Background: Coronary heart disease kills more than 7 million people worldwide each year. High levels of blood fat, cholesterol, contributes significantly to coronary heart disease. Lifestyle changes combined with lipid-lowering drugs, statins, is an effective treatment. But adherence to statins is low, not even a myocardial infarction always contributes to adherence. Adherence requires patient education and good communication between patient and physician.

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The purpose of this work was to investigate the adherence to basic hygiene routines among staff and to investigate if there is any difference between the adherences in diverse professions. The purpose was also to study how staff rates their own adherence to current guidelines. Data for the study were collected through observations and questionnaires. Altogether 35 people were observed and 15 answered the questionnaire. Maximum adherence was found in the category of "hand disinfection after patient contact" with a score of 96%.

Bakgrund: Varje år insjuknar ca 700 barn och ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Behandlingen är livslång och kräver kunskap och förmåga att kontrollera och justera sitt blodsocker. För ungdomar kan det vara svårt att hantera sin sjukdom i det vardagliga livet då det kan påverka sociala och psykologiska faktorer. Syfte: Att beskriva faktorer som påverkar adherence hos ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Metod: En litteraturstudie med systematisk sökning och beskrivande design.

Bristande adherence (följsamhet) till ordinerade läkemedel, såsom immundämpande läkemedel, som är tillräckligt stor för att ge negativ effekt på behandlingsresultatet är ett problem som kan delas in i fyra huvudområden: taking, timing, dosing och skipping. Trots nästan perfekt adherence efter njurtransplantation (Ntx) kan avvikelse i timing ge allvarliga konsekvenser. Studier visar att drygt 30 procent av vuxna Ntx patienter brister i sin adherence. Det medför stora kostnader för samhället men framförallt riskeras rejektion av det transplanterade organet och risk för försämrad funktion, transplantatförlust eller i värsta fall patientens död.Syfte: Att undersöka bristande adherence till immundämpande läkemedel hos vuxna Ntx-patienter och undersöka om sjuksköterskan kan förbättra patientens adherence med omvårdnadsåtgärder.Metod: Litteraturöversikt. 18 vetenskapliga artiklar har analyserats i resultatet och delats upp efter två frågeställningar.Resultat: Missuppfattningen att patienter har hela ansvaret för att ta sina mediciner speglar oftast en okunskap och bristande förståelse för hur andra faktorer påverkar adherence.

Background: Insufficient physical activity is a public health problem. The Swedish recommendation is to be physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes every day, which is fulfilled by about half the adult population. Recent research has shown that sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor. Physical activity on prescription (FaR®) is an individually adapted and written prescription, a method to encourage physical activity. The National Board of Health and Welfare has observed that counseling combined with a written prescription convey better adherence than just counseling.

Bakgrund: Sjukvården har en viktig roll i att främja fysisk aktivitet hos populationen. Fysisk inaktivitet är ett växande problem i världen och är en starkt bidragande orsak till många av de välfärdssjukdomar som allt fler människor drabbas av. Fysisk aktivitet på recept (FaR) växer allt mer fram som en behandlingsform många hoppas på ska kunna förbättra hälsan eller i bästa fall förebygga sjukdomar. Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka huruvida studier som gjorts kring FaR och andra varianter på fysisk aktivitet på recept kunnat påvisa någon ökad adherence hos patienter som mottagit ett skrivet recept på aktivitet i stället för standardiserad vård om fysisk aktivitet. Metod: 13 artiklar ingick i en litteraturöversikt.

Bakgrund: Varje år insjuknar ca 700 barn och ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Behandlingen är livslång och kräver kunskap och förmåga att kontrollera och justera sitt blodsocker. För ungdomar kan det vara svårt att hantera sin sjukdom i det vardagliga livet då det kan påverka sociala och psykologiska faktorer. Syfte: Att beskriva faktorer som påverkar adherence hos ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Metod: En litteraturstudie med systematisk sökning och beskrivande design.

Adherence to medical ordination is low and for long-time medication it is estimated to be as low as 50 percent. Depending on the prescribed drug this could lead to adverse effects and/or loss of effect of the drug. Information about why a drug is prescribed is important patient information and is thought to help increase compliance with the physician?s prescription. According to results from a recent study of visits to the emergency room at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Solna, Stockholm, medically related problems were the cause in about 30 percent of the cases.

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a phenomena that is much talked about in both schools and in communities. Today, there is a conflict surrounding the diagnosis ADHD. A part of the conflict takes part between the sociologist Eva Kärfve and Christopher Gillberg, professor in child- and teenage psychology. The roots of this conflict surrounds the much debated line of what is seen as normal and ?too? different, basically how many children that actually should have the diagnosis.

ABSTRACTThe privatization of pharmacies in Sweden took place in 2009, in part with higher availability of medicines as justification. For a good adherence, the patients needs a good availability of medicines from pharmacies. The aim of the study was that two years after the pharmacy reform study older people?s opinions on drug supply and pharmacy services, and which pharmacy chains they know about and use. The method used was a quantitative cross-sectional study and was conducted using questionnaires.

The purpose of this research has been to study and find out if a diagnose AD/HD is of importance. Does a diagnostic significance matter for how to support and respond to children in school? Are diagnosed children with signs of AD/HD treated differently than children without diagnosis? My study is based on input from teachers, special educators, from two different schools and also one doctor and one parent.I have interviewed teachers, special educators, one physician and one parent. I have been using qualitative interviews with tape recorders and emailed them with open questions. I have been using literature; see bibliography.

The purpose of this research has been to study and find out if a diagnose AD/HD is of importance. Does a diagnostic significance matter for how to support and respond to children in school? Are diagnosed children with signs of AD/HD treated differently than children without diagnosis? My study is based on input from teachers, special educators, from two different schools and also one doctor and one parent.I have interviewed teachers, special educators, one physician and one parent. I have been using qualitative interviews with tape recorders and emailed them with open questions. I have been using literature; see bibliography.

ABSTRACTThe privatization of pharmacies in Sweden took place in 2009, in part with higher availability of medicines as justification. For a good adherence, the patients needs a good availability of medicines from pharmacies. The aim of the study was that two years after the pharmacy reform study older people?s opinions on drug supply and pharmacy services, and which pharmacy chains they know about and use. The method used was a quantitative cross-sectional study and was conducted using questionnaires.

The aim of this study was to examine if parents, of children diagnosed with ADHD, exprerienced any changes regarding their childrens appetite after starting psycostimulant treatment. Further more the aim was to examine what kind of changes concerning the appetite that were found and if they affected the meal situation as a whole.Method: A questionnaire study was conducted in the spring of 2011. The study included 81 parent?s to children who were enrolled at the Habilitation in Uppsala and medicated with psychostimulants for ADHD. The children's ages ranged between six and 18 years.