Blar i HV - Institutt for sykepleie og helsefremmende arbeid på emneord "Quality of life"
Viser treff 1-16 av 16
-
Associations between Pain and Quality of Life in Severe Dementia: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background/Aims: Many variables influence the quality of life in older adults with dementia. We aim to quantify how the relationship between pain and quality of life in nursing home residents with severe dementia can be ... -
Digital Assistive Technology to Support Everyday Living in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
(Clinical Interventions in Aging;Volume 2022:17, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective: The objective of this review was to explore whether knowledge about and practice of technology for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia (D) had developed since our 2017 review. ... -
A health economic evaluation of screening and treatment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
(Scoliosis;9(21), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Summary of background data Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis can progress and affect the health related quality of life of the patients. Research shows that screening is effective in early detection, which allows for bracing ... -
Health-related quality of life and all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes on dialysis
(BMC Nephrology;13(78), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: This study tests the hypotheses that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in prevalent dialysis patients with diabetes is lower than in dialysis patients without diabetes, and is at least as poor as diabetic ... -
I feel I mean something to someone: solution-focused brief therapy support groups for bullied schoolchildren
(Educational Psychology in Practice;29(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-28)The aim of this study was to investigate how bullied schoolchildren experience solution-focused brief therapy support groups, and to examine how members of the support group experience their participation in the group. An ... -
The impact of nutritional status, physical function, comorbidity and early versus late start in dialysis on quality of life in older dialysis patients
(Renal failure;36(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-12)Background: For the majority of the older patients in dialysis, the treatment will be lifelong. Thus, quality of life (QoL) is a crucial outcome. Our aim was to assess the QoL of older Norwegian dialysis patients and to ... -
“It’s hard to keep a distance when you’re with someone you really care about”—A qualitative study of adolescents’ pandemic-related health literacy and how Covid-19 affects their lives
(PLOS ONE;17 (4): e0266510, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-01)Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore how adolescents accessed, understood, appraised, and applied information on pandemic preventive measures, how their lives were impacted by long-lasting regulations and how they ... -
Living with orofacial conditions: psychological distress and quality of life in adults affected with Treacher Collins syndrome, cherubism, or oligodontia/ectodermal dysplasia—a comparative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Purpose The relationship between quality of life, psychological distress, and orofacial syndromes in children and adolescents has been reported in several studies. However, little is known about differences in psychological ... -
Muscle mass and association to quality of life in non-small cell lung cancer patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Cancer wasting is characterized by muscle loss and may contribute to fatigue and poor quality of life (QoL). Our aim was to investigate associations between skeletal muscle index (SMI) and skeletal muscle ... -
Nutritional problems, overhydration and the association with quality of life in elderly dialysis patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09-22)Purpose The aim of this pilot study was to describe the hydration and nutritional status of a cohort of elderly dialysis patients and to explore the association between these parameters and the quality of life ... -
On duty all the time: Health and quality of life among immigrant parents caring for a child with complex health needs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Aims and objectives: To provide knowledge about how immigrant parents of children with complex health needs manage their family lives and how this affects their own health and quality of life. Background: Caregivers ... -
Personal factors associated with health-related quality of life in persons with morbid obesity on treatment waiting lists in Norway
(Quality of Life Research;20 (8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02-19)Purpose To explore relationships of socio-demographic variables, health behaviours, environmental characteristics and personal factors, with physical and mental health variables in persons with morbid obesity, and to ... -
The Relationships between Mood Disturbances and Pain, Hope, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Cancer Patients with Pain on Regularly Scheduled Opioid Analgesic
(Journal of Palliative Medicine;13 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-03)Objective: The study purposes were to describe the percentage of patients in one of four mood groups (i.e., neither anxiety nor depression [NEITHER], only anxiety [ANX], only depression [DEP], both anxiety and depression [BOTH]) ... -
Relationships of Sources of Meaning and Resilience With Meaningfulness and Satisfaction With Life: A Population-Based Study of Norwegians in Late Adulthood
(Frontiers in Psychology;December 2021 | Volume 12 | Article 685125, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-02)Health-promoting initiatives incorporating meaning-making to enhance the well-being of people in late adulthood are important, particularly as the number of older people is increasing. Resilience and sources of meaning may ... -
Seksuelle utfordringer etter radikal prostatektomi
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Bakgrunn: Prostatakreft er den vanligste formen for kreft i Norge, med 5061 nye tilfeller i 2015 (Kreftregisteret, 2015). Radikal prostatektomi er en av behandlingsformene ved prostatakreft, og bivirkningene av denne ... -
Symptoms in the cancer patient - Of importance for their caregivers’ quality of life and mental health?
(European Journal of Oncology Nursing;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Purpose: To examine the level of symptom burden in a sample of cancer patients in a curative and palliative phase, In addition, to determine a) whether the patients’ symptom burden and patients’ demographic variables, and ...