Background and objectives Stress is in several studies mentioned as the most frequent trigger of headache. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms by which stress induces headache is poorly understood and relatively few studies ...

Aim To develop knowledge of nurses’ perceptions of participation for patients treated with haemodialysis and their next of kin. Design A qualitative study with a hermeneutic approach. Methods The data were collected ...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) are both chronic disorders that have a devastating effect on the lives of the affected patients and their families. Both conditions have overlapping clinical features ...

Aim To explore how patients in areas without local percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) facilities experience patient participation in different phases of the myocardial infarction pathway. Background Acute treatment ...

Background The proportion of women in medicine is approaching that of men, but female physicians are still in the minority as regards positions of power. Female physicians are struggling to reach the highest positions ...

The aim of this article is to address a much-neglected aspect of collaborative innovational analysis: the power of individual action in the conversion of innovative ideas to local practice. The theoretical framework for ...

Background Irritable bowel syndrome has been reported as more common in patients with morbid obesity than in the general population. The reason for this association is unknown. The aims of this study were to study the ...

The background for the present thesis is the lack of empirical knowledge concerning the prevalence and natural trajectories of various and common types of anxieties among adolescents. At the start of this thesis, no large ...