Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Dysvik, Elin"
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A cross-sectional study of self-reported general health, lifestyle factors, and disease: the Hordaland Health Study
Jepsen, Randi; Dogisso, Tadesse Washo; Dysvik, Elin; Andersen, John Roger; Natvig, Gerd Karin (Journal article, 2014-10)Background. Information on self-reported health is important for health professionals, and the aim of this study was to examine associations between lifestyle factors and self-reported health and the mediating ... -
A narrative approach to explore grief experiences and treatment adherence in people with chronic pain after participation in a pain-management program: a 6-year follow-up study
Dysvik, Elin; Natvig, Gerd Karin; Furnes, Bodil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08)Objective: The aim of this study was to explore grief caused by chronic pain and treatment adherence, and how these experiences are integrated into ongoing life stories. Methods: A 6-year follow-up using a ... -
Abductive reasoning in nursing: Challenges and possibilities
Karlsen, Bjørg; Hillestad, Torgeir Martin; Dysvik, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Abduction, deduction and induction are different forms of inference in science. However, only a few attempts have been made to introduce the idea of abductive reasoning as an extended way of thinking about clinical practice ... -
Anestesisykepleiers pre-, per- og postoperative erfaringer med intranasal Dexmedetomidine som premedikasjon til barn som skal ha narkose
Berland, Linn Kristin (Master thesis, 2017-04-27)Formål: Medikamentet Dexmedetomidine er i økende bruk som sedasjon ogm premedikasjon til barn. Formålet med studien er utforske anestesisykepleieres erfaringer og bidra med ny kunnskap om Dexmedetomidines egenskaper og ... -
Aspects of well-being when struggling with obesity
Haga, Britt Marit; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin; Ueland, Venke Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)Purpose: We aimed to gain deeper insight into how people struggling with obesity handle their life situation by addressing how well-being might unfold. For many people, obesity becomes a lifelong condition characterized ... -
Cancer survivorship: existential suffering
Ueland, Venke; Dysvik, Elin; Hemberg, Jessica; Furnes, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Purpose This study aimed to explore and describe existential experiences after cancer treatment. Method An exploratory phenomenological hermeneutical design was used following in-depth interviews with 21 people. ... -
Conducting rehabilitation groups for people suffering from chronic pain
Dysvik, Elin; Stephens, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The aim of this study was to offer guidelines for counsellors who work with rehabilitation groups of patients with chronic pain. The sample involved nine counsellors engaged in a multidisciplinary pain management programme. ... -
Continuity of care during care transition: Nurses´ Experiences and challenges.
Rustad, Else Cathrine; Seiger, Berit E. Cronfalk; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)The aim of this study was to gain increased knowledge about nurses’ experiences of care transition of older patients from hospital to municipal health care, based on two research questions: How is nurses’ experience ... -
Continuity of care from hospital to municipal health care. Experiences of older patients, next of kin and nurses
Rustad, Else Cathrine (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2017-12)Background: A successful care transition from hospital to municipal health care involves coordination and management of multiple factors tied to the patient’s treatment and care. Due to a fragmented health care system in ... -
Ekstubasjon - En kunnskapsbasert fagprosedyre
Bratland, Guri; Klette, Anita (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)Bakgrunn: Risikoen for at det oppstår luftveiskomplikasjoner i forbindelse med ekstubasjon er tre ganger så stor som ved intubasjon og induksjon. De fleste problemer som oppstår er av et mindre omfang. Et lite, men likevel ... -
Existential experiences of living with obesity – perspectives from the views of individuals and health professionals: A qualitative study.
Haga, Britt Marit (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Background Obesity is a serious health challenge around the world. It imposes great limitations upon everyday activities, evokes stigmatisation and discrimination and creates a sense of failure. For many of those affected, ... -
Expanding the theoretical understanding in Advanced Practice Nursing: Framing the future
Hansen, Britt Sætre; Dysvik, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim We aimed to discuss the importance of the integration of nursing theories in advanced nursing to meet future demands. Background Nursing studies reporting a lack of professional care have increased in recent years ... -
Exploring the information needs of patients with unexplained chest pain
Røysland, Ingrid Ølfarnes; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil; Friberg, Febe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09)Background: Unexplained chest pain is a common condition. Despite negative findings, a large number of these patients will continue to suffer from chest pain after being investigated at cardiac outpatient clinics. Unexplained ... -
Homeworld/Alienworld: a qualitative study about existential experiences after cancer treatment
Ueland, Venke Irene; Dysvik, Elin; Rørtveit, Kristine; Furnes, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Background As a group, cancer survivors experience significant vulnerability and existential challenges. The biomedical approach dominating health care is insufficient to meet such existential challenges in an individualistic, ... -
Life after cancer treatment – existential experiences of longing
Ueland, Venke Irene; Rørtveit, Kristine; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)Purpose: The study aimed to gain insight into existential longing as experienced by people treated for cancer. Method: An exploratory phenomenological–hermeneutical design was used, and data were collected through in-depth ... -
Living a meaningful life with chronic pain - further follow-up
Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03)Living a meaningful life with chronic pain seems to depend on the patient having the leading role in their own life. Adequate assistance from healthcare professionals should be balanced during changing circumstances. ... -
Living with chronic pain: Patients' experiences with healthcare services in Norway
Gjesdal, Kine; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04)Aim: To explore the experiences with healthcare received by people living with chronic nonmalignant pain in Norway. Design: A descriptive and explorative qualitative design. Methods: A total of 18 individual semistructured ... -
Living with chronic pain: Patients' experiences with healthcare services in Norway
Gjesdal, Kine; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05)Aim To explore the experiences with healthcare received by people living with chronic nonmalignant pain in Norway. Design A descriptive and explorative qualitative design. Methods A total of 18 individual ... -
Living with obesity — existential experiences
Ueland, Venke Irene; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin; Rørtveit, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)Aims and objectives: The aim was to gain in-depth understanding about individuals’ existential experiences of living with obesity. Background: People living with obesity face great vulnerability and existential challenges. ... -
Living With Obesity: Expressions of Longing
Ueland, Venke Irene; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01)Abstract Those who are obese experience complex moral distress. The norm in Western societies is to be slim, and people living with obesity experience challenges under the gaze of society. They feel great vulnerability and ...