Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health (ORH)

Talk about prognosis

It is important that patients with heart failure and family members know what they can expect in their future care, also in the last stages of life.

Interpretation in health care

Light is shed on the role of circumstances and organisational context to examine the constraints, conditions, methods and traditions to which interpreting is subject.

Teleyoga - when east meets west

We investigate whether medical yoga sent remotely can improve people’s health. Heart disease patients and former intensive care patients are included in the study.

European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale

Self-care in heart failure, where the EHFScB scale can be used, refers to behaviours or measures that the patient himself performs with the aim of increasing life expectancy, health and well-being.

Technology and self care in cardiac patients

Technology can help patients to have better self-care, to be less dependent to health care providers and have a better quality of life.

Suicidal care

Talk about heart failure

In this research project, a communication tool has been developed which aims to facilitate communication about the heart failure trajectory between patients, their family members and health care professionals.

Wii-project

Playing Wii games can help patients with heart failure to improve their exercise capacity, their daily physical activity quality of life. In this study patients will be randomized into attention control or structured access to a Wii game computer

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with non-cardiac chest pain (IKSIT)

The IKSIT research study focuses on patients who experience anxiety and worry over recurrent non-cardiac chest pain. Patients in this group risk falling between two stools, but cognitive behavioural therapy over the internet may be a solution.

Suspected infections in frail elderly

Can new technology involving the elderly and their relatives lead to early detection of infection and reduce the number of hospital days?

Sexual counselling for cardiac patients

Patients with chronic disease might have questions about intimacy and sexual function. It is important that health care providers address these issues.

DOHART (DOwnHeARTed)

An important purpose of the DOHART study is to improve the care and treatment of people with heart disease and depressive disorders using an internet-based self-help programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Implementation in health care and society

The research program Implementation aims to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research and education to address important issues concerning implementation and research use in health care and society at large.

Reactions and experiences of illness and poor health

An individual’s experience, reaction and management of symptoms, illness and poor health are dependent on the person being viewed from a holistic perspective.

Development of Nursing Science theory and methodology

To maintain high quality research and nursing care, it is important to develop theories and different concepts that are used in nursing care research.

Consequences of nursing care and treatment

Quality of life/health-related quality of life, self-care, symptom relief, recovery, functional status and complications are studied.

Prerequisites for health

Human resources for maintaining or recovering health, or accepting an altered life and health situation are studied.