Årligen insjuknar ca 300 barn i någon form av cancer i Sverigel. När ett barn drabbas av cancer, påverkar det hela familjen. Hur det påverkar och vilka erfarenheter det ger de friska syskonen finns det en okunskap om. Syfte: Att belysa erfarenheter av att vara ett syskon till barn med cancer. Metod: Systematiska litteraturstudie byggd på tre kvantitativa och fem kvalitativa artiklar. Sökning gjordes i Cinahl, PubMed och PsykINFO. Artiklarna har kvalitetsgranskats och inspiration av innehållsanalys anvädes. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i två huvudkategorier.

I Sverige insjuknar årligen omkring 300 barn och ungdomar mellan 0-18 år i cancer. Barn med cancer påverkas på många olika sätt och det medför ofta en långvarig sjukhusvistelse för dem. Syftet med studien var att beskriva barns upplevelser av att leva med cancer. En systematisk litteraturstudie genomfördes där vetenskapliga artiklar söktes i databaserna Cinahl, PsycINFO och PubMed och 14 artiklar granskades och kvalitetsbedömdes. Resultatet delades in i tre teman fysiska upplevelser av behandlingen, leva med känslomässiga förändringar och önskan av att vara ?normal?.

Sexualitet kan uppfattas som obekvämt och därmed undviks det ofta att prata om det inom vård och omvårdnad. Gynekologisk cancer kan ha en stark på-verkan på kvinnors sexualitet. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av sexualitet vid gynekologisk cancer. En litteratursökning genomfördes och 15 vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med manifest ansats. Detta resulterade i sex kategorier: Oro och rädsla för samlagssmärta; förändrad kroppsuppfattning och förlust av kvinnlighet; oro och sorg över risken att vara infertil; försämrade parrelationer eller oro över framtida parrelationer; oförändrad eller stärkt relation samt lättnad över att vara besvärsfri.

Varje år drabbas ca 50000 människor i Sverige av cancer. Ungefär var tredje människa kommer någon gång att få en cancersjukdom. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva personer med cancer och deras upplevelse av information i samband med behandling och/eller undersökning. 11 internationella kvalitativa vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades med manifest kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Analysen resulterade i tre kategorier: Betydelsen av olika informationskällor, missnöje över att inte få individuellt anpassad och relevant information från vårdpersonal och att kontrollera och hantera situationen genom att erhålla eller undvika information.

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva vilka copingstrategier föräldrar använder sig av då deras barn har cancer. Data samlades in via databaserna MedLine (PubMed) och CINAHL. Femton artiklar valdes ut och de valda artiklarna kvalitetsgranskades och analyserades. Utifrån valda artiklar framkom sju kategorier. I studiens resultat framkom det att föräldrar till barn med cancer använde sig av olika copingstrategier.

ABSTRACTIn an intermediate section at a large university hospital are patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) cared for. There are international, national and local guidelines how nutrition therapy should be implemented and how much energy each patient should be given when hospitalized. The purpose of this study was to examine the documentation and actions on nutrition in patients with SAH and to see if guidelines on nutrition were followed. The study was a quantitative, retrospective record review that was analyzed statistically and descriptive. 26 patients were included.

The purpose of the study was to examine what possibilities and obstacles, according to the personnel and patients in a methadone treatment, exist in the patient's social rehabilitation. How does the methadone treatment encourage the patient's social rehabilitation, what possibilities/obstacles are there according to personnel and patients? What does the patient see as important aspects of his/her social rehabilitation and what importance does the methadone have on the treatment? The results show that there are difficulties for patients to rebuild their life, find employment, start new social networks and get by with everyday tasks. The support from friends and family will simplify the patient's social rehabilitation, otherwise they get isolated and alone. Patients feel that they are fighting for a successful treatment so that they can have a relationship with friends and families again.

The aim: To examinate depressive symptoms among heart failure patients. Another aim was to examinate the differences in depressive symptoms between gender and between heart failure patients and the population. METHOD: The self-assassment formula MADRS was answered by twenty patients with heart failure at the University hospital in Uppsala. MAIN RESULT: Among the participants 31,3 % showed diffrent levels of depressive symptoms. Mild depression was more common in women.

The purpose of this study was to describe how patients with hemodialysis experience their dialysis treatment. The study was conducted as a qualitative descriptive design. The study is based on six interviews. The interviews were transcribed in their entirety and analyzed according to content analysis inspired by Granheim and Lundman. The result is based on five categories; Stress and requirements, Life-supporting haemodialysis treatment, physical impairments, social constraints and a positive view on haemodialysis.

En artikelserie om livmoderhalscancer.I Sverige diagnostiseras 30 000 kvinnor varje år med cellförändringar i livmoderhalsen. Av dem utvecklar 450 cancer. Chris Eriksson överlevde livmoderhalscancer med ett ärr som minne. John Karlssons sambo Ylva var en av de som inte överlevde..

Background; Gynecological cancer is a common term for cancer in the female genitals and 2013 there were about 2800 women in Sweden that was diagnosed. This form of cancer and the treatment that is used, affects the sexuality and also the fertility of the women.Aim; The purpose with the essay was to illustrate the experience of the sexuality after the treatment of gynecological cancer.Method; The method used in the essay was a systematic translation of different literature. Of all the articles used there were eight that was qualitative, two quantitative and one was a combination of both methods. The analytic process was accomplish with the support of the Friberg (2006) analytic method.Results; The analysis resulted in two categories; Physical changes after the treatment and the treatments impact on the sexuality of the women. The physical changes that occurred because of the treatment was recurring and it showed that it was primarily surgery that hurt the woman body.

Introduction: For the adolescent to be diagnosed with cancer could be turbulent and life may end up in tatters. A cancer diagnose affects the adolescents' relationships with parents, friends and new acquaintances. For teens that are affected by cancer, losing peer relations are a great fear and to maintain friendship can be one of several challenges during this period.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe adolescents' experiences of peer relations after being diagnosed with cancer.Method: Qualitative interviews with four adolescents were conducted and collected data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis.Findings: The result shows that peer relations got affected in both positive and negative ways. This is reported in three categories; ?Losing friends?, ?Friends matter? and ?Changed friendship?.

Problemområde: Studiens problemområde omfattade den förändrade livsvärlden hos en familj då ett barn drabbas av cancer. Sjukdomen för med sig en ökad emotionell stress och de vanligaste reaktionerna är ångest, depression, ängslan, skuld, maktlöshet, utmattning och osäkerhet. Barnets cancer leder således till ett ökat livslidande hos samtliga familjemedlemmar. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att ur ett föräldraperspektiv belysa hur familjens livsvärld påverkas då ett av barnen drabbas av cancer samt hur situationen hanteras av familjen. Metod: För att besvara syftet användes en kvalitativ ansats där författarna utgick ifrån tre olika självbiografier.

This is an empirical cross-sectional study with the aim to examine the patient?s comprehension about their quality of life within two to seven years after their stem-cell transplantation with reference to physical, social, emotional, psychological and functional wellbeing and to investigate if the patient groups have disease specific problems. Differences in quality of life between men and women and also between allogeneic and stem cell transplantation with an unrelated donor (URD) were studied. The measurement Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) and the bone marrow transplant subscale (BMT) is a 49 item, valid and reliable measure that was used. The questionnaire was answered by 43 of 47 patients (91%).There is a significant difference between men and women in physical, social and functional wellbeing.

AbstractPURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe and compare possible differences regarding selected prognostic factors for disability between patients with non-specific chronic pain who were about to start a multidisciplinary treatment program (MMR), either within primary care (MMR1) or hospital care (MMR2).METHODS: The study had a descriptive and comparative cross sectional design. Eighty-nine patients were recruited consecutively when they were about to start their team treatment (50 in MMR1,39 in MMR2). The measurements were; Evaluation of self-reported self-efficacy for eight daily activities (STIVA-8), The Pain Belief Screening Instrument (PBSI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).RESULTS: The study found some significant differences between the answers from patients in MMR1 and those from patients in MMR2. For instance, patients in MMR2 estimated lower self-efficacy according to STIVA-8 than patients in MMR1. Also, there were fewer low risk patients and more high risk patients in MMR2 than in MMR1 regarding pain intensity according to PBSI.