients admitted for noncardiac chest pain, acute myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris after hospitalization and at 1-year follow-up...

..The main purpose was to develop and validate a disease-specific questionnaire evaluating symptom burden in patients with different forms of arrhythmias...

..For improved management and follow-up, it is important to understand how the ICD affects the recipient's daily life...

..This paper reports a descriptive study of how untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome perceived their sleep situation and how the syndrome affected their life situation...

..74-0.86) and acceptable for the subscales (Cronbach's α = 0.62-0.86). The satisfactory measurement properties of this new instrument are promising and indicate that SECI can be used to measure side-effects to CPAP treatment...

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..There is a lack of educational material for adults with congenitally malformed hearts. Computer-based education has shown to have significant effects on knowledge and management of chronic diseases...

..We therefore set out a survey to get a first impression on the current knowledge of nurses and allied professionals on anaemia and iron deficiency...

..The aim of this study was therefore to describe how ICD recipients perceive driving and the driving restriction...

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..Assumptions and propositions of the theory are specified. Factors influencing self-care including experience, skill, motivation, culture, confidence, habits, function, cognition, support from others, and access to care are described...

..To describe the clinical aspects of implantable cardioverter defibrillators care in Sweden with focus on organisation, the role and education of nurses, patient information and education and areas in need of improvement...

..To explore the choice of transportation mode to hospital in patients experiencing acute myocardial infarction...