Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HV) by Author "Furnes, Bodil"
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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 ... -
Health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity
Haga, Britt Marit; Furnes, Bodil; Ueland, Venke Irene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-05)Abstract Purpose This study aimed to describe health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity when attempting to support them in their lifestyle change processes. For many of those ... -
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 ... -
Mind the Gaps: A Qualitative Study Combining Patients’ and Nurses’ Reflections on Pain Care
Gjesdal, Kine; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)Chronic noncancer pain is a serious health problem, one that is often associated with physical debility and emotional suffering. Although chronic noncancer pain is one of the primary reasons that people seek medical care, ... -
Nurses’ experiences with health care in pain clinics: A qualitative study
Gjesdal, Kine; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04)Background Recent research has focused on the effectiveness of different treatment regimens in pain clinics, where a call for more multifaceted treatment has been highlighted. Less attention has been paid to improvements ... -
Organizational structures influencing timely recognition and acknowledgment of end-of-life in hospitals – A qualitative study of nurses' and doctors’ experiences
Bakken, Janet; Wallgren, Gry Ciekals; Furnes, Bodil; Kørner, Hartwig; Ueland, Venke Irene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Healthcare personnel's timely recognition and acknowledgment of end-of-life (EOL) is fundamental for reducing futile treatment, enabling informed decisions regarding the last days or weeks of life, and focusing on high-quality ... -
Patients' experience of attending a binge eating group treatment program - qualitative evaluation of a pilot study
Rørtveit, Kristine; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin; Ueland, Venke Irene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)We developed a group program for patients with binge eating disorders (BED), comprising cognitive therapy, affect consciousness, and therapeutic writing. We wished to investigate how therapeutic writing and affect consciousness ... -
Putting life on hold: lived experiences of people with obesity
Haga, Britt Marit; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin; Ueland, Venke Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)Obesity presents challenges in everyday life, one of which involves the existential aspects of living life as a person with obesity. There is a need for understanding the existential experiences, but there is limited ...